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

[@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

[@NumoisUK]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@obedobrain]

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

[@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

[@obedobrain]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@obedobrain]

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

[@daniellelevy6556]

POLLAN FOREVER. Thank you.

[@EricDBruce]

“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.”

[@TheDivineFrequency]

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.

[@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.

[@seriouskaraoke879]

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

[@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

[@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...

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@obedobrain]

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[@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.

[@crobbie86]

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

[@Andre__1970-g1u]

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

[@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

[@ShwoogsRUs]

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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@matthewfurnari-omara2079]

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

[@obedobrain]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😊

[@kateskeys]

No matter the question, love is ALWAYS the answer.

[@mikehoncho2640]

cap

[@Maxiloup]

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

[@sauravchoudhury7606]

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

[@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

[@Lifeisbeautiful-d9l]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@fred7flinstone]

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

[@mysticaltech]

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

[@jackieyang9337]

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

[@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...

[@Evangelion543]

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

[@obedobrain]

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[@Rookie_Trader1]

GREAT QUESTION at : 27:30

[@thebandsoul7836]

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

[@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.

[@obedobrain]

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

[@3dge--runner]

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

[@MrSushant3]

*Who are you ?*

[@shawnbrando6145]

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

[@Chimp_Handzee]

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

[@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.

[@kaylouisecook366]

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

[@Mickondrix]

Amazing book! Thank you for doing this.

[@obedobrain]

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

[@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?

[@junglejuice4052]

If so many people have and are taking these transformative trips, why hasn’t there been this amazing positive cultural shift? I want it to be the answer (I’d love to try it too) but is it?

[@junglejuice4052]

True. And back when the global population was much smaller and people lived in tribes the percent of people who had access to, say, mushrooms and the transcendental experience would have been much higher. Maybe that’s why they lived a more spiritual and conciliatory life. But sadly, as Terence McKenna pointed out, the population was eventually denied access to mushrooms and other psychoactive material and thus began our descent into the hell of alienation and ennui that we know today. Maybe..

[@aerobique]

@@junglejuice4052 "..why hasn’t there been this amazing positive cultural shift? " There is and its racing.

[@TyrannusRex1234]

James Fadiman answer that in a video titled Cultural Implications of Altered States of Conciousness

[@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.

[@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

[@HailSagan1]

12:08 I like how the guy who just HAD to play "devils advocate" about psychedelics is wearing a tshirt about alcohol. Not like a drunk person ever killed anybody, oh wait...

[@dyinoutwest]

There have been cases of people killing their friends while tripping on mushrooms or acid though thats real history look it up

[@dyinoutwest]

Mushroom Tea Murder: Man Removes Friends Still Beating Heart - thats just one of them on google theres so many even not on the news that happened to friends of friends too

[@hberry8844]

This is true. Set and setting are crucial. We should focus on creating a culture where set, setting and dose are very important when you take these substances. When someone tells me they didnt enjoy pot you usually find out they smoked too much for the first time couldnt handle it plus they are usually in a place where they shouldnt be smoking half a joint and freak out. When someone does something dumb when drinking alcohol, again usually too much in a setting where it probably wasnt the best to be putting down copious amounts of boos. With alcohol this issue is easy to just write off bc we are used to and almost largely ignore the negative consequences compared to psychedelics. A large segment of our culture will largely laugh when alcohol comes up and get uncomfortable when you bring up mushrooms. I can almost guarantee that if these substances were legalized nation wide only the click bait worthy stories where something bad happened will make the news thus a negative influence of public opinion. We live in an interesting time.

[@kipuchino]

God, this guy clearly has never done psychedelics. And yes, the irony of the tshirt is delicious.

[@leonelprieto5378]

Yes, that's why people don't promote alcohol like a miracle drug. His question was not only fair but useful, you should be interested in every risk of a new drug to prevent unnecessary damage. By the way you guys are clearly more sensible to criticism than the speaker.

[@maryanncarrlton6878]

Right on, some goodness happening !

[@marleylove2011]

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

[@reprogrammingmind]

Excellent talk, thank you for sharing.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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?

[@angelamorales5816]

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

[@pareshpandit]

Remarkable, as always!

[@rebeccaperry-piper7292]

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

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

perfect. the world needs to hear more about this.

[@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.

[@therealzilch]

Michael Pollan is one of the indispensible voices of our time.

[@obedobrain]

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

[@therealzilch]

@@obedobrain Off the wall or bizarre? Who knows or cares? Not I.

[@AlexGomez-ur5eb]

Excellent one!

[@Ali-cy8xv]

I just finished reading the book. How could someone find a place where to do psilocybin therapy? I'm tired of medications. Any information would help. Thanks an advance.

[@peggyharris3815]

35:20 "Traditional cultures recognize that these were very powerful medicines NOT to be treated casually...it was never careless or recreational." We are the most careless, casual and recreational culture ever to inhabit the earth. The only ceremony and ritual we honor is pleasure, escape and acquisition. How we deceive ourselves.

[@SirDwad2002]

Peggy Harris and..

[@peggyharris3815]

@@SirDwad2002 lol...and I didn't want to write an essay.

[@kenwilliams8067]

yet the capacity, and dare I say, the hunger for something more meaningful, is there, always. The question is then, why and how does the careless/ casual/ recreational mindset persist? And THAT would require and essay or two...

[@peggyharris3815]

@@kenwilliams8067 yes it would.

[@jackieyang9337]

thank you you all that

[@DiviDoesIt]

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

[@PsychiCorey]

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

[@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.

[@jaytrader6596]

22:22 Sorry, you're mistaken, watching this today (12-23-19), and Ram Dass died yesterday. RIP ...Is it weird that I'm watching this random video and he brings Ram Dass up in his lecture??

[@augmntdx1]

its not a matter of transcending the ego but rather overcoming the notion of self

[@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.

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

After being a Guinea pig for decades by our sickcare psychiatric system. How can I get help Arizona. I was poisoned by over medicated and now have multiple chemical sensitivities on top of the same problem they supposedly treated. Please help

[@botelhorui]

I think he's definined a spetrum of default-mode inducing methods, from less-in-control to more-in-control: Potent drugs, light drugs, deprivation, breathwork, meditation, meditation Mastery?

[@donknoward2832]

What company is he talking about at 28:35?

[@LGBoomer2]

Taking LSD has brought me to peace about everything. It all makes sense now!

[@MalAnders94]

Excellent, now you're a pacified pawn in the game of the powerful. It's all love, right? The world is wonderful and there is no reason to change anything, it's all gods plan.

[@LGBoomer2]

@@MalAnders94 I agree 100% spread the word

[@patricioguzman2290]

are there any experience of this kind of mushroom with the fronto temporal madness or similar

[@iamleilaniquevedo4658]

Thank you for sharing this very informative video

[@jackieyang9337]

thankfully

[@samikshathirani2507]

I love him so much!

[@sonlm]

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

[@jimmyriggin]

23:29 She asked exactly what I need to know. He gave validation to my experience. I can testify to not being able to trip on any known substance yet (30gram mushrooms), (10strip LSD) (1 whole peyote), I don't have access to anything else. Although, I have become proficient in three different meditation techniques and I can achieve auditory and visual events. Daydream, sitting cross leg, mobile.

[@freddygomez8051]

If what you say is true, you should maybe try to get in contact with the speaker, I'm sure he'd be very interested in taking a closer look at it. Maybe you'd be able to help researchers better understand how all this works

[@dionysusnow]

Interesting, Perhaps you have a very weak Default mode network But It does seem you have Healthy ego.

[@jackieyang9337]

thank you oh thankfully

[@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.

[@obedobrain]

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[@beamworthy4134]

that was fantastic and very seemingly level. bravo google

[@XxskillfullxX]

Ok wait… should I listen to this before or after reading his book..?

[@INsange]

Cool topic, glad to have watched this. It is a pity the book is not available in my country. Is there any way to get it? Could anybody share it?

[@rtb5541]

Amazon?

[@kinngrimm]

36:49 "and thats what i think that we lost" well we had the inquisition which took care of any resemblems and leftovers of celtic shamans.

[@suzannesullivan-vlog2271]

Thank you so much! Very insightful!

[@aaazzi]

24:45 the suspiciously happy & smiling guy who's "read about micodosing on blogs"🤗🙃🤣

[@vinorama58]

If you are going to quote the lyrics from Tomorrow Never Knows, do you your research and get it right.

[@sunfirepsychedelicspodcast6494]

Absolutely FASCINATING 💖💖 💖

[@SilverSound]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@deepthyraj991]

600 mg is not heroic dose. I am confused. Dr. Ronald Griffith said he was giving 5gm to some volunteers.Can some one clarify the dose please!

[@levimckinley5822]

A standard dose 75 - 150 micrograms. This is 4 times that amount.

[@ozmoderntx4718]

The problem I see with this whole discussion is there really isn’t a description of what the benefit is beyond “transformative experience” but even that is described as “love”, “loss of ego”… these are quite basic emotions and foundational human qualities already. So… from what I have heard from LSD proponents is “the experience” seems to be “transformative” for people who maybe didn’t have a cohesive family upbringing, a solid support system, strong foundations, or a well-adjusted calibration for NORMALCY to begin with. And they are “experiencing” what is NORMAL for most well-adjusted stable people or experiencing feelings they haven’t felt before due to up-brings, loss, trauma, ect….

[@carlhitchon1009]

Have you ever tried it. It is far more profound than you may imagine.

[@Intuitioncalling]

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