1 00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:02,930 again we have this bias that we assume 2 00:00:07,309 --> 00:00:05,520 this is the Baseline this is reality and 3 00:00:08,870 --> 00:00:07,319 anything else we experience in an 4 00:00:10,490 --> 00:00:08,880 altered state of consciousness is 5 00:00:13,070 --> 00:00:10,500 something else it's a dream world or 6 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:13,080 some sort of Illusion but again really 7 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:15,540 this is the illusion it's a constructive 8 00:00:19,970 --> 00:00:17,760 illusion it's useful it allows us to 9 00:00:21,529 --> 00:00:19,980 navigate and stay alive which is the 10 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:21,539 only thing that Evolution was really 11 00:00:26,450 --> 00:00:24,060 concerned with to propagate the species 12 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:26,460 and whatnot but it's really important as 13 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:27,840 I said in this quote here that we 14 00:00:31,970 --> 00:00:29,939 remember that when we're trying to make 15 00:00:33,410 --> 00:00:31,980 sense of anomalous experience just as 16 00:00:35,810 --> 00:00:33,420 we're trying to make sense of any 17 00:00:37,610 --> 00:00:35,820 experience whether it's anomalous or not 18 00:00:40,369 --> 00:00:37,620 we have to remember that what we're 19 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:40,379 dealing with is the interface with icons 20 00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:42,780 that have been served up to us to allow 21 00:00:48,250 --> 00:00:44,940 us to navigate an underlying reality we 22 00:00:51,470 --> 00:00:48,260 as of yet do not directly interface with 23 00:00:53,209 --> 00:00:51,480 except perhaps through experiences with 24 00:00:55,310 --> 00:00:53,219 psychedelics and experiences with some 25 00:00:57,709 --> 00:00:55,320 of these others who seem to take us into 26 00:01:00,290 --> 00:00:57,719 alternate Realms Altered States Of 27 00:01:02,810 --> 00:01:00,300 Consciousness again this I think all 28 00:01:04,850 --> 00:01:02,820 speaks to this larger reality all around