Simply Always Awake Mira Funk
Mar 23, 2026
Mira Funk, a psychotherapist and psychedelic facilitator who founded Unjourneying, blends trauma‑informed therapy with guided psychedelic work. She discusses Zen practice, how different medicines catalyze nondual insights, the neuroscience behind awakening, fragile recovery from neuroinflammatory illness, safety screening and careful preparation for psychedelic retreats.
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Meta Mindfulness Notices Shifting Frames
- Mira coined 'meta mindfulness' to mean noticing not only sensations but the shifting frame itself — from deep non-dual states to hard-edged survival mode.
- This practice tracks real-time frame changes (e.g., driving near-miss vs. calm sitting) and meets each mode without attachment.
Salvia Shattered Certainty About Reality
- Working with Salvia forced Mira into alternate reality frames that felt fully veridical, repeatedly undermining her certainty about which experience is 'real.'
- Repeated Salvia trips taught her deep unknowing: certainty about reality can collapse and return, so you can't assume any frame is final.
Different Medicines Might Map To Different Awakenings
- Mira hypothesizes different 'layers' of awakening map to different neurotransmitter systems (serotonergic states vs kappa opioid states), creating qualitatively distinct experiences.
- She proposes research comparing fMRI/EEG across medicines to test whether 'types' of awakenings correspond to receptor-level effects.