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Alexander Shulgin - Meaning of Life - 'Why I Do What I Do' Speech

In this speech Shulgin explains 'Why I do what I Do.' 4:30 "First, I am a very firm believer in the reality of balance in all aspects of the human theater." 5:21 "One definition of the tools I seek is that they may allow words of a vocabulary, a vocabulary that might allow each human being to more consciously — and more clearly — communicate with the interior of his own mind and psyche. This may be called a vocabulary of awareness." 12:08 [After a discussion of nuclear weapons.] "And to have such power leads to the threat to use such power, which -- in time -- will actually lead to its use. But, as I have said earlier, when one thing develops, there seems to spring forth a balancing, a compensatory counterpart. This balance can be realized with the psychedelic drugs. What had been simply tools for the study of psychosis (at best), or for escapist self-gratification (at worst), suddenly assumed the character of tools of enlightenment, and of some form of transcendental communication." 13:45 "But I feel — along with many others — that the efforts being invested in the technology of destruction does not allow sufficient time. It is possibly only with the psychedelic drugs that words of vocabulary can be established, which might tunnel through the subconscious between the conflicting aspects of the mind and psyche. It is here that I feel my skill lies, and this is exactly why I do what I do." 26:03 "My personal philosophy might well be lifted directly from Blake: 'I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.' I may be wrong, but I must do what I'm doing, and I will do what I can as fast as I can." Why I Do What I Do (31 October 1996) http://www.drugtext.org/DPF-The-Pione...