It is time for humanity to stand up and regain its place in the world.

When it comes to our birthdays, we normally see them as a time of gifts and external praise. Well as I turn 25 years old, for the first time I am not using my birthday for selfish or egocentric pursuits, but as a time for reflection about what the last year has brought me and where I want to focus my efforts in the years to come. So without further ado I would like to share with you the thoughts and ideas I have accumulated over the last quarter century that I feel can add great value to your life and the world we live in.

I have always heard people say how if everyone in the world would take lsd, eat psilocybin mushrooms, drink Ayahuasca, etc. that it would save the world. And although I agreed with the idea in regards to my own reality, I have always been partial to such statements because there are simply people in this world that are not in tune enough with their own selves to handle the flood gates opening and putting into question their entire belief system and possibly washing away the foundation of their entire being. However, with the vast array of problems facing the world today, I stronly believe that "psychedelic empowerment" as Terence Mckenna so boldy once said, is what will save us. Concepts such as logic and critical thinking are important, but we need to first FEEL the predicament we are facing. If everyone could FEEL the problems we face, we could move rapidly towards real solutions. But the world unfortunately, is numb. We are dying from a lack of a connection to the living world from which we came. We must reach across barriers of culture and time and space to the basic humanness that unites us all. And we can do this I am sure, with the use of psychoactive plant medicines, and inturn create a sense of global community that fosters caring and responsibility. NONE OF THIS CAN HAPPEN IF WE DO NOT CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK. We have the resources and the logistical ability to pretty much do anything in the world, but we can not seem to change the way we think. The sad reality is that we do not know who we are, and we do not know where we want to go. Western science is six hundred years old (correct me if I am wrong). Humans have been on earth for 2 million years, and life has been here for 1.4 billion. Their are profound mysteries that science will never explain. There is enormous wisdom in biology, and we must tap into it and articulate it. If we really are the crowning achievement of the evolutionary process, lets prove it by lifting ourselves to a higher state of being and not betray it by throwing the planet away. So I urge all of you to look into the many sacred plant teachers, choose the one that speaks to you, and return to harmony with all there is.

- Your friend, Paul

*NOTE:

It is important to not let the governments propoganda campaign of fear and hysteria regarding psychadelics control you anymore! They do no harm to your body and have been employed by some of the greatest minds in the world and have infiltraited influential circles at Berkeley and Harvard. We all know about the counter revolution that occured in the 60s when psychadelics where legal and readily available: People shifted to an archaic style of living, and peoples competitveness disolved. The government does not fear for your well being. They fear for that which can not be contained; the effects psychadelics would have in shaping cultural self image if psychadelics were legal. This is the hidden issue that makes governments unwilling to consider legalization: The unmanaged shift in conciousness that legal psychadelics would bring is extremely threataning to a "dominator," ego oriented culture. Putting aside that absolutely ridiculous idea of making a plant illegal, consider this. If a plant has been in use for thousands of years you can be confident that it does not carry any physical risks.