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And I think this is the great breakthrough of psychedelics and shamanism, that science got it absolutely wrong: the universe didn’t begin in a singularity – who knows how the universe began, or would even presume to judge? – but the universe ends in a singularity. It has been growing more singular, more complex, more unique, more novel, every passing moment since it burst into existence. And if that’s true, then we represent a kind of concrescence of universal intent. We’re not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some side show, or the Greek chorus to the main event: the human experience is the main event. The coordination of perception, of hope, of dream, of vision, that occurs inside the human heart/mind/body interface is the most complex phenomenon in the universe.
