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:: Thoughts & Quotes "My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out." "drop out, turn on, then come back and tune it in... and then drop out again, and turn on, and tune it back in... it's a rhythm... most of us think God made this universe in nature-subject object-predicate sentences... turn on, tune in, drop out... period, end of paragraph. Turn the page... it's all a rhythm... it's all a beat. You turn on, you find it inside, and then you have to come back (since you can't stay high all the time) and you have to build a better model. But don't get caught - don't get hooked - don't get attracted by the thing you're building, cause... you gotta drop out again. It's a cycle. Turn on, tune in, drop out. Keep it going, keep it going... the nervous system works that way... gotta keep it flowing, keep it flowing..." "It must be emphasized that the evolution from fourth-circuit gravity to fifth-circuit levity is much, much more than a struggle between generations. The DNA strategy calls for continuous acceleration of the genetic script, and evolution has never happened faster than at present. The bitterness of the old species grows increasingly paranoid, violent, vengeful." "I love topics the Establishment says are taboo. When I found out I was terminally ill I was thrilled. You've got to approach your dying the way you live your life - with curiosity, with hope, with fascination, with courage and with the help of your friends....Death is life's greatest event." "Acid is not for every brain - only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined. Unless you are self-confident, self-directed, self-selected, please abstain." "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." "Thou shalt not alter the consciousness of thy fellow men." "Thou shalt not prevent thy fellow man from altering his or her own consciousness." "Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top." "If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove." "In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show." "Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time." "Science is all metaphor." "The universe is an intelligence test" "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third." "We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go." "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." "You can always pick up your needle and move to another groove." "You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind." "Your mythic guide must be one who has solved the death-rebirth riddle." |
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:: Press  Timothy Leary Takes Final Trip - New York TimesNewsweek: "The counterculture shaman of the hippie generation." Exposure: "Inner-space pioneer. Outer-space advocate. Computer enthusiast. Writer. Humorist. A West Point man. An ex-Harvard professor. A former political prisoner. A provocateur extraordinaire. A high cat with Cary Grant style and grace." |
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