Terence McKenna - The Mind Is A Hidden Organ

"The brain is a piano, and the mind is Horowitz, and you will never understand Horowitz by picking apart the piano."
Terence McKenna on the history of the unconscious, and the mind-brain connection.
art by Danielle Morgan
music: We Plants Are Happy Plants - Satori

[@aaronsmusicworld937]

Terence McKenna provides a lighthouse beacon for psychedelic sailors.

[@thelaurens1996]

Nice metaphor

[@sketchtown6663]

I know while I'm tripiing his talks always feel like a safe port during a storm.

[@andrewcorey9882]

This videos make my afternoon smoke much more of an event! Thank you for these.

[@magednosseir8304]

Definitely especially during these times

[@jamesnorman492]

Oo

[@jamesnorman492]

I

[@mastrotentaculopapichulo]

💪🏻😈👌🏻

[@ghouldylocs]

don’t smoke too much

[@wpahp]

"We require the dimension of time in order to be."

[@benkelly7182]

@Nicola Maxwell He's on some ideological trip and he keeps trying to correct you. It's interesting how ideology can get its claws in almost anywhere.

[@tylerjohnlaw8091]

Read this the exact moment he said it

[@moonwatch7963]

Time is a mobious hypercube.

[@moonwatch7963]

@@farrider3339 A hypercube is a cube in the dimension above this one.

[@badmanners7652]

@Nicola Maxwell good, why did he spend the majority of his life preaching "truth" about psychedelics than?

[@danielrozmetov336]

I love how the music plays in the end. It is so awsome !

[@wockeesha8127]

probably one of the best mckenna clips ive heard ngl

[@ivanamicimici]

While it's great,keep watching. There are hundreds of hours of his speeches and lessons to learn from

[@EgoX369]

Man I never knew Terrence spoke on Jung so much… reading Jung myself looking for an explanation to the psychedelic experience I started to gain an understanding what psychedelics really were. What makes Jung so amazing is how he describes a lot of the psychedelic experiences without ever doing any and worked strictly off the human psyche and not worried about (“unnatural altered states”) the understanding of the archetypes explains a huge chunk of the psychedelic experience.

[@BetterYouBetterWorld]

The mind is an organ outside of the body. This is how I feel about the sun itself! It produces energy for us, yet it is not contained within the skin. Some might also consider the mitochondria as an organ of our own, yet it is like an independent organism with its own DNA. The boundaries of our bodies are not clearly defined. Cells can be shed, fingernails and hair clipped, organs replaced, muscles grow and shrink, facial features change, and there is so much grey area that one can lose their sense of self in this line of thinking! The boundaries of one self and another overlap and intertwine. Your heart beats in a way so that you can benefit the society (me), so in a sense, your organs are also my organs!

[@jon...5324]

mind and body are not separate, all duality is false duality. self/ other, subject/ object, consciousness/ matter, all is one. consciousness is an intrinsic quality (perhaps *the* intrinsic quality) of all matter, and our experience of consciousness arises naturally out of any sufficiently advanced system. all things are nondual, and the mind is just a fractal representation of the most complex system of all's consciousness: the universe. "as above, so below". in the words of McKenna himself, "Nature is self-similar across scale". by breaking down the boundary between self and other (the "ego"), we can perceive the wider system, and realise we are part of a larger consciousness. this is what psychedelics eventually do, and is what is described as the "mystical experience" across all cultures and peoples using various words and images.

[@moonwatch7963]

At the quantum level there is no distinction between the body and the outer reality it is within either.

[@glennbarnett8866]

Thanks for the alchemical elixir!

[@tpstrat14]

“You can only be so screwed up. You get it worked out” That’s tough to hear. I believe it though. Keep faith in a brighter tomorrow and it will come in time

[@SmokinSyncretism]

Ahhh I love this thumbnail picture I gotta come back here while I'm tripping

[@Iwanezp]

Odd synchronicity, 2 days ago I was looking for any articles talking about mind being dimension. Here it is.

[@gammaerra3087]

Google algorithms bud.

[@tbone8171]

You’re doing gods work, we plants🙏🏼❤️✨

[@AbdullahMikalRodriguez]

I really think psychedelic people should look at traditional Buddhist teachings (therevada) with a more open mind. The Buddha describes this non duality perfectly, and even distinguishes mind meditation (in which one analyzes mental objects that arise) from body meditation (in which one analyzes the feelings of the body as they arise)

[@Firecelebi]

I take acid every now and then and meditate obsessively, the two things have taught me a lot. I think both are complementary and whatever you learn from one can teach a lot about the other, if that makes sense. Theravada is fairly uptight about the use of drugs, of course, and a traditional view would be that they're distractions and in the end only lead to suffering, and I think psychedelic people can often feel turned away by this viewpoint; even if there are a lot of open minded people in communities around meditation and Buddhism, there are a lot of people around who hold the had traditionalist views and it can feel like you have to be ready to renounce all your worldly things and ordain, sometimes. I did have one trip where the "realization" I ended up having was that I needed to get serious about meditation and find a good guide for this crazy new dimension that had opened up during the day, I ended up getting into a blend of Yoga and self-inquiry instead of Buddhism. But psyches can definitely open you up to the fact that there's a lot more to spiritual disciplines than what meets the eye.

[@gerhardkarel4209]

There’s no body/mind disjunction to begin with.. then about objects arising in your mind or feelings arising in your body? Well both make reference to existence of objects regardless

[@boxshreeg1079]

Meditation and other attempts to achieve higher states of consciousness are for those people who are too afraid to take psychedelics. Plain and simple.

[@chickenwatcher8898]

Nah...Buddhism is a religion that 'worships' a man.Buddhism is a religion of many truths.Let's create a religion of truth only.

[@cellardoor0013]

I feel like many psychedelic people are already aware of ancient teachings. You just cant find an answer for the things you are seeing, with modern knowledge. These are forgotten techniques from forgotten times. The deeper you dig, the less crazy it all feels.

[@iamy0u913]

Who's watching the gate keepers, while the gate keepers are watching you...?

[@lts_Bubba]

Daily Dose of T Mck, much love!

[@webbedtoes2]

Out of all TMs mind blowing talks, this is wayyyy up there. Woah. He did it again.

[@Joe-kn3wt]

I came across this clip today and said the same thing to myself ... and had to listen to again!

[@Joe-kn3wt]

... to listen to it again.

[@nickpavloff8977]

The only true escape on KZbin (funny part is, it has an opposite effect if you listen to enough)

[@jxk7712]

Thank you Terence, Rest In Peace my friend. I am a very healthy sixty year old living in southeastern MA. I tried growing, I need help, please

[@DemonKeks1]

Mind and Nature a necessary unity. -Bateson

[@QuantayPeoples]

we are in a void of imagination that you can either love or hate.

[@thethoughtelephant2127]

“You can only be so screwed up”

[@jasonswanson5770]

Challenge accepted

[@karltanner3953]

Thank you so much for sharing these McKenna talks. He was a very fascinating and unique thinker and a captivating speaker. Psychedelics have so much to offer. They really are a whole new frontier for us to explore and learn from. We may be born too late to explore the earth and too early to explore space, but we 21st century humans are born just in time to explore the infinite halls and dimensions of our own mind.

[@camilfarhat]

Thank you so much for these videos!!

[@brodieknight772]

I would love to have seen a conversation between Terrance and Dr.Drew, who has a very non-committal view on psychedelics, not much knowledge of the spiritual, but a very strong and knowledgeable and distinct position on the physical and material aspects of all of this

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

Unique comment

[@sawtoothiandi]

Unique comment

[@RE-qj4db]

Terrance would have made such a cool buddy.

[@marcus8710]

Talking about 'topology' of mind - I found a site called qualia computing which posits a frighteningly intelligent description of the folding of mental topology to explain quite a lot of these experiences. Can't be boiled down very well into a comment lol

[@marcus8710]

@Spooky Ghost qualiacomputing.com/2016/12/12/the-hyperbolic-geometry-of-dmt-experiences/

[@shawnparker1207]

the unconscious is a place - makes sense that is where all those people appear in dreams often after playing miusic i believe it has an influence on dreams which are very viivid and at times exhilaritiing - what an inner world it is often beats the outer

[@C0mm3ntm0nst3r]

Shoutout to the amazing artist / human being behind the videos artwork thumbnail/background! Daniel Morgan @ www.daniellemorganart.com & www.etsy.com/shop/obscurascope

[@magednosseir8304]

The pyramids are the biggest and easiest example that we are all connected

[@boratsagdiyev4941]

Hi, could you elaborate on this? Thank you

[@magednosseir8304]

The pyramids look super similar both aztec and egypt

[@magednosseir8304]

And every other pyramids

[@magednosseir8304]

From across the world looks similar

[@magednosseir8304]

Another resemblance of similar religious beliefs? Search up vaivasvata and noah

[@cbd5502]

Thank you!!

[@tjwoods3512]

Like if the picture moves

[@growingheart8039]

Thank you!

[@TheBaronOfBromley]

amazing image

[@rccross6947]

You can find this and similar works on the artists website: Daniellemorganart.com

[@voodoochile68686]

God damn can we figure it out already!

[@tannerkattenhorn8702]

Thank you man!

[@dehydratedwater4078]

Consciousness creates super beings

[@tristanbosch1701]

This is it people we got it right here strike out the sun

[@D3T3D20]

Hey Plants, why did you take that video from the live stream yesterday down... It was great... ???

[@wpahp]

Search my channel for “Terence McKenna - Turning The Tide” for the full workshop ;)

[@DanielleMorganCSS]

Hey thanks for using my art and also crediting me! I love Terence McKenna’s lectures and am very flattered. 💞 Anyone interested in checking out more my website is daniellemorganart.com

[@wpahp]

Brilliant stuff!

[@jackwilkie2019]

2:25 @brock

[@djurraca927]

I think that real wizards know this and know that psychedelics are just a door to see beyond the veil,ñ

[@Apophis392]

For sure! And if you ever try to prove the existence of things beyond that veil to a typical human who’s not ready, the things so effortlessly vanish, almost automatically. These interdimensional phenomena are real, but can never be measured with our current scientific instruments, and can not be proven to someone who’s not willing to walk through the door and see for themselves.

[@moonwatch7963]

Magic potions.

[@Apophis392]

@Moon Watch or perhaps the potions are inert until they enter your magical body

[@moonwatch7963]

@@Apophis392 I would say the plants etc have consciousness. I'm an animist.

[@Apophis392]

@Moon Watch your explication seems a lot more likely than the one I’ve proposed. I have interacted with a fungal intelligence dozens of times. She undoubtedly had her own consciousness.

[@moonwatch7963]

Approx. 21 grams is the weight of the soul...you can't always see it, like that 4D etherium gold stuff.

[@nkhjk3457]

what about the people that cannot see or understand seeing ? i have always wondered ._.

[@Williamtipq]

Humans are strange objects. They kind of remind me of hunger games news anchors or something. They’re preposterous.

[@Machielovic]

please look for the mind I cant find it!

[@AroXGamings]

Hollaaaandd

[@jzonkel]

It's here

[@philip-at-tube]

Never mind.

[@ReviewMaster308]

There is no mind to find, and no one to realize nothing ❤

[@shawnparker1207]

a human being is hyperdimensionial how else could it change thru the years ? this is the most profound lecture have heard from t mckenna and how did i come across this? yesterday was reading jung theory on synchronicity never fails

[@no-wei]

Challenge accepted.

[@jorgecanada5989]

Thats a Gnostic idea

[@kingof206]

I e been seeing numbers over and over. 32 particularly. What does that have to do with the mind a the universe

[@tabathacole]

🦋🦋🦋

[@teboebokestad4799]

Whats the original talk please ?

[@SmokinSyncretism]

Do you know the artist?

[@rccross6947]

You can find her art at Daniellemorganart.com

[@freya5902]

i think you have really good mckenna content, but the music that plays for the entire last minute is really annoying.

[@borinqueena1]

I love you. I miss men like you, were in the fuc are they?

[@splemke8478]

Buy bitcoin cash, the mushroom told me.

[@RayoAtra]

the mushroom told me to buy bitcoin at $1.12 in 2012. It was good advice.

[@splemke8478]

@@RayoAtra i hope u spread the word :)

[@sawtoothiandi]

@@RayoAtra any chance youd sell me one for $1.50? 🤔 i mean you wouldnt lose anything and youd be up 38c. 🤗

[@BlondeManNoName]

Who knew that the mushrooms would be financial advisors too!

[@splemke8478]

@@BlondeManNoName actually, crypto behaves very much like mycellium as it breaks down d rotting financial system and redistributes the resources

[@badmanners7652]

The problem is that he "thinks" he is right while scientific experiments don't think, they show results. And what's with all the doublespeak in all of his lectures man I swear it's annoying. I thought he is trying to get people interested in the subject but at the same time he always tries to entertain with all these metaphors and sentence stretching. Can anyone link me to a video where he tries to be as concrete and concise as possible? Would reaaaaally fucking appreciate it.

[@ThermaL-ty7bw]

yes , they SHOULD change through time ; only RELIGION HOLS THEM BACK IN THE SAME PLACE IN TIME religion is the cause of all the so called ''evil'' and the progress HALT of the human population we can't move ''forward'' unless religion is DEMOLISHED to the core , so people can heal and move on to that other dimensions of thinking there is no progression when religion keeps people's minds in this child like state , which is about 75% of the total population as long people are IN a religion , they aren't REAL people , not even close

[@dragonsteps8739]

are u suggesting that in the ordinary sphere of reality which most inhabit in their day to day lives "evil" or lets say "less desireable action" does not exist? everything is fucking dandy? stop spewing shit u dont understand. psychedelics are a tool to understand and make the cruise thru this duality riddled existence a bit easier. nothing wrong with "religion" or "worship" if used properly - it should be used as a TOOL, a COMPASS u might say, or just a higher state of perfection - call it a shit on a stick or any other god/idol of your choice - its beneficial for most. u are here because religion existed in the past and still exists now, literally.

[@moonwatch7963]

You're talking about cults, and lots of non-religious stuff is actually cults too.