I was recently reading Michael Pollan’s book on psychedelics, How To Change Your Mind. One of the most interesting aspects of the book was how, in the clinical studies of psilocybin conducted at Johns Hopkins, subjects were told that during their experiences on the drug, they were to be open to anything that happens. They were to go with the flow. If they saw a door, open it. If there was a stair case, they should go up it. And so on. This was not just a way of enhancing the experience but rather because resistance to what was happening generated fear which could result in a “bad trip” as it were.
I mostly agree, but would assert that I definitely have more control over my thoughts and emotional states than I have over the weather!