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Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual Technologies by Rick Strassman MD, Slawek Wojtowicz, Luis Eduardo Luna, Ede Frecska
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Ede Frecska, Luis Eduardo Luna, Rick Strassman MD, Slawek Wojtowicz Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2008-03-27 ISBN: 159477224X Number of pages: 376 Publisher: Park Street Press
Book Reviews of Inner Paths to Outer Space: Journeys to Alien Worlds through Psychedelics and Other Spiritual TechnologiesBook Review: ...And I Think My Spaceship Knows Which Way To Go Summary: 5 Stars
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go..."
-David Bowie, "Space Oddity"
I remember hearing this song on some mushrooms. All of the sudden I got a glimpse of something that was golden, bright, pure...I had a realization that this thing I called "me"...this body and everything in it was all
MADE UP. It was/is/and will always be complete and total BS...you can read that as, Belief Systems. But the Real Me was changeless, forever, eternal.
This book blows my mind. And that's good. Minds are for the soul purpose of being blown. I mean, if you're not thinking of at least temn impossible things before breakfast, you're just kind of existing. But the purpose of life is to be shaken, stirred, and moved and this book will definitely move you. It confirms a lot of the experiences I had during my psychedelic phase and yet made me even clearer on why I stopped.
I stopped experimenting with psychedelics after hearing a rather brilliant quote from Alan Watts. I'm paraphrasing, but he basically said, "When a scientist sees something through a microscope, he immediately goes to work on what was seen. He doesn't keep his eye glued to the microscope. So, if you have a vision on psychedelics, go to work on that vision...don't keep trying to have another one..."
And that really woke me up. I was given visions that to this day still delight me just by thinking about them. I am grateful for my experiences and my inner excursions. The final frontier is not space, but mind. We all need to be psychonauts and explore the interior realms. We are all so much. This book made me laugh, smile, and think. Some of it was a little crazy, but some of it was truly moving.
"Once in awhile you get shown the light,
In the strangest of places if you look for it right."
-the Grateful Dead, "Scarlett Begonias"
Look for the Light within yourself. You'll be amazed at what you'll find.
"Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be..."
-Willy Wonka, "Pure Imagination"
:)
Your life is whatever you can imagine it to be.
Peace & Blessings,
john, 'the Light Coach'
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