Will People Ever Understand? - Terence McKenna On The Mysteries Of Our Universe

An eye-opening and inspiring speech from ethnobotanist and mystic, Terence McKenna on the mysteries of our universe.
Will Humanity Ever Understand?
“Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.”
- Terence McKenna (1946 - 2000)
Speaker: Terence McKenna
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T&H Inspiration is on a mission to share inspiring wisdom. The goal is to have you pause, think, and reflect. Many of our videos revolve around the extraordinary teachings of Alan Watts that we produce with permission from the Alan Watts Electronic University.
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Our hope with these videos is to push your thinking. As Alan Watts said “No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.” - Alan Watts.

[@basedkitty]

I have never hated KZbin ads more than when they interrupt this great philosopher mid-sentence .

[@ARolls-dd2zd]

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[@getoutsidenow420]

I know buy more crap, consume consume consume, hate commercials

[@dailydumpnews4510]

It's even crazier when you're mid dmt trip listening to trance and an ad comes on and you have to leave hyperspace to touch the skip ad button. Lol

[@-nivek6489]

@sylicon yeah, but KZbin premium also includes KZbin music. So if you have an iPhone or just don’t wanna risk finding sketchy mp3s, or if you aren’t already paying for Spotify, it’s worth it. I see it as about 16 bucks for no ads, offline videos and movies, an ad fee music service, and some content is restricted only to premium users. I think even some movies are discounted to buy/rent if you have premium. But I get not wanting to put more money in googles pocket.

[@JosephMcdonald-xz5js]

Builds patience

[@DemetriPanici]

*"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Marcus Aurelius*

[@miriangraafsma9732]

Be original tell me what you feel or what you think!!! Don't just copy paste by quoting someone else that's so lazy!! Everyone inauthentic does that to look more interesting than they actually are.

[@LongDefiant]

Hell is other people

[@kihntagious]

@@miriangraafsma9732I think that was an ignorant remark. People have quoted inspirational words for millennia. Some things other people say are more eloquent that what another might come up with. People have quoted others for a long time. That's one of the things people do. What you had to say added nothing to the human experience but reading what Marcus Aurelius said hundreds and hundreds of years ago was lovely. It told me people have expressed the importance of gratitude that we ARE alive for a long time. This is a timeless concept. There is nothing wrong with quoting someone

[@miriangraafsma9732]

@@kihntagiousNothing with if your aim is to be really unoriginal.

[@Intraverse909]

@@miriangraafsma9732 you have said nothing of substance. Go troll somewhere else.

[@emmynspires1719]

The mysteries of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced

[@cristianamanole3490]

And enjoy it? Remember how cool was to be 5 years old, and enjoy a fight in the snow ❄.....if u have snow around ...:(Cristiana, Australia

[@mazef8836]

alan watts

[@frostymic7725]

Thank you jamis

[@Misslotusification]

@@mazef8836 Frank Herbert.

[@OwneyMadden430]

@@mazef8836 alan watts is so repetitive and predictable, McKenna is a trillion light years beyond the thoughts of Watts , within 5 minutes of listening to Watts it becomes a bore , but he was still a magnificent human being just not to be put in the same galaxy of Mckenna as far as mind expansion

[@longuzi]

How can someone who died before I was born impact me & mean so much to me. We miss you Terence, thank you for everything you've taught me ❤

[@F52xxx]

He changed our lives forever didn't he ? I owe my life to him , for becoming the shaman of my own life.

[@marshacd]

He is changing this old life just now.

[@stacycowman7573]

You better look around human, there are literally thousands of people that would impact you, two people come to mind, Jesus Christ, and Tesla, many many more

[@angelariley5403]

@@stacycowman7573 Buddha

[@stacycowman7573]

@@angelariley5403 yeppers that would be another

[@matthewmaguire3554]

One of the best things I ever heard about Terrence was from his brother, he said…If even a third of what Terrence said is true then we have turned a serious corner.

[@monkeyfun1158]

Listening to this in bed, feeling as if I have no worries, not a care in the world. What a peaceful freeing feeling. Thank you ❤ see ya your Cho 💚

[@joannebuddhatarot2023]

Grateful interesting reality or the matrixworld fake cold souless world

Listening to this in bed reading you listening to this in bed. : D Felt cozy. But need to leave bed.

[@carlpoppa1135]

🥰

[@NickBatinaComposer]

But, was it in silent darkness?

[@rdhawke]

I also am in bed watching this…a great way to start my day. Terrance McKenna has been one of my personal heroes for many, many years.

[@siriosstar4789]

one of the greatest intellectual mystics to ever grace this planet . His command of language is on a super normal level . it flows from here to here while describing itself . He is like a symphony orchestra , playing all of the instruments and acting as conductor simultaneously .

[@Helios601]

Shunyamurti.

[@kyriemanny2800]

I like to say Mckenna is the beautification of dialogue

[@seangrieves1476]

I never used a dictionary so much. a one man bottomless bucket of wisdom.

[@flambr]

and he told us how he got there; it comes from tremendous reading, long conversations with the best of people, and most of all glossolalia while on 8g in hawaii

[@blackbird5634]

"Our role is not to understand but appreciate." -Phew! I thought I was the only one who just didn't know WTF was going on! Takes a load off my mind!

[@seekerknowledge8640]

Arrogance, and fear holds man back from returning to light. Man seeks conflict. Man has forgotten self. He has lost his way. Man continues to allow religons, and dogma, and fear to control. Man has forgotten all that is, is within. Meditate upon Source within. Enlightenment is now.

[@zorrothegreat870]

Maybe one day for when they have learned, the Cherokee Nation will return

[@piwacket6837]

It's time for Man to step aside and let Woman show it how it's done. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein

[@angelariley5403]

@@piwacket6837 Pi Wacket.. I know the name from long ago.

[@sergedaigneault3124]

we are not allowing any of this. It is impose on us. Try telling the truth and you will be censored. try saying different than the scientific community and you will be censored. How can we advance if they systematically kill the debates.

[@fredericksharon6908]

❤️🙏🙏

[@yoursubconscious]

when you come to realize you already know this, these worlds will strengthen you beyond your doubts. Maybe not at first, but with enough practice and reminders, you will learn to see the present rather than the past or future.

[@sunpinma4028]

My dear:do we really know the meaning of present?

[@johnfinlay4864]

T​he present is a point on a linear time scale that is defined as separating the past from the future. The past does not exist. It has gone. The future doesn't exist. Therefore the present can't exist. What needs to be brought into awareness is the sense of becoming.

[@yoursubconscious]

To act like you NEVER go back to the past NOR think about your future is a little much. Come back down to earth and act like humans. It's not a problem to be normal. To act as if you are in the present or have control of it 100% of your life is ridiculous. You know this. Happy to remind you, though.

[@beautifulcrazy]

Exactly. I am fascinated by the subject of nature the universe and spirituality. I was feeling really down today, because of the sinister narratives in most documentaries. It's like I could scream. This video just popped up first tonight, I suppose the algorithm and surveillance technology on my phone is able to hear my sighs and thoughts. This is exactly what I've been thinking, but nobody wants to understand this, except my son and he's away on business. I miss adult conversations that matter. Most of my family have transcended and the rest don't speak to each other. Sad, I miss those robust meaningful conversations. 😢

[@MrBaconpb]

@@beautifulcrazy I know it may not change your day or how you feel, but there's someone here that recognizes your discomfort, can relate to it on a deep level, and I just want to say that I sincerely appreciate you, your emotional significance and that you are absolutely not alone. That someone is me. 😊

[@DVDsoldier100]

Terence is of the the Greatest Minds of all times!! He opened my eyes a lot, I discovered him about 9 or 10 years ago. If you have a functioning intelligence you can't resist him!

[@laniechrisgardnerasl8639]

Enjoy the beauty of nature and the simplicity of animals, it isn't hard to figure out. Just live simply.

[@XStreet1985]

So the others may simply live 🙂

[@gavinspeaks]

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” - Albert Einstein 💜 Heart-Based Manifestation KZbinr

[@kalinwp]

When I was in my primary school I used to do quite complicated maths in my head and always argued with teacher cos she was looking for explanation and how did I got the answer. Never accepted my answer of 'I just did'. 20 years later I watch this video and it just strikes me like that was it

[@sadhu7191]

can you prove that this really happened?

[@elwoodg29]

@@sadhu7191 its not that deep i knew people like that

[@sadhu7191]

@@elwoodg29 we need to be so deep broads gasp!!!

[@TOTMGreenish-Top-Of-The-Morrin]

yeah I'll help him prove it, been there done that... way back in the fifties ....1951 i started school.... was told by a teacher you don't do it unless it's on paper so I can see it 🙊❓

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

@@TOTMGreenish-Top-Of-The-Morrin why not put it on paper? You made it a battle of wills in a war you were destined to lose.

[@DemetriPanici]

*"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." - C.S Lewis*

[@joedavis4150]

... Right... it takes courage to behave ethically

[@Kaliashdevi]

precisely. Thank you for this.

[@randybackgammon890]

Dunno. Some 'fearless' people are bastards changing the world for the worse. Wimps tend to be kinder if less effective...Pass the biscuits please

[@Kaliashdevi]

@@randybackgammon890 They are not fearless, they are MK A-eye bot-ted

[@michaelg1569]

Courage is choosing God within at every moment. There is an awakening happening; truth is no longer hidden. Look no further than KZbin. Only paying attention to truth will set us free.

[@fellow_brethren]

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but an experience to be had." Alan watts

[@fellow_brethren]

And if you will go by the opposite of this, then you will have cheated yourself the whole way down the line.

[@nicole8850]

@ladies man I love your comments(Alan Watts 👍👏🤛). I hate your screen name🤣

[@Damesanglante]

Imagine people dying of hunger or war or seeing their loved ones die. They sure don't need to solve problems, don't they ? It must be a full experience to have. You went full monke.

[@fellow_brethren]

No those things are horrible..the point tackles With all of the receding mysteries of reality that sometimes keeps us up at night.

[@ponypowerperformance7185]

You just brightened my day immensely!

[@xxxxxxJSxxxxxx]

Iv listened and watched your amazing videos since the beginning almost 10 years now 😮 I showed your Charlie Chaplin video to my cousin around 5 years ago. He passed away 2 years ago he was 23. The Charlie Chaplin speech was played at his funeral

[@christinejohnson2035]

along with tears pouring from my eyes this made the hair on my arms stand straight. My tears were a realization similar to the awareness of the rivers Brooks. Decorated with peace and love from within that can be carried out.

[@angelariley5403]

Beautiful

[@tomsmith2361]

👍

[@pedestrian_0]

What's wrong with gay arm hairs huh

[@angelariley5403]

@@pedestrian_0 i don't know. You tell me?

[@andrearenee7845]

We call life a mystery. I love the mystery, the unknown, and the beauty that lives wild and vast...

[@pascalswartjes1878]

I/you am/are the universe ,having a human experience

[@byronlippe]

Terrence had a point of view that must have been from another dimension. I thought I was open minded but listening to Terence taught me that I do not have the ability to have a truly Open Mind.

[@jy5636]

Oh Terence, still teaching us

[@Rednilsunwood]

I wish I could have spent time with Terrance while he was alive. My nervous systems relaxes and enjoys experiencing him, he must have been a wonderful human being to be around.

[@uvbhattee]

I’ve probably watched tens of thousands of Terence videos over the years but none of them comes even close to the visuals this one has right here. Also this is one of his finest lectures ever. ❤️

[@Blandyman]

I've rarely seen anything so fantastic.

[@mythornshaveroses6472]

Expansion of the mind will lead to a greater understanding that there will always be the unknown, which is the very experience we endure just before achieving a new level of what is understood.

[@Tightrope291]

I watch this everyday. This might be some of his best lectures I’ve heard from him 💫💫💫

[@michaelg1569]

What a mind. What an intellect. What depth. A ray of truth. Laser focused.

[@alfseca]

So insightful. Wonderful. 'Reality is stranger than we can suppose' Thank you Terence! 💫

[@philmcdonald6088]

be here now: do no harm: help others: be still close eyes listen to your breathing: self liberate by seeing with naked awareness.

[@markcaputo2294]

Being 1st, I can write anything I want here! Let’s go Brandon! Thanks for the video.

[@mobiustrip1400]

Some say if anyone ever came up with an explanation for the universe, it would immediately explode and something even weirder would take it's place. Then there are those who say this has already happened - Douglas Adams -

[@EssenceRare]

Nods

[@marleneengleman88]

Oh yes! The great mind of Terence👍🙏❤️Missed you reason, simple, yet TRUTH, simply understood, an explained Where have you been? Missed hearing your voice, your explanation of all things of life👍

[@rivertodd3051]

I once explained the sciencetific cause of the wind to a beautiful gypsy woman... She laughed in my face and said ; the wind is caused by the trees waving there branches... 😊 I now think she was right. ❤️

[@kanizo800]

The best McKenna lecture I've heard. Thank you for sharing.

[@andrewsullivan2788]

Thank you, the truth would blow our minds!

[@TheDhammaHub]

The entire universe, Bhikkus, lies in this fathom-long body. As the Buddha said, you can try to reach the end of the universe but it is a task that will never be done

[@jackdoyle6972]

As someone who loves mathematics, Terrence beautifully describes exactly why

[@brandontodd3799]

I think everyone should try to find the sweetness in life. That sweet spot where everything is just right. It comes and it goes but when you have it boy is it great

[@F52xxx]

I owe him my life ''Our purpose is not to understand , but to appreciate ''

[@alexiserskine7643]

Wild nature is fascinating and appreciatitive. But are you going to just appreciate the companies who mistreat their employees, avoid tax and use tax payers’ money to compensate their employees? What about the people who are living in horrible conditions? Not trying to argue with you. But we need to understand what is going at the same time appreciating it.

[@jordanblake9862]

it becomes stronger and stronger clearer everyday but no one else around me see it.

[@chrisgeorgallis7746]

God Bless you all Brothers and Sisters.

[@Tributetonirvana]

Terrence was firing on all cannons in this one.

[@garrygballard8914]

Beautifully Exceptional. ❤️🙏😉

[@marianariverohaerdter620]

Thanks for this video! Beautiful and what an intelligent, enlightened human being!

[@Nasengold]

When you watch it twice right away, you know you got something deep going on. He is spot on. I was always good at math but I also hated the specific scientific way of math. I had fun doing algebra and I never cared for the result. I also had right results and got minus points for doing it incorrectly. All these things are annoying. They don't do math justice. And reductionism is, as he says correctly, a pathetic attempt to flatten down reality to make it fit into a model that nobody needs. I wish I would have heard that earlier in my life. When he says it it becomes so obvious. I always kinda knew that but now I feel like I can actually explain it to others. The internet is the best thing ever. You can literally listen to everybody. In 50 years we gonna have incredibly smart people.

[@aemontarg6934]

the internet is a double edged sword. Cat videos galore, the Catrix.

[@trezz8]

@@aemontarg6934 Exactly, I'm watching porn as I listen to this....👀

[@stevengray3096]

Yea, I just listened to it 3 times.. :p totally agree. Definitely profound ideas in this talk..

[@silencemeviolateme6076]

But the internet exists because of the scientific method.

[@Nasengold]

@@silencemeviolateme6076 So without reductionism there is no scientific method?

[@jaytea7314]

Thank you Terrance

[@jxk7712]

Thank you Terrence, people listen

[@PEACEBRINGER8959]

Wow thank you so much for this wisdom 🙏🏼. I'm always learning till the day depart. 💗

[@peterpaulsmith5587]

Just think how far we could go if we all walked together. We could literally turn this world into a utopia. However there’s to many evil people that won’t ever let that happen sadly.

[@Damesanglante]

@@luminous78999 No we aren't. They are 5%, we are 5%. The rest are a bunch of domesticated consumers.

[@sadhu7191]

Humans only want to reproduce to push population numbers and eat nutrients. It would be like if I said why don't the ants work together and create utopia? Can utopia be attained if we have are animal instincts? Would utopia keep humans at top of food chain? Would humans see utopia as stupid and against are instincts?

[@thewrightfamily369]

Than let us get rid of the evil!

[@Oldcrow96]

This guys mind is absolute brilliance. I wish I could of talked to him.

[@Kaliashdevi]

Prophetic, as always...

[@domitron]

Terrence was a very amazing person. I sure do miss him. What I wouldn't give to meet him today.

[@fungi42021]

love you all. hope you achieve everything you want to in life

[@jessicaporter4194]

Beautiful segment and nicely matching music

[@DennisCambly]

a breath of fresh air

[@Trance4Life85]

Beautifully Spoken 🙏🏼💖✌🏼

[@Shawnscott-cd2yi]

this video has life all summed up

[@johnwheeler4034]

World's not only stranger/BUT STRANGER THAN WE CAN SUPPOSE. George Monbiot: An Ecosystem is ALWAYS MORE COMPLEX, Finally better, than a human "system." ABSOLUTELY GODDAMN RIGHT (apocalypse now)

[@debrabloch3003]

I agree , let's throw trying to understand out the window. It's not our job. We are only to appreciate

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} sooooo cool...GREAT VIDEO.!!!

[@TheSamuiman]

Men being blindfolded through ignorance identifies with this body and all it's instruments, mind, emotions and all the other mental and bodily functions, so this makes him believe that this is it and keeps living the grand illusion of me and mine, you and thine, this and that, all name and form only! Heaping darkness upon darkness as if being shy of the bright light that illuminates everything. Some started questioning, searching for answers, slowly but surely, piece by piece, step by step, exploring ever further, realization dawned and the veil of ignorance fell into shreds.

[@mannysmandatories5595]

Thank you for making this video

[@christopherschott441]

Always brilliant

[@sarmcg52]

Such a soul,♥️,I would love to know his view on the world today 2021😞✌

[@BigJohnMCOC]

I've always enjoyed terences genius

[@GodSeesAll2023]

Prayer opens our inner heart ❤ to God, understand spirituality is our eternal life to choose by our own freewill.

[@VerifyTheTruth]

Well Said Mr. McKenna.

[@electronicsfreakjasper]

Thanks man. Finaly some one that can see anf feel what i experiance. Only thinking is what i do'n't use. Just be in the moment and observer and connect.

[@spacetoad3474]

As a mathematician and an empiricist, he makes a good argument

[@fredcraven1699]

I like that drone videos flying over nature while listening

[@rajing9632]

Thank you

[@charleswest6372]

Follow his wisdom. Encourage others also. And work for peace.

[@stu1094]

This guy was the real thing.

[@fredvh100]

I really love this video

[@vincec.202]

I'm not here for a debate on it, but I've had a glimpse at what we are, where we come come from, how we came to be, and where we will go when our vessel has worn out. More importantly, I was given the knowledge of WHY. WHY WE ARE HERE. That's becoming less important to scientists. I assure you it's the most important. Without typing a book, I'll advise anyone reading this that the most important thing you will do today is tell someone you love that you love them, and you cherish the fact they love you. The power of that is what's at the core of EVERYTHING is in that. Even things you can't touch, taste, smell, hear, or feel. That’s the meaning of life. If you want to find your purpose, go do the same for a stranger that looks like they need to hear it.

[@pamelaroebuck1079]

I love looking at intuitive mathematics from the imaginal realm in nature.

[@jeffxanders3990]

Simple life is far better life for everyone 🙏👍💞🙂

[@gprivat812_my_selection6]

A really great essay!

[@jenharding7287]

Each and every-one of us is unique. Enjoy and make the most of life no matter what is happening whether it be bad or good and simply try to experience each moment as we make our journey through this strange and wonderful existence here on this planet called Earth.

[@davehendricks4824]

Well said!

[@King-a-ling]

I met him once at the Annual World Minds conference held in Belzoni, MS

[@LONDONIA2072]

What an amazing speech, unfortunately I had to try and find another version as the music was distracting...

[@Echiya]

He used the word grok.... you just do not hear that every day. Brilliant guy.

[@alainbourgault1937]

Clearly an Heinlein fan. My kind of people :)

[@jimmynodd9764]

Beautiful video

[@ewncilo]

Amazing editing.

[@cristianocastagno9680]

Beautiful

[@sheilablake7913]

I may have given this talk more of my consciousness, if hadn’t started it with with ‘we evolved from primates’ everything that comes afterwards is a perspective that I may have been on board with, if this hadn’t just been a ‘talk for the masses’ who are looking for the next new thing rather than the answer. The answer is life. We were given life with an expiry date, and if we are conscious enough to remember that constantly as we go through our life, we will inevitably experience life to its fullest & then realise that we’ve found the answer.

[@truthfulfreedomfighter9123]

Glad I’m not the only one seeing through this rubbish

[@sheilablake7913]

@@truthfulfreedomfighter9123 It’s so hard to find others who understand, isn’t it? It’s difficult to get through to people who are just going through their lives oblivious. All the best to you : )

[@manuel2673]

So how did we get here if we didnt evolve from primates?

[@sheilablake7913]

@@manuel2673 Type in ‘human evolution not from primates’ and if you find a good channel, you’ll see how this theory has been debunked by scientists, but is still taught around the world!

[@Tunnelmental]

love

[@julius-sumner-miller]

“We take the poetry out of being - we extract the poetry from being by the assumption of the mundane.”

[@bunberrier]

The Mr. Rogers of existentialism and contemplation

[@stygianapproach]

This is exactly right

[@lawrencedawson9697]

Waking up is a "gift" from GOD. This is why its called the...PRESENT

[@jro1611]

That’s fucking art man. Awesome video.

[@bluejayoutpost9170]

All in learning starts at the beginning, down hill from there just like when one is born

[@Artezia]

"We have the means present at hand to completely explode this nonsensical fiction of certitude and yet we chose not to confront it" - the most significant statement.

[@marshacd]

Did he mean musrooms?

[@Artezia]

@@marshacd Intelligence!

[@marshacd]

@@Artezia Yes! But perhaps we can get a little help from our friends along the way. Possible?

[@jxk7712]

Thank you Terrance , RIP; I’m continually channeling Dennis but I’m not very able in his universe. Hail Mary my friend

[@angelariley5403]

Yes

[@Koakoa45]

Don't need math to be successful and good in life. There is more to life than a bunch of numbers. math - a man made construct just like time. Heck I rarely know what day it is, what time it is and I don't care. Life is so much more beautiful when you don't keep track of it.

[@SuperGGLOL]

Maths is the language of the universe. Also vibrations and frequency. Time is not a man-made construct. It is real, but also illusory. Since we are human, time exists for us. Maths can discover the secrets of the universe. Sure, you dont need maths to be successful and good in life. But you are underestimating the importance of MATHS.

[@patrickhenry7416]

Math is life

[@jondorin136]

When governments unite in an understanding of this truth life on this planet might survive