UofT Mind Matters

Mind Matters is forum for for discussing issues in psychology from perspectives beyond the mainstream of academic science.

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DD: "We need to make it clear that we're not just talking about substances... but flow, emotion, music..." #MMAltered

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Corey Lewis: "Is there any hope for this stuff being brought into the mainstream?"
DM: "Well, universities are supposed to teach wisdom..."

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JV: "We should remember.. the #MindMatters on Darkness... We have to be careful about altered states." #MMAltered

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DM: "There is no such thing as a bad drug. There are bad ways to USE them." #MMAltered

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JP: "There are lots of people who are too fragmented and fractured to take psychedelics... they can do great harm or great good." #MMAltered

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JP: (RE: New Age thinking) "...generative, but not self-critical. It's dangerous."
DM agrees. #MMAltered

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DM: "You have to educate people HOW to use drugs. Unfortunately, that's the conundrum of drug education." #MMAltered

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DM: "Human behaviour is where the moral dimension comes in. You can choose to use a psychedelic in a way that uplifts you." #MMAltered

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DM: "There's no inherent moral quality to psychedelics... we attribute to the drugs that they're like demons, pathogens." #MMAltered

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JP: "Psychadelics are more of an amplifier." #MMAltered

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JP: "I wouldn't say intent is everything. Well... yeah, maybe I would......... Intent is everything." #MMAltered

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JP: "Nature can't be your divinity.... nature is death. The garden metaphor is right, but it's culture AND nature." #MMAltered

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JV: "We have the science and the technology. We need to become meaning-making machinery." #MMAltered

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DM: "Having said that, I'm a horrible gardener. I'm a botanist, not a horticulturist." #MMAltered

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DM: "The most revolutionary thing you can do is grow a garden." #MMAltered

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DM: "What can we do directly without creating huge social movements? Reestablish your relationship with nature. Become plant people."

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JP: "You don't have the slightest idea how to engage in the reconstruction of massive institutions!" #MMAltered

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It's time for our panel discussion. Thank you for all of your submitted questions!

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DM: "God is not separate from nature. Nature itself is divine." #MMAltered