The Dreaming State

Sunset Quotes: Terence McKenna

“Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.” – McKenna is one of those incredibly rare minds that we only see every so often. Some may think he is crazy, and at times I do myself, however you cannot doubt his incredibly level of intelligence, creative thinking, historical analysis, and his ability to speak and have everyone listening in complete awe. One thing Terrence always spoke of is how we are neglecting nature, and that this is a huge downfall of the modern day human race. We think we are different from nature, we call it ours, but we are nature. If we don’t realize that very soon it could be the end of us.

Sunset Quotes: Ram Dass

“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.” – A Harvard professor named Richard Alpert traveled to India where he met someone who would change his life forever. A Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, Maharaj-ji, opened him to a whole new way of seeing life and he became known henceforth as Ram Dass. He has been a huge guiding voice for me. I have listened to hours upon hours of his lectures. Sometimes what he says is so simple, and yet so meaningful for me at that exact moment in my life… I have a bad habit of wishing for more, hoping for a particular vision of the future, and many times this does blind me from the amazing life I have in the present. Be here now!