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McKenna is the absolute master of phraseology..."If you keep intact the bubble of linguistic assumptions of the place you started out from, every place will hold it's secrets from you..."
''You can never see the Amazon jungle if you keep intact the bubble of linguistic assumptions of the place you started out from. Every place will hold its secrets from you.''.
@@roadkilla511 it's a quote from terrance. If you hold onto your know culture too tightly you'll never experience the world at its fullest because you cant communicate effectively with the rest of the world.
Not many words are exchanged with friends when tripping. Part of that is due to fear (for me, personally). But another bigger part is due to mutual understanding and no need for words in that state
Patty Melt I sat in sun with four people today in nature on lucy; words were not needed most the time. The understanding and connection was explicit in the minds of each one of us; to the extent linguistic words seemed impervious and obsolete.
Patty Melt Thats very vague. Surely you dont "fear" having bad manners.... Theres got to be more to it but if you dont want to be open and share, thats fine.
McKenna's perspectives should be reserved as an entire university course to study, perhaps called 'Philosophy of Hyperspace' or something. Exploring his theories and visions. And everyone shall smoke DMT at the exam under shamanic watch, and then writing about it immediately upon returning from The Dome. Who else, with me, has taken this exam on their own private terms?
Great idea friend, maybe one day we, as a world, will have our primary focus shifted from myopic avarice to insightful concrescence towards spiritual progress. Unfortunately, as it stands today, our government would sooner put you in a cage for advocating your ideals than sanction them at an institution. We are victims of a truly sick global climate and I see no way off this train bound for desolation; short of revolution. Good luck free thinkers, heres to the corporate dictatorship of America: may she crumble under the weight of her own blind avarice and from the rubble may we build something "Good, True and Beautiful." Well.. at least "True Enough". ;)
I have been training to be a mma fighter my whole life and after listening to this man I realized I was wasting my life and just getting brain damage...................I really appreciate Terrence McKenna I think hes the smartest man ive ever heard
Jon Mcmann I felt similarly after playing rugby/lacrosse from the age of 6, I was injuring myself broken 6 fingers and severely dislocated my ring finger. I lacerated my kidneys and have received more concussions than I can count. One was bad enough that I had memory loss and was confused for weeks, most likely more effects that I didn't notice at the time. I'm glad I stopped at 21 after winning 2 championships before I caused my body more damage beyond repair.
Great point. You can " say" whatever you want is TRUTH. The power of words to produce illusion is vast. Children's minds are like like molten wax, that later hardens into stone. Very hard to change the imprints. Taking psychedelics can be like putting the brain back into the molten state and allowing it to reform ( in the best case scenario). Love Terrence, master of using language to unmask The Lie. 🐸 🌺
Physical and mental reality are two different things, this is about mental reality only, They only affect each other in regards to how much you desire them too
How is the anxiety ridden existence , that ultimately led to your constant depression, along with the existential dread, Please can you seek counselling, I am severely disturb by where you mind went in regards to a conversation you are mentally engaged in. And i fear for your ability to engage in empathy with other Human beings
@@gratefulkm I liked your comment. About 8 years ago I was sitting in on a discussion with group of physicists, mathematicians and other scientists, there was s big discussion of whether our (human) mathematics was real math or just a reflection of how our brains were made up. The idea of say lines, planes, natural numbers, imaginary, etc., are construct of how our brains think. Perhaps there are other mathmatics that exist if other species were to exist. Second thing is something Robert Fritz pointed and I think Alan Watts did, too, and that is the idea that we confuse the models or ideas about the world for realty. Watts if see we only have seen a painted ceiling and we're told that is the sky, that is the sky to us. Sadly it is not the sky. Fritz said when he is working therapist the big thing is for them to throw out their preconceived notion whether it be Freud or Albert Ellis, you need to put those ideas aside to listen to the patient to see what is going on with them. Like the Joanie Mitchell song, we carry these models that filter our reality so we don't know what the reality is all. We forget that the model is just a model and the reality maybe something. In Joanie Mitchell's case we think dialectically. A scientist friend said to me that we have a great model for some things but reality is something else.
Some people may think that what Terence talks about is product of hallucinations, but it is not about "drugs", these sort of plants are a tool from nature to recognize who we are and what is our purpose as human beings, what we are doing, what we are capable of, what is the relationship between nature and our consciousness, returning to the roots by self realization. Now these psychedelic usage is not for everyone, you have to be prepared in some way if you don't want to catch a 'bad trip'. This is not about recreation, but knowledge, REALIZATION OF OUR COUNSCIOSNESS. Is the sort of thing that answer questions like Why do people practice meditation or yoga, why people read the bible or have a religion, why do people get hope or show compassion, why people around the world want peace and happiness. We're all asking for a brighter future. We have the technology, we have knowledge, we need to realize we have to do the right thing, to be the best of ourselves, to be good. Plants and meditation are just tools that lead you to the deep of your soul and your humanity. To catch our sense of communion, with other people and nature. The work is ours, not of the Psychedelics, not of another person that we hope to stand up and talk about this. This is about evolution of our specie, of ourselves by the hand of the universal knowledge. We all need to realize, we must talk about this sort of things, bust must of all we need to do something by trying out best, develop our full potential, not wasting time on wars, on hating each other, on criticizing. It is inevitable and it is happening. Not just believe in yourself, know yourself!
funny how a guy expressing his view on language as limitation has such a keen grasp on expressing himself in a creative language. it's like witnessing an evolutionary moment in time. it's a trip
***** Nothing wrong with idolizing a person who has passed away, for someone who's alive it's always possible they will go off the rails later and lead many people astray ... which is currently a major problem with much celebrity culture. Mckenna stayed a noble cause right till the end.
We simply lost our way. People thousands of years ago knew of our true reality i.e. Truth. As generations passed we didn't pass down the knowledge to our kids family friends etc. information got lost. While there are still ppl out there who know about this- there's way too many people who don't know - who thinks it's just psudeoscience. They only believe what they see hear taste smell touch. And it's ok. We live in cycles. This age is ignorance. We will eventually prosper. Enjoy the experience of living life and help and serve others. Be selfless - it's the best form of worship. God bless.
Terence is a light in the dark his wisdom should be held aloft as a beacon to guide us through such difficult times, an inspiration to the just hatched mind, reassuring you that you can do it. Forever grateful and never bored of his philosophy so forth and so on
God damn it, that's it. He's just my favorite person. That ending is brilliant. I don't know if anyone has ever accomplished so thoroughly the act of being a human being. He was an artist, a scientist, a philosopher, a writer, a speaker. But no, he was none of these. He was a person; a full one.
"Language was invented so that people could lie." "The true potential of language..elevate and unite..." "Psychedelics show you the relativity of your cultural viewpoint." "Like all tools language shapes its user in ways..." "True enough."
I love the way he talks about understanding; this man left us all a gift far greater than any thing, If it wasn't for the internet 'I wouldn't have, ever discovered the things he left us, all I can say is wow. I feel very strongly about what he says in all these videos. If only he knew how much he lives on and how many lives he will continue to impact.
Yes it would turn into a honey preserved mushroom orgy under the moonlight on the planes of Afrikaaaa That would result in many parentally untraceable children that turns into a hippie commune
I love listening to Terence. His gift of words and insight, coupled with his research has not only proven in a physical sense but in a metaphysical sense the true understand of who/what we are and why we are here in the here and now.
The best and only thing I can do when I’m coming down from psyches is listening to mackenna. When I listen to him I feel less alienated, more sane and secure
Major revelation for me lol. I've had a couple good trips and after reflecting on them as well as listening to this video here is my conclusion. Recently I started to believe this whole world around us was an illusion, and if that was true that meant my physical being is an illusion and this belief only contributed negatively to my depersonalization. Before I tried shrooms, I expected to see a whole different world, however when I actually tried them, I saw a much more enhanced and greater picture of the world we live in. This is a good example to the point I'm trying to make. The world we live in is not an illusion. The way we perceive this physical plane is an illusion, and theres just so much more to it than meets the eye. Which I already presumed, but now realize it must be to a much more vast extent because logically, everything is connected.
the world inside is what you see from the world outside which looks like what it looks like when you close your eyes and imagine the world inside, outside.
"If you were to meet a termite who stated that his or her goal in life was the perfect modeling of the cosmos, you would think it was quite a comic undertaking." I can't tell if that's funny, ironic, or utterly preposterous. But I like it!
Beautiful discussion I went on a 200ug lsd trip three days ago, and as the drug took its effect, I could feel my grip on the english language evaporate. Behind this evaporation I felt the genuine distillation of my desire, and I was an outside observer of these impulses.
Thank you for yet again another fantastic McKenna. Much love to all life from the smallest life I cannot see to the largest life in the seas, all Love to our Mother Earth she sustains ALL life without requesting a single thing in return. I am slowly slipping into a great sadness at what mankind could have become. The evolution and unimagined potential given away long long ago for a security, a strength, a lie that was somehow insanely thought could be had from some truly eqaul human, insane but eqaul, that placed himself above all others to offer security from lord knows what. Its just totally amazing how few people choose to not conform, not follow, not possess, makes the world a lonely place. Seems the more I have come to love all life purely I am attacked on all sides from the evil in mens hearts from this insane society. McKenna is a super man and I miss his lectures, I miss his free thought.
It's strange. The things McKenna and others always talk about happening when tripping (realizing the facade that is society/culture/reality) is something that I've been experiencing for the last 3 months after quitting weed. I never really realized these things even when high on weed, but after about 11 months of constant smoking, an awakening begun that seems akin to the revelations you have on psychedelics. On one hand I want to try psychedelics to experience these amazing revelations spoken of here, but on the other hand I've realized them already on my own through my awakening with reading and self contemplation and am still coming to terms with what it all means for my life. Are psychedelics really necessary for these realizations? I don't think so. I think simply exposing yourself to these ideas by watching videos like this or reading spiritual books with an open mind can be equally enlightening. Psychedelics could be classified as a shortcut to awakening. Then again, I feel as though SLOWLY coming to terms with these ideas with a clear mind is more valuable than having them overloaded into your brain in an altered state of consciousness. But what do I know? I've never used psychedelics, so I'm sure there's an understanding I still haven't reached yet that they could teach me.
McKenna spoke about this also: you only understand the psychedelic experience by having it. Knowing realizations is absolutely not the same as experiencing them directly and BECOMING them. The boundary dissolution through psychedelics is uniquely strong in its impact and reinforces these realizations much better than if you have awakened to those facts. The difference is bigger than one CAN expect, even I knew most of the things which I later came to experience first hand, but these experiences in the psychedelic ecstatic state of mind were the turning point for me, as only then it was becoming so permeable and clear, as seeing these things makes them more memorable than only thinking about them.
After meditating on whether or not reality is real, I'll be working out whether normality is normal, goodness is good, and finally whether or not making a tautological argument is tautological.
wow!..I love this guy.I was just referred him fron another commenter on a noam chomsky video.thanks youtube!rational logical thought is so rare these days.Nice to find a gem once in a while :-)
This is one of those topics that is considered kinda "obvious" to anyone, yet I would bet that only a handful of people ACTUALLY consider the implications of that. It really means being waken up to a completely strange and weird reality. Love this piece, McKenna always has a way with language ;)
What was said here is hardly subject for debate, for it all seems so obvious once considered (though considering such things does not always occur to us, and thus the value of men such as this), yet these kinds of ideas are the subject of much controversy. More often still, I think they are routinely ignored without due regard. It always seems very odd to me when people utterly dismiss someone speaking thusly; is there not an innate desire to understand, whether or not it results in assent? Apparently not, as many people hear this kind of talk and just say "ehh, a bunch of mumbo jumbo" but it is unfathomable to me how this satisfies. I would not be able to rest until I knew what he meant, for clearly he means something in earnest.
symbioticgemini Generally speaking, the ideas presented in this video are not given due attention because many people do not seek to understand, but dismiss the speaker and his ideas before making an honest effort. Ideas should be understood before rejected, and ideas should also be judged independent of their source (in this case, the speaker).
Indeed you are correct. And it is very difficult to find others who have traveled and seen (ad clearly) the same path as Terrence, which is perhaps the reason why we don't hear this more often.
everythings its a trip even this life and all thelifea we will live, i say we make it a good trip now, we have gone trough some really deepdark situtations.
Terrence Mckenna was one of the seed's from the star race that was granted an opportunity to molecularly advance himself and others through his transformation in life. I've been feeling the sychronistic feeling which is funny to me that people are putting the piece's back together for them selves, and moving towards and empowered self informed understanding of life
GA@WĐ! That might be the longest joke ever! 😂😂😂 But seriously, I could listen to McKenna talk about making a cake and probably laugh & cry around the spectrum of feeling and emotion, all that he could bring out of me and my need for cake! R.I.P. Terry! ♡♡♡
If you liked this video, PLEASE watch the entire talk "The Taxonomy of Illusion". The link is in the description. It is the best and most relevant lecture of his that I have ever listened to.
@McKennaCountrCulture This is profound. Thank you for posting this. One small suggestion: In the quotation, above, is it possible to correct the spelling of "sacred" from "scared?"
juan oleee you haven’t been born again experience or met Jesus in person or been drunk in the Holy Ghost I’ve tried both sides And Jesus is Better He died for you he values you
"Karl" has the best comment and the most logical and resonable one... Think, everybody! We live in some form of illusion. "It's just a ride ", Bill Hicks
My view is that McKenna has realized a lot of Good Truth through his searches and methods, and acted an Ethical Life. He knew that the stereotyped contents of relativized truth syntaxes doesn't amount to Truth. But this doesn't say that TRUTH DOESN'T EXIST, and I think he wasn't saying that. But "True Enough" is a slippery way of saying "True".
thank you for not putting any horseshit music over his precious rap. :)
oxiigen AMEN 🙏❤️
Amen x10
PREACH
Lol yes
Electronic music is not horseshit. How DARE you.
McKenna is the absolute master of phraseology..."If you keep intact the bubble of linguistic assumptions of the place you started out from, every place will hold it's secrets from you..."
''You can never see the Amazon jungle if you keep intact the bubble of linguistic assumptions of the place you started out from. Every place will hold its secrets from you.''.
Let'sGo Surfing can you break this down? I don’t know what u mean by this
@@roadkilla511 it's a quote from terrance. If you hold onto your know culture too tightly you'll never experience the world at its fullest because you cant communicate effectively with the rest of the world.
"its" NOT "it's"
Not many words are exchanged with friends when tripping. Part of that is due to fear (for me, personally). But another bigger part is due to mutual understanding and no need for words in that state
Patty Melt I sat in sun with four people today in nature on lucy; words were not needed most the time. The understanding and connection was explicit in the minds of each one of us; to the extent linguistic words seemed impervious and obsolete.
Patty Melt What is it you fear? I do too but just curious.
I find myself thinking a lot (what I'd call an unnecessary amount) about "manners" and behavior in general if that makes sense.
Patty Melt Thats very vague. Surely you dont "fear" having bad manners.... Theres got to be more to it but if you dont want to be open and share, thats fine.
***** You are a trip in and of yourself. :)
McKenna's perspectives should be reserved as an entire university course to study, perhaps called 'Philosophy of Hyperspace' or something. Exploring his theories and visions.
And everyone shall smoke DMT at the exam under shamanic watch, and then writing about it immediately upon returning from The Dome.
Who else, with me, has taken this exam on their own private terms?
This is one of the best ideas ive ever seen.
Now that is an exam worth taking.
Great idea friend, maybe one day we, as a world, will have our primary focus shifted from myopic avarice to insightful concrescence towards spiritual progress. Unfortunately, as it stands today, our government would sooner put you in a cage for advocating your ideals than sanction them at an institution. We are victims of a truly sick global climate and I see no way off this train bound for desolation; short of revolution. Good luck free thinkers, heres to the corporate dictatorship of America: may she crumble under the weight of her own blind avarice and from the rubble may we build something "Good, True and Beautiful." Well.. at least "True Enough". ;)
"True Enough" : Bravo!
Nostalgia aside, your point is poetically beautiful. Take care, friend.
no... just no
I have been training to be a mma fighter my whole life and after listening to this man I realized I was wasting my life and just getting brain damage...................I really appreciate Terrence McKenna I think hes the smartest man ive ever heard
Jon Mcmann I felt similarly after playing rugby/lacrosse from the age of 6, I was injuring myself broken 6 fingers and severely dislocated my ring finger. I lacerated my kidneys and have received more concussions than I can count. One was bad enough that I had memory loss and was confused for weeks, most likely more effects that I didn't notice at the time. I'm glad I stopped at 21 after winning 2 championships before I caused my body more damage beyond repair.
His voice is so soothing, I could listen to it all day...I should try it on a trip.
Hope to meet you one day in another dimension.
You already met him in another dimension, he used the occult magic of his day (i.e. the camera) to connect with your consciousness across time.
It's already happening my friend, THIS IS THE dimension!
You guys are all on one lmao
I discovered him and llistened to hours of his talks on my first trip 2 days ago and its very much worth it
You can always find me behind your eyelinds my friend.
Great point. You can " say" whatever you want is TRUTH. The power of words to produce illusion is vast. Children's minds are like like molten wax, that later hardens into stone. Very hard to change the imprints. Taking psychedelics can be like putting the brain back into the molten state and allowing it to reform ( in the best case scenario). Love Terrence, master of using language to unmask The Lie. 🐸 🌺
Excellent UA-cam comment.
Physical and mental reality are two different things, this is about mental reality only, They only affect each other in regards to how much you desire them too
How is the anxiety ridden existence , that ultimately led to your constant depression, along with the existential dread, Please can you seek counselling, I am severely disturb by where you mind went in regards to a conversation you are mentally engaged in. And i fear for your ability to engage in empathy with other Human beings
Well said!
@@gratefulkm I liked your comment. About 8 years ago I was sitting in on a discussion with group of physicists, mathematicians and other scientists, there was s big discussion of whether our (human) mathematics was real math or just a reflection of how our brains were made up. The idea of say lines, planes, natural numbers, imaginary, etc., are construct of how our brains think. Perhaps there are other mathmatics that exist if other species were to exist. Second thing is something Robert Fritz pointed and I think Alan Watts did, too, and that is the idea that we confuse the models or ideas about the world for realty. Watts if see we only have seen a painted ceiling and we're told that is the sky, that is the sky to us. Sadly it is not the sky. Fritz said when he is working therapist the big thing is for them to throw out their preconceived notion whether it be Freud or Albert Ellis, you need to put those ideas aside to listen to the patient to see what is going on with them. Like the Joanie Mitchell song, we carry these models that filter our reality so we don't know what the reality is all. We forget that the model is just a model and the reality maybe something. In Joanie Mitchell's case we think dialectically.
A scientist friend said to me that we have a great model for some things but reality is something else.
"Language was Invented so people could lie" .. I froze at that statement
Some people may think that what Terence talks about is product of hallucinations, but it is not about "drugs", these sort of plants are a tool from nature to recognize who we are and what is our purpose as human beings, what we are doing, what we are capable of, what is the relationship between nature and our consciousness, returning to the roots by self realization.
Now these psychedelic usage is not for everyone, you have to be prepared in some way if you don't want to catch a 'bad trip'. This is not about recreation, but knowledge, REALIZATION OF OUR COUNSCIOSNESS. Is the sort of thing that answer questions like Why do people practice meditation or yoga, why people read the bible or have a religion, why do people get hope or show compassion, why people around the world want peace and happiness. We're all asking for a brighter future.
We have the technology, we have knowledge, we need to realize we have to do the right thing, to be the best of ourselves, to be good.
Plants and meditation are just tools that lead you to the deep of your soul and your humanity. To catch our sense of communion, with other people and nature. The work is ours, not of the Psychedelics, not of another person that we hope to stand up and talk about this. This is about evolution of our specie, of ourselves by the hand of the universal knowledge.
We all need to realize, we must talk about this sort of things, bust must of all we need to do something by trying out best, develop our full potential, not wasting time on wars, on hating each other, on criticizing. It is inevitable and it is happening. Not just believe in yourself, know yourself!
+MolecularMoonlight
Why don't you say that to all the mothers of the world?
best radical comment 2015
***** for disturbing
Me
***** I wasn't talking to you
This is true enough.
Sahil Bhardwaj
*Cheers*
Indubitably.
funny how a guy expressing his view on language as limitation has such a keen grasp on expressing himself in a creative language. it's like witnessing an evolutionary moment in time. it's a trip
or can be so creative in his limitation.
The funny thing about language is that the more you understand its limitations, the more you're able to push those limits.
EXACTLY!
KwiteGiphted yes yes yes!
One of the few actual geniuses I have encountered in my life.
Matt Stocks please tell us of your encounter
what a beautiful human being. its hard not to idolize him. thank you for the upload!
***** Nothing wrong with idolizing a person who has passed away, for someone who's alive it's always possible they will go off the rails later and lead many people astray ... which is currently a major problem with much celebrity culture. Mckenna stayed a noble cause right till the end.
***** right. Up-mos respect for McKenna.
Try not to, let's not create another version of Jesus Christ. Know yourself, respect others and nature.
Karl Wonder that wasn't my intention. i'm not into worshiping.
hahaha it's okay
We simply lost our way. People thousands of years ago knew of our true reality i.e. Truth. As generations passed we didn't pass down the knowledge to our kids family friends etc. information got lost. While there are still ppl out there who know about this- there's way too many people who don't know - who thinks it's just psudeoscience. They only believe what they see hear taste smell touch. And it's ok. We live in cycles. This age is ignorance. We will eventually prosper. Enjoy the experience of living life and help and serve others. Be selfless - it's the best form of worship. God bless.
What's reality nd the truth?
Terence is a light in the dark his wisdom should be held aloft as a beacon to guide us through such difficult times, an inspiration to the just hatched mind, reassuring you that you can do it. Forever grateful and never bored of his philosophy so forth and so on
God damn it, that's it. He's just my favorite person. That ending is brilliant. I don't know if anyone has ever accomplished so thoroughly the act of being a human being. He was an artist, a scientist, a philosopher, a writer, a speaker.
But no, he was none of these. He was a person; a full one.
Chase Mackey Agreed. Nicely summed.
I totally agree, I owe him so much !
"Language was invented so that people could lie." "The true potential of language..elevate and unite..." "Psychedelics show you the relativity of your cultural viewpoint." "Like all tools language shapes its user in ways..." "True enough."
I love the way he talks about understanding; this man left us all a gift far greater than any thing, If it wasn't for the internet 'I wouldn't have, ever discovered the things he left us, all I can say is wow. I feel very strongly about what he says in all these videos. If only he knew how much he lives on and how many lives he will continue to impact.
he knew :)
I discovered McKenna on the internet as well, and ever since I just can't stop listening. I wish this man was alive still :(
"Language is by and large a tool for concealing the truth"
George Carlin.
0:54 "I think the 5gs of shrooms are really starting to kick in now..."
Reality is getting pretty blurred for me..
I don't know if it's just me but I feel like terrence is the only person that understand my philosophy on life and the universe and plants.. Ect
This guy is a fucking wizard man
i love his sense of humor
Thank you. 👽
Pure Consciousness!
I would like to have a meeting in the forest with all the people who love Terrence. That would be a very interesting time. 😍
I'm game
Lol forest? No thanks.
I'm down
You made this comment 5 years ago , hope I didn’t miss out on the field trip , if not , I’m in .
Yes it would turn into a honey preserved mushroom orgy under the moonlight on the planes of Afrikaaaa
That would result in many parentally untraceable children that turns into a hippie commune
He says "and" at the end and I just want to hear more! More McKenna!! :)
Yes!
Such an amazing way to communicate consciousness at a very deep level . Thank you Terence .
I love listening to Terence. His gift of words and insight, coupled with his research has not only proven in a physical sense but in a metaphysical sense the true understand of who/what we are and why we are here in the here and now.
alan watts is also a good one. he talks alot about zen, but hes an english writer in the neo-classical style.
The best and only thing I can do when I’m coming down from psyches is listening to mackenna. When I listen to him I feel less alienated, more sane and secure
Love. Thanks for all you do Terrance
One of my favorite Mckenna talks!
Major revelation for me lol. I've had a couple good trips and after reflecting on them as well as listening to this video here is my conclusion. Recently I started to believe this whole world around us was an illusion, and if that was true that meant my physical being is an illusion and this belief only contributed negatively to my depersonalization. Before I tried shrooms, I expected to see a whole different world, however when I actually tried them, I saw a much more enhanced and greater picture of the world we live in. This is a good example to the point I'm trying to make. The world we live in is not an illusion. The way we perceive this physical plane is an illusion, and theres just so much more to it than meets the eye. Which I already presumed, but now realize it must be to a much more vast extent because logically, everything is connected.
Very interesting brotha!
the world inside is what you see from the world outside which looks like what it looks like when you close your eyes and imagine the world inside, outside.
A bit late, but I'd just like to add: there is a base reality, we're simply not a part of it. Sure we exist within it, but it's not for us to know.
This is late, but does your view from 5 years ago still stand? I like the way you put things, so I'm just curious!
The truth is we won't know until we know. You know?
We are instruments of the universe and you say this.
But then we still will not know... Truth is always fleeting.
"If you were to meet a termite who stated that his or her goal in life was the perfect modeling of the cosmos, you would think it was quite a comic undertaking." I can't tell if that's funny, ironic, or utterly preposterous. But I like it!
thanks for posting this. Mckenna's word are powerful and have inspired my creativity
Beautiful discussion
I went on a 200ug lsd trip three days ago, and as the drug took its effect, I could feel my grip on the english language evaporate. Behind this evaporation I felt the genuine distillation of my desire, and I was an outside observer of these impulses.
Thank you for yet again another fantastic McKenna. Much love to all life from the smallest life I cannot see to the largest life in the seas, all Love to our Mother Earth she sustains ALL life without requesting a single thing in return.
I am slowly slipping into a great sadness at what mankind could have become. The evolution and unimagined potential given away long long ago for a security, a strength, a lie that was somehow insanely thought could be had from some truly eqaul human, insane but eqaul, that placed himself above all others to offer security from lord knows what. Its just totally amazing how few people choose to not conform, not follow, not possess, makes the world a lonely place. Seems the more I have come to love all life purely I am attacked on all sides from the evil in mens hearts from this insane society. McKenna is a super man and I miss his lectures, I miss his free thought.
Skip to 7:05 for Truth.
Bro yes agreed! I figured this out in my last psychedelic experience, it's hard to process at first but once you do you can really start living!
its def the truth (enough)
I concur.
I can second that concur.
Jason Demakis
Skip to almost anything he says for "truth".
Great insight and food for thought as usual from Terrence. I wonder what he's learning now, It would no doubt blow us away.
I just discovered this guy and...I adore him.
Amazing! Thank you!!!
Love the video thank you
It's strange. The things McKenna and others always talk about happening when tripping (realizing the facade that is society/culture/reality) is something that I've been experiencing for the last 3 months after quitting weed. I never really realized these things even when high on weed, but after about 11 months of constant smoking, an awakening begun that seems akin to the revelations you have on psychedelics. On one hand I want to try psychedelics to experience these amazing revelations spoken of here, but on the other hand I've realized them already on my own through my awakening with reading and self contemplation and am still coming to terms with what it all means for my life. Are psychedelics really necessary for these realizations? I don't think so. I think simply exposing yourself to these ideas by watching videos like this or reading spiritual books with an open mind can be equally enlightening. Psychedelics could be classified as a shortcut to awakening. Then again, I feel as though SLOWLY coming to terms with these ideas with a clear mind is more valuable than having them overloaded into your brain in an altered state of consciousness. But what do I know? I've never used psychedelics, so I'm sure there's an understanding I still haven't reached yet that they could teach me.
McKenna spoke about this also: you only understand the psychedelic experience by having it. Knowing realizations is absolutely not the same as experiencing them directly and BECOMING them. The boundary dissolution through psychedelics is uniquely strong in its impact and reinforces these realizations much better than if you have awakened to those facts. The difference is bigger than one CAN expect, even I knew most of the things which I later came to experience first hand, but these experiences in the psychedelic ecstatic state of mind were the turning point for me, as only then it was becoming so permeable and clear, as seeing these things makes them more memorable than only thinking about them.
Great lecture!
Can anyone speak so precisely with eloquence and natural flow ? Fuckin amazing
terence mckenna is one hell of a public speaker. my favorite person to listen too.
The reason why people feel hate is bc they think you are doing something important..
Much love Terence!!!
Holy shit that last little bit is exactly what I needed to hear.
I like that ....."gone too far...too far off what!" haha
All I know is that I can get to work everyday negotiating traffic without getting killed. That's true enough for now.
Hahahahhaha
One of the greatest orator the world has seen.
God bless this man!
Lol I love hearing laughter. Real laughter. Not laugh track. True enough!
After meditating on whether or not reality is real, I'll be working out whether normality is normal, goodness is good, and finally whether or not making a tautological argument is tautological.
What an adorable character. I could listen to him for hours.
the "taxonomy of illusion" lecture is my favorite of his.
Brilliant !
Getting to know Terence was a very deep and fruitful turning point exactly when one would need it the most. He lives in me now, all of us.
wow!..I love this guy.I was just referred him fron another commenter on a noam chomsky video.thanks youtube!rational logical thought is so rare these days.Nice to find a gem once in a while :-)
This is one of those topics that is considered kinda "obvious" to anyone, yet I would bet that only a handful of people ACTUALLY consider the implications of that. It really means being waken up to a completely strange and weird reality. Love this piece, McKenna always has a way with language ;)
Awesome.
What was said here is hardly subject for debate, for it all seems so obvious once considered (though considering such things does not always occur to us, and thus the value of men such as this), yet these kinds of ideas are the subject of much controversy. More often still, I think they are routinely ignored without due regard.
It always seems very odd to me when people utterly dismiss someone speaking thusly; is there not an innate desire to understand, whether or not it results in assent? Apparently not, as many people hear this kind of talk and just say "ehh, a bunch of mumbo jumbo" but it is unfathomable to me how this satisfies. I would not be able to rest until I knew what he meant, for clearly he means something in earnest.
Uh...say what?
symbioticgemini Generally speaking, the ideas presented in this video are not given due attention because many people do not seek to understand, but dismiss the speaker and his ideas before making an honest effort.
Ideas should be understood before rejected, and ideas should also be judged independent of their source (in this case, the speaker).
symbioticgemini People ONLY want to learn something if there is an answer at the end of the road. :)
***** Which is so ironic considering what he's saying here about linguistics...
Indeed you are correct. And it is very difficult to find others who have traveled and seen (ad clearly) the same path as Terrence, which is perhaps the reason why we don't hear this more often.
Hamburg 1991. Terence & Eck
I watched this on acid and re-played the last 20 seconds about 50 times, couldn't stop laughing
Amazing.
everythings its a trip even this life and all thelifea we will live, i say we make it a good trip now, we have gone trough some really deepdark situtations.
without doubt... !
he and Micahel Tsarions newest works... i got both on repeat!
Terrence Mckenna was one of the seed's from the star race that was granted an opportunity to molecularly advance himself and others through his transformation in life. I've been feeling the sychronistic feeling which is funny to me that people are putting the piece's back together for them selves, and moving towards and empowered self informed understanding of life
GA@WĐ! That might be the longest joke ever! 😂😂😂 But seriously, I could listen to McKenna talk about making a cake and probably laugh & cry around the spectrum of feeling and emotion, all that he could bring out of me and my need for cake!
R.I.P. Terry! ♡♡♡
Every single McKenna idea I become aware of, always, always.. always blows my mind!
Barty Fufkin Jesus died for all, we al already forgiven
Heaven is better than shrooms visuals I’ve seen it
what a masterful juggler of words...
Terence was an amazing human being in every way.
awesome
Love Terrence.
Advance with the truth, meaning not stopping to find it.
If you liked this video, PLEASE watch the entire talk "The Taxonomy of Illusion". The link is in the description. It is the best and most relevant lecture of his that I have ever listened to.
@McKennaCountrCulture This is profound. Thank you for posting this.
One small suggestion: In the quotation, above, is it possible to correct the spelling of "sacred" from "scared?"
Tremendous
Legend!
I agree
Such a wise human being .. love love love listening to his lectures
Lisa Tran Jesus died for all, we al already forgiven ask to be born again
You will see visions better than mushrooms can give trust me I know
@@Ror0009 trust me i know you are lying. No jesus can be better than mushroom. Trust me i know.
juan oleee you haven’t been born again experience or met Jesus in person or been drunk in the Holy Ghost
I’ve tried both sides
And Jesus is Better
He died for you he values you
True enough!
What a brilliant guy he was!!! If I have a bad day, I just need a clip of Terence McKenna and a clip of Robert Crumb, and I'm fine again! :)
oh so true, or true enough !! love it !
Bump! More people need to listen to this man.
love him
"Karl" has the best comment and the most logical and resonable one... Think, everybody!
We live in some form of illusion.
"It's just a ride ", Bill Hicks
True enough.......
this man is on of the greatest human beings ever to exist
This man is WISDOM
it's absolutely true
Such a great exert
My view is that McKenna has realized a lot of Good Truth through his searches and methods, and acted an Ethical Life. He knew that the stereotyped contents of relativized truth syntaxes doesn't amount to Truth. But this doesn't say that TRUTH DOESN'T EXIST, and I think he wasn't saying that. But "True Enough" is a slippery way of saying "True".
God he was such a great speaker
thats trippy i like it !
I love this man