Excellent and appropriate for all that is happening on our precious planet right now. Eloquent words, get out into nature today, feel its power and enjoy its presence!
I 'accidentally' had a huge dose of mushrooms aged 18. Afterwards I was subtly different - I went vegetarian, and over the following years got into environmentalism and lived an 'eco-conscious' life. I very deliberately and carefully chose the greenest, eco-friendliest and lowest carbon choices in life - and in 2008 entered the Oxfam Carbon Footprint Competition - and won it, with the lowest carbon footprint of all the people who entered, a footprint less than a twelfth of the UK average. I continue to work hard to keep my footprint small and my positive impact high. I feel very strongly that my mushroom trip was an epiphany, an awakening, letting me see the truth about my position in the Universe, both as a tiny, irrelevant speck of matter, but also as a potentially important teacher, community member, friend, lover and active citizen. I realised my individual actions could affect people, the impact could radiate outwards indefinitely. I felt, and feel 'connected' to people and nature. So, my trip was 35 years ago, but the learning from it stays with me always. Like Dr. Gandy, I believe the world would be a better place if we had an acceptance of the benefits that this enhanced consciousness can bring. Should anyone enjoy reading a bit of fiction, a lovely Utopian vision, check out Aldous Huxley's 'Island', which imagines a community with a 'coming of age' ceremony involving a psychedelic experience. I just wish we all lived on the island of Pala.....
Hey John! I had heard you on extinction radio, so I was kind of a wreck already ;) but then I had "the experience" and I do not regret it, do not get me wrong, but being connected to our dying Mother is not painless, right? Not much of a reader but I've read News From Nowhere, gotta read some Aldous Huxley before reading glasses are a thing of the past...
@@freebear7323 Good to read this and hear of another person who's 'Experienced'. It is indeed painful to be so intimately connected to the Earth and to see how we're treating it.... but with me it drives me to try to do the right thing, to repair, to honour, to love. I will die knowing I've tried pretty hard, although I don't feel successful, as things fall apart around us.
I find it interesting that we're on the cusp of accepting the validity and effectiveness of this particular plant medicine that would help to heal the developed world's sickness for planet destruction. It's as if the plants are urging us to heal ourselves, hence healing our earth.
So interesting! While i didn’t go vegan and get more conscious because of drugs, now i do wonder even more how that psychological switch happened back then!
Why does this video not have at least a million views?
Excellent and appropriate for all that is happening on our precious planet right now. Eloquent words, get out into nature today, feel its power and enjoy its presence!
I 'accidentally' had a huge dose of mushrooms aged 18. Afterwards I was subtly different - I went vegetarian, and over the following years got into environmentalism and lived an 'eco-conscious' life. I very deliberately and carefully chose the greenest, eco-friendliest and lowest carbon choices in life - and in 2008 entered the Oxfam Carbon Footprint Competition - and won it, with the lowest carbon footprint of all the people who entered, a footprint less than a twelfth of the UK average. I continue to work hard to keep my footprint small and my positive impact high. I feel very strongly that my mushroom trip was an epiphany, an awakening, letting me see the truth about my position in the Universe, both as a tiny, irrelevant speck of matter, but also as a potentially important teacher, community member, friend, lover and active citizen. I realised my individual actions could affect people, the impact could radiate outwards indefinitely. I felt, and feel 'connected' to people and nature.
So, my trip was 35 years ago, but the learning from it stays with me always. Like Dr. Gandy, I believe the world would be a better place if we had an acceptance of the benefits that this enhanced consciousness can bring. Should anyone enjoy reading a bit of fiction, a lovely Utopian vision, check out Aldous Huxley's 'Island', which imagines a community with a 'coming of age' ceremony involving a psychedelic experience. I just wish we all lived on the island of Pala.....
Hey John! I had heard you on extinction radio, so I was kind of a wreck already ;) but then I had "the experience" and I do not regret it, do not get me wrong, but being connected to our dying Mother is not painless, right? Not much of a reader but I've read News From Nowhere, gotta read some Aldous Huxley before reading glasses are a thing of the past...
@@freebear7323 Good to read this and hear of another person who's 'Experienced'. It is indeed painful to be so intimately connected to the Earth and to see how we're treating it.... but with me it drives me to try to do the right thing, to repair, to honour, to love. I will die knowing I've tried pretty hard, although I don't feel successful, as things fall apart around us.
That's amazing, man.
@@schoenbaard Thank you.
Very thankful for everyone working on this
Great talk. As an ecotherapist it all makes great sense.
Great work Sam.
I find it interesting that we're on the cusp of accepting the validity and effectiveness of this particular plant medicine that would help to heal the developed world's sickness for planet destruction. It's as if the plants are urging us to heal ourselves, hence healing our earth.
Very good talk!!!
So interesting! While i didn’t go vegan and get more conscious because of drugs, now i do wonder even more how that psychological switch happened back then!
Harveyplex posted this... listening now
Serious subjects and total silence. Dangerous.