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  • Опубликовано: 18 июн 2018
  • Michael Pollan has written 5 New York Times best sellers including Food Rules; In Defense of Food; and The Omnivore’s Dilemma. In this talk, he shares insights and answer questions about psychedelics based on research done for his book "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence".
    Get the book here: goo.gl/x37Cpr

Комментарии • 790

  • @Michael-4
    @Michael-4 5 лет назад +1020

    Hats off to Google for hosting this topic.

    • @madmanzila
      @madmanzila 5 лет назад +6

      you seem to have one .. do the honors good sir :)

    • @amandamate9117
      @amandamate9117 5 лет назад +23

      the CEOs are popping lSD like chocolate on burning man. Of course they are all liberal and pro psychedelics

    • @organichemist9606
      @organichemist9606 5 лет назад +21

      literally most of silicon valley is on acid

    • @simonsays525
      @simonsays525 5 лет назад +12

      Probably all the workers at Google are microdosing on a daily basis.

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад +11

      @@amandamate9117 Liberal is a good thing. I hope you know that.

  • @kylerallen225
    @kylerallen225 5 лет назад +374

    Hundred bucks says the guy at 24:45 microdosed earlier that morning! I'd recognize that uncontrollable grin and the life in his eyes anywhere! Nothing but love!

    • @thejords
      @thejords 5 лет назад +38

      Hahahah....3 minutes in, I read your comment...skipped to 24:45 and....you may be right!

    • @ceeweedsl
      @ceeweedsl 5 лет назад +15

      Almost certain. If I saw him on the street in a crowd, I'd surmise the same.

    • @nathangill8404
      @nathangill8404 5 лет назад +14

      100000%

    • @neonseacow
      @neonseacow 4 года назад +37

      He might be very excited to talk to Pollan and have a genuine love for him after reading his book and taking mushrooms! I love it

    • @asif_mojtoba
      @asif_mojtoba 4 года назад +22

      I think he's just here kinda nervous and excited, nothing much.

  • @jamesj5696
    @jamesj5696 5 лет назад +504

    Michael Pollan fills a great need for our time. Legitimate author, excellent mind, giving good information to make us better.

    • @peerawatpomsopa5124
      @peerawatpomsopa5124 5 лет назад +1

      Thank you very much.

    • @michaelsherman1250
      @michaelsherman1250 5 лет назад +2

      so true

    • @palodine1
      @palodine1 5 лет назад

      Terrance McKenna is even better. But I appreciate what Michael is doing.

    • @JiViFi
      @JiViFi 5 лет назад +7

      @@palodine1 Disagree, Terence seems a bit too far off the deep end for my tastes. I like conversation about psychology not an alien species.

    • @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209
      @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 5 лет назад

      ,,,,
      @@JiViFi

  • @nickfeller5938
    @nickfeller5938 5 лет назад +220

    Damn this is amazing, and precisely the right person to bring psychedelics back into the mainstream. Much praise M. Pollan

    • @angief2805
      @angief2805 3 года назад

      I agree, it's a great contribution

  • @crobbie86
    @crobbie86 5 лет назад +192

    "I want to welcome the google micro-dosing club" - *Laughter of recognition*

  • @Treegrower
    @Treegrower 5 лет назад +138

    This guy is an excellent speaker, he really has a great way of putting his thoughts into words in an interesting and engaging way. Thank you to google for hosting this talk!

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @daniellelevy6556
    @daniellelevy6556 5 лет назад +19

    POLLAN FOREVER. Thank you.

  • @seriouskaraoke879
    @seriouskaraoke879 5 лет назад +8

    He's as entertaining to watch as he is listening to. He is quite articulate with his gesticulation.

  • @DeltaUpsilonTug
    @DeltaUpsilonTug 5 лет назад +73

    “In general, the experience tends to be one where you discover that love is the most important thing in the universe. And this Hallmark card platitude suddenly becomes this profundity. And it IS a profundity... we’ve heard it some many times it becomes banal... There’s an interesting line between the profound and the banal, and psychedelics definitely work along that line.”

    • @kaboosh1992
      @kaboosh1992 3 года назад +1

      13:59
      I randomly skipped through the video impulsively and the second random jump was the quote you commented.
      This potential glitch in the matrix was partly possible because you took the time to comment so I decided to do the same. :)

    • @tnijoo5109
      @tnijoo5109 2 года назад +1

      What an amazing mind to so effortlessly demonstrate such a beautiful way with words.

  • @sharonjohanns
    @sharonjohanns 4 года назад +15

    Best book ever! I have done Hospice and there is a continued need for more research and open minds. Michael Pollan is a progressive forward thinker. Thanks for your wonderful book

  • @RSEFX
    @RSEFX 4 года назад +6

    Finally we are having serious, smart discussions in modern times about life and soul "food" that has long been buried in the past....in our culture at least.

  • @jus1085
    @jus1085 5 лет назад +31

    I really need to get his book! I find that a great understanding of philosophy, religion, mythology, psychology, and science on a comparative level really helps with psychedelic experiences. To know what you are and where you come from is a priceless thing.

    • @julianarussill3130
      @julianarussill3130 Год назад

      Book is AWESOME!

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @laceynelson8225
    @laceynelson8225 3 года назад +8

    I love a speaker that gives you all sorts of information and doesn't withhold to try and get you to buy their book. This makes me actually buy the book because I love the information they are giving so much that I want more! Thank you Michael Pollan

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @Maxiloup
    @Maxiloup 2 года назад

    Thank you Mr Pollan its always a pleasure to hear & learn from you

  • @Drehead
    @Drehead Год назад +2

    Thank you for bringing this to people! Very important for humanity to open to new possibilities for healing 🙏🥰

  • @sauravchoudhury7606
    @sauravchoudhury7606 2 года назад

    It's great to see Mr. Pollan on this platform.

  • @zezuntxiduntxi
    @zezuntxiduntxi 4 года назад

    perfect. the world needs to hear more about this.

  • @williamallen2966
    @williamallen2966 4 года назад +2

    I love you Michael Pollan. I will certainly be keeping track to see what your research concludes. I used them and others to transform my life for the better. It's a shame these God given substances are illegal and were misused originally. What an evil, atrocious occurrence. Very happy to see you advocate on a major platform, most people think I'm crazy. Good luck on your journey brother!

  • @matthewfurnari-omara2079
    @matthewfurnari-omara2079 5 лет назад +5

    Thanks so much for making this work accessible to the world!

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @pareshpandit
    @pareshpandit 5 лет назад +9

    Remarkable, as always!

  • @grantrobertson2620
    @grantrobertson2620 5 лет назад +14

    I could listen to this guy all day.Great talk

    • @maremacd
      @maremacd 5 лет назад +5

      Me too. He must be the world’s best dinner guest.

    • @scottb4540
      @scottb4540 5 лет назад +1

      Reminds me of Ken Wilber

  • @michaeljohnangel6359
    @michaeljohnangel6359 5 лет назад +2

    Absolutely fabulous!!!!

  • @sergechistyakov7201
    @sergechistyakov7201 3 года назад +14

    I just GOT IT!!!37 years old)))Im so happy!!! Was depressed for more than 7 years. Finally I feel me like in childhood!!!! 1 July 2020 22:22 it was

    • @bakingsoda9769
      @bakingsoda9769 3 года назад

      Microdosing or a full trip?

    • @sergiochistyakov129
      @sergiochistyakov129 3 года назад +1

      BakingSoda97 full trip

    • @bakingsoda9769
      @bakingsoda9769 3 года назад +1

      @@sergiochistyakov129 what drug and which dose?

    • @Maria-rx6ik
      @Maria-rx6ik 3 года назад

      I'm glad for you! Was it with mushrooms? What dose was it?
      Please share. I'm trying to overcome depression...

    • @sergiochistyakov129
      @sergiochistyakov129 3 года назад

      @@Maria-rx6ik acid

  • @Mickondrix
    @Mickondrix 5 лет назад +13

    Amazing book! Thank you for doing this.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @maryanncarrlton6878
    @maryanncarrlton6878 5 лет назад +8

    Right on, some goodness happening !

  • @chazblank2717
    @chazblank2717 4 года назад +21

    “The Ego is like a tired old dog. You can never put it down, all you can do is let it lay on the back porch and step around it.”
    - Carlos Castaneda
    Ram Dass’ guru was named Neem Karoli Baba... Steve Jobs sought him out as well.

    • @MalAnders94
      @MalAnders94 3 года назад +1

      Steve Jobs was a despicable human being to most people in his environment. The technology used by apple was developed in universities and research faculties - paid by taxes from ordinary folk - then given to apple to make profit from. All of the technology inside your iphone was delevoped by government agencies. Steve Jobs is a fraud.

    • @PeterKoperdan
      @PeterKoperdan 2 года назад

      You can definitely let the old dog Ego go, but it's not easy. That's why even people who sincerely attempt to do it rarely succeed. Letting the ego go is the whole point of a true Path.

  • @BushyHairedStranger
    @BushyHairedStranger 4 года назад +69

    Panic reactions, “Bad trips” are in service to incredibly powerful, important issues that often haven’t been faced. Appropriate Navigation, or an established “Flight Plan” and more importantly how to handle issues in flight, redirecting the path if needed, not landing because there’s some severe turbulence, is incredibly important and needed for high dose experiences. Having guides, for those inexperienced people who have never been high, is critical. In my opinion. I don’t particularly like Pollan. He didn’t re-start Psychedelic research as it never stopped, it went underground after 1966(California) and in 1970-Nixons War on Drugs & the Controlled substances act. I support FULL legalization of all drugs for adults to buy without a prescription at the drug store. Just like in the days of my Great Grandfather & my grandfather(pre 1914)

    • @toughlikerocks
      @toughlikerocks 3 года назад +6

      Right on. What you say fits with the narrative that Pollan puts forth that we lost our way with psychedelics in the West because we never had the proper cultural framework in place to guide users through the experience in a compassionate and constructive way. The fact that the current scientific trials are in many ways following the same guidelines as tradition shamanistic rituals is such a profound example of the world coming full circle.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

    • @doreekaplan2589
      @doreekaplan2589 Месяц назад

      Nuts

    • @BushyHairedStranger
      @BushyHairedStranger Месяц назад +2

      @@toughlikerocks I also support the right for experienced users to get high without any guidance whatsoever. There are Plenty of us who’ve used all sorts of drugs over the last 40 years and we are intimately familiar with how different drugs effect us so we are against exclusionary regulation, be it medical or exclusive to the wealthy. Every adult should have the right to access ANY drug they so choose whenever they desire at a reasonable cost.

  • @mickeymorgan
    @mickeymorgan 4 года назад +7

    Michael, had to come over here because comments were not allowed on your video on mushrooms and Maria Sabina. As a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of 19+ years, I followed your experience exactly, INCLUDING Maria Sabina. Please read an English version of The Heart Sutra . . . blast your mind! You experienced Emptiness! Which is what I try to cultivate each morning with a page-long version. DMT gave you a moment of what is called the BlissVoid. All is love. You are all. And we are empty. To me, it is like I become a floating eyeball without the eye . . . just pure awareness, with no beginning and no end. I just need a guide because I am a crone, old dancer (your Elder! snork 1952). It is Maria Sabina, I believe. Thank you. Much gratitude. ms. mickeypamo

  • @RonaldL.MAngela.vaught17HH
    @RonaldL.MAngela.vaught17HH 2 года назад

    i describe it to be like going to the theater the stage energy is bigger than life the music the sets on the stage the louder vocals, the dancing.

  • @latensi
    @latensi 3 года назад

    Just bought his book translated to my language. Only released last month. Libraries here had tons on reservations for the book and I could not just wait.

  • @petersizirony2320
    @petersizirony2320 Год назад +1

    Why don't all Americans cant talk like this man. Very clear to understand, what he is saying and what he is about to say.

  • @suzannesullivan-vlog2271
    @suzannesullivan-vlog2271 4 года назад

    Thank you so much! Very insightful!

  • @reprogrammingmind
    @reprogrammingmind 4 года назад +1

    Excellent talk, thank you for sharing.

  • @Evangelion543
    @Evangelion543 5 лет назад +4

    I've read his "In Defense of Food" Manifesto, the man is right in more ways than one.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @tomasb8986
    @tomasb8986 4 года назад +49

    Took mushrooms yesterday, no regrets! Amazing experience

    • @lilyliciousss
      @lilyliciousss 4 года назад

      yes! It was incredible, and i microdosed.

    • @carmelamartinez2902
      @carmelamartinez2902 2 года назад

      Where does one go to get a micro dose? Please share. Thanks

    • @tomisaacson2762
      @tomisaacson2762 2 года назад +2

      @@carmelamartinez2902 you can grow them yourself. the spores are legal in most U.S. states. Then you just take a small dose. So instead of something like 3 grams, you just take 0.15 to 0.25 grams.

    • @tomasb8986
      @tomasb8986 10 месяцев назад

      Buy spores, buy grow kit, spend time to grow it, look after it.. it takes two to three months.. time you’ll spend will come with reward, do not abuse it, consume it with caution and respect

  • @TheAngeliaMusic
    @TheAngeliaMusic 4 года назад +8

    I just read this book and it was wonderfully researched and I will read it again!!

    • @DM100
      @DM100 Год назад

      Just finished it a week ago…sooo good. Read it in three days.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

  • @McLKeith
    @McLKeith 2 года назад +6

    I like the way Michael Pollan connects the psilocybin experience to meditation. His description of time going from past to future and future to past is similar to Dogen Zenji's writing in Shobogenzo.
    Most Zen Masters don't seem to have the language to communicate this experience.

  • @kaylouisecook366
    @kaylouisecook366 Год назад

    He is such a great speaker-have read his earlier books..

  • @billygundum
    @billygundum 4 года назад +3

    Tried it for the first time earlier this year. It was like a stronger weed high yet somehow different.
    Can't explain with just one-3 trips.
    Was just super excited.

    • @DAMfoxygrampa
      @DAMfoxygrampa 3 года назад

      Your description actually makes me more comfortable with psychedelics. I've always been horrified of taking any sort of mind-altering drug, but recently I got over my fear of weed. It puts me a bit at ease to know a psychedelic high is similar to a weed high. Maybe one day I'll give some psychedelic a try.

    • @carmelamartinez2902
      @carmelamartinez2902 2 года назад

      Hi! Thank you for sharing? I have PTSD. I need to know how to get the product? Please advise. Thankyou

    • @learntolove3327
      @learntolove3327 4 месяца назад

      Weed gives me anxiety. Lawd I hope shrooms won't do the same. Sick of this depression and anxiety. 😢

  • @kateskeys
    @kateskeys 5 лет назад +18

    No matter the question, love is ALWAYS the answer.

  • @saucerocreamify
    @saucerocreamify 11 месяцев назад

    As an engineer I can attest to the these facts. We visualize everything and wow what a tool. Remember we don't swing a wrench when we're having an experience, but it still opens your mind to greater things when you're not having an experience 😊

  • @chancerobinson5112
    @chancerobinson5112 5 лет назад +24

    The Vietnam war was crucial in the demonization of psychedelic drugs. The Military Industrial Complex quickly figured out that your soldiers aren’t gong to be much good if they’re convinced LOVE is the most important thing in the Universe! So, the war on drugs began. It was a remarkable about face for both society in general, and the psychiatric profession in particular. Richard Nixon was recorded saying, “We’ve got knock this thing right in the Puss, Henry (Kissinger).”

    • @kurtklingbeil6900
      @kurtklingbeil6900 5 лет назад +1

      Exactly!
      Seems odd that someone so dialled in would overlook the intentionality of the corpiratist neofeudalists whose active hatred of humanity drives their War on Everything.
      Love and equality and social stability scares the shit out of them.
      Maybe the dying off of some of the old guard assholes and a gradual rising of consciousness is providing some space for this renaissance

    • @talksolot
      @talksolot 5 лет назад +3

      yes, white peasants have always been duped into hatred by their rulers, for centuries, and have hence served as obedient and vicious battering ram on the peasants of the world. no other people hate so irrationally as a euroid, particularly the angloid and his american offshoot.

  • @angelamorales5816
    @angelamorales5816 2 года назад

    This is so interesting. The first question really blew my mind.

  • @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209
    @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 5 лет назад +4

    Best talk I have hear on Google. Great speaker, can express complicated subjects in an easy to understand, enjoyable manner without dubbing down.

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад

      You should take care of that cold.

    • @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209
      @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 5 лет назад

      Pollan?

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад

      @@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 Dubbing down should be dumbing down. Sounded like you had a cold. However, it is pollan season, as you noted. I bet there are drugs for that.

    • @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209
      @thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 5 лет назад +1

      @@rebbeshort must have eaten the wrong cactus (peyote) for breakfast.
      😀🙃🤭

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад

      @@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209 I think my mushroom omelet was a little off too...

  • @marleylove2011
    @marleylove2011 3 года назад

    What a great video. Love you Michael Pollan!! Thanks google.

  • @kevpow9166
    @kevpow9166 4 года назад +3

    I did a mushroom shake. Very strong. Never had any life-changing realisation, just lots of colour and music sounds awesome.

    • @kenwilliams8067
      @kenwilliams8067 2 года назад

      set and setting. the life-changing realizations are more likely when you have specific preparation, and intentionality supported by guides...

  • @fred7flinstone
    @fred7flinstone 5 лет назад +30

    One of the most interesting books I’ve read. Highly recommend it.

    • @mysticaltech
      @mysticaltech 4 года назад +2

      Same here, really powerful! amzn.to/2ZFkJ0l

  • @rosierose111
    @rosierose111 Год назад +2

    I am currently in my 70’s …have had many Psychedelic experiences, never experienced flashbacks
    Worked in a male dominated sector of Technology & found my experiences with Psychedelics actually enhanced technical analysis

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      I bought some from a Drugstore online

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      FROM
      CRUISE_MYCOLOGIST.

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      in
      instagram.,

  • @iamleilaniquevedo4658
    @iamleilaniquevedo4658 3 года назад

    Thank you for sharing this very informative video

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    Idol, I am addicted to your voice, attitude, law and law🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😚😊😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @HettiedeKorteDiplomaat
    @HettiedeKorteDiplomaat 2 года назад

    I worked in a youth hotel in the beginning of the 70’s. I remember some guests took LSD, had a bad trip and ended up in a mental hospital. And were never the same again. There’re also some rock musicians who never recovered from using psychedelics.

  • @beamworthy4134
    @beamworthy4134 5 лет назад +4

    that was fantastic and very seemingly level. bravo google

  • @user-fp6ed8ip2j
    @user-fp6ed8ip2j 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing book! Thank you for doing this.. I could listen to this guy all day.Great talk.

  • @rebeccaperry-piper7292
    @rebeccaperry-piper7292 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you Michael. I hope I get to be experienced.

  • @samikshathirani2507
    @samikshathirani2507 2 года назад

    I love him so much!

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    thank you you all that

  • @ale198519
    @ale198519 5 лет назад +1

    amazing talk

  • @Edge--runner
    @Edge--runner 5 лет назад +55

    First!!
    Just finished his book yesterday. Great read!

    • @MrSushant3
      @MrSushant3 5 лет назад +4

      *Who are you ?*

    • @shawnbrando6145
      @shawnbrando6145 5 лет назад

      Sushant Chaudhary He’s the all-prevailing existence consciousness bliss!

    • @joojoosasa
      @joojoosasa 4 года назад

      @@MrSushant3 He is someone who places importance on the act of leaving the first comment on a video, for some reason.

  • @carmelamartinez2902
    @carmelamartinez2902 2 года назад +2

    I have PTSD, currently on medication. However; it’s not enough. I really need to read this book and find out where I can get more help. It is exciting to know that there is more help out there.

  • @brandinshaeffer8970
    @brandinshaeffer8970 Год назад

    I have autistic "ticks". I'll take psychedelics periodically to lessen them...and it works amazingly. They have also delivered me out of extreme depression during covid when I was alone all day, unable to run my business while my husband was working double at his company with very little help. It was a dark time and I was slipping into mental illness. 2 rounds of mushrooms and I made a 100% recovery.

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    thankfully

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    thank you oh thankfully

  • @AD-wx9zz
    @AD-wx9zz 4 года назад +2

    GREAT QUESTION at : 27:30

  • @GoosethepsychicPisces
    @GoosethepsychicPisces 5 лет назад +2

    Did he just call Psilocybin an INGREDIENT!? Great guy such good work

  • @dallinsutherland8849
    @dallinsutherland8849 4 года назад +2

    I thought the book was an entertaining and stimulating read, and he speaks in the same clear, funny, and interesting way. I am preparing for an ibogaine experience and his thoughts on there being no societal "container" for the psychedelic experience got me thinking about how I might create one for myself within my personal support structure. Good stuff.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
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  • @Photomonon
    @Photomonon 5 лет назад

    Yes

  • @sunfirepsychedelicspodcast6494
    @sunfirepsychedelicspodcast6494 2 года назад

    Absolutely FASCINATING 💖💖 💖

  • @marcietorreance6205
    @marcietorreance6205 5 лет назад

    YOU ARE RIGHT

  • @thebandsoul7836
    @thebandsoul7836 4 года назад

    Reading The Botany of Desire at the moment. Terribly interesting book!

  • @daily-learning-lab
    @daily-learning-lab 2 года назад

    amazing talk thank you learned a lot :)

  • @Intuitioncalling
    @Intuitioncalling 2 года назад

    I've liked this video just cuz of its title. I'm sure I'm in for a good one

  • @sumitjeee
    @sumitjeee 5 лет назад +1

    People who have watched the documentary "wild wild country" can relate to the Holotropic breath work mentioned above to the dynamic meditation that osho commmune used to practice .

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад

      Thank you. I'm going to watch "wild wild country" later tonight.

  • @jaimesoldi6724
    @jaimesoldi6724 5 лет назад +1

    What Pollan refers to in min. 34 of his talk is 'The Road to Eleusis', an awakening book by Gordon Wasson, Albert Hoffmann and Carls Ruck, a very worthwhile book to read on this subject.

    • @MalAnders94
      @MalAnders94 3 года назад

      Funny that people don't know that Gordon Wasson wasn't a banker, but vice president of PR of JP morgan, recruited by the CIA to popularize magic mushrooms.

    • @osirusj275
      @osirusj275 2 года назад

      @@MalAnders94 why would they purposely popularise the magic mushroom?

  • @pawelkapica5363
    @pawelkapica5363 5 лет назад +5

    Finally scientists can openly talk about psychedelics and altered consciousness. There's so much potential in this research not only for sick people but for us as humans to develop more understanding and compassion towards ourselves and others.

  • @borninvincible
    @borninvincible 5 лет назад +19

    Great talk! Leave it to the US to attempt to weaponize something so empathic. It's no coincidence that psychedelic clinical research stopped right around the time Vietnam needed non empathic policy executors.

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад +5

      @Chris Schneider I'm beginning to see that you are too, Chris.

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад +2

      @Chris Schneider Lots of indicators for that assertion, Chris, sorry. You show a closed mind and a strong anti-liberal bias in your comments here. That is enough for me to feel the scourge of you. I do however, appreciate you knowing that there is no federal coverage for autism, though. Might be hope for you yet.

    • @rebbeshort
      @rebbeshort 5 лет назад +4

      @Chris Schneider That is the reply of someone who has nothing of any substance to say.

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 4 года назад +1

      @Chris Schneider does it feel good to hurt others? Do you like to be overtly violent as well? I wouldn't judge you for it. I like it as well. Nothing like sadism to feel powerful and good about yourself.

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 4 года назад +2

      @Chris Schneider oh wow that is scary relatable. Do you also like to drive aggressively and recklessly while screaming the words of your favorite weezer songs? Do you also have trouble maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships? Do you often lack empathy for others?
      Daddy?

  • @SilverSound
    @SilverSound 5 лет назад

    i love this google talk. am i the only one who thinks michael pollan looks and sounds like ted danson?

  • @anneglass8084
    @anneglass8084 5 лет назад +11

    If you really want to learn about psychedelics, listen to or read everything by Terence McKenna. Terence’s brother, Dennis, is also an authority on the subject.

  • @Random-es7yo
    @Random-es7yo Месяц назад +1

    I have to say it was slightly hilarious the latest findings where they tried treatment without the counselling. And it worked just the same in the treatment of anxiety. I suppose the counselling and so forth gives it all an air of respectability.

  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch 4 года назад +14

    Michael Pollan is one of the indispensible voices of our time.

    • @Rogersellsoninsta
      @Rogersellsoninsta Год назад

      👆.👆.👆look up that handle, he ships worldwide , and he got>>shrooms, Dmt, lsd, mmda, kat , psilocybin, Xanax, chocolate bars, he's got alot.🍄💊🍄🍫🔌
      ....
      ....

    • @therealzilch
      @therealzilch Год назад

      @@Rogersellsoninsta Off the wall or bizarre? Who knows or cares? Not I.

  • @danewiley4215
    @danewiley4215 3 года назад +2

    when he talked about 5- meo- dmt and the guy nodded his head, I bet he watches hamilton's pharmacopeia too lol. But this was a great speech.

  • @susannahkelpyotter5595
    @susannahkelpyotter5595 4 года назад

    Hey I just met Michael on his video Cannabis, the imortance of forgetting. I loved it. Blown away but the whole time I kept thinking cut off your hair, he would look amazing hairless. And five minutes I find this and it has happened. Shew.

  • @RedHeroe1
    @RedHeroe1 4 года назад

    this guy knows a lot

  • @boredumbsleepyhead418
    @boredumbsleepyhead418 4 года назад +7

    Good advice to never fight your trip and just go with it.

  • @billyoumans1784
    @billyoumans1784 5 лет назад

    He mentions Ram Dass- Other monks Ram Dass gave psychedelics to in India said the experiences were good but not as good as meditation.

  • @MisterL777
    @MisterL777 2 года назад

    24:30 hey I knew this as the "wim hoff breathing exercise" and it does do something very peculiar and you feel that very strong "high" on just breathing oxygen but it doesn't last longer than a few seconds and I never knew what to do of it except that it felt good

  • @inneralignmenteducation
    @inneralignmenteducation 2 года назад

    Excellent

  • @PuLLGETSOME
    @PuLLGETSOME 4 года назад +2

    Good on google, and michael pollen get this word out!

  • @CraigCastanet
    @CraigCastanet 5 лет назад

    Interesting about the introduction to one's ego-less existence.

  • @ajghost20
    @ajghost20 4 года назад

    its not a matter of transcending the ego but rather overcoming the notion of self

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    lovely sir

  • @stuartkeithguitars4251
    @stuartkeithguitars4251 Год назад

    I took acid five rimes between 17-19 years old. Depression began in early high school. One terrible trip....one transformative. The bad one was ego related for sure and the good one was seeing patterns. Why patterns? They called it "patterns". My friends said, "take acid and smoke hash and you'll see patterns". More than one person said this to me...as if it WAS a fact.
    So I did. It was an animated thing of constancy that ABSORBED ME...ego gone and all is this beauty...these ever changing, fully absorbing patterns. ... and in real life 'm staring at a wall for who know how long?
    I'm 63 and I remember how hard my depression was hitting me prior to the experience...and I see a period of life afterwards that seems now as a reprieve. But life has pressed me and I'm depressed again...thinking about his...kind of scared. Is fear ego?

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      I'd appreciate your comment

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      I sourced some psychedelic products from a Drugstore online

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  • @BushyHairedStranger
    @BushyHairedStranger 5 лет назад +1

    Theres a book being written right now about the life of Al Hubbard by a old LSD chemist. Having known Al its Likely to be the most accurate and detailed book on his life. To be out in 2020

    • @danquirk2002
      @danquirk2002 4 года назад

      Would love to know the title and author if you have it.

  • @sonlm
    @sonlm Год назад +1

    Finally, a new and promising hope for the cure of mental disorders. 👏🤞

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      Yes, i sourced some psychedelic mushrooms from a Drugstore online

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  • @RonaldL.MAngela.vaught17HH
    @RonaldL.MAngela.vaught17HH 2 года назад

    As a guide i never even suggest that any thing could go dark, id prepare the patient know they have the power to change any thing in the experience, YOU CAN LAUGH CRY what ever makes you feel good & reveal anything you don't want or would not choose to see or feel. Now the guides must have training to bring out of a person some unexpected tra uma that might have emerged in a session.

  • @junglejuice4052
    @junglejuice4052 5 лет назад +4

    If so many people have and are taking these transformative trips, why hasn’t there been this amazing positive cultural shift? I want it to be the answer (I’d love to try it too) but is it?

    • @junglejuice4052
      @junglejuice4052 5 лет назад +2

      True. And back when the global population was much smaller and people lived in tribes the percent of people who had access to, say, mushrooms and the transcendental experience would have been much higher. Maybe that’s why they lived a more spiritual and conciliatory life. But sadly, as Terence McKenna pointed out, the population was eventually denied access to mushrooms and other psychoactive material and thus began our descent into the hell of alienation and ennui that we know today. Maybe..

    • @aerobique
      @aerobique 5 лет назад +4

      @@junglejuice4052 "..why hasn’t there been this amazing positive cultural shift? " There is and its racing.

    • @TyrannusRex1234
      @TyrannusRex1234 5 лет назад

      James Fadiman answer that in a video titled Cultural Implications of Altered States of Conciousness

  • @jasonsetters1059
    @jasonsetters1059 Год назад +1

    this is the most honest smartest guy on the planet

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад +1

      I'd appreciate your comment

    • @mrs_Mccoy
      @mrs_Mccoy Год назад

      I bought some psychedelic products from a Drugstore online

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  • @Raised_by_God
    @Raised_by_God 5 лет назад +1

    psilocybin is the gateway through a row of golden columns...

  • @patricioguzman2290
    @patricioguzman2290 3 года назад

    are there any experience of this kind of mushroom with the fronto temporal madness or similar

  • @meganm7849
    @meganm7849 5 лет назад +4

  • @jackieyang9337
    @jackieyang9337 2 года назад

    Magical artist🤤