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title: "2 Dynamics Quotes By Terence McKenna"
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> [The immediate future of man lies in the imagination and in seeking the dimension where the imagination can be expressed. The present cultural crisis on the surface of the planet is caused by the fact that this is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-immediate-future-of-man-lies-in-the-imagination-and-in-seeking-2/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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> [The real truth that dare not speak itself, is that no one is in control, absolutely no one... Nobody is in control. This stuff is ruled by the equations of dynamics and chaos. Now, there may be entities seeking control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-real-truth-that-dare-not-speak-itself-is-that-no-one-is-in/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

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## More by Terence McKenna

> [History was an incredibly damaging experience, and now it's over . . . in a sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/history-was-an-incredibly-damaging-experience-and-now-it-s-over-in-a/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-somehow-the-children-of-the-planet-we-are-somehow-its-finest/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [The history of man that you don't know is what your unconscious is made out of. Just as the history of yourself that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-history-of-man-that-you-don-t-know-is-what-your-unconscious-is/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [We are consciousness. We may not always be monkeys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-consciousness-we-may-not-always-be-monkeys/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [What is happening here is we are living past the age, by the millions, living past the age where cultural values make any sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/what-is-happening-here-is-we-are-living-past-the-age-by-the-millions/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/what-history-is-essentially-is-a-careening-out-of-control-effort-to/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [And what is the primary datum? It's the felt presence of immediate experience. In other words, being here now is the primary datum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/and-what-is-the-primary-datum-it-s-the-felt-presence-of-immediate/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/our-culture-difinitely-takes-an-egocentric-dominator-view-the-fear-of/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [Every step into freedom contains within it the potential for greater bondage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/every-step-into-freedom-contains-within-it-the-potential-for-greater/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [This is the message of your life and my life - it’s that nothing lasts. Heraclitus said it: Panta Rhei. All flows, nothing lasts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/this-is-the-message-of-your-life-and-my-life-it-s-that-nothing-lasts/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [I often like to think that our map of the world is wrong, that where we have centered physics, we should actually place literature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-often-like-to-think-that-our-map-of-the-world-is-wrong-that-where/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/knowledge-or-verbal-facility-is-no-proof-that-you-know-what-you-re/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [No culture on earth is as heavily narcotized as the industrial West in terms of being inured to the consequences of maladaptive behavior. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/no-culture-on-earth-is-as-heavily-narcotized-as-the-industrial-west/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [Man was not put on this planet to toil in the mud. Or the god who put us on this planet to toil in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/man-was-not-put-on-this-planet-to-toil-in-the-mud-or-the-god-who-put/)

[Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/)

> [If you take psychedelics and the Internet and music and put all of that together you have the basis for a new community that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/if-you-take-psychedelics-and-the-internet-and-music-and-put-all-of/)

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