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>> There's a story in the Bible
about God providing manna from
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heaven, food to sustain the
Israelites while they were
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wandering in the wilderness, but
it never said specifically what
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it was.
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What was this manna from heaven?
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When I asked that
question, I had no idea
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how much my life
was about to change.
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[music playing]
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The first miracle that Jesus
was reported to have done
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was turning water into
wine at a wedding.
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The story goes that
they ran out of wine,
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and Jesus put a portion of
the manna into the water
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that they boiled as tea.
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He told the waiters to
pass it out as wine.
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So I call up Deepak, and I said,
Deepak, I gotta talk to you.
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I go, I just found
some stuff in the Bible
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that's not making any sense.
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I think I found some
psychedelics in there.
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I think there's meditation.
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Like, what do you think?
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And he's quiet on the phone.
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And I was like,
Deepak, are you there?
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And he's like, yeah.
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He said, where did
you find this exactly?
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Like, send me what you're
talking to me about.
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What do you want to do, Deepak?
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What should we do about this?
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You want to write something up?
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And Deepak was like,
this is too important.
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He was, like, why don't we
have a conversation about this?
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Could part of the
religious experience
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have to do with
plant sacraments?
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In Deepak's tradition,
the mystery plant soma
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was used to bring people
to communion with God.
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>> Could have been that the
Hymns of the Rigveda were
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actually sung to this
plant, which had no seeds,
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that had no flowers, that
was really mushrooms.
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>> There's a scene in the move,
"Noah," starring Russell Crowe,
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where he has a dream that
he's under water with animals
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floating past.
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He wakes up, knowing that
God wants him to do something
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but he doesn't know what.
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He goes and sits
with the wise man
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in the cave, played by
Anthony Hopkins, who
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gives him some psychedelic tea.
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He drinks it and has a detailed
vision of exactly what God
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wants him to do.
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>> First of all,
that's a possibility.
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Secondly, why does our brain
have receptors to these things?
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Well, because we are
part of the same nature.
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You know, we're not
separate from nature.
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Science is based on the
subject object split,
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on the separation
that is artificial, me
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and the universe, when, in fact,
I'm also part of the universe.
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So the same
electrical storms that
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create thunder and
lightning in the sky
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create synaptic firings in my
brain, which creates thought.
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We're part of a wholeness, and
what the religious experience
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is to experience that wholeness.
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What is enlightenment but
being one with the source?
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So once they give people,
what I wouldn't even
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call altered state
of consciousness.
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I wouldn't call
them hallucinations.
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They help people break out
of the everyday hallucination
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of separation and to
the reality of truth.
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And whether they did it through
wine, or manna, or soma,
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who cares?
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>> Doesn't even make any sense.
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How could these ancient
plants that connect you to God
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be somehow taken out?
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>> Could these plants be the
ancient wisdom that we need
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for our modern problems.
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>> What we call today,
everyday reality,
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which we take for normal, OK?
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There's war.
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There's terrorism.
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There's global warming.
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There's social injustice.
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50% of the world lives on
less than two dollars a day.
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The environment is
totally screwed up.
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And we say this is normal.
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It's psychotic, right?
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And it's psychotic because
we have created it.
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>> What do you think it would
take to break through that
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boundary at this point?
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I mean, here we are
in this 21st century.
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>> Let's have a party.
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>> We'll bring everybody down
to Peru and enlighten them.
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>> Yeah, and put some in
the pot, and let's drink it.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Did Deepak Chopra just tell
me to go down to Peru and drink
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ayahuasca tea, one of the most
powerful psychedelics known
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to man?
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Still dazed by what
Deepak had recommended,
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I bumped into our
friend, Jerry, who
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had generously loaned us his
beach house for the interview.
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I was curious what he thought
about what Deepak said.
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I didn't realize at the
time, but Jerry's world
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was spinning out of control.
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Despite having sold his company
for almost $100 million,
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Jerry was abusing drugs,
drinking a lot of alcohol.
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His family was in shambles,
and he was basically
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trying to kill himself slowly.
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More than I realized, Deepak's
words were really sinking in.
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At this point, you
might be wondering
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who this Zappy guy is.
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Let me tell you a
little bit about myself.
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I've done everything society
told me to do, go to school,
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get a job, make a bunch
of money, fall in love,
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start a family.
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I was living the American dream.
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I bought beer.com for $80,000.
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A few months later, I
sold it for $7 million.
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Here I am, starring in
my own Super Bowl ad.
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Life was becoming very surreal.
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Even though I had it all,
my conversation with Deepak
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made it clear that there
were other experiences that I
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needed to have.
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The value that I place
on the experience
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is more important to me.
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So I always felt like I'd rather
have a passport full of stamps
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than a house of a certain type.
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It occurred to me
that, like most people,
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I'd been searching for
happiness outside of myself,
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and I was having the
realization that I might never
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be truly happy unless I
went inside my own mind
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to look for some answers.
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Albert Einstein
famously said, you
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can't fix a problem with the
same consciousness or thinking
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that got you into the situation.
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What this meant to me
was that if I wanted
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to solve a problem in my
life, or if we, as a society,
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wanted to solve some of
the big problems we have,
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like violence, eco-destruction,
addiction, depression,
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we needed to change our
collective consciousness.
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Could society use some of
these ancient techniques
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for its modern problems?
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I was inspired by people who
came before me, that seemingly
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had it all but chose to
take the risk of going
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inside their own minds.
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These people were what I
would call psychenauts:
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sailors of the mind.
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And I saw that these people
were going inside their minds
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and exploring inside
their minds as part
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of what they wound up doing.
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And I thought, wow,
I have to do that.
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I figured before I got too
extreme and sat with a shaman,
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I should go out and talk
to some of Deepak's friends
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about our so-called reality.
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>> If you only identify with
the realm of three dimensions,
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if you only identify with
the realm of the body,
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if you only identify with
the mortal circumstance
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and the mortal experience,
then to that extent,
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you are at the effect
of those circumstances.
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Faith is standing
on the conviction,
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standing on the knowledge
and the conviction,
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there's something way
bigger going on here.
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>> What we see is only a small
portion of the total reality.
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See, we have three states--
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waking, dreaming, and sleep.
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But beyond that,
there is a state
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where it's neither of
the three, but there
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is this full alertness
that dawns deep within.
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>> There's nowhere were we
escape from being energy.
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So we're always energy.
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What we see at it looks,
physical material,
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is actually the reflection of
light, photons of light that
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hit our energy and bounce back.
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So we're reflecting
light, but we're
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reflecting it as a force
field, a tornado of energy.
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>> If we can stand
within the unreal world,
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the ultimate unreal
that appears real,
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that seems limited by the
laws of time and space,
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and yet have faith
in the realm beyond,
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that literally invokes
that realm into being.
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>> It seemed like what everyone
was saying is reality is just
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a concept.
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I needed to have the direct
experience of going inside.
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Could ancient wisdom have
included plants and meditation?
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I was excited to learn that
a lot of celebrities, people
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like Jerry Seinfeld,
Martin Scorsese,
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were doing this meditation
for a long time.
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And recently, people like Oprah
Winfrey and Dr. Oz and Katy
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Perry had taken
up the meditation
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and it seemed to be making
them even more creative.
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I wanted to see if some
of this ancient wisdom
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could help me to tap
into my creativity.
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In the 1960s, a funny little
man named Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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came out of the Himalayas
to the United States,
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and he wound up teaching his
transcendental meditation
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technique to the Beatles,
and the rest is history.
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Today, there are more than seven
million people worldwide doing
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transcendental meditation.
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What I like about a TM
technique is that there's
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no dogma attached to it.
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It's really just
a simple technique
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of silently repeating a
mantra to yourself, which
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causes you to transcend
into your quieted mind
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to subtler and subtler states
of consciousness until a point
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that you reach a place called
universal consciousness,
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an endless field of energy
that connects all of us,
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where all knowledge
is contained,
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and where everything
is manifested from.
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When the Maharishi
passed away in 2007,
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he put John Hagelin in charge.
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As a quantum physicist
and a meditator,
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he had successfully
used quantum theory
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to support Maharishi's model
of creative intelligence
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being at the center
of all creation.
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>> Waking consciousness is all
about being aware of something,
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this, that, this
concept, that person.
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Transcending is leaving
all of that behind
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to isolate and experience
the self itself.
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It's blissful.
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It's not the end of the story.
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10, 20 minutes of
that is enough.
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The idea is to come
back into activity
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and increasingly
integrate and stabilize
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the experience of inner
reality, inner silence,
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along with outer reality,
and that's when life really
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gets to be interesting and fun.
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>> The mind has
two aspects to it.
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It's the brain, which
is very concrete.
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You can measure it.
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You can touch it, but it's
interacting with this field
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of consciousness.
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And what they come together
is our individual self,
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our individual personality.
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And that's what most
people think they are.
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I'm 5' 11".
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I have this education.
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I'm this part in society.
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I have this amount of money.
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But it's not fundamentally
who you are, and to know that,
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you need to have the
experience of that,
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and that's where meditation
experience comes in.
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>> It was found that square
root of 1% in some cities here
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and there, and there, and
it does create positivity
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in the atmosphere, in the
tendencies of the people.
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>> What excited me about this
was that if we wanted to change
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global consciousness, we
only needed a critical mass
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of people tapped in.
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When I found in
the Bible, verses
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that said be still and know that
I'm God, the kingdom of heaven
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is within.
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That's what the
meditators are saying.
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It's so obvious.
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It's right there.
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The Bible is saying meditate.
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These days, religious
affiliation is shrinking.
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I needed to go speak to some
of the religious leaders
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and top scholars
of our time about
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whether meditation was
once part of religion.
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When it comes to
religious leaders,
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there's no one more high
profile than Joel Osteen.
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I wanted to ask Joel what he
thought the manna from heaven
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was.
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>> I've always taught that
it was like bread, you know,
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like a mushroom or something.
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That's what I heard.
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That's what I heard.
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>> I'd like it if
it was mushrooms.
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We can sustain them.
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Wow.
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I did not expect that.
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Bible descriptions
from Moses and Jesus
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sound more like
mushrooms than bread.
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In fact, every other
miracle that Jesus
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is reported to have done was
after they drank the mushroom
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tea.
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>> St. Mark's
Basilica in Venice,
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Italy Here's all the disciples.
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Here's Jesus with giant
mushrooms behind him.
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>> Oh, very cool, yeah.
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We've got Jesus over here
with these giant mushrooms
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behind him.
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Jesus with the giant
mushrooms behind him.
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>> [laughs]
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I wanted to talk to some people
who had been there, done that.
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>> I've probably had as much
psychedelics as anyone alive.
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When you fall away for a
minute, something happens.
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That's actually the
beginning, and now, you
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have to relearn the world
just like you were a baby.
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>> What I found makes ayahuasca
very special, number one,
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is it's the only mind altering
substance that needs more than
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one substance.
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And the other fact
that's interesting
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is that both of these
substances, the MAO, which
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is harmaline or
tetrahydroharmine,
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or the DMT, both
of these substances
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are produced in every
mammalian nervous system.
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So they are substances
that our body produces.
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>> Filmmaker Foster Gamble's
documentary, "Thrive,"
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shattered many of the myths that
we've been presented by regular
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society that keep us slaves
to our so-called reality.
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>> So it seems to be a
natural inclination to alter
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our consciousness somewhat,
and I think one of the reasons
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for that is, when we
alter our consciousness,
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we can see our daily
consciousness in a new way.
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And it shifts, tends
to raise and expand
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our daily consciousness,
and to me, that's the point.
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And if we can use
substances, whether it's
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broccoli or ayahuasca, or you
know, C-sharp major, to give us
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a glimpse of what's
possible for human beings
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and specifically
what's next for me?
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What am I ready for?
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>> When my consciousness
separated from my body,
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it changed the
paradigm entirely.
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I realized, aha, there's
something more than this meat
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vehicle that we have.
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And that one realization set me
off writing all night furiously
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until the dawn and
it just reevaluated
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my whole philosophy.
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And from that
point on, I've been
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on a journey of
experiential spirituality,
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finding the answers
myself, and the plants
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have been the greatest
teachers in that quest.
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>> Many times, there's a huge
benefit with one experience
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because it really gets to the
core of what's been happening.
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So it's almost like,
you know, 10 years
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of therapy in seven hours.
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>> Kundalini yoga icon Gurmukh
teaches many celebrities how
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to journey inside using
the Kundalini technique.
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She had her own experience
with mind altering energies.
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>> I do not regret
anything I have ever done.
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You know people
say, I did drugs.
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I say, well, so what?
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It got you here.
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Forget it.
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I've met other
people that I wish
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they had because I feel they
can't go through the barrier.
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They can't go into
that sixth dimension.
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>> However you
want to look at it,
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it's going to be the unknown.
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And you have a choice--
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fear or faith.
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You know, faith
that you're gonna
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come out all right, that
the lessons are going
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to be valuable, and that
the medicine will guide you,
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or fear, fear that something
else is gonna happen.
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It's gonna be the
unknown either way,
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so might as well choose faith.
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>> There are times in life,
where through different means,
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and God works in
mysterious ways,
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we're shown the mountain top.
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It's like through grace.
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It's like the hand of God
lifts us up and just shows
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us the mountain.
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>> I owe a definite debt of
gratitude to my experience with
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various substances.
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>> I can't endorse it unless
you're at a certain space,
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in a certain environment, with
certain true healers because it
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can run havoc,
just like LSD did.
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>> They are powerful
transformational tools and have
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to be respected.
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And if you approach them with
enough humility and respect,
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I tend to believe you'll
be fine with them.
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>> People are afraid that when
they go down there and do these
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medicines they're gonna lose the
things that they love the most
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about themselves.
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And that's just
this common fear.
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You know, you get someone
who loves their career.
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What if I go down, and tells me
I want to be a yoga instructor?
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I'm like, it's not
gonna do that, man.
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And if it does, you're gonna
be even happier about the fact
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that it did.
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>> There's an opportunity
to use psychotropic drugs,
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which will open up that
mind and show you, my god,
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who you really are.
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>> I'm fascinated by it.
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I'm interested in it.
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I believe it will have real
utility somewhere I just--
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it's too soon for me, as
somebody that's trained
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a certain way--
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do no harm, help,
you know, really,
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really be clear about
what you're doing.
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We're not clear yet.
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>> Whatever it takes, whether
you do the drug or whether you
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do the meditation
exercises or whatever way,
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I don't really care.
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>> There's no doubt in my mind
that the first indication,
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the first formal use for
hallucinogens will be at end
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of life.
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Because it's clear what
I'm reading and seeing
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in the research is that
it improves our ability
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to be connected with something
and feel OK about the dying
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process, and God knows we need
help with that in this country.
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>> The traditional psychological
model or the traditional
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medical model, it usually
takes years, and years,
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and years of therapy, and
years of intervention,
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and working with a team of
experts to get even just
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a little progress
in someone's life.
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What I've seen, and the
analogy I give is it's
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10 to 20 years of
psychotherapy, often in one
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to two plant medicine sessions.
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>> There is a relationship
to plant medicine when it is
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entered through the door of the
traditions that brings people
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more to a sacred recognition
of their life, their path.
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I think the word drug really has
a lot of negative connotations.
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I can't think of,
you know, maybe--
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if some drug actually cures
someone, it's medicine.
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>> See, I haven't heard of
people going off the rails,
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I've seen people
go off the rails.
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>> Before I took the final
leap, I needed to hear it from
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a psychedelic bad ass.
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That person is Ram Dass.
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His real name was Richard
Alpert, born to an affluent New
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England family.
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He attended Harvard, and
after graduation, began
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as a researcher
at the University.
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It was the 1960s and LSD
had just been discovered.
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The government was studying its
effect on individuals and enemy
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combatants.
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While a researcher at Harvard,
Alpert and Professor Timothy
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Leary started to run
experiments on students
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with psilocybin mushrooms
and LSD, both of which
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were legal at the time.
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The results were nothing
short of miraculous.
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Users were reporting
that they were
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having life-changing
experiences, including
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a study that showed that 60%
of alcoholics that were given
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one dose of psilocybin mushrooms
in the right set and setting
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were never alcoholics again.
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How could everybody
not know about this?
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Discouraged with the
West, he headed to India.
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His guru named him
Ram Dass, and when
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he came back to the United
States and published his book,
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"Be Here Now," he
was followed around
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by massive groups
of young people.
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>> If anybody has the
right intent to want to go
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to their own spiritual insides,
the psychedelics are wonderful
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for them, wonderful.
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>> Would you recommend
that somebody looking--
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>> Yes.
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>> So seekers should
go, find a shaman?
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>> Sure.
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>> And go down and--
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>> Sure.
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Sure.
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>> That was it.
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I was gonna gather
up a group of friends
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who wanted to take the risk
and go as deep into our minds
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as humanly possible.
447
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[music playing]
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00:24:03,042 --> 00:24:03,976
>> Things are just--
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seem to be falling
in place, you know?
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It feels like it's guided.
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It feels like it's meant to be.
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So for me, I'm just
letting it go, you know?
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I just assume every miracle
that is going to happen
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is about to happen, and
I should just kind of
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enjoy it and let it happen.
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>> I have chosen to work with
the mesa, which is medicine,
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[?? bandeau, ?? ] meditations,
rituals, counseling,
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and working with ancestral
medicine, such as Huachuma,
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or San Pedro, which are
ancestral medicines that have
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been used for over 5,000
years in the Andes of Peru
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by pre-Incan cultures, who are
masters of accessing dimensions
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of consciousness that
are so deep that we often
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don't access.
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>> You know, I feel like
it doesn't matter where
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in the world you go, it's like
you'll always find, you know,
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your kind.
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And when it comes
to spirituality,
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I respect anything or
anyone who kind of walks,
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respecting the planet,
loving nature, and opening
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their heart to, you know,
the universe and love itself.
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As long as that's the main
priority behind your religion
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or your, you know, ceremonial
spiritual belief, then,
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you know, I'm down with you.
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>> I've got a few intents.
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Some are very
personal, which I'm
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gonna try and bring back to
my family and loved ones.
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And try and take some of
that knowledge or the glimpse
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of the other dimensions
that are out there,
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which I've been trying to do
kind of in artificial ways,
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I mean, sometimes with my
artwork and my creativity
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but in other ways with
less natural things.
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And sometimes that's an
anesthetic for pain or just
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your day-to-day life
that gets you down.
484
00:26:02,962 --> 00:26:06,098
But yeah, this is
something that's
485
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been calling me for a
while to come and do this,
486
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but it hasn't been the
right moment in my life.
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And so it all seemed to just
fall into place naturally.
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>> I'm here to have sort of
like a rebirth, to, you know,
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tap into a place that, I
guess, I've never gone.
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So I don't know where that is.
491
00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:28,120
I don't know what that is, but
hopefully, it's a good thing,
492
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:29,588
and I'll be able
to get through it.
493
00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:32,091
>> When you drink
the medicine, 50%
494
00:26:32,191 --> 00:26:35,995
of the medicine's responsibility
is to do all the healing,
495
00:26:36,095 --> 00:26:39,498
all the cleansing, all the
awakening, all the clearing,
496
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:43,235
all the harmonizing
that it needs to do,
497
00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:46,405
but the other 50% of
taking it further,
498
00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:49,608
of taking it deeper
is always yours.
499
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:56,615
Part of my work in this is to
make the most gentle transition
500
00:26:56,716 --> 00:27:03,890
possible from being very
sleepy to being fully awake.
501
00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:07,326
>> I'm really looking forward
to tapping into some of those
502
00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:08,327
guys' stuff upstairs.
503
00:27:29,115 --> 00:27:32,919
>> The San Pedro
trip was gnarly.
504
00:27:33,019 --> 00:27:39,358
It was really insane because
Fredy Puma, you know,
505
00:27:39,458 --> 00:27:42,762
the shaman that introduced
us to the catalyst
506
00:27:42,862 --> 00:27:45,732
to a spiritual
journey, you know,
507
00:27:45,832 --> 00:27:49,836
which was the San
Pedro, the drink, he--
508
00:27:49,936 --> 00:27:52,471
so in tune, that guy.
509
00:27:52,571 --> 00:27:57,476
And I recall, you know, being
at the top of the mountain,
510
00:27:57,576 --> 00:27:59,545
you know, at this plateau,
where we all, you know,
511
00:27:59,645 --> 00:28:03,916
were just so tired from
this massive, you know,
512
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,852
high-altitude trek.
513
00:28:05,952 --> 00:28:08,988
And we're finally, you
know, getting some air,
514
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:12,725
and you're looking off at
these amazing clouds that
515
00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:14,426
are flying right at you.
516
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:19,131
And you're at the precipice of
this mountaintop, and you know,
517
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:22,468
you see hundreds
of feet below you.
518
00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:29,041
And I got this enormous
sorrow, that I was just
519
00:28:29,141 --> 00:28:31,077
overwhelmed with.
520
00:28:31,177 --> 00:28:35,681
And the sorrow that
consumed me was something
521
00:28:35,782 --> 00:28:37,950
that I've been carrying
for many years, kind
522
00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:42,521
of like a little rebellious
anger, like, why am I here?
523
00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:44,556
Like, you know,
like, Dad, you know,
524
00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:45,958
like I didn't knock
on your balls,
525
00:28:46,058 --> 00:28:47,559
you know, to come
out into this, you
526
00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:49,996
know, universe kind
of anger that I've
527
00:28:50,096 --> 00:28:52,398
been holding since I was a
teenager, you know what I mean?
528
00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:53,399
>> Why stay in the past?
529
00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:57,736
Why suffer?
530
00:28:57,837 --> 00:29:01,407
Why struggle when you
can liberate all of that
531
00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:06,345
and be of higher service while
being gentle on yourself.
532
00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,915
>> I know that you need your ups
and downs so you can be human
533
00:29:09,015 --> 00:29:12,484
and enjoy life and transition
because it's part of the beauty
534
00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:14,987
of existence is to be
sad and enjoy happiness.
535
00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:16,956
You need to know both sides.
536
00:29:17,056 --> 00:29:20,726
But this overwhelming
sadness wasn't mine,
537
00:29:20,827 --> 00:29:22,028
didn't belong to me.
538
00:29:22,128 --> 00:29:24,130
Ever since I was a little
kid, it didn't belong to me.
539
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:25,497
It's not mine.
540
00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:27,967
I'm a passenger like Iggy Pop
says, you know what I mean?
541
00:29:28,067 --> 00:29:33,539
I'm here to ride this, you know,
in a respectful way, respect
542
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:36,442
everything that I come across,
and you know, walk my path
543
00:29:36,542 --> 00:29:38,677
with love, and you
know, say goodbye
544
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,613
after my journey's done.
545
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:44,050
And he came out and he just--
546
00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,118
I felt this warm
energy behind me,
547
00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:48,888
and there he was, while
I was on the rock,
548
00:29:48,988 --> 00:29:52,224
overlooking the clouds
that are flying towards me.
549
00:29:52,324 --> 00:29:54,060
I was just cyring, you know?
550
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,863
And he touched my shoulder,
and he said, it's not yours.
551
00:29:56,963 --> 00:29:58,330
Let it go.
552
00:29:58,430 --> 00:29:59,832
Whoo.
553
00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:01,834
[laughs]
554
00:30:01,934 --> 00:30:04,336
[music playing]
555
00:30:30,396 --> 00:30:33,799
If my trip ended
today, I've had,
556
00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:39,906
you know, 20 years of heavy
pain lifted off of my shoulders,
557
00:30:40,006 --> 00:30:42,975
and I'd be a happy camper
without doing the ayahuasca.
558
00:30:43,075 --> 00:30:47,613
So I'm, you know, I'm feeling
really, really, really,
559
00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:52,084
really light on my feet,
happy, appreciative,
560
00:30:52,184 --> 00:30:54,586
and receptive, very
feminine, you know?
561
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:55,787
I'm such a tomboy.
562
00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:58,224
It's kind of about time I
step into my femininity.
563
00:30:58,324 --> 00:31:00,592
>> My full intent
coming down here,
564
00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:05,898
my maco intent was to try
to share with everybody
565
00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:10,702
in the world, for that matter,
the fact that there's different
566
00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:15,274
ways to see reality and that
we sort of, in this moment
567
00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:20,179
of chaos, need to take a step
back, everybody, and you know,
568
00:31:20,279 --> 00:31:22,514
just try to see things
a little differently.
569
00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:25,017
>> The only way that you're
supposed to fulfill your role
570
00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:26,685
is by being yourself.
571
00:31:26,785 --> 00:31:30,856
That is the heightened you.
572
00:31:30,957 --> 00:31:34,893
You attract more love, and
you attract more energy.
573
00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:37,029
One of my intents and one
of the things I asked for
574
00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:39,498
was to face my fears.
575
00:31:39,598 --> 00:31:43,469
And I realized that, no, I
don't need to face my fears.
576
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:45,337
My fears are not gonna go away.
577
00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:49,441
First, I have to accept
myself with my fears.
578
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:53,579
>> Each person has a pattern
and that pattern is 50% woven
579
00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:57,049
by the person and
50% by the divine.
580
00:31:57,149 --> 00:32:01,553
Ayahuasca is capable of
changing that whole pattern.
581
00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,756
From being one person
one day, the next day,
582
00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:06,358
you're completely
another person.
583
00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:10,696
>> I'm open to light and
love and just good vibes,
584
00:32:10,796 --> 00:32:13,365
and anything that isn't on
that vibration or frequency,
585
00:32:13,465 --> 00:32:14,266
I'm just like--
586
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:15,134
I don't even see you.
587
00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:16,768
You don't exist.
588
00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:19,905
So that's how I'm walking
into this ayahuasca trip.
589
00:32:20,006 --> 00:32:22,508
I'm just in a very
receptive place.
590
00:32:22,608 --> 00:32:25,311
I just, you know, I
know what I'm about.
591
00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:27,713
I know what I stand for, and
I know what I resonate with.
592
00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:31,050
And you know, I just
hope to walk that path
593
00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:33,585
and you know, whoever's
walking along that path,
594
00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:35,887
you know, I hope to meet
you, and we can join hands
595
00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:38,324
and, you know, take this
trip together, you know?
596
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:52,038
>> It happened for me in my
ayahuasca experience when I was
597
00:32:52,138 --> 00:32:55,607
sitting there and I realized
that I had just died.
598
00:32:55,707 --> 00:32:58,944
As I was looking at death
and experiencing death,
599
00:32:59,045 --> 00:33:02,914
I saw how dynamic it was
and how much was going on.
600
00:33:03,015 --> 00:33:06,952
And I realized that I never
needed to fear death again.
601
00:33:07,053 --> 00:33:11,423
It was totally liberating,
and as I spent time
602
00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:14,693
in this ayahuasca
experience, I realized
603
00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:17,529
that I was sitting in a place
where I could ask any question.
604
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,165
I could go into the future.
605
00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:22,568
I could go into the past,
whatever I wanted to know.
606
00:33:22,668 --> 00:33:25,137
So I'm gonna ask a big question.
607
00:33:25,237 --> 00:33:29,408
So I decided to ask, why
do bad things happen?
608
00:33:29,508 --> 00:33:32,078
And immediately
upon asking that,
609
00:33:32,178 --> 00:33:35,381
I was ripped out into
the edge of space,
610
00:33:35,481 --> 00:33:37,616
back to where, when you're
a kid, you go, yeah,
611
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:38,950
but what's past space?
612
00:33:39,051 --> 00:33:40,552
And people go, oh, more space.
613
00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:42,354
And what's past that?
614
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:43,589
More space.
615
00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:47,226
I was out there on the
edge, looking at everything
616
00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:49,895
in the universe
basically contained,
617
00:33:49,995 --> 00:33:52,364
like God would look at it.
618
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:56,435
And as I'm looking at it,
Spirit said to me, you see that?
619
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:58,670
It's totally balanced.
620
00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:00,706
It's perfect.
621
00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:03,309
And I looked at it,
and I was, like, wow.
622
00:34:03,409 --> 00:34:04,143
That's true.
623
00:34:04,243 --> 00:34:05,477
It's totally balanced.
624
00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:06,445
It's perfect.
625
00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:08,013
If something happens
over here, it
626
00:34:08,114 --> 00:34:10,181
will just be made up over here.
627
00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:12,351
And as soon as I had
that realization,
628
00:34:12,451 --> 00:34:13,719
I was sucked right back in.
629
00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:16,655
I was sitting in the room again.
630
00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:19,757
And as I was coming out,
I just started to laugh.
631
00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:22,994
I was laughing, and I realized
that I had just gotten
632
00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:26,831
the entire human cosmic joke.
633
00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:31,036
Here we are with God, the
man with the white beard,
634
00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:35,907
and Buddha, and Mohammed,
and Jesus, all these men,
635
00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:40,612
and I was with God,
and it was a woman.
636
00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:45,551
That has stuck with me everyday
since my ayahuasca experience.
637
00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:59,565
>> Well, for me, ingesting
the medicine was a destruction
638
00:34:59,665 --> 00:35:02,067
of everything I've ever known,
everything I've ever believed
639
00:35:02,168 --> 00:35:04,035
in, everything I ever
thought was true.
640
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:14,079
I tried to reason it for
a while, two days after.
641
00:35:17,283 --> 00:35:22,654
Try to reason the idea that
it's a hallucinogenic drug,
642
00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:24,022
Michelle.
643
00:35:24,122 --> 00:35:26,992
It just, you know, it takes
things from your subconscious
644
00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:29,295
and projects them, you know?
645
00:35:29,395 --> 00:35:31,530
There's absolutely
no way that there's
646
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,965
any truth in what
you envisioned.
647
00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:41,440
It's just a trip.
648
00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:44,009
You know, you read tons
of books on alchemy.
649
00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:48,247
You know, you have tons of
information about symbolism
650
00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:50,716
and religion deep
embedded into your brain
651
00:35:50,816 --> 00:35:51,883
since you were a little kid.
652
00:35:56,588 --> 00:36:03,229
But I know in my heart
of hearts it's not true,
653
00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:07,999
and that everything
that I have ever known
654
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:10,402
could quite probably
be bullshit.
655
00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:15,907
[laughs] And it makes me happy.
656
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:19,911
>> I felt a peace and calm I've
never experienced in my life,
657
00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:23,782
an overwhelming feeling
that I could relax,
658
00:36:23,882 --> 00:36:27,419
instead of constantly macheting
my way through life with
659
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:28,854
my urban armor on.
660
00:36:28,954 --> 00:36:33,091
It just stripped everything
away and put me in contact
661
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:37,263
with something that was a
benevolent higher power is
662
00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:39,965
the only way I can
really describe it.
663
00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:41,099
>> It's such a hard time.
664
00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:48,507
In the middle of
it, I don't know.
665
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:52,511
It's like a surgery,
and I felt my wounds,
666
00:36:52,611 --> 00:36:58,617
my wounds just opened up,
and I was feeling pain.
667
00:36:58,717 --> 00:37:04,155
And then, like I
grew up, and I was
668
00:37:04,256 --> 00:37:06,892
able to love myself
a little bit more.
669
00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:15,467
>> Once I got through
that hard part,
670
00:37:15,567 --> 00:37:19,237
or the part that I
needed to get out,
671
00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:29,147
it was just definitely the best
life-changing experience that
672
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:30,882
I've ever been through.
673
00:37:30,982 --> 00:37:32,718
>> When people access
these medicines,
674
00:37:32,818 --> 00:37:38,524
they need to access with full
love, with full willpower,
675
00:37:38,624 --> 00:37:42,160
otherwise, they need
to find other ways.
676
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,763
People will transcend anyways.
677
00:37:44,863 --> 00:37:47,533
Now is the time,
and these medicines
678
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:54,340
are major assistance, major
helpers, major masters,
679
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,142
you know, assisting this process
of transition for humanity
680
00:37:57,242 --> 00:37:59,645
from one level of
consciousness to a higher
681
00:37:59,745 --> 00:38:00,779
level of consciousness.
682
00:38:00,879 --> 00:38:03,649
>> I've lost a lot of
anger, a lot of hatred,
683
00:38:03,749 --> 00:38:05,016
and a lot of-- you know what?
684
00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:07,719
If you're an asshole,
be an asshole.
685
00:38:07,819 --> 00:38:08,520
It's your fate.
686
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:09,421
You know what I mean?
687
00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:10,822
Like, I'm easy now.
688
00:38:10,922 --> 00:38:13,359
Like, I'm not angry anymore
at all the mean people
689
00:38:13,459 --> 00:38:16,495
in the world, you
know, because I accept
690
00:38:16,595 --> 00:38:19,264
that they're part of
it, and it's all good,
691
00:38:19,365 --> 00:38:20,399
you know what I mean?
692
00:38:20,499 --> 00:38:24,002
It's not my walk, but
you know, do your thing,
693
00:38:24,102 --> 00:38:25,604
and I respect your path.
694
00:38:25,704 --> 00:38:27,439
But don't come near me
with your evil energy
695
00:38:27,539 --> 00:38:28,940
because I'll knock
you the fuck out.
696
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,176
[laughs]
697
00:38:46,024 --> 00:38:48,494
>> It all comes down
to intent for me.
698
00:38:48,594 --> 00:38:51,296
If your intent is
right, it's gonna work.
699
00:38:51,397 --> 00:38:53,832
It's gonna be better
than you thought,
700
00:38:53,932 --> 00:38:56,001
and you're gonna have
a lot less chaos.
701
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,937
It seemed to me that
nature recognizes
702
00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:01,640
that people are highly
stressed and that people
703
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:04,743
need healing medicines for
the problems of addiction
704
00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:05,944
and depression.
705
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:15,521
I kept looking for ways to
transcend on a daily basis,
706
00:39:15,621 --> 00:39:17,889
and I was introduced to
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
707
00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:22,093
and his breathing technique
called Sudarshan Kriya.
708
00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:24,996
The technique is being
done by millions of people,
709
00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:27,799
including prisoners and
inner city youth who've
710
00:39:27,899 --> 00:39:30,769
been trained by Sri Sri
to use the technique
711
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,204
to overcome their
physical environment
712
00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:36,408
and give themselves
internal strength.
713
00:39:36,508 --> 00:39:39,545
Sri Sri's logic goes
that when we're born,
714
00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:43,615
we draw in our first
breath, and when we die,
715
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:45,751
we let out our final breath.
716
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:47,819
But most people
think nothing of it
717
00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:51,089
in between, when,
in fact, breathing
718
00:39:51,189 --> 00:39:54,325
may be our most
valuable capability.
719
00:39:54,426 --> 00:39:59,631
>> Breath is an
important tool, you know?
720
00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:02,167
For every emotion, there
is a particular rhythm
721
00:40:02,267 --> 00:40:04,970
in the breath.
722
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:08,139
And if we attend to that
breath by manipulating
723
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:15,581
your own breath, you can
slip into the altered state
724
00:40:15,681 --> 00:40:17,549
of consciousness at will.
725
00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,693
>> I learned the Kriya
breathing, which blew my mind,
726
00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:31,329
the fact that I was able to put
myself into a psychedelic state
727
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,431
with just my breath.
728
00:40:33,532 --> 00:40:36,902
Lightning bolts were shooting
out of my hands and feet.
729
00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:38,203
Time stood still.
730
00:40:47,546 --> 00:40:49,648
I continued to get
together with my friends
731
00:40:49,748 --> 00:40:51,650
to talk about our
experience and how
732
00:40:51,750 --> 00:40:53,485
we were integrating
our psychenaut
733
00:40:53,585 --> 00:40:56,187
training into our lives.
734
00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:59,324
>> There's a whole group
of scientists, very few,
735
00:40:59,424 --> 00:41:02,327
but enough, who are saying
maybe brain doesn't produce
736
00:41:02,427 --> 00:41:05,797
consciousness, maybe brain
filters consciousness.
737
00:41:05,897 --> 00:41:07,365
>> You're saying
we're transmitters?
738
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:08,266
>> We're transmitters.
739
00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:09,668
>> Hey, cool.
740
00:41:09,768 --> 00:41:12,270
>> And what you're transmitters
of is that infinite potential
741
00:41:12,370 --> 00:41:15,473
that you spoke of, that
feel of possibilities.
742
00:41:15,574 --> 00:41:19,845
And so when you start to
break down the boundaries,
743
00:41:19,945 --> 00:41:22,347
then all that's left
is the infinite.
744
00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:25,083
>> So the boundaries are like
your prejudices, things that,
745
00:41:25,183 --> 00:41:27,152
you know, that you've
accumulated throughout life,
746
00:41:27,252 --> 00:41:29,855
that you either repel
or are attracted to?
747
00:41:29,955 --> 00:41:31,957
>> Yeah, every boundary
is a conceptual boundary
748
00:41:32,057 --> 00:41:33,158
in consciousness.
749
00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:36,061
>> This is an Earth rover.
750
00:41:36,161 --> 00:41:38,229
This gives me an opportunity
to come to this planet,
751
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:41,399
step into this suit, have
these life experiences,
752
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:48,774
be creative, and marvel at
this planet that we've come to.
753
00:41:48,874 --> 00:41:51,509
And it's so funny because A,
I started this whole thing
754
00:41:51,610 --> 00:41:53,311
not spiritual.
755
00:41:53,411 --> 00:41:56,615
B, once I saw the nature of
the cell membrane, the cell
756
00:41:56,715 --> 00:41:58,516
receptors, I said, oh, my God.
757
00:41:58,617 --> 00:42:00,619
Instantaneously,
I had to recognize
758
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,655
if you buy the science,
then it's not is there,
759
00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:04,556
is there not?
760
00:42:04,656 --> 00:42:05,857
There's a spirit.
761
00:42:05,957 --> 00:42:09,027
>> So it really helped me
to bring my scientific mind
762
00:42:09,127 --> 00:42:11,529
and my kind of spiritual
experience together,
763
00:42:11,630 --> 00:42:13,632
and you're like, they're
not different at all.
764
00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:15,667
We're just discovering
through all these pathways
765
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:17,002
how all that is one.
766
00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:25,410
>> After I started to really
journey with the plants was
767
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:27,178
when things sort of changed.
768
00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:29,214
>> When that older
boyfriend of mine--
769
00:42:29,314 --> 00:42:33,785
I was like 24 at that time,
and he told me I was an idiot.
770
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:37,222
And he said, you're
very passionate,
771
00:42:37,322 --> 00:42:42,994
but you have nothing to back up
how you feel about the world.
772
00:42:43,094 --> 00:42:44,229
You don't read.
773
00:42:44,329 --> 00:42:46,932
You don't have-- you
know, you read one book,
774
00:42:47,032 --> 00:42:51,469
and you can get 20 years
worth of research in one book.
775
00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:54,072
And he kind of like opened
up my mind to do research
776
00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:56,007
and to fill my mind.
777
00:42:56,107 --> 00:42:58,543
Now, when I see the
world, I do a psychedelic,
778
00:42:58,644 --> 00:42:59,878
I think metaphorically.
779
00:42:59,978 --> 00:43:02,881
I think on so many
different layers, you know?
780
00:43:02,981 --> 00:43:04,850
And of course, I
enjoy the moment too.
781
00:43:04,950 --> 00:43:07,518
I can chase sensations
like any of them, you know?
782
00:43:07,619 --> 00:43:10,689
I love to feel good and have
fun and interact with people,
783
00:43:10,789 --> 00:43:13,892
but you know, information
is so beautiful.
784
00:43:13,992 --> 00:43:17,128
And if we could just tap into
the reservoirs or fountains
785
00:43:17,228 --> 00:43:20,031
of the people
before us, you know,
786
00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:21,667
you never know where
it could take you.
787
00:43:26,071 --> 00:43:30,008
>> When I lost
Paul, I was like--
788
00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:34,245
I went through about a year
of just being like an animal.
789
00:43:34,345 --> 00:43:40,285
Like, what could I do physically
to just get my mind off
790
00:43:40,385 --> 00:43:45,490
of existentialism, get my mind
off how transient life is,
791
00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:50,095
and how we just come here and
can disappear at any moment?
792
00:43:50,195 --> 00:43:52,297
How could I get
my mind off that?
793
00:43:52,397 --> 00:43:57,235
So I was just, fuck, summer,
crazy, nuts, berserko.
794
00:43:57,335 --> 00:43:59,070
Like, I did everything
I could possibly
795
00:43:59,170 --> 00:44:02,007
do to hide from myself.
796
00:44:02,107 --> 00:44:09,080
And I'll tell you that
my ayahuasca trip made
797
00:44:09,180 --> 00:44:14,119
me sad that he left me here.
798
00:44:14,219 --> 00:44:19,557
[laughs] It wasn't a
sadness that he's gone.
799
00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:23,161
It was more like a jealousy
that he's there first.
800
00:44:23,261 --> 00:44:27,398
[laughs] It's
fucked up, but yeah.
801
00:44:30,335 --> 00:44:33,471
>> I think it was affirmed to
me in the ayahuasca experience
802
00:44:33,571 --> 00:44:35,573
and some other trips
I've had in my life,
803
00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:41,146
where what was happening is,
when I took the medicine or I
804
00:44:41,246 --> 00:44:44,950
meditated, and I went
inside, that basically,
805
00:44:45,050 --> 00:44:48,619
I was taking filters off
is what was happening.
806
00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:50,388
So all this bullshit--
807
00:44:50,488 --> 00:44:52,623
>> Reticular activation system--
808
00:44:52,724 --> 00:44:54,092
it's like doors of perception.
809
00:44:54,192 --> 00:44:57,495
When he popped it, he felt
like that filtration mechanism
810
00:44:57,595 --> 00:45:01,166
that we create by the age of
seven was just lifted off.
811
00:45:01,266 --> 00:45:04,569
You know, how, like, you
receive so much information
812
00:45:04,669 --> 00:45:07,238
in your visual cortex,
but your brain only
813
00:45:07,338 --> 00:45:10,776
accepts a certain amount so
that you're not overwhelmed.
814
00:45:10,876 --> 00:45:15,480
That's your reticular activation
system deciding, according
815
00:45:15,580 --> 00:45:19,550
to your wants, likes,
and fight-or-flight,
816
00:45:19,650 --> 00:45:22,420
deciding what information
you're gonna take in.
817
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,456
>> Each time I got together
with my fellow psychenauts,
818
00:45:25,556 --> 00:45:28,126
we felt stronger and stronger
about the need to get
819
00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:31,296
the information out, so we
could help others to access some
820
00:45:31,396 --> 00:45:34,399
of these ancient techniques
that had been so profound
821
00:45:34,499 --> 00:45:35,666
in our lives.
822
00:45:35,767 --> 00:45:37,402
We should just, you know,
this True Reality Society
823
00:45:37,502 --> 00:45:39,304
should set up a place
in, like, Costa Rica.
824
00:45:39,404 --> 00:45:40,505
Put a dome.
825
00:45:40,605 --> 00:45:42,808
>> Like a haven for people
who think the same way.
826
00:45:42,908 --> 00:45:45,476
>> Put them all around the world
and the consciousness of it is
827
00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:46,277
like--
828
00:45:46,377 --> 00:45:47,913
>> I'm in.
829
00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:48,780
>> Woo!
830
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:49,314
>> I'm in.
831
00:45:49,414 --> 00:45:50,681
>> All right
832
00:45:50,782 --> 00:45:52,818
Everything's rolling along,
things are falling into place,
833
00:45:52,918 --> 00:45:58,824
and you know, like everything
in life, you want validation.
834
00:45:58,924 --> 00:46:00,225
You want to know
that it's having
835
00:46:00,325 --> 00:46:02,994
some kind of an effect,
beyond just, hey,
836
00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:03,995
I'm having a good time.
837
00:46:04,095 --> 00:46:05,030
I'm learning a lot.
838
00:46:05,130 --> 00:46:06,798
I'm having all these
cool experiences.
839
00:46:06,898 --> 00:46:10,468
But you know, is something
really happening?
840
00:46:10,568 --> 00:46:14,172
And I was looking for some
kind of sign that, you know,
841
00:46:14,272 --> 00:46:16,641
it was making a difference
because I couldn't
842
00:46:16,741 --> 00:46:20,445
see what the difference was,
other than my own friends
843
00:46:20,545 --> 00:46:21,646
and people around me.
844
00:46:21,746 --> 00:46:24,950
So I was kind of thinking,
God, give a sign here
845
00:46:25,050 --> 00:46:28,053
that, you know, this
is making a difference,
846
00:46:28,153 --> 00:46:29,821
that there's something to it.
847
00:46:29,921 --> 00:46:32,357
And then the phone
call came from Jerry,
848
00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:35,460
who I hadn't seen since we shot
with Deepak in his apartment
849
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:36,995
years earlier.
850
00:46:37,095 --> 00:46:41,299
Unbeknownst to me, Jerry had
taken Deepak's advice as well,
851
00:46:41,399 --> 00:46:44,369
and he went down to Costa
Rica to do a plant medicine
852
00:46:44,469 --> 00:46:48,106
called iboga, that comes
from an African root.
853
00:46:48,206 --> 00:46:51,342
It's the strongest
psychedelic known to man
854
00:46:51,442 --> 00:46:53,144
and Jerry was taking
it to see if he
855
00:46:53,244 --> 00:46:55,380
could break his addiction.
856
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,316
The full moon came to
Jerry and asked him
857
00:46:58,416 --> 00:47:00,285
if he wanted to see why
he was so messed up.
858
00:47:07,492 --> 00:47:09,961
>> Because of my life, I
had, like, addiction issues,
859
00:47:10,061 --> 00:47:15,600
tons of women issues, ego
issues out the gazoo, smoking,
860
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:20,305
drinking, you name it,
I was a fan, right?
861
00:47:20,405 --> 00:47:25,010
So I said, what's wrong with me?
862
00:47:25,110 --> 00:47:32,317
And so what happened then is
that my body went to a house
863
00:47:32,417 --> 00:47:34,652
that I hadn't seen in 48 years.
864
00:47:34,752 --> 00:47:38,756
It was my grandfather's house
in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
865
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,258
And at the front
of the house, like,
866
00:47:40,358 --> 00:47:44,095
three-year-old me is
going like this to me,
867
00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:45,997
is like waving me in.
868
00:47:46,097 --> 00:47:48,766
And I'm looking at the floor,
and there was-- as a kid,
869
00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:52,037
I knocked over cranberry
juice or grape juice
870
00:47:52,137 --> 00:47:55,840
and it hit the wall, and
that stain was on the wall.
871
00:47:55,941 --> 00:47:59,244
This is how perfect
detail, and then next thing
872
00:47:59,344 --> 00:48:04,815
you know, the kid opened the
door and went like this to me,
873
00:48:04,916 --> 00:48:06,417
like, go look at it.
874
00:48:06,517 --> 00:48:10,621
And my grandfather was sexually
molesting me, and I was three.
875
00:48:10,721 --> 00:48:14,625
>> The moon told Jerry to go see
his dead grandfather and have
876
00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:18,663
him explain why he'd done
it and give him an apology.
877
00:48:18,763 --> 00:48:21,466
Jerry went to see his
grandfather, who denied it ever
878
00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:23,368
happened, and sent him away.
879
00:48:23,468 --> 00:48:25,937
She told him to get
his father to help
880
00:48:26,037 --> 00:48:29,074
him to get an apology
from his grandfather.
881
00:48:29,174 --> 00:48:30,741
>> And he said
that he was sorry,
882
00:48:30,841 --> 00:48:34,345
and I told him I forgave him,
even though he wouldn't do
883
00:48:34,445 --> 00:48:35,680
anything for me.
884
00:48:35,780 --> 00:48:39,217
And then the guy, the shaman,
goes, hey, go to the moon.
885
00:48:39,317 --> 00:48:41,686
So I went to the moon,
back to the moon,
886
00:48:41,786 --> 00:48:47,592
and I said, Mrs. Moon,
what can you do for me?
887
00:48:47,692 --> 00:48:50,928
And she said, open your chest.
888
00:48:51,029 --> 00:48:55,066
And I went like this, and
my heart was in there.
889
00:48:55,166 --> 00:49:00,305
And the moon took my
heart out and washed it.
890
00:49:00,405 --> 00:49:02,707
And I said what--
891
00:49:02,807 --> 00:49:04,509
the shaman is saying,
what is she doing?
892
00:49:04,609 --> 00:49:07,112
I said, she's washing
it, like this, like,
893
00:49:07,212 --> 00:49:09,714
because she has hands, right?
894
00:49:09,814 --> 00:49:11,382
Crazy but truth.
895
00:49:11,482 --> 00:49:12,750
She's washing it.
896
00:49:12,850 --> 00:49:15,686
I said, what should I do
with it, to the shaman.
897
00:49:15,786 --> 00:49:17,688
He said, have her put
it in your left hand.
898
00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:20,025
I said, Mrs. Moon, would
you put it in my left hand?
899
00:49:20,125 --> 00:49:21,993
And she put it in my left hand.
900
00:49:22,093 --> 00:49:23,761
I said, what do you
want me to do with it?
901
00:49:23,861 --> 00:49:25,196
He goes, put it in your chest.
902
00:49:25,296 --> 00:49:27,365
And I went to put it in
my chest, and it got here,
903
00:49:27,465 --> 00:49:29,667
and it was black again.
904
00:49:29,767 --> 00:49:34,639
So it only stayed pink for like,
I don't know, five seconds.
905
00:49:34,739 --> 00:49:38,576
And I said, I'm not putting this
thing in me because it's shit.
906
00:49:38,676 --> 00:49:40,145
You know, it's terrible.
907
00:49:40,245 --> 00:49:43,981
And he said, ask
her for a new one.
908
00:49:44,082 --> 00:49:49,187
So I said, Mrs. Moon, can
I please have a new heart?
909
00:49:49,287 --> 00:49:50,488
And she said, yeah.
910
00:49:50,588 --> 00:49:53,158
And then she gave me this
new heart, and then I said,
911
00:49:53,258 --> 00:49:54,559
what do you want
me to do with it?
912
00:49:54,659 --> 00:49:56,027
She said, put it
in your left hand.
913
00:49:56,127 --> 00:49:57,362
Put it in your chest.
914
00:49:57,462 --> 00:50:02,767
And then the next day,
I was a different guy.
915
00:50:02,867 --> 00:50:04,835
>> He hasn't
touched drugs since,
916
00:50:04,935 --> 00:50:07,972
and he's able to have a drink
socially without needing to get
917
00:50:08,073 --> 00:50:09,240
drunk.
918
00:50:09,340 --> 00:50:12,310
He's reunited with his family,
and for the first time,
919
00:50:12,410 --> 00:50:13,978
he's in a real relationship.
920
00:50:14,079 --> 00:50:17,082
>> The first time I was
invited to do plant medicine,
921
00:50:17,182 --> 00:50:18,916
I thought the person was crazy.
922
00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:22,520
I was like, you're gonna
take a drug to get spiritual?
923
00:50:22,620 --> 00:50:23,854
I don't think so.
924
00:50:23,954 --> 00:50:25,823
And I wanted nothing to do
with it, and it freaked me out.
925
00:50:25,923 --> 00:50:29,394
You know, my mom's a meth
addict, and I was a meditator.
926
00:50:29,494 --> 00:50:34,065
And finally, this woman, who
was like just a love in my life,
927
00:50:34,165 --> 00:50:35,933
invites me to go, and
I couldn't say no.
928
00:50:36,033 --> 00:50:40,105
So I went, and that
night, she told me,
929
00:50:40,205 --> 00:50:42,607
set some intentions of
what you want to see.
930
00:50:42,707 --> 00:50:45,510
And I said, OK,
I want to see why
931
00:50:45,610 --> 00:50:47,845
I keep attracting
the same psycho
932
00:50:47,945 --> 00:50:50,215
guy over and over and over
with a different face,
933
00:50:50,315 --> 00:50:51,882
sucking the light out of me.
934
00:50:51,982 --> 00:50:53,651
And the second thing
that I wanted to see
935
00:50:53,751 --> 00:50:56,187
was what was I here to do?
936
00:50:56,287 --> 00:51:01,025
And so that night was just
one of the most amazing nights
937
00:51:01,126 --> 00:51:02,927
of my life.
938
00:51:03,027 --> 00:51:07,398
I was shown exactly who I
am, what I'm here to do,
939
00:51:07,498 --> 00:51:10,435
and exactly why I kept
attracting that same psycho guy
940
00:51:10,535 --> 00:51:12,170
over and over and over again.
941
00:51:12,270 --> 00:51:14,939
It's just amazing, because
Jerry and I wake up everyday,
942
00:51:15,039 --> 00:51:16,241
and we're just, like, wow.
943
00:51:16,341 --> 00:51:17,642
Is this our life?
944
00:51:17,742 --> 00:51:20,611
Like, we just feel so blessed to
be in love with our best friend
945
00:51:20,711 --> 00:51:23,514
and to be doing what we love.
946
00:51:23,614 --> 00:51:25,916
>> Immediately, when I came
back and my kids saw me,
947
00:51:26,016 --> 00:51:28,353
they knew I was a different
guy, and they knew something
948
00:51:28,453 --> 00:51:29,620
changed.
949
00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:31,656
>> As soon as he walked
through the door, I can, like,
950
00:51:31,756 --> 00:51:35,526
visibly see a difference,
let alone when I was actually
951
00:51:35,626 --> 00:51:37,162
talking with him.
952
00:51:37,262 --> 00:51:38,663
I was, like, shocked, you know?
953
00:51:38,763 --> 00:51:42,267
I was, like, whoa, I've gotta
give this thing a whirl.
954
00:51:42,367 --> 00:51:46,671
If it could turn him around
180, what could it do to me?
955
00:51:46,771 --> 00:51:50,375
>> The first time I saw Gerard
after he did plant medicine,
956
00:51:50,475 --> 00:51:53,244
he didn't even have to
speak or say one word to me.
957
00:51:53,344 --> 00:51:57,248
I could tell, as I walked up
to him about 15 feet away,
958
00:51:57,348 --> 00:51:59,284
I knew he was a changed person.
959
00:51:59,384 --> 00:52:02,287
The chances of
someone coming out
960
00:52:02,387 --> 00:52:06,157
of that severe of a
lifestyle case is very rare.
961
00:52:06,257 --> 00:52:07,758
>> I didn't want
to drink anymore.
962
00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:09,594
I was smoking two packs
of cigarettes a day,
963
00:52:09,694 --> 00:52:12,463
went from that to
nothing immediately.
964
00:52:12,563 --> 00:52:14,199
I can't even think
about doing drugs.
965
00:52:14,299 --> 00:52:18,536
Like, I wouldn't even have the
thought to go do some drugs.
966
00:52:18,636 --> 00:52:22,673
>> He's like, Zappy, not only
did I take plant medicine,
967
00:52:22,773 --> 00:52:25,810
and break my addiction
in one session,
968
00:52:25,910 --> 00:52:28,346
but I've actually opened up
a center for people to come
969
00:52:28,446 --> 00:52:31,616
and expand their
consciousness, heal themselves,
970
00:52:31,716 --> 00:52:35,420
break addiction, and it exists.
971
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,188
And I was like, oh, my god.
972
00:52:37,288 --> 00:52:39,757
It manifested from
that conversation
973
00:52:39,857 --> 00:52:42,327
with Deepak that day, were
he said stir it up in the pot
974
00:52:42,427 --> 00:52:43,294
and drink it.
975
00:52:51,969 --> 00:52:54,272
>> The moon told me--
976
00:52:54,372 --> 00:52:56,541
and it sounds so
ridiculously crazy--
977
00:52:56,641 --> 00:52:59,777
but told me to go buy
a center and to make
978
00:52:59,877 --> 00:53:03,614
it a plant-based center.
979
00:53:03,714 --> 00:53:05,383
Told me what building to buy.
980
00:53:05,483 --> 00:53:08,953
Told me what to pay for it.
981
00:53:09,053 --> 00:53:11,088
Told me how to
treat my girlfriend.
982
00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:13,458
Told me how to
treat my children.
983
00:53:13,558 --> 00:53:15,693
Told me that
everything would be OK.
984
00:53:15,793 --> 00:53:19,430
>> His place is called
Rythmia and where is it?
985
00:53:19,530 --> 00:53:23,734
Set up the place in,
like, Costa Rica.
986
00:53:23,834 --> 00:53:26,170
This was the miracle I needed.
987
00:53:26,271 --> 00:53:30,375
This place had manifested out
of that single conversation
988
00:53:30,475 --> 00:53:33,244
and the desire to help
people break the wiring.
989
00:53:36,481 --> 00:53:39,350
The first ever
clinic, where people
990
00:53:39,450 --> 00:53:41,852
can go to expand
their consciousness
991
00:53:41,952 --> 00:53:45,256
and heal themselves.
992
00:53:45,356 --> 00:53:47,525
While you're at
Rythmia, you can receive
993
00:53:47,625 --> 00:53:51,095
counseling and spiritual
development, including
994
00:53:51,195 --> 00:53:55,400
a program developed specifically
for Rythmia by Reverend Michael
995
00:53:55,500 --> 00:53:59,003
Beckwith called
The Answer is You.
996
00:53:59,103 --> 00:54:02,607
>> It's a
consciousness-expanding program
997
00:54:02,707 --> 00:54:06,544
that allows people to, one,
take 100% responsibility
998
00:54:06,644 --> 00:54:10,114
for their own life, come out
of the shame and blame game,
999
00:54:10,214 --> 00:54:11,482
blaming others.
1000
00:54:11,582 --> 00:54:14,485
Two, it moves you
through a period
1001
00:54:14,585 --> 00:54:17,121
of forgiving yourself
and forgiving all others
1002
00:54:17,221 --> 00:54:20,057
so that you can be clean inside.
1003
00:54:20,157 --> 00:54:25,463
Three, you begin to embrace the
vibration of intentionality,
1004
00:54:25,563 --> 00:54:28,399
having an intention
or a direction of how
1005
00:54:28,499 --> 00:54:29,534
you want your life to be.
1006
00:54:29,634 --> 00:54:31,369
You have to choose this.
1007
00:54:31,469 --> 00:54:36,273
If we don't choose it, then the
undertow of the human society
1008
00:54:36,374 --> 00:54:37,241
is choosing for you.
1009
00:54:37,342 --> 00:54:38,943
>> Going to a place
like, you know,
1010
00:54:39,043 --> 00:54:42,447
what's being created at Rythmia
is a place where you can
1011
00:54:42,547 --> 00:54:44,349
literally just come
back to life's rhythm.
1012
00:54:44,449 --> 00:54:46,584
>> You know, the miracle
that you're gonna get is that
1013
00:54:46,684 --> 00:54:48,586
you're gonna get the real truth.
1014
00:54:48,686 --> 00:54:53,324
And the truth is that
we are all, all of us,
1015
00:54:53,424 --> 00:54:57,495
connected from the same thing,
and that love is the thing that
1016
00:54:57,595 --> 00:54:59,397
holds us all together.
1017
00:54:59,497 --> 00:55:03,267
And when you get to
that truth, that's
1018
00:55:03,368 --> 00:55:05,836
the whole thing that you've been
running from your whole life
1019
00:55:05,936 --> 00:55:07,204
is that one truth.
1020
00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:09,807
And then you come
to a place like us,
1021
00:55:09,907 --> 00:55:12,577
and you get to see
that that's the truth,
1022
00:55:12,677 --> 00:55:13,911
then there's the miracle.
1023
00:55:14,011 --> 00:55:16,514
And then you can walk away
and go, you know what?
1024
00:55:16,614 --> 00:55:19,650
You know, I lost everything
this weekend, or this week,
1025
00:55:19,750 --> 00:55:22,487
but I gained my life,
and what more could you
1026
00:55:22,587 --> 00:55:24,121
ask for in a vacation?
1027
00:55:32,062 --> 00:55:35,766
>> Everything I've gone
through has truly been worth it
1028
00:55:35,866 --> 00:55:38,803
because even before
this movie's finished,
1029
00:55:38,903 --> 00:55:42,540
it's already changed the world
because this place exists.
1030
00:55:51,215 --> 00:55:55,720
Every act that comes from
purpose is supported by nature
1031
00:55:55,820 --> 00:55:58,055
and has the potential
to change things
1032
00:55:58,155 --> 00:56:01,058
in ways you could
have never dreamed of.
1033
00:56:01,158 --> 00:56:05,229
>> How do I channel all of
this connection into being
1034
00:56:05,329 --> 00:56:09,667
an efficient human being in
society, into giving back?
1035
00:56:09,767 --> 00:56:11,736
Because for me,
love is everything.
1036
00:56:11,836 --> 00:56:16,306
>> That you almost have to have
a way to re-enter the ayahuasca
1037
00:56:16,407 --> 00:56:22,413
experience almost on a daily
basis to stay tapped into it,
1038
00:56:22,513 --> 00:56:25,716
and it has to be through
meditation or through something
1039
00:56:25,816 --> 00:56:28,352
that will deliver you back
there, if only for a moment.
1040
00:56:33,824 --> 00:56:36,627
>> All of us had
life-changing experiences,
1041
00:56:36,727 --> 00:56:40,330
so the question is, how could
these incredible plant energies
1042
00:56:40,431 --> 00:56:44,735
be illegal today to
consume or even to study?
1043
00:56:44,835 --> 00:56:47,071
It turns out that the
answer to that question
1044
00:56:47,171 --> 00:56:49,840
may be even more sinister
than the reason they've been
1045
00:56:49,940 --> 00:56:52,810
taken out of religion-- money.
1046
00:56:52,910 --> 00:56:55,145
The pharmaceutical
companies are only
1047
00:56:55,245 --> 00:56:58,115
interested in selling their
patented petroleum-based
1048
00:56:58,215 --> 00:57:00,417
medications that
people need to take
1049
00:57:00,518 --> 00:57:02,553
for the rest of their lives.
1050
00:57:02,653 --> 00:57:06,457
These drugs do not cure
but only mask the symptoms
1051
00:57:06,557 --> 00:57:08,392
and have significant
negative side effects.
1052
00:57:11,529 --> 00:57:15,933
Here I am, living my entire
life sustained by plants.
1053
00:57:16,033 --> 00:57:18,903
I'm eating vegetarian,
and my day job
1054
00:57:19,003 --> 00:57:21,371
is bringing out a
plant-based formula
1055
00:57:21,472 --> 00:57:23,574
to help people with addiction.
1056
00:57:23,674 --> 00:57:25,876
I owe everything to
these ancient tools.
1057
00:57:32,282 --> 00:57:37,254
Plant medicine,
meditation, breathing,
1058
00:57:37,354 --> 00:57:39,657
these are some of the
tools that were once part
1059
00:57:39,757 --> 00:57:41,626
of the religious tradition.
1060
00:57:41,726 --> 00:57:43,460
It's time to bring them back.
1061
00:57:52,637 --> 00:57:56,674
We started the True Reality
Society to create a peace army
1062
00:57:56,774 --> 00:57:59,409
to counteract mass
violence in the world,
1063
00:57:59,510 --> 00:58:01,345
and to bring together
people who believe
1064
00:58:01,445 --> 00:58:04,348
in the importance of
going inside their minds.
1065
00:58:11,822 --> 00:58:14,158
[music playing]
1066
01:04:51,321 --> 01:04:55,559
>> Breathe in slowly, and
then breathe out slowly.
1067
01:04:58,895 --> 01:05:05,235
On the in breath, perhaps
having the thought peace,
1068
01:05:05,335 --> 01:05:10,807
and on the out breath,
the thought joy.
1069
01:05:10,907 --> 01:05:19,349
Peace on the in breath
and joy on the out breath.
1070
01:05:27,524 --> 01:05:29,326
And bring your awareness
into your heart
1071
01:05:29,426 --> 01:05:35,632
now, and remember a
great experience of love.
1072
01:05:47,311 --> 01:05:55,585
Remember a great
experience of compassion,
1073
01:05:55,685 --> 01:06:09,799
a great experience of joy, a
great experience of equanimity,
1074
01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:12,336
the peace that
passes understanding.
1075
01:06:16,306 --> 01:06:21,678
And now bring your awareness
back into your whole body,
1076
01:06:21,778 --> 01:06:28,485
and allow the boundaries of
your body to slowly dissolve,
1077
01:06:28,585 --> 01:06:32,589
and merge with
your surroundings.
1078
01:06:35,725 --> 01:06:37,994
Recognize that every
boundary is conceptual.
1079
01:06:41,265 --> 01:06:42,099
There's no boundary.
1080
01:06:42,199 --> 01:06:43,800
There are no
national boundaries,
1081
01:06:43,900 --> 01:06:48,338
no tribal boundaries,
no ethnic boundaries,
1082
01:06:48,438 --> 01:06:53,143
no racial boundaries,
no religious boundaries.
1083
01:06:53,243 --> 01:06:56,846
They're all
imagination, and they
1084
01:06:56,946 --> 01:06:59,949
have limited our potential.
1085
01:07:00,050 --> 01:07:03,653
We are the stars, and we are
the sky, and we are the moon,
1086
01:07:03,753 --> 01:07:05,955
and we are the galaxies.
1087
01:07:06,056 --> 01:07:08,125
We are the cosmic horizon.
1088
01:07:08,225 --> 01:07:10,394
We are the Big Bang.
1089
01:07:10,494 --> 01:07:13,197
We are the laws of nature.
1090
01:07:13,297 --> 01:07:17,167
We are Planck scale
space-time geometry,
1091
01:07:17,267 --> 01:07:22,639
where everything dissolves
into all possibilities,
1092
01:07:22,739 --> 01:07:26,743
were platonic values like truth,
goodness, beauty, harmony,
1093
01:07:26,843 --> 01:07:31,115
evolution are embedded as
the essential raw material
1094
01:07:31,215 --> 01:07:34,851
of the universe, where there
is mathematical truth but also
1095
01:07:34,951 --> 01:07:40,690
musical truth, where there is
the poetry of the universe,
1096
01:07:40,790 --> 01:07:45,695
and the dance of the universe,
and we are that dance.
1097
01:07:45,795 --> 01:07:49,466
As Sufi poet Rumi says, look
at these words spinning out
1098
01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:50,334
of nothingness.
1099
01:07:50,434 --> 01:07:53,303
This is within your power.
1100
01:07:53,403 --> 01:07:55,305
We come spinning
out of nothingness,
1101
01:07:55,405 --> 01:07:59,042
scattering stars like dust.
1102
01:07:59,143 --> 01:08:02,146
Out beyond all ideas of
right doing and wrong doing,
1103
01:08:02,246 --> 01:08:03,513
there's a field.
1104
01:08:03,613 --> 01:08:05,782
I'll meet you there.
1105
01:08:05,882 --> 01:08:08,652
So remember the field
that you went to.
1106
01:08:08,752 --> 01:08:12,356
It was beyond right
doing and wrong doing.
1107
01:08:12,456 --> 01:08:18,094
It was the field from where
we come and which we long for.
1108
01:08:21,130 --> 01:08:26,335
I'll let Roberto finish
his Peruvian shamanic song.
1109
01:08:26,435 --> 01:08:29,673
>> [singing in non-english]
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