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  • Psychedelics and meditation can induce profound, meaningful experiences.
  • Understanding the similarities and differences between these experiences is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare subjective experiences induced by psychedelics versus meditation using natural language processing (NLP).
  • To explore the semantic, lexical, and emotional characteristics of these transformative experiences.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 197 open-ended narrative reports from participants who experienced either psychedelics or meditation.
  • Application of text similarity, topic modeling, and sentiment analysis techniques.

Main Results:

  • High similarity in semantic and lexical content between psychedelic and meditation experience reports.
  • Both groups reported positive emotions, but psychedelic experiences were more emotionally charged (higher positive and negative sentiment).
  • Meditation experiences were generally more neutral in emotional tone.

Conclusions:

  • Psychedelic and meditation-induced experiences are generally similar but differ in emotional intensity.
  • Emotional intensity may serve as a key differentiator between these profound subjective states.
  • Further research is needed to overcome NLP limitations and fully understand transformative experiences.