## Notes ## Highlights ### First episode - Touching on universal consciousness, we are just a condensed small portion for finding order via [[Mental representations]] - Open up to more of world - Instead of [[Cognitive Science]] where you believe world is real - Plato cave, stuck in shadows whole time - consciousness affects consciousness creating consciousness - Everything is in hallucinations, previous life was a previous hallucinations, you want to change to a new hallucination - Change your perception, but not the actual world since that would require a unified vision in a society. since psychedelics help you be more open-minded and break free, it makes you less prone to being controlled in an authoritative society with set beliefs like christianity - How to talk to someone who doesn't believe in psychedelics - Close-minded scientists downplaying Galileo despite him having proof on how to do with telescope, helps with that - Trips are not deadly because they only temporarily transport you. You will still not be able to fully internalize and life that life you experienced, but it can open your mind - If our current perception of reality is a set of neurotransmitters in our brain, then psychedelics is just another lens due to a different filter/function, why isn't that just as valid?