Human In The First Place

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There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness

Let's not forget
That ayahuasca is not alone
That it's part of an ancient worldwide system of the targeted, careful, responsible alteration of consciousness
It's recently been shown that the Kykeon used in the Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece was almost certainly a psychedelic brew
That the Soma of the Vedas may well have been a brew based upon the amanita muscaria mushroom, we have the DMT in the ancient Egyptian Tree of Life, we have the whole global cultures of surviving Shamanism and what it's all about is a state of consciousness that's designed to help us find balance, harmony
The ancient Egyptians would have called it; Maat with the universe and to remain mindful that what we're here to undertake on earth while immersed in matter is fundamentally a spiritual journey aimed at the growth and perfection of the soul
A journey that may go back to the very origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
(Human in the first place)

[Pre-Chorus]
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place

[Chorus]
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness

And I stand here invoking the hard won right of freedom of speech
To call for and demand another right to be recognized and that is the right of adult sovereignty over consciousness
There's a war on consciousness in our society and if we, as adults are not allowed to make sovereign decisions about what to experience with our own consciousness while doing no harm to others including the decision to use responsibly ancient and sacred visionary plants
Then we cannot claim to be free in any way and it's useless for our society to go around the world imposing our form of democracy on others while we nourish this rot at the heart of society
And we do not allow individual freedom over consciousness, it may even be that we're denying ourselves the next vital step in our own evolution by allowing the state of affairs to continue
And who knows perhaps our immortal destiny as well
Thank you
[Applause]

[Pre-Chorus]
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place

[Pre-Chorus]
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place
Origins of what made us human in the first place
Human in the first place
Human in the first place

[Chorus]
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness

[Chorus]
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness
War on consciousness
There's a war on consciousness