Rick Doblin
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Podcast Appearances
You will have carried this message. And then he dies in front of my arms, in front of my eyes. And then after he's dead, and then I'm thinking, what do I do next? And I walk out the room. And now I'm somehow or other on a stream. I'm sitting down watching the water go by. And then I noticed that there's this young boy sitting next to me. And I look at him and I realize I know him.
You will have carried this message. And then he dies in front of my arms, in front of my eyes. And then after he's dead, and then I'm thinking, what do I do next? And I walk out the room. And now I'm somehow or other on a stream. I'm sitting down watching the water go by. And then I noticed that there's this young boy sitting next to me. And I look at him and I realize I know him.
You will have carried this message. And then he dies in front of my arms, in front of my eyes. And then after he's dead, and then I'm thinking, what do I do next? And I walk out the room. And now I'm somehow or other on a stream. I'm sitting down watching the water go by. And then I noticed that there's this young boy sitting next to me. And I look at him and I realize I know him.
In real life at the time, I had a big LSD stash and I was worried about getting busted. And so his father was a friend of mine and he stored my LSD stash at his house. And when I connected this guy with this little kid with LSD, then I woke up. Wow. So that's what's been a big motivator for me my entire life and made it so that I don't feel that I've been able to just give up.
In real life at the time, I had a big LSD stash and I was worried about getting busted. And so his father was a friend of mine and he stored my LSD stash at his house. And when I connected this guy with this little kid with LSD, then I woke up. Wow. So that's what's been a big motivator for me my entire life and made it so that I don't feel that I've been able to just give up.
In real life at the time, I had a big LSD stash and I was worried about getting busted. And so his father was a friend of mine and he stored my LSD stash at his house. And when I connected this guy with this little kid with LSD, then I woke up. Wow. So that's what's been a big motivator for me my entire life and made it so that I don't feel that I've been able to just give up.
It's like this sort of message from what humanity can do to each other if we don't really evolve in our consciousness. Right. And so that's what's helped me to continue. I feel this enormous good fortune in that I was born in this generational, I won the generational lottery is a way to say it.
It's like this sort of message from what humanity can do to each other if we don't really evolve in our consciousness. Right. And so that's what's helped me to continue. I feel this enormous good fortune in that I was born in this generational, I won the generational lottery is a way to say it.
It's like this sort of message from what humanity can do to each other if we don't really evolve in our consciousness. Right. And so that's what's helped me to continue. I feel this enormous good fortune in that I was born in this generational, I won the generational lottery is a way to say it.
My great-grandparents on my mother's side were refugees from Russia, came to America in 1880, fleeing anti-Semitism. My father's father, my grandfather and grandmother, my grandfather flew, fleed from Poland in 1920, also from anti-Semitism. They arrive at America, and it's the American dream. And it actually, on my mother's side, it was the classic rags to riches because they had a rags business.
My great-grandparents on my mother's side were refugees from Russia, came to America in 1880, fleeing anti-Semitism. My father's father, my grandfather and grandmother, my grandfather flew, fleed from Poland in 1920, also from anti-Semitism. They arrive at America, and it's the American dream. And it actually, on my mother's side, it was the classic rags to riches because they had a rags business.
My great-grandparents on my mother's side were refugees from Russia, came to America in 1880, fleeing anti-Semitism. My father's father, my grandfather and grandmother, my grandfather flew, fleed from Poland in 1920, also from anti-Semitism. They arrive at America, and it's the American dream. And it actually, on my mother's side, it was the classic rags to riches because they had a rags business.
They turned it into a paper company. And so I was born in 1953 after the Holocaust, after World War II. And my parents were just so supportive. And my dad was a doctor. And I was told, we want to help you do whatever you want to do. And I felt like I was born at the height of American power, American exceptionalism. I was white. I was Male, my family was well off.
They turned it into a paper company. And so I was born in 1953 after the Holocaust, after World War II. And my parents were just so supportive. And my dad was a doctor. And I was told, we want to help you do whatever you want to do. And I felt like I was born at the height of American power, American exceptionalism. I was white. I was Male, my family was well off.
They turned it into a paper company. And so I was born in 1953 after the Holocaust, after World War II. And my parents were just so supportive. And my dad was a doctor. And I was told, we want to help you do whatever you want to do. And I felt like I was born at the height of American power, American exceptionalism. I was white. I was Male, my family was well off.
I was the chosen people, Jewish, American exceptionalism. The only thing I wasn't was tall. but I got every other sort of lottery thing. And I just was raised that I could make a difference. And so I had this sort of luxury. There's actually a Holocaust writer named Primo Levi, who was one of my father's heroes in a way.
I was the chosen people, Jewish, American exceptionalism. The only thing I wasn't was tall. but I got every other sort of lottery thing. And I just was raised that I could make a difference. And so I had this sort of luxury. There's actually a Holocaust writer named Primo Levi, who was one of my father's heroes in a way.
I was the chosen people, Jewish, American exceptionalism. The only thing I wasn't was tall. but I got every other sort of lottery thing. And I just was raised that I could make a difference. And so I had this sort of luxury. There's actually a Holocaust writer named Primo Levi, who was one of my father's heroes in a way.
And he wrote something very interesting that I think has relevance to where we're at today in America. And he talked about how we tend to think of that the revolutions start with the oppressed and that the oppressed throw off their chains and they end up amassing all these people and they try to work for a better world. He said, but that's not actually what happens.
And he wrote something very interesting that I think has relevance to where we're at today in America. And he talked about how we tend to think of that the revolutions start with the oppressed and that the oppressed throw off their chains and they end up amassing all these people and they try to work for a better world. He said, but that's not actually what happens.