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Cultures are virtual realities made of language.


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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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I can be a binger when it comes to information, but most of the time, I'm pretty good, and I try to focus on my own life and personal communication.



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God Almighty Himself must have been hilarious when human beings so mingled iron and water and fire as to make a railroad train!

God Almighty Himself must have been hilarious when human beings so mingled iron and water and fire as to make a railroad train!



Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals.

Let us not aspire to four-year goals but rather forty-year goals.



Everything is gestation and then birthing.

Everything is gestation and then birthing.



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Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

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