Friday, August 08, 2014

The Audacious Wisdom of Terence McKenna


“The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche.” – Terence McKenna

 “Animals are something invented by plants to move seeds around. An extremely yang solution to a peculiar problem which they faced.” - Terence McKenna
 “The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.” – Terence McKenna
 “Nothing lasts but nothing is lost.” – Terence McKenna
 “Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity – Terence McKenna
 “We have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we do not fight back against the dehumanizing values that are handed down as control icons.” – Terence McKenna
 “What civilization is, is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other’s shoulders and kicking each other’s teeth in. It’s not a pleasant situation.” – Terence McKenna

 I think of going to the grave without having a psychedelic experience like going to the grave without ever having sex. It means that you never figured out what it is all about. The mystery is in the body and the way the body works itself into nature.” – Terence McKenna
 “If the words ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ don’t include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn’t worth the hemp it was written on.” -Terence McKenna
 “If you don’t smoke cannabis, you may spend your evening balancing your checking account. If you do smoke cannabis you may spend your evening contemplating the causes of the Greek Renaissance.” -Terence McKenna
 “Half the time you think you’re thinking you’re actually listening.” – Terence McKenna

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks. This is refreshing