Author: Ken Thompson

Exploring Perceptions

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“The world which we perceive is a tiny fraction of the world which we can perceive, which is a tiny fraction of the perceivable world…”

— Terence

Life is a lot more than yours & my perception of it.

Not only are there billions of humans on this planet with unique perspectives, there are multiple other species with perspectives on life too.

Clearly, the “powers that be” operate to manipulate perspectives so that they benefit them, the oppressors. & they try to fight & destroy others who are a threat to their criminal systems.

Don’t take someone’s word for what reality is.

Would you listen to a squirrel who told you the meaning of life? That’s what you’re doing when you listen to a politician or anyone claiming they know what reality is.

I personally don’t know, but I do love life & enjoy living my life & minding my business.

Figure out what reality means to you, and don’t take someone else’s word for it.

Trust yourself. Reject oppressive “authorities”.

Reality Interpretations

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“For me, what all these years of psychedelic taking came to was a new model of how reality works, a new model of what the world is.”

— Terence

There are a range of interpretations of what reality is – & often “reality” is what the powers that be say it is… that’s not reality, that’s just one interpretation that supports the oppressors, and so many people buy into it…

don’t listen to lying politicians. Don’t even listen to me if you don’t want to… figure reality out for yourself & don’t ever take someone’s word for it.

Trust yourself & reject authority.

Hallucinogenic Imagination

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“Hallucinogenic plants act as enzymes which stimulate imagination.”

— Terence McKenna

In societies with no imaginations &/or dead minds, a dead imagination, we need a re-empowering of the imagination.

Psychedelics are one of the most powerful & intense tools to be used for the imagination, but I speak this with caution; psychedelics can cause both heavenly & hellish hallucinations… it can be the best experience of your life, or something like hell…

I do a high psychedelic dose once a year, usually with psilocybin mushrooms but I look forward to doing some other psychedelics.

In a world with no imagination, any imagination is better than nothing.

Einstein agreed: “For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”

The Psychedelic Trip Journal is an imagination stimulating journal.

Science, Magic, Art

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“Science is the special province of the ego. And magic and art are the special province of something else. I could name it, but I won’t. It prefers to be unnamed.”

— Terence McKenna

Lots of people like to say “science is fact,” when in true reality, science is nothing more than one interpretation of reality, and it’s often involved in manipulating human behavior on this planet…it’s a device used to help the rich.

Some people say “god is fact,” when that’s another interpretation of reality.

Who is to say what the ultimate reality is?

Only you.

Find out for yourself what you believe, and don’t take someone’s word for it. Discern what you hear and decide for yourself.

Crabs In The Bucket

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There are millions of them, and they’ll pull you into their misery if you let them…don’t.

Look up to people you admire & who inspire you & be lifted up by that small group of achievers.

It takes discipline & effort to remove yourself from the crowds, the conformists, the walking dead, and to walk the path of your ideal life & dreams.

If it were easy, everyone would do it.

The Power of Humility

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Being humble is one thing, being humiliated is another.

In the moments of humiliation, the pain seems devastating, and sometimes it is.

If you make it through the humiliation, and you will, you will become stronger. Not at first, but later in time you will become stronger because of it.

The Bible talks to boast about your weaknesses, because that is when the power of Christ is fulfilled, and this is a paradox, but it’s true. It’s a paradox because any person who has been humiliated knows how devastating & painful that can be.

But, in time, the power of Christ will strengthen, & your humility will make you strong.

The Bible says that the humble will inherit the Earth…I think this will happen.

Lao-Tzu The Great Dragon Man

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A short story of Lao-Tzu meeting Confucius & what Confucius said about Lao-Tzu:

“It is not until the first century B.C.E., however, that we find a history, the Shih chi (or Records of the Historian), that contains one of the oldest recorded stories about Lao-tzu. Here we find the story of Confucius visiting Lao-tzu at the Court of Chou where, by this account, Lao-tzu served as the court librarian. In that meeting, Lao-tzu was said to have scolded Confucius for his pompous and self-serving ways, and afterward Confucius is reported to have said to his disciples:

“I know that birds can fly, fish can swim, and animals run. For those that run a net may be set, for those that swim a line cast, and for those that fly an arrow set free. But a dragon’s ascent to heaven walks the wind and swims through clouds, and I know of no way to trap him. Today I have met Lao-tzu, who is both man and dragon.”

Lao-Tzu is known for multiple things; he was a master. One of his best known works is the Tao Te Ching, one of my favorite books of all time.

This dragon man’s knowledge & wisdom continues to be known & shared today.

Understanding Your World

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“You have to take seriously the notion that understanding the universe is your responsibility, because the only understanding of the universe that will be useful to you is your own understanding.”

— Terence McKenna

We are all born into a unique position; none are exactly the same, but as we grow older, powers that be try to shepherd people into a position of conformity.

Rather than shepherd though, the previous powers that be used dehumanizing methods to manipulate & control humans. They still do it today.

The way out of being pushed & pulled by an oppressive machine system that cares nothing about you, is to learn to ignore the manipulative methods & to become empowered within.

The psychedelic experience is one way to break through the disempowering systems & become empowered.

No wonder why psychedelics are still mostly illegal… it’s time to reclaim your mind & live empowered.

The meditations in this book will get you started going deeper within.

Walking Faith

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“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” MLK Jr.

Do you ever lay awake at night wondering about things that are unknown or impossible to understand – like the universe & how it really began & how it works?

I personally have spent time questioning the universe & the way things are, but things are as they are & we don’t always need to know why or how.

If we see a change we’d like to make in the world, we can act towards making it happen, and have faith that it will – and by taking the first step in that direction.

We don’t need to understand everything that happens, who could ever do that?

But we can make some impact in an area of our life or the world that we would like to be better.

We can waste time worrying about things outside of our control, or we can cultivate a little more trust & faith in life & in ourselves.

Oh the places you’ll go, said Dr. Seuss

Who Do You Listen To?

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“If you go to Paris you know more about reality than people who don’t. If you smoke DMT you know more about reality than people who don’t.”

— Terence McKenna

Would you listen to someone talk to you about Paris if they have never been there?

Same thing with psychedelics… so many people love having an opinion about psychedelics, but almost no one has actually gone on any deep & true psychedelic trips.

Why listen to people who have never lived? Have never experienced?

Choose who you listen to.

Truly this world is filled with liars & cheaters & schemers who live through an egoic awareness – ego breeds ego. So many people love having an opinion about things they know nothing at all about.

Learn to discern what you hear and who you listen to.

This world doesn’t need any more liars & criminals & thieves in high places.

This world needs some truth, some love…something real.

Learn who to ignore, and who you should actually listen to.