Sensei’s Kata-Rx Journal Entry # 4: A Valentine’s Day gift, A Book & A New Reality

The “Souvenir Effect” is one of the many phenomenon of Katannabis, the entheogenic meditation using Kata-Rx and medical cannabis. At its core, the souvenir effect is the ability to recall places you have visited to effect a positive physical and mental experience. For more I’ve included a video below from my online class on the topic.

This Valentine’s Day while engaged in Katannabis, I used the souvenir effect to explore a completely new, undiscovered experience. It all started a couple of weeks ago when I was looking for a Valentines’ Day gift for my wife. As I tend towards the unusual, I prefer gifts of the same sort. At the time I was reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. No spoilers here so I’m not going to delve into the book save to say it involves the main character’s exploration of other alternative universes and his desire to return to the one specific universe from whence he came.

I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I saw an ad for the perfect Valentines Day gift. Finally, I found it! It even captured our love of Frankenstein and his Bride.

What caught my eye was the last paragraph which leapt out at me from the pages of Dark Matter.

“. . . in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d find you and I’d choose you.”

My wife loved her gift. Valentines Day night it gave me an idea as I was engaged in Katannabis. I took the souvenir effect to a level I never thought possible – the exploration of other possible realities. I’ll write about that in greater detail in the future. For now I’ll mention the first reality I explored. During this Katannabis I imagined and explored an alternative reality where my wife and I live a simple life in a tropical, ocean side village. No pressures, no physical or mental challenges. Just simple living a life. Oh yeah, that will get me through the upcoming cold work week.

You may say, “Hey Sensei John, you’re not experiencing other realities, you’re just fantasizing.” You may be right. But. I do experience the physical and mental effects of my “fantasy.” I feel better, relaxed, more engaged, more alive. If reality is based upon those experiences then an alternative reality does in fact “exist.”

I’ve also realized that the reality I am living is the one I would fight to get back to. True in other realities life is easier, even one with the so-called “good-life.” But in others life is drastically more difficult. On balance, this is the reality I’d choose. So, here I am doing Katannabis on Valentine’s Day 2021.

And by-the-way:
In this reality you can try my Kata-Rx for FREE, safely and conveniently in the comfort of your own home by enrolling for FREE in my online class: https://kata-rx.teachable.com/p/preview-kata-as-moving-meditation

Until the next time, I remain,

Sensei John Szmitkowski

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