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Double-Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, October 30th, 2014 8:26pm PDT - doublepromote requested by eric3579.

I really liked how he handled this. He sees psychedelics as a tool to reach what's already natively there, albeit hard to reach with our modern thought processes.

I also like his assertion that we all have the potential to be like Jesus, or another religious figure that taught the oneness of man.

these are the instances where harris always shines in my opinion.everyone should experience psychedelics at least once in their life,and as harris pointed out,there are caveats but it is so worth it.

the dissolving of the ego can be frightening for some but it can bring you to a truth,about yourself and others,that is quite hard to accomplish without assistance.

i find it interesting that this video is going to be sifted while trances video on the healing nature of psychedelics has been downvoted.

ah sift...you are a fickle mistress.

*related=http://videosift.com/video/This-is-Life-with-Lisa-Ling-Jungle-Fix-Ayahuasca

This is Life with Lisa Ling: Jungle Fix, Ayahuasca has been added as a related post - related requested by enoch.

It's absolutely insane not to want to experiment a little with your consciousness and perceptions. It's crazy. Your mind is what you are; why would anyone insist on locking themselves into one way of thinking for their whole lives?

Ultimately the best way to expand your mind in a cumulative way is reading. You get to experience the world through thousands of other people's eyes, more than eyes - brains. It's great, but presumably nothing beats psychedelics for a quick dose of perspective.

Unfortunately we live in a world of niggers who want to ban everything.

You are welcome to your opinion, and I even agree about literature, but dude...WTF?!?

Them some pink droopy eyes brah.

I know exactly what he means and have the same thought.. unconditional love for all after having a spiritual 'awakening'. Mine however wasn't born of psychodelic use but rather spiritual pursuits such as meditation during the most stressful time of my life. It was like my mind broke and a new me was born. It utterly changed how I think and feel. If I were religious at the time I'm sure I would have taken it as a sign some god had chosen me and for this reason I don't consider people who 'find god' or are 'born again' to be bat-shit crazy. They've simply had a similar experience.

I never understood exactly what happened to me physiologically to cause such a radical shift in the way I think and feel so I'm glad science is researching this phenomenon. That 'event' happened 20+ years ago but it still affects me every day.

These two ideas go hand-in-hand. It's very nice for us to sit around and swap stories of our experiences with psychedelics, but we have to recognise that we have enemies who want to steal these experiences from us. You can't on the one hand believe that drugs are fine and people should take them if they want to and on the other say, "oh hey, here's this guy who thinks everyone who uses drugs should be kidnapped and locked in a box for years; that cool - live and let live." Is that thinking really something we can even recognise as human? I don't, and we have a right to defend ourselves from it, by say, stringing its advocates up from the nearest tree. So what do we call something subhuman that deserves to be lynched?

You're notice I'm not so much of a one for universal love and brotherhood.

Hi Engels,

I just wanted to address what is a common misconception about the teachings of Jesus Christ, which is that He taught the oneness of mankind, or that we could all achieve some kind of evolutionary process of consciousness expansion. This is simply false; Jesus Christ taught that He is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that there is no other way to reach God except through Him. He taught that we are all sinners, alienated from God, and that His suffering and death on the cross and resurrection from death was the universal atonement for our sins and the hope of all mankind, which we receive by putting our faith and trust in Him.

The popular culture has distorted our understanding of Jesus, but this distortion is easily remedied by studying the scriptures. A reading of the gospel of John, for instance, will show you that the Jesus you have heard about and the Jesus of the bible couldn't be more different. I would challenge you to do so and learn more about Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who He truly was and was not, and what He taught about Himself. It is a question He posed to His disciples:

Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Matthew 16:14 And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

Ya, sorry, never subscribe to the 'super secret club' version of Christianity. One can interpret the scriptures in a multitude of ways, and one can always cherry pick passages to reinforce an exclusivist view, one that I've chosen to interpret quite differently than the usual 'no heatens allowed' doctrines.

How about "nigger-guy"? I'm sure many think they (including you) should be strung up from the nearest tree.
You intentionally use racist hate speech to describe anti-drug advocates? There are plenty of other derogatory terms you could have chosen that don't make you look overtly racist for no reason.
FAIL.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Well, I guess I'm one of those niggers, because my banning finger is getting itchy.

Look, Gorillaman has been here long enough that I know he doesn't honestly believe this - (correct me if I'm wrong GM) however language matters here and I would ask you to refrain from racial epithets in comments. This is an official warning, blah blah, next comes banning.

You'd probably like his new book then. What he says in this video is basically the introduction, and it takes off from there. I'm only through the 3rd chapter, but I dig that some scientists view 'spiritual' experiences as real, worth while, and potentially understandable.

Are you a Christian Engels? In what way do you interpret the scriptures? The scriptures are not vague about who Jesus said He was, why He came, and what our response to that should be. It's all there in black and white and it's not a secret. Regarding the exclusivity of Jesus, It's hard to misinterpret scriptures like this:

John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Luke 13:2 And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
Luke 13:3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

It's not just one or two scriptures, it is the whole measure of Christ and His mission on Earth. What do you believe He came here to do?

I know you're a big ole troll, shiny, about as christian as my left shoe, but to indulge you for a moment, those two quotes in particular, if you are an -actual- Christian who believes that Jesus -was- in fact God, then you know that the passage from John has no particularly stronger meaning than being with the deity is important to your life's salvation. That's nothing particularly unique to Christianity.

With regards to that other out of context Luke quote, who the heck knows what you mean by quoting it, other than Jesus wanted you to feel bad for doing bad things. Not exactly exclusivist. Pretty sure that thought has been around since the first inkling of empathy happened in the great apes..

There are people on this website, Enoch for example, or even Dag the owner who will vouch for the fact that I am not a troll. I am a Christian and I've been coming here for several years to comment on things every now and again. I do believe that Jesus Christ is God and that scripture in John regarding belief in the Son is unique to Christianity because John the baptist is talking about Jesus Christ as the unique Son of God..just read the entire chapter.

We can debate what you think the scriptures mean, but the central claim of Christianity is the resurrection. The bible actually says that if the resurrection is not true, Christians are to be pitied above all men. So, the claims of Christianity that Jesus is the Savior of the human race depend upon the resurrection. What do you believe about it?