Artemis nailed it on the head! :thumb_up:

I have often felt some trepidation when using psychedelics. I think a lot of it has to do with respect. That feeling of "Am I ready?" is a powerful thought.  Something is activated in this thought process. Introspection seems to be at it's highest before a journey.

After a journey I always felt a little silly at the fear I had felt, but really understood where it came from.

I have come to see every psychedelic journey as a death in some way.  Something in you will not return. Something in you will no longer exist. It will be gone.  Something is also born. New perspectives and alternative views of reality and our minds.  I think we have a choice on our rebirth. We can choose to focus on the fears and that focus of what we may be losing or what in us will die during the journey, or we can choose to focus on the birth of something new and positive. 

The choice may seem all but obvious but it isn't that simple.  That is why we need to prepare before. So when the choice arises we can recognize it.  There it is!  This is the moment!  I am in a state of being born and dying at the exact same moment.  What could be more powerful?!