I totally think we have a future on the planet. I just think that we have to get away from Western thinking, which is very much founded on dualisms.
Daniel PinchbeckI do think that if you were to be scrupulous and research into it you would find that certain types of natural psychedelics have, if anything, anti-addictive properties. And all the evidence really points towards that. But you have the people who are running these drug rehab situations, they demonized all the drugs.
Daniel PinchbeckModern humans became fixated on a collective hallucination of linear time, ignoring the fractal spirals of the surrounding universe.
Daniel PinchbeckMaybe the same instruments and tools that have been used to keep people in slavery and ignorance could potentially be used to liberate and awaken them.
Daniel PinchbeckElectronic culture created soulless replacements for connective rituals- television supplanted tribal legends told by the fire; 'fast food' consumed in distraction took the place of a shared meal. We substituted matter for Mater (feminine principle), money for mother's milk, objects for emotional bonds.
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