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lsdandfrisbee
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I dont understand this quote
#5777156 - 06/21/06 04:49 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I have an mp3 from Erowid I believe, it is a series of quotes from Mckenna, Leary and a few other people whom I am unfamiliar with.
I will upload it someday in the Music forum to share.
Anyways........
The song starts out with......
"What we drug people have that you don't, is repeat ability."
wtf does that mean. I know what repeat means, and ability but I cannot pinpoint any sense to this statement.
Can anyone enlighten me?
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5777167 - 06/21/06 04:53 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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There is no sense, it came from a druggie. Druggies are senseless, but fancy themselves otherwise.
To truly "understand" it, you'll have to take 10 hits of acid and let the genius of it smother you with lovely rainbows as the profoundness of it smashes your face to bits
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: daimyo]
#5777178 - 06/21/06 04:55 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Here is an interview from Art Bell and Terence Mckenna talks about repeatability.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Mezcal]
#5777188 - 06/21/06 04:59 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks a lot Synder 5 shrooms for that. With audio you cant tell if its one word or two. Thanks I am gonna read that wiki page now.
(i already gave you 5, but I gave you five more in the air, I threw them so I hope you can catch)
Edited by lsdandfrisbee (06/21/06 05:01 PM)
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5777215 - 06/21/06 05:09 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
lsdandfrisbee said: (i already gave you 5, but I gave you five more in the air, I threw them so I hope you can catch)
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Mezcal]
#5781588 - 06/22/06 07:22 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I still dont get it.
What does repeatability have to do with drug use?
Still very confused about repeatability.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5781607 - 06/22/06 07:27 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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ahhh ha! Ive used that quote in one of my songs.
I always thought it meant.. simply.. he can keep taking drugs. rpeating drugs.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: XUL]
#5781617 - 06/22/06 07:29 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thats what I thought too, but Mckenna is a very bright man and there is probably something more to it rather than "i can keep repeating drug use."
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5781619 - 06/22/06 07:30 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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That sounds like bullshit hippie trash that's grasping at something profound.
Tell 'em to go fuck themselves and live it better.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: GnuBobo]
#5781634 - 06/22/06 07:31 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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What are you talking about?
Dont reply if you dont know.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5781658 - 06/22/06 07:37 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love this smiley! -->
I've never seen it before. Cool! 
PS: I'm not sure what repeatability means in that context. Maybe it's purposely abstract and ambiguous, but on the other hand, I'm sure he would have a very definite meaning in mind...
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: lsdandfrisbee]
#5781690 - 06/22/06 07:45 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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"What we drug people have that you don't, is repeat ability."
Normal people only have a very few truly transcendent experiences. We psychedelics users however can choose to immerse ourselves in these realms.
For instance, for me communication with disembodied entities (on Salvia) is 15 minutes away if I want it, for others it may take a lifetime or more.
That's repeatability: we can choose and plan to enter these states while for sobers its almost random.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Asante]
#5781696 - 06/22/06 07:46 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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That sounds like a very good explanation!
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Asante]
#5781732 - 06/22/06 07:53 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah Seeker thats a pretty good explanation. Thanks!
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Asante]
#5781736 - 06/22/06 07:54 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Exactly what I was gonna say.
McKenna also said something to effect that you don't have to sweep around the ashram for 30 years in order to "earn" the right to see non-ordinary realms. All you have to do is ingest a substance and you have the expereince. There is no servitude. And you can repeat psychedelic experiences, rather than getting nothing in 30 years and then one day suddenly it happens.
Not sure if that helped, but whatever.
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Also a good explanation. You two helped clear this up for me. Mckenna really knows his stuff. Thanks again.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Asante]
#5782457 - 06/22/06 11:40 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
lsdandfrisbee said: What are you talking about?
Dont reply if you dont know.
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Wiccan_Seeker said: "What we drug people have that you don't, is repeat ability."
Normal people only have a very few truly transcendent experiences. We psychedelics users however can choose to immerse ourselves in these realms.
For instance, for me communication with disembodied entities (on Salvia) is 15 minutes away if I want it, for others it may take a lifetime or more.
That's repeatability: we can choose and plan to enter these states while for sobers its almost random.
Take your pick, then. I have repeat ability to get drunk. Or tripping. Or stoned. That doesn't make me special. Maybe this conversation should get moved to the fruitcake "mystical" forum. .
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: GnuBobo]
#5782463 - 06/22/06 11:42 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Papaver]
#5782944 - 06/23/06 03:36 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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what is worth repeating?
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: redgreenvines]
#5783328 - 06/23/06 09:55 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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redgreenvines said: what is worth repeating?
Defining the undefinable: Well, that's the real trick, isn't it? I'll take a stab...
"What" is that which might be defined as the "transcendent" experience, which can be arrived at from psychedelic usage under proper set and setting, or total disregard for, thereof...
Now, as to whether it is "worth" repeating or not, that's an individual decision...
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: GnuBobo]
#5783342 - 06/23/06 10:01 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
GnuBobo said:
Quote:
lsdandfrisbee said: What are you talking about?
Dont reply if you dont know.
Quote:
Wiccan_Seeker said: "What we drug people have that you don't, is repeat ability."
Normal people only have a very few truly transcendent experiences. We psychedelics users however can choose to immerse ourselves in these realms.
For instance, for me communication with disembodied entities (on Salvia) is 15 minutes away if I want it, for others it may take a lifetime or more.
That's repeatability: we can choose and plan to enter these states while for sobers its almost random.
Take your pick, then. I have repeat ability to get drunk. Or tripping. Or stoned. That doesn't make me special. Maybe this conversation should get moved to the fruitcake "mystical" forum. .
Thats the point. You don't have to be "special" to gain access to these transcendent realms... you don't have to be "receptive" or "sensitive" or "a good medium" or anything like that, you just have to have the courage to take the leap.
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Re: I dont understand this quote [Re: Noviseer]
#5783357 - 06/23/06 10:11 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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However, based on what I've seen in cyberspace, just because you can "get there," doesn't mean you'll know what to do with the information. But that's pretty much life in general, and is what separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls...
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