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 Re: What was the general public & media reaction when LSD started to become known? [Re: leery11]
#4764300 - 10/06/05 02:38 PM (2 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well as we can see from this thread, there is no one way to reach compassion, understanding, and a concern for the state of our existance. Those are all the goals of trying to make a difference in the world, and they can occur through drugs, religion, science, etc....
And those very same things can be destructive as well. It's clear that they key to a shift in consciousness doesn't lie on one path or key, but through introspection and the willingness to accept change in one's self.
I personally believe that psychedelics play a major role in allowing people to perform these things within themselves. It happens even though it's illegal. I think the problem is that our government would not allow us to believe these things should even be understood scientifically, and locks them away even to research.
One of the largest problems facing people in Western culture seems to be the idea that there is this model life which they should live up to. It puts a tremendous amount of pressure to fullfil that, and people often unconsciously seek things they truly don't care about except to fullfil that need. Commericals are the best example of that in action, although I don't think this is some kind of conspiracy or anything, our culture tends to naturally feel insecure about their existance.
Psychedelics can allow people to step outside of their learned behavior and see themeselves as they are, or through how they truly, deep down see things. I think if they were allowed in psychotherapy, a guided session, it could make a tremendous difference in people's outlook.
I'm very optamistic in general, but I also see the dangers our society as a whole faces. The answer for me is just to persue life in such a way that I can attempt to add anything positive which occurs in life. What ever happens through that, happens. 
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The very nature of experience is ineffable; it transcends cognitive thought and intellectualized analysis. To be without experience is to be without an emotional knowledge of what the experience translates into. The desire for the understanding of what life is made of is the motivation that drives us all. Without it, in fear of the experiences what life can hold is among the greatest contradictions; to live in fear of death while not being alive.
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