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  • TERENCE MCKENNA: We all must try to understand what is happening.

  • We need to try to understand \rwhat is happening.

  • And in my humble opinion, ideology is only going to get in \ryour way.

  • Nobody understands what is happening.

  • Not Buddhists, not Christians, \rnot government scientists.

  • Not, you know, noone.

  • Noone understands what is \rhappening.

  • So forget ideology.

  • They betray.

  • They limit.

  • They lead astray.

  • Just \rdeal with the raw data and trust yourself.

  • Nobody is smarter than you are.

  • And \rwhat if they are.

  • What good is their understanding doing you.

  • The people who walk around saying "Well, I don't understand quantum physics but somewhere somebody understands it."

  • That's not a very helpful attitude towards preserving the insights of \rquantum physics.

  • Inform yourself.

  • What does inform yourself mean?

  • It means A) transcend and mistrust ideology. \r

  • Go for direct experience.

  • What do you think when you face the waterfall.

  • What \rdo you think when you have sex.

  • What do you think when you take psilocybin.

  • Everything else is unconfirmable rumor.

  • Useless. Probably lies.

  • So. Liberate \ryourself from the illusion of culture.

  • Take responsibility for what you think \rand what you do.

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TERENCE MCKENNA: We all must try to understand what is happening.

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