Timothy Leary - Sense Quotes

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There's one uneasy borderline between what is external and what is internal, and this borderline is defined exactly by the sense organs and the skin and the introduction of external things within my own body. Consciousness is altered by physical events and physical objects, which impinge upon my sense organs, or which I introduce into my body.
Now the name traditionally given to external objects or processes which change you internally is sacrament. Sacraments are the visible and tangible techniques for bringing you close to your own divinity.

Timothy Leary

Explaining why he abandoned his plan to have his head preserved by the cryonics movement:

They have no sense of humor. I was worried I would wake up in 50 years surrounded by people with clipboards.

Timothy Leary

My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.

Timothy Leary

Anything that affects your senses … is your business. If you want to kill yourself through nicotine or cyanide, it's your business.

Timothy Leary