Psilocybin and Seeing God

Summary

El guion explora la idea del estado psicológico profundo que se convierte en social, citando a Tolstoy y su influencia en Gandhi. Se discute la experiencia de concierto como un ejemplo de unidad y armonía, y cómo esto puede abarcar a las personas a nuestro alrededor. Se menciona la posibilidad de una experiencia trascendental que sugiere la inmortalidad y se habla de experimentos con psilocibina en hospitales que han reducido el miedo a la muerte en pacientes con cáncer. El guion reflexiona sobre la verdad subjetiva y objetiva, y cómo la ciencia busca respuestas universales. También se abordan las diferencias en las creencias religiosas sobre la vida después de la muerte y los peligros de enfocarse en la vida eterna o en la vida presente, con una crítica a los transhumanistas y su obsesión por la inmortalidad.

Takeaways

• 📚 El estado psicológico profundo puede influir en el estado social, como menciona Tolstoy en 'El reino de Dios está dentro de nosotros', que influenció a Gandhi en su filosofía de resistencia no violenta.
• 🎶 La experiencia de unidad y armonía en un concierto puede ser tan profunda que afecta a las personas a nuestro alrededor, similar a la idea del 'reino de Dios' que Cristo habló.
• 🧘 La equilibrada experiencia de bienestar y significado puede ser beneficiosa tanto para los cercanos como para los lejanos, como se describe en el estado de equilibrio panequilibrado.
• 🌟 La idea del 'Stairway to Heaven' representa una estructura de significado que, al estar bien organizada, beneficia a todos los niveles de existencia.
• 👽 La experiencia de una acumulación de significado puede llevar a una intuición de inmortalidad, algo que se refleja en las especulaciones metafísicas sobre el cielo.
• 🍄 Los experimentos con psilocibina en John's Hopkins hospital muestran que las experiencias místicas pueden reducir el miedo a la muerte en personas con cáncer terminal.
• 🤔 La verdad es subjetiva y puede variar de persona a persona; lo que es verdadero para uno puede no serlo para otro, lo que plantea cuestiones sobre la objetividad de la verdad.
• 🧪 La ciencia busca respuestas objetivas y generalizables, como la efectividad de la meditación en reducir niveles de estrés en un porcentaje significativo de la población.
• 🏛 La interpretación del 'Reino de Dios' varía entre las religiones, y aunque algunos se enfocan en la vida después de la muerte, otros, como el judaísmo, priorizan la vida presente.
• 🛠 Los riesgos de la inmortalidad tecnológica y la transformación radical de la existencia humana pueden llevar a perder la esencia de lo que significa ser humano.
• 🌐 La decisión de Arabia Saudita de no vender petróleo exclusivamente en dólares puede afectar la dominancia económica de los EE. UU. y el valor del dólar.

Q & A

¿Qué relación existe entre el estado psicológico y el estado social según el guion?

El guion sugiere que un estado psicológico lo suficientemente profundo puede influir en el estado social, transformándose en un estado social colectivo.

¿Qué libro de Tolstoy menciona el guion y cómo influenció a Mahatma Gandhi?

El guion menciona el libro 'El Reino de Dios está dentro de nosotros', que tuvo una influencia significativa en Mahatma Gandhi y su filosofía de resistencia no violenta.

¿Cómo se relaciona la experiencia de un concierto con el concepto del 'Reino de Dios' según el guion?

Según el guion, una experiencia de concierto profundamente unificadora y armoniosa puede, si es lo suficientemente intensa, extenderse más allá del individuo y afectar a las personas a su alrededor, similar al concepto del 'Reino de Dios'.

¿Qué es el estado de equilibrio panequilibrado mencionado en el guion y cómo se relaciona con la experiencia de vida?

El estado de equilibrio panequilibrado se refiere a una situación en la que las cosas funcionan bien para uno y, al mismo tiempo, se estructuran de manera beneficiosa para las personas cercanas y distantes, maximizando el bienestar colectivo.

¿Por qué el guion sugiere que las experiencias de vida profundas pueden dar una intuición de inmortalidad?

El guion indica que cuando las experiencias de vida están bien estructuradas y profundas, pueden llevar a una sensación de continuidad y existencia más allá de la vida terrenal, lo que se asocia con la idea de inmortalidad.

¿Cómo están relacionadas las experiencias trascendentales con las especulaciones metafísicas sobre la realidad del cielo?

Según el guion, las experiencias trascendentales, que a menudo incluyen percepciones de inmortalidad y lugares celestiales, son reflejo de experiencias embebidas que dan lugar a especulaciones metafísicas sobre la existencia del cielo.

¿Qué ha demostrado la investigación de John's Hopkins con psilocibina en pacientes con cáncer terminal?

La investigación de John's Hopkins ha mostrado que el uso de psilocibina en pacientes con cáncer terminal puede inducir experiencias místicas que disminuyen significativamente su miedo a la muerte.

¿Cómo se relaciona el concepto de 'verdad' en el guion con las preferencias personales y las creencias?

El guion plantea que la 'verdad' puede ser subjetiva y variar de persona a persona, como en las preferencias por distintos tipos de chocolate o la elección de la mejor canción de rock, y que la ciencia busca hallar verdades universales.

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el enfoque de la vida inmediata y el enfoque en la vida después de la muerte según el guion?

El guion destaca que el enfoque en la vida inmediata puede ser más moral y significativo, mientras que el enfoque en la vida después de la muerte puede llevar a abandonar la vida terrenal y sus responsabilidades.

¿Qué implicaciones tiene el cambio en el acuerdo del petrodolar con Estados Unidos para la economía global y el valor del dólar estadounidense?

El cambio en el acuerdo del petrodolar puede debilitar el valor del dólar estadounidense si hay menos demanda, lo que puede afectar la economía global y la dominancia económica de Estados Unidos.

¿Cómo el guion aborda el tema de la inmortalidad tecnológica y su relación con la identidad humana?

El guion cuestiona si la transformación tecnológica radical para lograr la inmortalidad no sería una forma de muerte, ya que la identidad humana original podría perderse en el proceso.

¿Qué es el concepto de 'finitud de la vida' y cómo se discute en el guion en relación con la vida extendida?

El guion considera si la vida está estructurada de tal manera que su finitud es necesaria y no debe ser superada sin pensar en las consecuencias, cuestionando si una vida extendida sería verdaderamente deseable.

Outlines

00:00

🌟 Experiencia Profunda y Estado Social

El primer párrafo explora la idea de que un estado psicológico profundo puede convertirse en un estado social, citando la obra de Tolstoy 'El Reino de Dios está dentro de nosotros', que influenció a Mahatma Gandhi en su filosofía de resistencia no violenta. Se discute cómo una experiencia de un concierto puede ser profunda tanto individual como socialmente, y cómo el 'Reino de Dios' de Cristo podría referirse a una experiencia de unidad y armonía. Se menciona la idea de un estado de equilibrio y significado profundo que beneficia a los demás, y cómo la experiencia de este estado puede dar una sensación de inmortalidad. También se toca la posibilidad de inducir experiencias trascendentales con sustancias como el psilocibina, y cómo estas pueden reducir el miedo a la muerte en pacientes con cáncer terminal.

05:01

🌍 El Reino de Dios en la Tierra y la Inmortalidad

El segundo párrafo continúa la discusión sobre el 'Reino de Dios', sugiriendo que puede ser una experiencia inmersiva y significativa que trasciende lo individual y afecta el entorno. Se especula sobre si una experiencia profunda y armoniosa podría alterar la percepción del tiempo y el espacio. Se contrastan las visiones del más allá en las religiones de Judáica, Cristiana e Islámica, y se señala la evolución de la atención hacia la vida después de la muerte en el cristianismo. Se discute la posibilidad de que la vida eterna no sea solo un concepto, sino una experiencia directa que puede ser inducida por la ciencia, y se cuestiona la idea de la verdad en el contexto de experiencias personales y científicas.

10:03

🛠️ La Perspectiva del Transhumanismo y la Longevidad

El tercer párrafo aborda el tema del transhumanismo y la búsqueda de la inmortalidad, con una reflexión personal sobre la ambivalencia hacia la prolongación de la vida y la juventud. Se menciona la obsesión de algunos con la vida eterna y se cuestiona si es deseable o no, considerando las implicaciones de perder la esencia humana. Se habla de la importancia de vivir una vida plena y significativa en lugar de simplemente prolongarla, y se plantea la idea de que la finitud de la vida puede ser necesaria. Se concluye con una consideración sobre cómo la tecnología y la ciencia pueden cambiar nuestra comprensión de lo que significa ser humano, y si la transformación radical de nuestra existencia sería una forma de muerte.

Keywords

💡Estado psicológico

El estado psicológico se refiere a la condición mental de una persona en un momento dado. En el video, se menciona que un estado psicológico profundo puede convertirse en un estado social, lo que indica que las experiencias internas pueden influir en las relaciones y la dinámica comunitaria. Un ejemplo es la experiencia de unidad y armonía en un concierto, que puede ser profunda y abarcativa para el oyente.

💡Reino de Dios

El 'Reino de Dios' es una expresión religiosa que se utiliza para describir el reino espiritual y la presencia divina en la vida de las personas. En el video, se habla del 'Reino de Dios que está dentro de nosotros', una idea que Tolstoy exploró y que influenció a Gandhi en su filosofía de resistencia no violenta, destacando la importancia de la transformación interna para el cambio social.

💡Experiencia mística

Una experiencia mística es un evento que produce una sensación de unión con algo más grande que uno mismo, a menudo relacionado con lo divino. En el script, se menciona que la experiencia mística, inducida por sustancias como el psilocibina, puede llevar a la pérdida o modificación del miedo a la muerte, lo que sugiere una conexión entre la experiencia mística y la comprensión de la vida y la muerte.

💡Inmortalidad

La inmortalidad se refiere a la existencia eterna más allá de la muerte física. En el video, se sugiere que las experiencias de armonía y significado profundo pueden dar lugar a una 'intimación de inmortalidad', lo que indica que hay una percepción de que hay algo más allá de la vida terrenal que se manifiesta en experiencias espirituales significativas.

💡Psilocibina

La psilocibina es una sustancia alucinógena encontrada en ciertos hongos que puede inducir experiencias místicas. En el script, se discute un estudio de John's Hopkins donde la psilocibina se utiliza para tratar el miedo a la muerte en personas con cáncer terminal, mostrando el poder de esta sustancia para influir en la percepción de la vida y la muerte.

💡Transhumanismo

El transhumanismo es un movimiento que promueve la mejora de la especie humana a través de la tecnología, incluyendo la extensión de la vida y la superación de las limitaciones físicas y mentales. En el video, se cuestiona la idea del transhumanismo, planteando si la transformación radical de la humanidad sería una forma de muerte, ya que perderemos nuestra identidad y continuidad como seres humanos.

💡Singolaridad

La singularidad, en el contexto de la inteligencia artificial, se refiere a un punto futuro en el que la inteligencia de la máquina supera la de los seres humanos, llevando a cambios inimaginables en la sociedad. Aunque no se menciona directamente en el script, el tema de la singularidad está implícito en la discusión sobre el transhumanismo y la tecnología que puede cambiar nuestra comprensión de la vida y la identidad humana.

💡Meditación

La meditación es una práctica espiritual y de relajación que implica concentrarse en un objeto, pensamiento o actividad para alcanzar un estado de mayor consciencia y tranquilidad. En el video, se menciona que la meditación puede ser eficaz para reducir el estrés, pero también se cuestiona si su efectividad es universal o depende de las experiencias individuales.

💡Experiencia cercana a la muerte

Una experiencia cercana a la muerte es un evento en el que una persona se encuentra en una situación de peligro de vida y luego sobrevive, a menudo acompañado de una transformación en su percepción de la vida. En el script, se habla de cómo estas experiencias pueden influir en la comprensión de la muerte y el miedo a ella, y cómo pueden ser relevantes para la discusión sobre la inmortalidad y la vida después de la muerte.

💡Verdad

La verdad, en el video, se discute en el contexto de las percepciones personales y la objetividad. Se cuestiona si ciertos aspectos de la vida espiritual y experiencias místicas pueden ser validados objetivamente o si son verdades subjetivas que varían de persona en persona, como el preferir el chocolate oscuro sobre el chocolate leche.

💡Religión y vida después de la muerte

La religión a menudo proporciona explicaciones sobre lo que ocurre después de la muerte, con visiones variadas según las creencias. En el script, se menciona cómo las religiones como el judaísmo, el cristianismo e el islam tienen perspectivas diferentes sobre la vida después de la muerte, desde la preocupación por el presente hasta la expectativa de un lugar específico después de la muerte.

Highlights

The psychological state of profound unity and harmony can become a social state, influencing the people around you.

Tolstoy's book 'The Kingdom of God is Within Us' influenced Mahatma Gandhi and their correspondence.

Gandhi's adoption of nonviolent resistance was partly due to Tolstoy's influence.

Christ's concept of the 'Kingdom of God' may relate to a profound psychological and social state of harmony.

The idea of a pan-equilibrated state where personal meaning benefits those around you is discussed.

Metaphysical speculations about Heaven and immortality are linked to embodied experiences.

Psilocybin experiments at Johns Hopkins hospital show mystical experiences can reduce fear of death in cancer patients.

Different interpretations of 'Heaven' exist in various religious traditions, with Judaism focusing less on the afterlife.

Christianity's shift towards a focus on the afterlife is contrasted with a focus on moral duties in the present.

The potential dangers of focusing on immediate life transformation versus afterlife are discussed.

The concept of 'stacked meaning' and its potential to warp time and space is explored.

Transhumanism and the pursuit of immortality may lead to a loss of what it means to be human.

The importance of finitude in life and the potential downsides of radically extending human life are considered.

The dichotomy between striving for eternal life and accepting the natural cycle of life and death.

Ray Kurzweil's personal quest for immortality and its psychological implications are examined.

The philosophical question of whether life's value is diminished by the pursuit of indefinite extension.

The impact of Saudi Arabia ending the petrodollar deal with the US on the global economy and the US dollar's value.

The promotion of diversifying savings into gold as a safeguard against economic instability.

Transcripts

if a psychological state becomes

profound enough it starts to become a

social State and so I would say that

that that kingdom of God that's within

which is something Tolstoy wrote a lot

about by the way that was a a book that

was he wrote a book called the kingdom

of God is within us and that profoundly

influenced Mahatma Gandhi by the way and

they had a lengthy correspondence which

was part of the reason that Gandhi

became a non um used nonviolent

resistance right in his fight against

the English which is quite interesting

but I think that there is there is

there's look look it's it's something

like

this maybe when you go to a concert it's

a great concert and you're having a very

profound psychological experience of of

unity and Harmony which of course is

what you get at a concert but if the

experience is profound enough

psychologically and individually it also

starts to Encompass and envelop the

people around you and so I think the

kingdom of God that Christ was talking

about was something like this is why I

like Jean P so much it's something like

the pan equilibrated state where things

are working out really well for you and

you're deeply immersed in a meaningful

experience but at the same time that

meaning is structured so that it's

maximally beneficial for the people who

are immediately around you and for the

people who are distally related to you

and so everything Stacks up and some

that's some that's that's something like

the idea of the ladder to heaven or The

Stairway to Heaven that everything's

stacking up properly and then there's a

there is see I think when people

experience that and this is where the

metaphysics touches the materal material

I think that when yes exactly that

precisely that yes precisely that them

in well you notice that the demons are

upside down going down right right which

is exactly right that that's that's

exactly the right way to conceptualize

it so I think that when people have an

experience of that stacking of meaning

that they also have an intimation of

immortality that goes along with that

that's embodied and that that's partly

why the metaphysical speculations about

the reality of the om of Heaven have

emerged because it's not just conceptual

right there there is embodied experience

and people report the same thing when

they have transcendental experiences of

various sorts and those and we know from

a scientific perspective that those can

be very reliably induced with the use of

Agents like psilocybin and you know I've

been really fascinated by what's been

happening at John's Hopkins hospital

with the psilocybin experimenters

because one of the most recent things

they showed was that if you take people

dying of cancer and you give them cybin

and they have a mystical experience

which is something like an experience of

the kingdom of God on Earth but also

eternally at the same time that they

lose their fear of death or that at

least it's much modified and you know

that's a hell of a finding that's really

you can't just you can't just walk away

from that easily because that's a hell

of a thing to to treat well yeah I I

have a chapter on that in in Heavens on

Earth on near-death experiences um and

so but we're talking about two different

things um you know the the transitioning

from life to death in the most pain-free

or anxiety reduced state is is more is

progress uh you know medical progress

psychological progress or whatever and

I'm all for you know it's silos cybin

does it or whatever um then great we

should do that but there's a lot of

people that claim more than that that

this is opening the doors of perception

into another world right actually out

there and that those of us have have not

taken acid we just simply can't know so

now we now we get at this question of

Truth you know it's one of my columns in

scientific americ was I recently wrote

called what is truth anyway I mean when

I say like I prefer do dark chocolate

and you prefer milk chocolate you know

there's no truth that is to be

discovered yours is true for you mine's

true for me or I say Stairway to Heaven

is the greatest rock song of all time

and you say no no free bird is better

than Stairway to Heaven we argue about

that but there's no there's no

experiment we're going to run and so as

we start to move along these lines like

when deepo joper tells me meditation

works okay so if it works for you or it

doesn't work for me okay those are still

in that state of internal truths but

what we want to know in science is does

it work for everybody or you know 67% of

people that do an hour of meditation a

day under these conditions have reduced

uh stress hormones and blood pressure

and so on in some measurable way way

that's different than just an internal

state so uh when we're talking about

again just you know you know working on

toward toward striving to better

ourselves or some kind of Heaven if you

mean just you know metaphorically so

that I can better myself that's

different than There's an actual place

you can go to uh that's going to be

there after we die and so I think this

is where you know scientist you also

start you also start messing about with

the idea of place in a way that that

that's the problem with having

discussions about fundamental realities

and you know when you said another thing

that Christ said was that the Kingdom of

Heaven is spread upon Earth but men do

not see it right so and that's that's

something that's akin to the idea of the

kingdom of God is within you although

it's it's a strange Twist on it because

it also adds an element of externality

or physicality to it and an element of

immediatey not something that's

forestalled into the future but I wonder

see in my Wilder moments of spec ation I

I have this notion that if things stack

up properly so imagine that you're

immersed in a very deeply meaningful

experience and and it and it's it's

operating it's indicating that Harmony

has been established between multiple

levels of being simultaneously I wonder

if that can I wonder if that can put you

in a place that's profound enough or

deep enough so that the structure of

time and space itself still starts to

warp around that I mean I know that

that's a i i can't formulate it well but

there's there's something there's

something about it that seems to me to

be correct about that because people

have inations of of immortality and they

have intimations of of of heavenly and

hellish abodes as well and they're not

they're not the simp they're not the

simple kind of rational even rational

fundamentalist beliefs that often people

talk about when they're discussing

religious belief they're more reflected

in direct experience and it's not easy

to make sense of them well when you

delve into the literature on Judaism

Christianity and Islam and their

versions of the afterlife in heaven

they're quite different and the Jews are

far less obsessed with going some place

after death in fact originally they had

they were going no place at all sh was

just nothing it was just you returned to

where you were before you were alive

just no place uh and so but so that that

religion is far more focused on the here

and now like we have a moral duty to

help people the poor and so on now and

to live better lives and more lives of

dignity and honor and morality now and

and Christianity really started off more

like that then kind of morphed over the

the centuries and particularly in

fundamentalists and evangelicals in the

20th century toward this place we're

going to go right right after we die

yeah you kind of have the Schism in

Christianity today between the kind of

the the fundamentalists that that that

are constantly talking about the

afterlife and accepting Jesus and

they're focused on missionary working

and converting people versus say maybe

the Rick Warren of the world that want

to put their money into soup kitchens

and helping the poor and and and and

Christians have a moral duty to you know

help those in need and and not so much

focused on the next life and yeah well

and it's funny a because there there are

real dangers associated with both those

kinds of conceptualizations I mean you

alluded to one danger that was

associated with let's call those who are

concerned more with the immediate

present

and that's the that's starting to

manifest itself in these in these U

technological immort immortalists

they're saying well we should transform

the nature of being extraordinarily

radically right here and now so that we

have heaven and immortality here you

think well what do we lose by doing that

you know and and that's a question

that's really worth asking because if

we're transhuman then we lose Being

Human and it may be that we actually

don't want to lose Being Human even

though being human means suffering and

malevolence something like that it's a

very hard question but then the

Christians this is what where n went

after the Christians with such an act he

said well if you despise the the current

world and you leave everything to be

rectified in the afterlife then you just

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today well this the meage my message in

the book to to the singularitarians and

the cryonics and transhumanists and so

on is um you know I'm glad you're

working on this problem you know but you

because they say shmer don't you want to

live to be a thousand years and my

response is look just get me to 90

without you know Cancer and a 100

without Alzheimer's and 110 without

being plugged into machines and lying in

a bed because that's not a life and and

so and so I'm glad people are working on

like what's the best diet how much

sleep what what can we do to improve our

memory and so on that's all great and

and and and I'm glad power to them and

I'm glad kurile is now that you know

chief engineer of all Google I mean he's

got some resources to do something about

this but but this focus on living a

thousand years you're Miss first of all

you're get you may miss the little

incremental things we can do but also

you're missing out now there's this fail

I WR about out in the book um on Ray

kerswell it's a little kind of

biographical film of him uh called

Transcendent man and he's constantly

talking about you know living forever

and so on and he's obsessed with his

father his father died when he was 51

the father was 51 and Ry was you know

kind of missed out having a father

figure because the father was always

working and Ry was uh you know a real

entrepreneur achiever from his teenage

years so he was always working and the

fil kind of follows him around

collecting everything he can about his

father and he keeps it in the basement

of his house and he wants to resurrect

his father in a computer and it's like

oh boy Freud would have a field day with

this I'm not aan guy but there's

something there's something going on

there this sort of morose focus on I see

this this this strange dichotomy and

attitude that you just described even

characterizing you I see that in my own

life because I'm very interested in

technologies that Stave off aging

dietary manipulations and I have this

machine in my basement that's a an

intense pulse light L uh intense pulse

light machine that's unbelievable skin

rejuvenator like it's it's an absolute

Miracle this machine and it'll takes

it'll take sun damage from your skin

completely and and force Rejuvenation

it's like it's it's like using Photoshop

on your skin it's amazing and but on but

and so I think well isn't it interesting

to do everything possible to prolong

Youth and life but at the same time

there's another part of me that's

thinking

well this is something I wrote about in

in in in in this new book that I'm

publishing um I was thinking about

Socrates and his ability to accept his

death you know and and what Socrates

seems to have revealed in his acceptance

of his death was that if you live your

life properly then you youve may be you

lived your life in some sense you've

exhausted it in some sense and the

question is if you if you lived a

thousand years well what exactly what

what exactly would you do you know like

I've had kids and I I loved having kids

but I wouldn't have them again like I

wouldn't do that again I don't think and

I have a grandchild and that's fine but

that's a new thing and like I've had a

career and I as I get older the idea of

having 10 more careers

seems it's not like I'm not interested

in it but it it doesn't grip me the same

way that it would have say 20 years ago

and so I wonder like I wonder if it is

the case that life is in some

sense structured so that its finitude is

necessary and not something that should

be well casually transcended let's say

well the transhumanist would respond to

that uh that you're just used to this

idea of only living 80 90 years and and

then you're done that we would adjust to

that well maybe the other problem yeah

the question would be though who would

be the we that would adjust to that

because well yes you would no longer

okay to get there we we would really no

longer be human there the idea of the

transhumanist and the

singularitarianism

that up you know and and put chips in

your cortex and you'd essentially have

Wikipedia in your brain in for instant

access and so and and so would truly

bring new meaning to what it means to be

human okay right yes well and then

that's you could also argue that that's

a form of death because if you transform

yourself so radically that you're

unrecognizable then what where's the

continuity with what you once were

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