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An ancient two-plant psychedelic brew used here as evidence that some practical or spiritual discoveries exceed easy modern scientific explanation.
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ayahuasca
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...they since then they already been started using um psychedelics like ayahuasca um but now we still have yet to figure out how um..."
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A student uses ayahuasca as an example of enduring mystery: modern theory can describe receptors and synapses, but still cannot explain either the subjective experience or how ancient people discovered the brew.
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Jiang argues that ayahuasca's dependence on two particular plants in a particular quantity makes purely random discovery implausible.
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The student adds that one ingredient alone would produce only a short experience, while the paired herbs create a fuller one, which strengthens the sense that the recipe is highly specific.
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Jiang describes ayahuasca as one of the most powerful psychedelics, safe when correctly prepared, and productive of a transcendental experience.
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Jiang begins answering the psychedelic objection by claiming that different psychedelics produce different kinds of access and experience, with ayahuasca offered as a case associated with demons and spirits.
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Jiang says practices such as ayahuasca, DMT, and meditation can open consciousness enough for communication with spiritual beings.
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"...they since then they already been started using um psychedelics like ayahuasca um but now we still have yet to figure out how um..."
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"with ayahuasca right because ayahuasca is a blending of two plants there's like a million plants you could blend together right how do they..."
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"...among millions of herb um they combine they they create this ayahuasca that can actually give you a full experience rather than just 10..."
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"no way it could have been random right there's no way it could have been random it was not like okay you know what..."
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"okay ayahuasca i'm telling you no one knows how they came up with this okay it is the most one of the most powerful..."
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"...psychedelic, you have different experiences. So for example, if you're on ayahuasca, you'll see like demons and spirits floating around you."
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"...you open your consciousness, okay, like, for example, if you do ayahuasca, once you do DMT, okay, once you engage in meditation, then you're..."
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"...in touch with the divine it would be like taking out ayahuasca or a psychedelic of some sort okay all right if you were..."
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"...the world. Okay. It's pretty amazing. But people who do psychedelics, ayahuasca, people who have near -death experiences, they all say this. When this..."
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"...these drugs, and they could be magic mushrooms, they could be ayahuasca, peyote, whatever. Okay? But they alter your consciousness in a way that..."
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