For episode 8 of Season 6 Robert is joined by writer and host of the Third Eye Drops podcast, Michael Phillip. In the conversation the two discuss the art-form that is podcasting, as well as their psychedelic experiences. Later in the episode the two dive into a conversation around the internal critic we all deal with, and how to confront the reality, good or bad, that you find before you.
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Show Notes:
0:45- Michael Phillip is host of the podcast, Third Eye Drops. 
 
3:00- Podcasting has become Phillip’s way to make the sounds he is putting into the void have some meaning. 
 
5:08- “You’re dipping into the wonder of life and evaluating it with these words and you do it very eloquently.” (Patton)
 
8:23- “Terence McKenna was like the psychedelic Jordan Peterson.” (Patton)
 
12:18- “A pernicious thing has taken root.” (Phillip commenting on public discourse)
 
14:29- One of Phillip’s favorite philosophers is Socrates. 
 
18:00- After serving in the army, Patton has seen how the media can portray false narratives about war efforts. 
 
21:15- It can be good to be curious about your emotions, but not letting them manipulate them. 
 
26:04- Trying to place both on only one side of the political spectrum doesn’t do anything to make change. 
 
29:53- “There’s nothing that could surprise me at this point, almost.” (Phillip)
 
34:07- Dialogue helps us with the flux of reality. 
 
36:48- “I’m not interested in idealogical supremacy.” (Phillip)
 
42:40- Psychedelics can take you to the deepest extremes. 
 
45:40- Patton conveys the importance of slowing down and taking a moment to reflect on growth and progress. 
 
50:49- Phillip’s go to for a psychedelic experience is psilocybin mushrooms. 
 
56:14- There seems to be some kind of jester entity experienced in out of body experiences. 
 
58:33- Patton describes his first experienced with psilocybin mushrooms at age sixteen. 
 
1:00:54- Psychedelics can mean ‘soul manifesting’. 
 
1:03:34- It is a great feeling to go back to being even after dealing with chaos and uncertainty.
 
1:07:34- Salvia is a strong dissociative psychedelic plant that doesn’t produce pleasant experiences. 
 
1:10:33- “Everybody is just a work in progress.” (Phillip)
 
1:14:34- Finding a happy medium is good for balance. 
 

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