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Maynard Keenan from Tool had a good line about this he’d use in interviews. Something like, “you get a shortcut to transcendence that you spend the rest of your
by mylons 5y ago
Maynard Keenan from Tool had a good line about this he’d use in interviews. Something like, “you get a shortcut to transcendence that you spend the rest of your life developing the ability to get their naturally“
- b3morales 5y agoPrecisely this. This is something that Huxley himself emphasized in his writing. The substance is, like any medicine, an aid to the natural process, not a substitute for it.
- GameOfFrowns 5y agoI think Alan Watts stated something similar in one of his famous speeches. The question is if the value of that experience is the same if it's "unearned" by taking the easy path or if it's better to experience profoundness earlier in life through consuming DMT, LSD or Magic mushrooms than having to meditate for decades first.
- pcarolan 5y agoRay Manzarek from The Doors (named after this book) used to say something like "I don't need drugs any more because the doors are open". Here's a similar quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ray_manzarek_307478 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ray_manzarek_307478