Alexander Shulgin - Meaning of Life - 'Why I Do What I Do' Speech

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  • In this speech Shulgin explains 'Why I do what I Do.'
    4:30 "First, I am a very firm believer in the reality of balance in all aspects of the human theater."
    5:21 "One definition of the tools I seek is that they may allow words of a vocabulary, a vocabulary that might allow each human being to more consciously - and more clearly - communicate with the interior of his own mind and psyche. This may be called a vocabulary of awareness."
    12:08 [After a discussion of nuclear weapons.] "And to have such power leads to the threat to use such power, which -- in time -- will actually lead to its use. But, as I have said earlier, when one thing develops, there seems to spring forth a balancing, a compensatory counterpart. This balance can be realized with the psychedelic drugs. What had been simply tools for the study of psychosis (at best), or for escapist self-gratification (at worst), suddenly assumed the character of tools of enlightenment, and of some form of transcendental communication."
    13:45 "But I feel - along with many others - that the efforts being invested in the technology of destruction does not allow sufficient time. It is possibly only with the psychedelic drugs that words of vocabulary can be established, which might tunnel through the subconscious between the conflicting aspects of the mind and psyche. It is here that I feel my skill lies, and this is exactly why I do what I do."
    26:03 "My personal philosophy might well be lifted directly from Blake: 'I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.' I may be wrong, but I must do what I'm doing, and I will do what I can as fast as I can."
    Why I Do What I Do (31 October 1996)
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Комментарии • 45

  • @riddlescom
    @riddlescom 6 лет назад +33

    The wizard . Genius. I like his methods. He tells it like it is. The other scientists only tell us what happens to rats .
    This guy will be missed

    • @will_ta5571
      @will_ta5571 Год назад

      I wish I was his lab rat😊😊😊

  • @starbros1947
    @starbros1947 8 лет назад +34

    Amazing individual. Very inspiring. He was ahead of his time - and well aware of it.

  • @rickmartin5132
    @rickmartin5132 Год назад +3

    " I understood that our entire universe is contained in the mind and the spirit. We may choose not to find access to it, we may even deny its existence, but it is indeed there inside us, and there are chemicals that can catalyze its availability" /Alexander Shulgin

  • @slackdave
    @slackdave 10 лет назад +16

    Rest in peace, Sasha. I'm sure his smile will go on out there forever

  • @andreco8192
    @andreco8192 4 года назад +8

    Mixed 2ci and 2cb the other night. Me and my friend couldnt find any other report on it so we decided to be pioneers . It was beautiful. Nothing but smiles , laughs , tears and a kaleidoscope of colors.

    • @virob9561
      @virob9561 3 года назад

      How’d you get hold of 2c-i?

    • @hate6crew6death6roll
      @hate6crew6death6roll 3 года назад

      @@virob9561 the way you get a hold of any of the 2c-X compounds

    • @virob9561
      @virob9561 3 года назад

      @@hate6crew6death6roll nah i can get 2c-b from my guy but I’d need to use the dark web to get 2c-i or 2c-tx

    • @andreco8192
      @andreco8192 3 года назад

      @@virob9561 my homie is super into psychs , probably dark web

    • @thomasgarguilo3745
      @thomasgarguilo3745 Год назад

      @@andreco8192 you synth is from the aldehyde, or make the proper aldehyde from benzne

  • @jessicaheather4755
    @jessicaheather4755 3 года назад +2

    This man has discovered and synthesized magic. In a truth... a key to any door.

  • @ceasarrw
    @ceasarrw 4 года назад +3

    Sasha was pure genius. May his work live on forever!

  • @garnerharp
    @garnerharp 8 лет назад +12

    I do believe this is a very important speech. thanks for everything DR.

  • @peters642
    @peters642 9 лет назад +15

    This needs more views! What a fantastic man.

  • @errlshmirl3130
    @errlshmirl3130 7 лет назад +4

    We love and miss u Sasha. Thanku for making me the man I am today. I will forever live by the mushroom and die by the mushroom till I am no more.

  • @ah2347
    @ah2347 2 года назад +1

    One of the most important men of the 20th century. Rest In Peace!

  • @davey4697
    @davey4697 4 года назад +3

    A true pioneer in the field of consciousness expansion.

  • @stevolution898
    @stevolution898 10 лет назад +9

    Wow what a man.

    • @stevolution898
      @stevolution898 4 года назад

      Wow im back 6yrs later and still as good.

  • @shamanicmike
    @shamanicmike 10 лет назад +6

    You inspire me Dr. Shulgin.

  • @marymarymary6162
    @marymarymary6162 5 лет назад +4

    Sasha was amazing! Very heartfelt ending! 🙏🏻❤️

  • @blackmamba965
    @blackmamba965 7 лет назад +4

    Thank u mr and ms Shulgin.

  • @Daryl26543
    @Daryl26543 5 лет назад +1

    What a man you were Sasha, a very intelligent man indeed. most would be surprised he invented many powerful psychedelics that he tested out on himself. That really shows he knew what he was doing. I feel quite privileged to have tried some of Shulgins wonders.

  • @ricardohouston468
    @ricardohouston468 4 года назад +2

    What a great man!!!

  • @SungazerDNB
    @SungazerDNB 6 лет назад +2

    a pioneer in the greatest sense of the word

  • @patswayze7359
    @patswayze7359 5 лет назад +2

    This man...this man
    ...wow!!

  • @alexisaac9032
    @alexisaac9032 2 года назад

    He such a legend this guy.

  • @DIGITALVHS
    @DIGITALVHS 3 года назад

    Thank you for all of your work, inspiration and impact Mr. Shulgin

  • @lronbutters5688
    @lronbutters5688 3 года назад

    Agreed this is an amazing guy and a great sense of humor. I love catching his little jokes.

  • @Max-rn3eb
    @Max-rn3eb 3 года назад +3

    My man Shulgin was very clearly a jungian of some variety

    • @spiralmoment
      @spiralmoment Год назад

      He was a scientist, can't be both. it's just impossible.

  • @Savage1872All
    @Savage1872All 5 лет назад +2

    RIP. A great man who is missed!!

  • @connermyers4555
    @connermyers4555 Год назад

    the goat

  • @thesaucewhisperer6073
    @thesaucewhisperer6073 6 лет назад +2

    Life is a gateway...I think

  • @Unsubscribedd
    @Unsubscribedd 2 года назад

    Is the previous speech by Ralph (I presume Ralph Metzner) uploaded?

  • @mindmy609
    @mindmy609 Год назад

    Got to now know how to pronounce the word psycho mimetic

  • @Byrian420
    @Byrian420 Месяц назад

    Mda sassafras is it good?

  • @GermanCigReviews
    @GermanCigReviews 9 лет назад +4

    Erowid

  • @Byrian420
    @Byrian420 Месяц назад

    Ketamine put me out of my mind. I couldnt sit still was like a robot couldnt sit still kept getting hurt

  • @rickmartin5132
    @rickmartin5132 Год назад

    Quite right! - It is time for humanity to "Wake Up"! from its nihilistic dream.

  • @user-rt6ko4xm6p
    @user-rt6ko4xm6p 3 года назад

    COVID-19 Vaccine @14:38 🤔