This is robust insight, this field vs movement thinking. And it’s applicable everywhere. Having begun my grad education invigorated by a movement and giving all it required of myself, after a year into my studies I finally broke on through my own movement mindset and walked into the field, a field that barely exists in academia and that is so distasteful by the movement’s proponents that historically the critics have had to resort to fiction to get their criticisms out into the world. I can see a lot of your insight into the psychedelic movement as applicable to other movements. You’re really on to something and I love that you call for intellectual rigor *and* spiritual integrity as antidotes to the movement mindset.
Temple tarps - I know that one! Great thoughts, insights and perspective Brother Joe. Integrity is so important when it comes to any field of practice. There are many movements that could use the same practice of awareness. As a Veteran, I can say whole heartedly psychedelics changed the trajectory of my life. However, with that shift in trajectory, it also came a lot of lifestyle changes…additionally each and every movement forward is a deepening in that conscious field of awareness. Being a Bio guy, I am at awe with nature and what god has put here on this earth to explore. Thank you for sharing your thoughts dear brother. All love - AHO!
Loving your writing on this… one question for my own enquiry: did the field/movement distinction come from another thinker/book? Or is it something that you’ve come to? I love it so much and want to use it in another context but want to point to where it’s from.
So timely for me to stumble upon the movement vs field insight you’ve discovered Joe. I’ve been researching my entry into the psychedelic industry after a recent two week Ayahuasca retreat. Understanding the traps of a movement is critical for me to find truly meaningful work somewhere on the field.
Wow Joe, so delighted to read these articles, which just came to my attention this morning. I've been watching this scene unfold for (holy shit) four decades. We'll have a lot more to share. I'm in New England now. Hope we get an opportunity to connect. I've just begun to speak and write about this. Exciting for me to see how many are coming to the same realizations about this psychedelic renaissance, that I was a significant instigator of. My nutshell: modern psychedelic history is a microcosm of the history of religion. Some of it contains the very best of humanity, but perhaps even more, the nadir: mind control, manipulation, confusion. Keep writing. God Bless!
This is robust insight, this field vs movement thinking. And it’s applicable everywhere. Having begun my grad education invigorated by a movement and giving all it required of myself, after a year into my studies I finally broke on through my own movement mindset and walked into the field, a field that barely exists in academia and that is so distasteful by the movement’s proponents that historically the critics have had to resort to fiction to get their criticisms out into the world. I can see a lot of your insight into the psychedelic movement as applicable to other movements. You’re really on to something and I love that you call for intellectual rigor *and* spiritual integrity as antidotes to the movement mindset.
Temple tarps - I know that one! Great thoughts, insights and perspective Brother Joe. Integrity is so important when it comes to any field of practice. There are many movements that could use the same practice of awareness. As a Veteran, I can say whole heartedly psychedelics changed the trajectory of my life. However, with that shift in trajectory, it also came a lot of lifestyle changes…additionally each and every movement forward is a deepening in that conscious field of awareness. Being a Bio guy, I am at awe with nature and what god has put here on this earth to explore. Thank you for sharing your thoughts dear brother. All love - AHO!
Loving your writing on this… one question for my own enquiry: did the field/movement distinction come from another thinker/book? Or is it something that you’ve come to? I love it so much and want to use it in another context but want to point to where it’s from.
So timely for me to stumble upon the movement vs field insight you’ve discovered Joe. I’ve been researching my entry into the psychedelic industry after a recent two week Ayahuasca retreat. Understanding the traps of a movement is critical for me to find truly meaningful work somewhere on the field.
Wow Joe, so delighted to read these articles, which just came to my attention this morning. I've been watching this scene unfold for (holy shit) four decades. We'll have a lot more to share. I'm in New England now. Hope we get an opportunity to connect. I've just begun to speak and write about this. Exciting for me to see how many are coming to the same realizations about this psychedelic renaissance, that I was a significant instigator of. My nutshell: modern psychedelic history is a microcosm of the history of religion. Some of it contains the very best of humanity, but perhaps even more, the nadir: mind control, manipulation, confusion. Keep writing. God Bless!
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I’ll credit you rather than the shower - although sounds like both contributed 😇