How to Change Your Mind | Michael Pollan | Talks at Google

Michael Pollan has written 5 New York Times best sellers including Food Rules; In Defense of Food; and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. In this talk, he shares insights and answer questions about psychedelics based on research done for his book "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence".
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[@Michael-4]

Hats off to Google for hosting this topic.

[@madmanzila]

you seem to have one .. do the honors good sir :)

[@amandamate9117]

the CEOs are popping lSD like chocolate on burning man. Of course they are all liberal and pro psychedelics

[@organichemist9606]

literally most of silicon valley is on acid

[@simonsays525]

Probably all the workers at Google are microdosing on a daily basis.

[@rebbeshort]

@@amandamate9117 Liberal is a good thing. I hope you know that.

[@kylerallen225]

Hundred bucks says the guy at 24:45 microdosed earlier that morning! I'd recognize that uncontrollable grin and the life in his eyes anywhere! Nothing but love!

[@thejords]

Hahahah....3 minutes in, I read your comment...skipped to 24:45 and....you may be right!

[@ceeweedsl]

Almost certain. If I saw him on the street in a crowd, I'd surmise the same.

[@nathangill8404]

100000%

[@neonseacow]

He might be very excited to talk to Pollan and have a genuine love for him after reading his book and taking mushrooms! I love it

[@asif_mojtoba]

I think he's just here kinda nervous and excited, nothing much.

[@jamesj5696]

Michael Pollan fills a great need for our time. Legitimate author, excellent mind, giving good information to make us better.

[@peerawatpomsopa5124]

Thank you very much.

[@michaelsherman1250]

so true

[@palodine1]

Terrance McKenna is even better. But I appreciate what Michael is doing.

[@JiViFi]

@@palodine1 Disagree, Terence seems a bit too far off the deep end for my tastes. I like conversation about psychology not an alien species.

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

,,,, @@JiViFi

[@crobbie86]

"I want to welcome the google micro-dosing club" - *Laughter of recognition*

[@nickfeller5938]

Damn this is amazing, and precisely the right person to bring psychedelics back into the mainstream. Much praise M. Pollan

[@angief2805]

I agree, it's a great contribution

[@Treegrower]

This guy is an excellent speaker, he really has a great way of putting his thoughts into words in an interesting and engaging way. Thank you to google for hosting this talk!

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@DeltaUpsilonTug]

“In general, the experience tends to be one where you discover that love is the most important thing in the universe. And this Hallmark card platitude suddenly becomes this profundity. And it IS a profundity... we’ve heard it some many times it becomes banal... There’s an interesting line between the profound and the banal, and psychedelics definitely work along that line.”

[@kaboosh1992]

13:59 I randomly skipped through the video impulsively and the second random jump was the quote you commented. This potential glitch in the matrix was partly possible because you took the time to comment so I decided to do the same. :)

[@tnijoo5109]

What an amazing mind to so effortlessly demonstrate such a beautiful way with words.

[@Drehead]

Thank you for bringing this to people! Very important for humanity to open to new possibilities for healing 🙏🥰

[@daniellelevy6556]

POLLAN FOREVER. Thank you.

[@sharonjohanns]

Best book ever! I have done Hospice and there is a continued need for more research and open minds. Michael Pollan is a progressive forward thinker. Thanks for your wonderful book

[@seriouskaraoke879]

He's as entertaining to watch as he is listening to. He is quite articulate with his gesticulation.

[@Maxiloup]

Thank you Mr Pollan its always a pleasure to hear & learn from you

[@RSEFX]

Finally we are having serious, smart discussions in modern times about life and soul "food" that has long been buried in the past....in our culture at least.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Panic reactions, “Bad trips” are in service to incredibly powerful, important issues that often haven’t been faced. Appropriate Navigation, or an established “Flight Plan” and more importantly how to handle issues in flight, redirecting the path if needed, not landing because there’s some severe turbulence, is incredibly important and needed for high dose experiences. Having guides, for those inexperienced people who have never been high, is critical. In my opinion. I don’t particularly like Pollan. He didn’t re-start Psychedelic research as it never stopped, it went underground after 1966(California) and in 1970-Nixons War on Drugs & the Controlled substances act. I support FULL legalization of all drugs for adults to buy without a prescription at the drug store. Just like in the days of my Great Grandfather & my grandfather(pre 1914)

[@toughlikerocks]

Right on. What you say fits with the narrative that Pollan puts forth that we lost our way with psychedelics in the West because we never had the proper cultural framework in place to guide users through the experience in a compassionate and constructive way. The fact that the current scientific trials are in many ways following the same guidelines as tradition shamanistic rituals is such a profound example of the world coming full circle.

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@doreekaplan2589]

Nuts

[@BushyHairedStranger]

@@toughlikerocks I also support the right for experienced users to get high without any guidance whatsoever. There are Plenty of us who’ve used all sorts of drugs over the last 40 years and we are intimately familiar with how different drugs effect us so we are against exclusionary regulation, be it medical or exclusive to the wealthy. Every adult should have the right to access ANY drug they so choose whenever they desire at a reasonable cost.

[@williamallen2966]

I love you Michael Pollan. I will certainly be keeping track to see what your research concludes. I used them and others to transform my life for the better. It's a shame these God given substances are illegal and were misused originally. What an evil, atrocious occurrence. Very happy to see you advocate on a major platform, most people think I'm crazy. Good luck on your journey brother!

[@mickeymorgan]

Michael, had to come over here because comments were not allowed on your video on mushrooms and Maria Sabina. As a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of 19+ years, I followed your experience exactly, INCLUDING Maria Sabina. Please read an English version of The Heart Sutra . . . blast your mind! You experienced Emptiness! Which is what I try to cultivate each morning with a page-long version. DMT gave you a moment of what is called the BlissVoid. All is love. You are all. And we are empty. To me, it is like I become a floating eyeball without the eye . . . just pure awareness, with no beginning and no end. I just need a guide because I am a crone, old dancer (your Elder! snork 1952). It is Maria Sabina, I believe. Thank you. Much gratitude. ms. mickeypamo

[@sauravchoudhury7606]

It's great to see Mr. Pollan on this platform.

[@laceynelson8225]

I love a speaker that gives you all sorts of information and doesn't withhold to try and get you to buy their book. This makes me actually buy the book because I love the information they are giving so much that I want more! Thank you Michael Pollan

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@reprogrammingmind]

Excellent talk, thank you for sharing.

[@user-fp6ed8ip2j]

Amazing book! Thank you for doing this.. I could listen to this guy all day.Great talk.

[@jus1085]

I really need to get his book! I find that a great understanding of philosophy, religion, mythology, psychology, and science on a comparative level really helps with psychedelic experiences. To know what you are and where you come from is a priceless thing.

[@julianarussill3130]

Book is AWESOME!

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@pareshpandit]

Remarkable, as always!

[@matthewfurnari-omara2079]

Thanks so much for making this work accessible to the world!

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

perfect. the world needs to hear more about this.

[@suzannesullivan-vlog2271]

Thank you so much! Very insightful!

[@latensi]

Just bought his book translated to my language. Only released last month. Libraries here had tons on reservations for the book and I could not just wait.

[@chancerobinson5112]

The Vietnam war was crucial in the demonization of psychedelic drugs. The Military Industrial Complex quickly figured out that your soldiers aren’t gong to be much good if they’re convinced LOVE is the most important thing in the Universe! So, the war on drugs began. It was a remarkable about face for both society in general, and the psychiatric profession in particular. Richard Nixon was recorded saying, “We’ve got knock this thing right in the Puss, Henry (Kissinger).”

[@kurtklingbeil6900]

Exactly! Seems odd that someone so dialled in would overlook the intentionality of the corpiratist neofeudalists whose active hatred of humanity drives their War on Everything. Love and equality and social stability scares the shit out of them. Maybe the dying off of some of the old guard assholes and a gradual rising of consciousness is providing some space for this renaissance

[@talksolot]

yes, white peasants have always been duped into hatred by their rulers, for centuries, and have hence served as obedient and vicious battering ram on the peasants of the world. no other people hate so irrationally as a euroid, particularly the angloid and his american offshoot.

[@maryanncarrlton6878]

Right on, some goodness happening !

[@chazblank2717]

“The Ego is like a tired old dog. You can never put it down, all you can do is let it lay on the back porch and step around it.” - Carlos Castaneda Ram Dass’ guru was named Neem Karoli Baba... Steve Jobs sought him out as well.

[@MalAnders94]

Steve Jobs was a despicable human being to most people in his environment. The technology used by apple was developed in universities and research faculties - paid by taxes from ordinary folk - then given to apple to make profit from. All of the technology inside your iphone was delevoped by government agencies. Steve Jobs is a fraud.

[@PeterKoperdan]

You can definitely let the old dog Ego go, but it's not easy. That's why even people who sincerely attempt to do it rarely succeed. Letting the ego go is the whole point of a true Path.

[@sergechistyakov7201]

I just GOT IT!!!37 years old)))Im so happy!!! Was depressed for more than 7 years. Finally I feel me like in childhood!!!! 1 July 2020 22:22 it was

[@bakingsoda9769]

Microdosing or a full trip?

[@sergiochistyakov129]

BakingSoda97 full trip

[@bakingsoda9769]

@@sergiochistyakov129 what drug and which dose?

[@Maria-rx6ik]

I'm glad for you! Was it with mushrooms? What dose was it? Please share. I'm trying to overcome depression...

[@sergiochistyakov129]

@@Maria-rx6ik acid

[@Mickondrix]

Amazing book! Thank you for doing this.

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@grantrobertson2620]

I could listen to this guy all day.Great talk

[@maremacd]

Me too. He must be the world’s best dinner guest.

[@scottb4540]

Reminds me of Ken Wilber

[@kaylouisecook366]

He is such a great speaker-have read his earlier books..

[@iamleilaniquevedo4658]

Thank you for sharing this very informative video

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

Absolutely fabulous!!!!

[@RonaldL.MAngela.vaught17HH]

i describe it to be like going to the theater the stage energy is bigger than life the music the sets on the stage the louder vocals, the dancing.

[@marleylove2011]

What a great video. Love you Michael Pollan!! Thanks google.

[@Evangelion543]

I've read his "In Defense of Food" Manifesto, the man is right in more ways than one.

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@TheAngeliaMusic]

I just read this book and it was wonderfully researched and I will read it again!!

[@DM100]

Just finished it a week ago…sooo good. Read it in three days.

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@angelamorales5816]

This is so interesting. The first question really blew my mind.

[@Random-es7yo]

I have to say it was slightly hilarious the latest findings where they tried treatment without the counselling. And it worked just the same in the treatment of anxiety. I suppose the counselling and so forth gives it all an air of respectability.

[@McLKeith]

I like the way Michael Pollan connects the psilocybin experience to meditation. His description of time going from past to future and future to past is similar to Dogen Zenji's writing in Shobogenzo. Most Zen Masters don't seem to have the language to communicate this experience.

[@tomasb8986]

Took mushrooms yesterday, no regrets! Amazing experience

[@lilyliciousss]

yes! It was incredible, and i microdosed.

[@carmelamartinez2902]

Where does one go to get a micro dose? Please share. Thanks

[@tomisaacson2762]

@@carmelamartinez2902 you can grow them yourself. the spores are legal in most U.S. states. Then you just take a small dose. So instead of something like 3 grams, you just take 0.15 to 0.25 grams.

[@tomasb8986]

Buy spores, buy grow kit, spend time to grow it, look after it.. it takes two to three months.. time you’ll spend will come with reward, do not abuse it, consume it with caution and respect

[@rebeccaperry-piper7292]

Thank you Michael. I hope I get to be experienced.

[@beamworthy4134]

that was fantastic and very seemingly level. bravo google

[@samikshathirani2507]

I love him so much!

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

Best talk I have hear on Google. Great speaker, can express complicated subjects in an easy to understand, enjoyable manner without dubbing down.

[@rebbeshort]

You should take care of that cold.

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

Pollan?

[@rebbeshort]

@@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 Dubbing down should be dumbing down. Sounded like you had a cold. However, it is pollan season, as you noted. I bet there are drugs for that.

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

@@rebbeshort must have eaten the wrong cactus (peyote) for breakfast. 😀🙃🤭

[@rebbeshort]

@@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 I think my mushroom omelet was a little off too...

[@petersizirony2320]

Why don't all Americans cant talk like this man. Very clear to understand, what he is saying and what he is about to say.

[@kevpow9166]

I did a mushroom shake. Very strong. Never had any life-changing realisation, just lots of colour and music sounds awesome.

[@kenwilliams8067]

set and setting. the life-changing realizations are more likely when you have specific preparation, and intentionality supported by guides...

[@billygundum]

Tried it for the first time earlier this year. It was like a stronger weed high yet somehow different. Can't explain with just one-3 trips. Was just super excited.

[@DAMfoxygrampa]

Your description actually makes me more comfortable with psychedelics. I've always been horrified of taking any sort of mind-altering drug, but recently I got over my fear of weed. It puts me a bit at ease to know a psychedelic high is similar to a weed high. Maybe one day I'll give some psychedelic a try.

[@carmelamartinez2902]

Hi! Thank you for sharing? I have PTSD. I need to know how to get the product? Please advise. Thankyou

[@learntolove3327]

Weed gives me anxiety. Lawd I hope shrooms won't do the same. Sick of this depression and anxiety. 😢

[@ale198519]

amazing talk

[@mechissegovia8179]

YES gives us good information

[@rosierose111]

I am currently in my 70’s …have had many Psychedelic experiences, never experienced flashbacks Worked in a male dominated sector of Technology & found my experiences with Psychedelics actually enhanced technical analysis

[@mrs_Mccoy]

I bought some from a Drugstore online

[@mrs_Mccoy]

FROM CRUISE_MYCOLOGIST.

[@mrs_Mccoy]

in instagram.,

[@HettiedeKorteDiplomaat]

I worked in a youth hotel in the beginning of the 70’s. I remember some guests took LSD, had a bad trip and ended up in a mental hospital. And were never the same again. There’re also some rock musicians who never recovered from using psychedelics.

[@saucerocreamify]

As an engineer I can attest to the these facts. We visualize everything and wow what a tool. Remember we don't swing a wrench when we're having an experience, but it still opens your mind to greater things when you're not having an experience 😊

[@thebandsoul7836]

Reading The Botany of Desire at the moment. Terribly interesting book!

[@jackieyang9337]

thank you you all that

[@daily-learning-lab]

amazing talk thank you learned a lot :)

[@jackieyang9337]

Idol, I am addicted to your voice, attitude, law and law🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😚😊😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@carmelamartinez2902]

I have PTSD, currently on medication. However; it’s not enough. I really need to read this book and find out where I can get more help. It is exciting to know that there is more help out there.

[@kateskeys]

No matter the question, love is ALWAYS the answer.

[@mikehoncho2640]

cap

[@sunfirepsychedelicspodcast6494]

Absolutely FASCINATING 💖💖 💖

[@fred7flinstone]

One of the most interesting books I’ve read. Highly recommend it.

[@mysticaltech]

Same here, really powerful! amzn.to/2ZFkJ0l

[@brandinshaeffer8970]

I have autistic "ticks". I'll take psychedelics periodically to lessen them...and it works amazingly. They have also delivered me out of extreme depression during covid when I was alone all day, unable to run my business while my husband was working double at his company with very little help. It was a dark time and I was slipping into mental illness. 2 rounds of mushrooms and I made a 100% recovery.

[@jackieyang9337]

thank you oh thankfully

[@jackieyang9337]

thankfully

[@Edge--runner]

First!! Just finished his book yesterday. Great read!

[@MrSushant3]

*Who are you ?*

[@shawnbrando6145]

Sushant Chaudhary He’s the all-prevailing existence consciousness bliss!

[@joojoosasa]

@@MrSushant3 He is someone who places importance on the act of leaving the first comment on a video, for some reason.

[@dallinsutherland8849]

I thought the book was an entertaining and stimulating read, and he speaks in the same clear, funny, and interesting way. I am preparing for an ibogaine experience and his thoughts on there being no societal "container" for the psychedelic experience got me thinking about how I might create one for myself within my personal support structure. Good stuff.

[@Rogersellsoninsta]

👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌 .... ....

[@marcietorreance6205]

YOU ARE RIGHT

[@Photomonon]

Yes

[@MisterL777]

24:30 hey I knew this as the "wim hoff breathing exercise" and it does do something very peculiar and you feel that very strong "high" on just breathing oxygen but it doesn't last longer than a few seconds and I never knew what to do of it except that it felt good

[@Intuitioncalling]

I've liked this video just cuz of its title. I'm sure I'm in for a good one

[@GoosethepsychicPisces]

Did he just call Psilocybin an INGREDIENT!? Great guy such good work

[@inneralignmenteducation]

Excellent

[@jackieyang9337]

lovely sir

[@susannahkelpyotter5595]

Hey I just met Michael on his video Cannabis, the imortance of forgetting. I loved it. Blown away but the whole time I kept thinking cut off your hair, he would look amazing hairless. And five minutes I find this and it has happened. Shew.

[@PuLLGETSOME]

Good on google, and michael pollen get this word out!

[@sumitjeee]

People who have watched the documentary "wild wild country" can relate to the Holotropic breath work mentioned above to the dynamic meditation that osho commmune used to practice .

[@rebbeshort]

Thank you. I'm going to watch "wild wild country" later tonight.

[@TheNomadicDreamerSD]

Sooo amazing! There is so much power and spiritual connection in mushrooms :) I cannot wait for people to get more access to this!

[@jaimesoldi6724]

What Pollan refers to in min. 34 of his talk is 'The Road to Eleusis', an awakening book by Gordon Wasson, Albert Hoffmann and Carls Ruck, a very worthwhile book to read on this subject.

[@MalAnders94]

Funny that people don't know that Gordon Wasson wasn't a banker, but vice president of PR of JP morgan, recruited by the CIA to popularize magic mushrooms.

[@osirusj275]

@@MalAnders94 why would they purposely popularise the magic mushroom?

[@CraigCastanet]

Interesting about the introduction to one's ego-less existence.

[@jackieyang9337]

Magical artist🤤

[@pawelkapica5363]

Finally scientists can openly talk about psychedelics and altered consciousness. There's so much potential in this research not only for sick people but for us as humans to develop more understanding and compassion towards ourselves and others.

[@sonlm]

Finally, a new and promising hope for the cure of mental disorders. 👏🤞

[@mrs_Mccoy]

Yes, i sourced some psychedelic mushrooms from a Drugstore online

[@mrs_Mccoy]

FROM TRIPWITH_JEFF

[@mrs_Mccoy]

in instagram

[@borninvincible]

Great talk! Leave it to the US to attempt to weaponize something so empathic. It's no coincidence that psychedelic clinical research stopped right around the time Vietnam needed non empathic policy executors.

[@rebbeshort]

@Chris Schneider I'm beginning to see that you are too, Chris.

[@rebbeshort]

@Chris Schneider Lots of indicators for that assertion, Chris, sorry. You show a closed mind and a strong anti-liberal bias in your comments here. That is enough for me to feel the scourge of you. I do however, appreciate you knowing that there is no federal coverage for autism, though. Might be hope for you yet.

[@rebbeshort]

@Chris Schneider That is the reply of someone who has nothing of any substance to say.

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

@Chris Schneider does it feel good to hurt others? Do you like to be overtly violent as well? I wouldn't judge you for it. I like it as well. Nothing like sadism to feel powerful and good about yourself.

[@AdaptiveApeHybrid]

@Chris Schneider oh wow that is scary relatable. Do you also like to drive aggressively and recklessly while screaming the words of your favorite weezer songs? Do you also have trouble maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships? Do you often lack empathy for others? Daddy?

[@danewiley4215]

when he talked about 5- meo- dmt and the guy nodded his head, I bet he watches hamilton's pharmacopeia too lol. But this was a great speech.

[@SilverSound]

i love this google talk. am i the only one who thinks michael pollan looks and sounds like ted danson?

[@stuartkeithguitars4251]

I took acid five rimes between 17-19 years old. Depression began in early high school. One terrible trip....one transformative. The bad one was ego related for sure and the good one was seeing patterns. Why patterns? They called it "patterns". My friends said, "take acid and smoke hash and you'll see patterns". More than one person said this to me...as if it WAS a fact. So I did. It was an animated thing of constancy that ABSORBED ME...ego gone and all is this beauty...these ever changing, fully absorbing patterns. ... and in real life 'm staring at a wall for who know how long? I'm 63 and I remember how hard my depression was hitting me prior to the experience...and I see a period of life afterwards that seems now as a reprieve. But life has pressed me and I'm depressed again...thinking about his...kind of scared. Is fear ego?

[@mrs_Mccoy]

I'd appreciate your comment

[@mrs_Mccoy]

I sourced some psychedelic products from a Drugstore online

[@mrs_Mccoy]

FROM TRIPWITH_JEFF

[@mrs_Mccoy]

in instagram,

[@nnm7761]

Kickass video

[@AD-wx9zz]

GREAT QUESTION at : 27:30

[@anneglass8084]

If you really want to learn about psychedelics, listen to or read everything by Terence McKenna. Terence’s brother, Dennis, is also an authority on the subject.

[@billyoumans1784]

He mentions Ram Dass- Other monks Ram Dass gave psychedelics to in India said the experiences were good but not as good as meditation.

[@meganm7849]

[@jackieyang9337]

sweet sir

[@lucusinfabula]

bold topic

[@jackieyang9337]

Full of love, manly, temperament and wisdom, so as to attract me

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Theres a book being written right now about the life of Al Hubbard by a old LSD chemist. Having known Al its Likely to be the most accurate and detailed book on his life. To be out in 2020

[@danquirk2002]

Would love to know the title and author if you have it.

[@Paraselene_Tao]

10:45 "The idea that a molecule could **occasion** that..." It's funny how he steers away from using the word "causes" here. I kind of get what he means. Cause is usually imagined (defined maybe?) as something incredibly linear: "x happens first and causes y to happen." In the real world, everything helps to cause everything to happen in a non-linear, very complex manner. Maybe occasion is better than cause for helping remind folks of this complex causality.

[@karenbergman5277]

I really liked your talk. I was waiting and wondering if you'd bring in meditation and you did! Much of what you talked about up to that point sounded a lot like mindfulness meditation benefits or outcomes or whatever the word is. You reinforced for me the necessity for me to continue my practice. (I'm an alcoholic and don't want to go to another mind altering substance.) You said at the beginning that Inuit don't have mind altering plants where they live because nothing grows on their traditional lands. Not true. There is abundant plant life in the Arctic, above and below the treelike. The plants are very small. I don't know if any Arctic plants are hallucinogenic. I do know that Inuit Shaman are associated with altered states. Again, thank you for your talk.

[@mrs_Mccoy]

I'd appreciate your comment

[@mrs_Mccoy]

I bought some psychedelic products from a Drugstore online and they are affordable and discreetly delivered.

[@mrs_Mccoy]

FROM TRIPWITH_JEFF

[@mrs_Mccoy]

in instagram,

[@boredumbsleepyhead418]

Good advice to never fight your trip and just go with it.