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#1 So...How are you holding up these days?

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#2 Just so we can kind of establish some background here, can you tell us in a nutshell your lifetime experience with Entheogens?

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#3 You're currently pursuing a master's degree in some field of psychedelics, correct? Can you tell us more about this? What do hope to gain from this? What do you think you will be able to accomplish thru this?

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#4 Let's talk about Family briefly. Actually let's talk about both families: #1 your own family and #2 "the" Family. What role has family had in your life in general? Have you learned more about life thru them than Entheogens? What is the spirit of "the" Family like? Could Family and family be compared and if so how would it go down?

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The family is every living thing that was created. The light resides in us all. The "family" are people who have realized this and try to help others through love or whatever means can make the world a kinder place.

My biological family is very special to me. I grew up a average kid in a turbulent time. As a young boy I lost my brother to the Vietnam war. I'm very different from the ethics my father lived by. I was angry at him for many years past his death. he basically forced my brother to go to Vietnam. I hated him for that. Then I grew up an realized it wasn't his fault. "forgive them for they no not what they do".

My wife and kids are great. My wife is a wonderful woman and its a privilege to share my life with her. My kids are angels. I feel I learn more from them then I teach them. The love in our house is intense. I'm really blessed.

As for the "family" I feel closer to these people then my own family.
It was a honor and privilege to be able to fall into this culture. I view it as the high point of human evolution and nothing less. I have studied with many religious groups ,but have never seen devotion anywhere near what I experienced in the early days of tour. Some of these peoples only desire in the world was to turn people on. They sacrificed greatly by giving up freedom and never regretted it.

The closeness I feel to some of my friends in indescribable. We went through things that are beyond description. Most of my friends are settled down and leading peaceful lives with kids and grand kids.

As for a comparison between my family and tour family. A simple explanation is we are all bound by love. Though the Love that binds "the family" is a love supreme. I guess I shouldn't cut my family short because the love between my wife and kids is a sacred love also. So the correlation is LOVE.

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#5 Are you an advocate of Ayahuasca? Can you tell us about a particular experience that stands out?

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Sure. It's a great healer for some. I have found a way to get the same benefits without the constant vomiting. I take 5 grams of mushrooms followed 3 hours later by smoking 50mg. of DMT freebase. It's just as intense as yage, but without the constant vomiting.

As for experience to share I guess my first one. Between tours once we went down to Florida to pick mushrooms for the next tour. Everyday we were up at the crack of dawn trotting through the cow pastures that border on the everglades. One night we drank the yage and had a crazy intense experience.
The next morning I felt like I have never felt before. As we made our way out to the pastures I felt completely free. While picking the mushrooms I decided clothes were not needed. I stripped naked and walked for hours picking bags of mushrooms. My companions decided to follow my lead. There we were a group a dread locked naked hippies walking through endless cow pastors picking mushrooms. I never felt so good in my life. We also never found as many mushrooms as we did on that day. I remember having crazy animal sex with one of the girls with us in the muddy cow pasture. We we stoned free and having divine sex while surrounded by acres of fields full of magic fungi.
It was a damn good morning.

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#6 What is the primary thing that all humans should know about life itself, if there is such a thing?

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I guess this would be different from person to person. For me it's love.
It's the only thing that matters to me. Not the love between your high school sweetie and you, but the LOVE.
I have experienced many states in my life. The nothingness of the Budist void to the attachment to desires. It wasn't until I got to temporarily see though veil clear eyes and see the world with unconditional love that I felt home and free. Of course this state wasn't permanent, but it gave me faith. Though I constantly fall out of touch with it I know there is a place of perfection were we all meet as one and purify in eternal love. This is very freeing.
This worldly life isn't important because like everything else in this world it doesn't last. The thought that one day part of me will rejoin the great love , has made my life very rich. I have been very fortunate to experience Gods grace.

I'll stop now because I'm trying to describe something beyond language and normal perception. Some of you know what I'm talking about. Some of you will think I'm full of shit. that's fine. To each his own and to me Love is the key.
Peace, compassion, kindness and all the other high quality's of life emanate from love. To me Christianity is a distorted negative force, but the message of Christ consciousness is the true reality.

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#7 You've had connections with the famous band The Grateful Dead. Do you still know the remaining members? Do they still have a fondness for Entheogens and if so, do they have any particulars?

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#8 If you could point out one flaw of Entheogen connoisseurs and their overall approach to using Entheogens what would it be?

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#9 If you could caution your generation in the year 2005 with any words of wisdom what would they be?

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#10  What is your favorite book (of any category) and why?

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#11  Coffee or tea?

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#12 I have noticed that Entheogen consumers generally have a lot of inward or introspective energy. Do you have a strong preference to privacy or do you actually find yourself to be quite outgoing and love to be around a variety of people?

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I charish my alone time, but that becuase i'm at campus or with my kids alot.
In my younger years I only surrounded myself with "family" and viewed all other as lesser people. Now as i'm getting grey I see the pompous jerky perspective of then. I still get frustared with people who live by ethics different then mine, but then I have to remind my self ,who the hell am I to pass judgment. I constantly battle this. Especially after this last election.
I find the teachings of Christ to be usefull in knocking myself of my high horse. That or a swift dose of mushrooms. We are all children of the light.
It's my goal to love everybody. Not their deeds, but the fact that they are part of this All that roles into One.

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#13 Who is the most important person of the 20th century?

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#14 What will the future hold for humanity and Entheogens?

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Thanks Chinacat72 and drops him back off at home slightly buzzin'. 

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Anytime. Thanks for the buzz. I hope some of this made sense.
BTW Nice truck

Good stuff, man.

Five suns for you:


Btw, this was hilarious:

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The next morning I felt like I have never felt before. As we made our way out to the pastures I felt completely free. While picking the mushrooms I decided clothes were not needed. I stripped naked and walked for hours picking bags of mushrooms. My companions decided to follow my lead. There we were a group a dread locked naked hippies walking through endless cow pastors picking mushrooms.

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Thanks Enter.  I've wanted to do that for a while but never got around to typing up the questions. 


Chinacat:  Thanks for answering the questions.  It was interesting.  May I ask some questions?

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1)  You said that you once talked to Ken Kesey.  Instead of discussing psychedelics and "the old days" like everyone else, you discussed law mowers or something.  Can you tell us any more details about your meeting with Ken?


2) You've said that the family members would constantly be high due to laying sheets and handling crystal all day.  How much driving was done while tripping? 

3)  In your days on tour did you look like a typical Deadhead?  As we discussed in another thread today, looking like a head and having head stickers on your car could cause the cops to know you are a head.  Weren't you worried about attracting attention to yourself while you were carrying around all that crystal?

4) Close calls.  You once talked about a time when you had an ungodly amount in your backpack at a show and got stopped by the police after one of them saw a friend give you money from a non-drug related debt.  You said that was your closest call.  Can you tell us about some others? 


Thanks

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1) You said that you once talked to Ken Kesey. Instead of discussing psychedelics and "the old days" like everyone else, you discussed law mowers or something. Can you tell us any more details about your meeting with Ken?

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2) You've said that the family members would constantly be high due to laying sheets and handling crystal all day. How much driving was done while tripping?

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3) In your days on tour did you look like a typical Deadhead? As we discussed in another thread today, looking like a head and having head stickers on your car could cause the cops to know you are a head. Weren't you worried about attracting attention to yourself while you were carrying around all that crystal?

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