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Psychedelic Prayers After the Tao Teh Ching
PSYCHEDELIC PRAYERS
after the
TAO TE CHING
by
Timothy Leary
"...But that crucial non−game terror−reverence aweful moment comes...
There comes a time when the ecstatic cry is called for.
At that time, you must be ready to pray.
To go beyond yourself. To contact energy beyond your game.
At that time you must be ready to pray.
When you have lost the need to pray....
Your are a dead man in a world of dead symbols.
Pray for life.
Pray for life."
−Timothy Leary
Kumaon Hills,
Almora, India, !965
Millbrook, New York, 1966
I
PRAYERS FOR PREPARATION
HOMAGE TO LAO TSE
I − 1 The Guide
I − 2 When The Harmony Is Lost
I − 3 Life Seed Death
I − 4 Let There Be Simple Natural Things
I − 5 All Things Pass
I − 6 The message Of Posture
I − 1
The Guide
In the greatest sessions
One does not know that
there is a guide
In the next best sessions
One praises the guide
It is worse when
One fears the guide
The worst is that
One pays him
If the guide lacks trust
in the people
Then
The trust of the people
will be lacking
The wise guide guards his words
The wise guide sits serenely
When the greatest session is over
The people will say−
"It all happened naturally"
or
"It was so simple, we did it
all ourselves."
I − 2
When The Harmony Is Lost
When the harmony is lost
Then come the clever discussions and
"Wise men" appear
When the unity is lost
Then come "friends"
When the session is plunged
into disorder
Then there are "doctors"
I − 3
L S D
(life light love, seed sun son, death daughter dna)
Hold in reverence
This great Symbol of Transformation
And the whole world comes to you
Comes to you without harm, and
Dwells in commonwealth
Dwells in the union of heaven and earth
Offer music.....
Food.....
Wine.....
And the passing guest will stay for a while
But the molecular message
In its passage through the mouth
Is without flavor
It cannot be seen
It cannot be heard
It cannot be exhausted by use
It remains
I − 4
Let There Be Simple Natural Things
During The Session
Let there be simple, Natural things
To contact during the sessions −
hand woven cloth
uncarved wood
flowers − growing things
ancient music
burning fire
a touch of earth
a splash of water
fruit, good bread, cheese
fermenting wine
candles
temple incense
a warm hand
fish swimming
anything which is over
five hundred years old
Of course it is always best to be
secluded with nature
I − 5
All Things Pass
All things pass
A sunrise does not last all morning
All things pass
A cloudburst does not last all day
All things pass
Nor a sunset all night
All things pass
What always changes?
Earth...Sky...thunder...
Mountain...water...
wind...fire lake...
These change
And if these do not last
Do man's vision's last?
Do man's illusions?
During the session
Take things as they come

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