Philosopher Spotlight: Terrence McKenna # 3

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Speaker 1 (0s): Hey, Hey guys. It's me. It's George. Don't look over here to look forward. Don't look back on my remember right behind you. I am tripping my balls off right now. Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Okay. Now we're going to do today. You guys want to know what we're going to do. We're going to start off with a quick story. I tell you guys story. Wonder why he's whispering. I'm whispering because I don't want people to hear you don't want people to hear your podcast.

That's an odd duck in here, but what the hell is this guy even talking about? Who is this guy? Nobody, I'm a boxcar gender wise and straight razor. If you get too close to me, Weird way to introduce this podcast, right? Right. Let me tell you something that ever tell you this story about when I was on the train,

Speaker 0 (1m 22s):

Speaker 1 (1m 25s): On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere. I met up with the gambler. We were both too tired to sleep. So we took turns of staring at the window at the dark boredom lit overtook us and he began to speak. He said, son, I have made a life out of reading people's faces and knowing what the cards will, by the way they held their eyes.

So if you don't mind me saying, I can see that you are out of ACEs for a taste of your whiskey. I'll give you some advice. So I handed him my bottle. He drank down my last swallow, continued bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.

Speaker 0 (2m 13s): And then

Speaker 1 (2m 15s): The night it got definitely quiet in his face, lost all expression. He said, if you're gonna play the game son, you got to learn to play it, right? You gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold them. You gotta know when to walk away when window run and window run. How's that for a little intro? Are you guys enjoying

Speaker 0 (2m 41s): The spotlight on the loss of food? Cause we're still on Terence McKenna.

Speaker 1 (2m 49s): I love this guy. The more in depth analysis, the deeper we go into the mind of McKenna, the better we will all be. However it's imperative to leave yourself a trail of breadcrumbs. So you don't get lost. Number old Hansel and Gretel got to find our way back out. We have to find our way out so that when we see our brothers and sisters who get lost, we can reach back, hold their hand and walk them back out.

Some of us are strong. Some of us got to know when to hold them when to fold them. And when to walk away, I am having a blast. You guys, I really am. And I, I can't even tell you how beautiful and amazing I think you are. Thank you so much for just taking a moment to hang out with big George over here. You make me feel like the King of the world. I hope I make you feel like the King of the world or the queen of the world, because wherever you are, let me tell you what I know.

However you think in wherever you are, life is what you make it. You choose to feel how you want to feel it. Field a little bit down, do this, just close your eyes, take in a deep breath and force yourself to smile and be like, you know what? My life might not be that good right now, but at least I'm handsome. My laugh might be, might be tricky, but at least I'm beautiful. There's people that love me. You're like, no, I don't know if there is George.

Yes, there is. Yes, there is. There's me. I love you. I love you. All right. How about enough of my meandering thoughts filling up your day? How about enough of that? Why don't we dive in here to this, mr. McKenna coming at ya? This, my friends is from the new dimensions interview with Michael Tom's interview was taken place in 1985, man.

Remember those days, the search for self knowledge has occupied humanity for millennia, assuming many different guises in our modern technical information culture. The deeper meaning is often overlooked as we race Helter Skelter toward an unknown end. Questions of values, ethics and personal meaning are repressed under the Holy banner of practicality and living in the real world.

John Naisbitt, the author of mega trends points out that we are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge. Think about that. This was written in 1985 and this particular author was already talking about drowning in information and starving for knowledge. I would argue that that particular statement was not only visionary, but also more true today than it was then.

And yet at the same time, one researcher has estimated that 80% of the public is involved in some aspect of self fulfillment. Another paradox to ponder since both may be true. The quest for liberation is a journey through paradox. And perhaps by noticing how other cultures and social media blues have incorporated the search, we can learn more about our own. We live in exciting times in which the external reality we perceive is catalyzing and renewed momentum toward exploring our internal reality.

Our guest today, duh duh, duh terrorists. Well Cuno, he is one of those cultural point writers who commands our attention, not so much for the answers he has found, but rather because of the questions he poses, he is the coauthor with his brother, Dennis of the invisible landscape, mind hallucinations and the I Ching and generally functions as a freelance writer, reading and researching.

My name is George Monte, and I will be your host for the next hour. So get what you need to get to be ready, strap in and follow me, follow me.

Speaker 2 (7m 39s): He'll all follow me. You know, you got to, you got these people over here that want to live. You want to live hitting line with live. You don't want to live, hurry up, you know, the Gates open, you know, do your thing, man. Here, give him some Coke. All Charlie's friends get free. COVID

Speaker 1 (7m 57s): Aloha Terrence. And thank you for being here today. Let's start off with a easy question. Do you think we are in a state of transition? Are we moving from one culture to another Terence McKenna? We are certainly in a state of transition. We have arrived at nothing less than the end of history. However, it is not something to be alarmed about. I imagine it's simply the normal situation that prevails when a species is preparing to depart for the stars.

Do you think we're really preparing to depart for the stars on the scale of a hundred or a thousand years? I think it's an unavoidable conclusion that span of time in geological terms is hardly the wink of an eye. In fact, from that perspective, all of humanity's history appears

Speaker 3 (8m 56s): As a preparation for human transcendence of planetary existence.

Speaker 0 (9m 1s): I would've thought that technology like this was years away, but it's here now. I had thought this is the end we get there. We're done. And I'm realizing it's just the beginning.

Speaker 3 (9m 13s): Do we really want to get away from this planet? Terence McKenna, I think you have to take the view that certainly the planet is the cradle of mankind, but inevitably one cannot remain in the cradle forever.

Speaker 0 (9m 29s): You have a warm, fuzzy feeling in your stomach right now, goosebumps running up and down your spine. Well, goosebump your ass on out of here.

Speaker 3 (9m 38s): The human imagination in conjunction with technology has become a force so potent that it really can no longer be unleashed on the surface of the planet. With safety, the h...