Dr. Dave Rabin

And I still struggle to understand what some of these guys were talking about, guys and gals were talking about. So it's not unique to you as a listener that you might have a hard time understanding this. Some of this stuff is really, really freaking hard to understand.

And I still struggle to understand what some of these guys were talking about, guys and gals were talking about. So it's not unique to you as a listener that you might have a hard time understanding this. Some of this stuff is really, really freaking hard to understand.

For me, yeah, it's almost like a game to figure out how can we find the words, right, and develop our personal language skills better and expand our vocabulary to meet an individual, a learner, where they are, wherever they are. They could be a child. young child. It could be somebody who just graduated from high school or is in high school.

For me, yeah, it's almost like a game to figure out how can we find the words, right, and develop our personal language skills better and expand our vocabulary to meet an individual, a learner, where they are, wherever they are. They could be a child. young child. It could be somebody who just graduated from high school or is in high school.

It could be somebody who is an older adult who grew up, you know, 70 years ago, who has no frame of reference of the kind of things that we face every day in the same way that we do. Point being that we have to meet the learner where they are. And so it's fun to try to figure it out. How do I describe what you want to learn to you in the words that you can understand?

It could be somebody who is an older adult who grew up, you know, 70 years ago, who has no frame of reference of the kind of things that we face every day in the same way that we do. Point being that we have to meet the learner where they are. And so it's fun to try to figure it out. How do I describe what you want to learn to you in the words that you can understand?

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Yeah, it's a great question. And I think, you know, speaking of things that have been poorly translated, right? Psychedelics is amazing. Yes. And I think the best way to understand psychedelics, again, if we're going to take a language-based approach, is let's start with the word. What does psychedelic mean?

Yeah, it's a great question. And I think, you know, speaking of things that have been poorly translated, right? Psychedelics is amazing. Yes. And I think the best way to understand psychedelics, again, if we're going to take a language-based approach, is let's start with the word. What does psychedelic mean?

So psychedelic was a term that was coined by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, and Humphrey Osmond in the late 40s, early 50s, to describe the experiences they were having with LSD. And back when LSD was first discovered and before they, and so that term psychedelic means to reveal the mind. Psyche means mind. Delos means to show or to reveal.

So psychedelic was a term that was coined by Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, and Humphrey Osmond in the late 40s, early 50s, to describe the experiences they were having with LSD. And back when LSD was first discovered and before they, and so that term psychedelic means to reveal the mind. Psyche means mind. Delos means to show or to reveal.

So this term is not, is not mean crazy seventies dance party. or rave or festival music festival, right? That's not what that's not what it means to just like eliminate that from your consciousness for a moment. And think about that word for what it actually means, which is mind revealing experience. Following me?

So this term is not, is not mean crazy seventies dance party. or rave or festival music festival, right? That's not what that's not what it means to just like eliminate that from your consciousness for a moment. And think about that word for what it actually means, which is mind revealing experience. Following me?

Okay. So that's how it starts. And the reason why that's really important is because the words we use to describe these experiences before Aldous Huxley and Humphrey Osmond coined the term psychedelics or psychedelic experiences was psychotomimetic, which means to mimic a psychotic episode. Okay. So that was how people looked at psychedelic experiences before we had a new word.

Okay. So that's how it starts. And the reason why that's really important is because the words we use to describe these experiences before Aldous Huxley and Humphrey Osmond coined the term psychedelics or psychedelic experiences was psychotomimetic, which means to mimic a psychotic episode. Okay. So that was how people looked at psychedelic experiences before we had a new word.

So again, just thinking about we have to develop new language, right? Language has to evolve with our understanding of the world. Just perfect example, because these are not mimicking psychotic experiences. They are not hallucinations. They are changing the lens with which we look at reality through so that we can learn from reality through a different filter, a different lens, right?

So again, just thinking about we have to develop new language, right? Language has to evolve with our understanding of the world. Just perfect example, because these are not mimicking psychotic experiences. They are not hallucinations. They are changing the lens with which we look at reality through so that we can learn from reality through a different filter, a different lens, right?

That's what's happening. The chemical shifts neurocircuitry that shifts a filter in our brains and allows us to intake different stimulation and frequencies from the environment that are always there. We're just perceiving them now.

That's what's happening. The chemical shifts neurocircuitry that shifts a filter in our brains and allows us to intake different stimulation and frequencies from the environment that are always there. We're just perceiving them now.