Author of quotes: Terence Kemp McKenna

Who is to say what is real and what is not? "Real" is a distinction of a naïve mind, I think. We're getting beyond that.
Who can say what is real and what is not? "Really" - the definition of the naive mind, I think. We are not limited to such framework.

The world which we perceive is a tiny fraction of the world which we can perceive, which is a tiny fraction of the perceivable world...
The world we perceive, is only a tiny part of the world that we can perceive, which, in turn, is only a tiny part of the whole perceived Universe...

I think people have a very narrow conception of what is possible with reality, that we're surrounded by the howling abyss of the is unknowable and nobody knows what's out there.
I think people have a very narrow understanding of what is possible in the real world, it seems that we are surrounded by the gaping abyss of the unknowable and nobody knows what's in it.

If the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.
If truth can be expressed so that it was understood, will believe it.

We have been to the moon, we have charted the depths of the ocean and the heart of the atom, but we have a fear of looking inward to ourselves because we sense that is where all the contradictions flow together.
We went to the moon, we conquered the depths of the ocean and the heart of the atom, but we're afraid to look inside themselves, because we foresee that there occur all the conflicts.

One exists in eternity, one has become eternal ... One is then apart from the moving image; one exists in the completion of eternity.
Man exists in eternity, man has become eternal... So the person is separated from the moving picture; man exists as a part of eternity.

We cannot expect to cross the rainbow bridge through a good act of contrition; that will not be sufficient. We have to understand.
We can't expect to cross the rainbow bridge alone the virtue of repentance; it is not enough. We need to understand it.

Progress of human civilization in the area of defining human freedom is not made from the top down. No king, no parliament, no government ever extended to the people more rights than the people insisted upon.
The progress of human civilization in expanding the boundaries of human freedom is not promoted from the top down. No king, no Parliament, no government has expanded human rights on the demands of the people.

Reality is, you know, the tip of an iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to drag ourselves up onto for a few panting moments before we slip back into the sea of the unreal.
Reality is the tip of the iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to climb for a few moments to catch her breath, before once again slipping into the sea of the unreal.

The main essence of the television, no vision, and fabricated data stream that can be processed to protect or to impose certain cultural values.

Nothing lasts but nothing is lost.
Nothing lasts forever, but nothing goes quite.

Television is by nature the dominator drug par excellence. Control of content, uniformity of content, repeatability of content make it inevitably a tool of coersion, brainwashing, and manipulation.
TV is the greatest drug suppression. Control programs, character programs, repeat programs inevitably make him a tool of repression, indoctrination and manipulation.

Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
Nature is not the enemy to torment and to win. Nature is our need to appreciate and learn.

Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.
Nature appreciates bravery. Make up your mind - and in response to your determination nature will erase insurmountable obstacles. Dream the impossible - and the world will cease to keep you down it will be to lift you. That did the trick. That's what all the teachers and philosophers, which cost something that touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is the path to magic. To jump into the unknown and find out that there is a feather bed.