Remember Who You Are
I had an appointment with the dentist today. My dentist’s office is in a ‘colorful’ part of town, known to be frequented by the homeless and largely populated by aging hippies.
I passed a residence with a mural on the wall - it had a caption that said “Remember who you are.”
So, I remembered who I am and thought “I wonder if the hippie that painted the mural remembers who HE is through the substance abuse haze.”
2 Responses to “Remember Who You Are”
DirtCrashr on 19 Oct 2008 at 1943 #
The beauty of LSD is its remarkable ability to channel new thoughtways and create new neural networks - and help people who are frozen in immobility to get out of linear thinking - as was initially the intent of Richard Alpert who pioneered studies in a clinical setting with Schizophrenics. The problem is he overcame himself in the process of enjoying the drug and became Baba Ram Das - and lost his mind, all the while speaking of “mindfulness.” Well there goes that Harvard education down the toilet.
Minstrel on 20 Oct 2008 at 0731 #
Interesting bit of history, DC.
Having lived through that LSD era here in LALA land, I can appreciate how so many believed enlightenment was possible through chemical abuse.
Time for them to get out the psychedelic Kleenex and blow their minds.