Ask Terence McKenna

..., uh, logical way of proceeding, um, the assumption was made, then, a provisional assumption, at the beginning, that matter could be, uh, separated fro...

...itutes the psychedelic point of view, I think, is its open-‐ended and provisional nature as opposed to every other ideology or point of view that's run...

...at all what they appear. What we call reality is some kind of utterly provisional construct that if leaned upon too hard can just fly to pieces before ...

...he idea that we may not be disparate entities, or that we may only be provisionally disparate entities. We are a peculiar creature, we human beings as ...

...dly intuitive concept not easily languaged. All knowing is incredibly provisional and this is something which is hidden within in the context of a cult...

...you. They horribly misunderstood and and the uh communication is very provisional the amount of noise in the circuit is huge. Well then contrast this t...

...cultural disparities. So to overcome culture, really, which I view as provisional and semi-toxic, there has to be a way back to bedrock, to something t...

... the myth of a cultural meaning. They show that, uh, these things are provisional, and that beneath the level of culture there is lurking this erotic.....

...e mind, a world where intelligence flows where needed and identity is provisional and fleeting, and unanchored to place or body; I mean, much of this g...

...from all of this is that culture, uh, is not our friend. Culture is a provisional form of infantilism, in the same way that you suckle at your mother's...

...letely inadequate. We do it with small mouth noises. Get a hit of how provisional and limited that is. I mean, here’s how it works. I want to communica...

... stoop to such uh, behavior. A shaman is not- knows that cultures are provisional, and is interested in you as a person. The other people don't even se...

...ks for you, works for you. And all of these things should be taken as provisional. You know, when you rise as I have, from a cowtown in Colorado to giv...

...ly don't represent it as the end of the intellectual road but it is a provisional model that is the best I can do at the moment. I think that, and it s...

...taking place, that understanding is occurring, but it's always a very provisional and shaky kind of understanding. And as concepts become more complex,...

...g that you take away from psychedelics finally is that all models are provisional. That there is no truth. We talked at one point in here about Wittgen...

... top level, there is no bottom level. That the ordinary structures of provisional space-time are simply that. That if we can rise out of the human dime...

...experience and real being -- and extrapolation outward should be very provisional. I mean, I don’t know, uh, how Buddhism handles this, my- I, I, um, I...

...control you don't take yourself seriously. That's all. You know, it's provisional. You know, it's all a game. But the people who take it seriously, my ...