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Exclusion of psychedelics from the human experience in "civilized" world


After watching this film last night, I saw a metaphor that relates to one of the major aspects of the film. The denial of basic human emotions is a serious violation of civil rights by the "elders" - I would also regard the modern day restriction of psychedelics and entheogens from the human experience just as severe a violation of civil rights. These substances are not for everyone, but anyone who wishes to better understand the human condition should not be denied the right to explore their own consciousness. I consider my concerns paramount especially when I see so much violence and aggression among our society, and worse, special interests capitalizing on this division and conflict.

There is more to being human than most of us know...

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Interesting point. So this movie is really a propaganda for the legalization of drugs, such as LSD, and why not even heroin.

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I couldn't agree more.

Is there somewhere I could learn more about my consciousness, or learn how to explore it more?

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They keep psychedelics from the living souls because we are finite in number, and if we are able to join together to break the boundaries of our collective consciousness, we can actually change the physical properties of this world.

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