An interesting parable... I am well acquainted with many people who work with plant medicines like Ayahuasca in the indigenous Amazon.

In one such instance, a fellow was under the tutelage of two renowned Maestros (master shamans). He, after learning how to converse with them, asked them how they cure ailments like depression and anxiety.

The Maestro's had no idea what depression and anxiety were. They were only accustomed to healing physical ailments; they had to work with the Westerners to develop a modality in which they could spiritually heal anxiety and depression.

I reflect on this story often, as it is a reminder that to those whose only concern is their next meal or the snakes in the grass, they need not fret the ghosts of the future or the past.