Comments on: Terence McKenna – Understanding and Imagination in the Light of Nature http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/09/06/terence-mckenna-understanding-and-imagination-in-the-light-of-nature/ Hate The State Thu, 23 May 2013 08:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: The They http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/09/06/terence-mckenna-understanding-and-imagination-in-the-light-of-nature/#comment-11335 The They Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:32:00 +0000 http://www.libertariannews.org/?p=15115#comment-11335 I first seriously took psychedelics in college and i found that it made my understanding of philosophy much more acute. For instance, i wrote this poem entirely on LSD:

Life,
Through the differentiation
Of its own self-engendering movement,
veils its own eyes
to the privilege of its self-experience.
What a joke when
a life full of contemplation
has only to show for its efforts
the understanding that occurs
when the mind is silenced by its own contradictions.
Understanding that
When I see you,
I see me.

The-they.blogspot.com

]]> By: Michael Ellis http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/09/06/terence-mckenna-understanding-and-imagination-in-the-light-of-nature/#comment-11311 Michael Ellis Fri, 07 Sep 2012 05:46:00 +0000 http://www.libertariannews.org/?p=15115#comment-11311 Love Terence! He was truly ahead of his time. His contention that the world is made of imagination and more specifically language had a big impact on me spiritually. That and taking “Heroic Doses” of mushrooms. You can never experience reality quite the same way again after experiencing for yourself what Terence talks about. Great post Michael!

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