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Culture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency.


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What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.

What we call reality is in fact nothing more than a culturally sanctioned and linguistically reinforced hallucination.



You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.

You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light, and you will return to those realms.



The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.

The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.



If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.

If you don't have a plan, you become part of somebody else's plan.



As the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.

As the bonfires of knowledge grow brighter, the more the darkness is revealed to our startled eyes.



The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation

The cost of sanity in this society, is a certain level of alienation



The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer

The problem is not to find the answer, it's to face the answer



I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.

I don't believe consciousness is generated in the brain any more than television programs are made inside my TV. The box is too small.



Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.

Nature is not mute, it is a man who is deaf.



Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.

Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.





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They didn’t realize that if you take away the possibility of pain, and suffering, failure…you also take away the possibility of happiness, success, and joy." -The Old Man: DOMINATUS

They didn’t realize that if you take away the possibility of pain, and suffering, failure…you also take away the possibility of happiness, success, and joy." -The Old Man: DOMINATUS



People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.



Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.

Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.



One must be able to let things happen.

One must be able to let things happen.



We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.

We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.



Great Spirit, When we face the sunset when we come singing the last song, may it be without shame, singing 'it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty!'

Great Spirit, When we face the sunset when we come singing the last song, may it be without shame, singing 'it is finished in beauty, it is finished in beauty!'



I think I am an adult.

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If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.

If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.



I feel the only way I'm going to be successful in moving on is if I keep a separation.

I feel the only way I'm going to be successful in moving on is if I keep a separation.



Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.

Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.




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