[NOTE: All quotations below are by Pablo Amaringo, as interpreted by Lorenzo from Zoe7's translation.]

Pablo Amaringo was elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honor of the United Nations Environmental Program in recognition of outstanding practical achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment through the USKO-AYAR school.

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03:23 Susan Blackmore introduces Pablo Amaringo

07:16 “I was born and raised Catholic, but I did not really subscribe to the way in which that religion interpreted existence and life, particularly life after death.”

13:02 “From experience, I came to learn that ayahuasca bestows upon the user knowledge about a variety of topics, not only consciousness and perception, but also leads one to realize that what we perceive is an illusion.”
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Guest speaker: Susan Blackmore
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PROGRAM NOTES:

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03:30 Jon Hanna introduces Susan Blackmore

08:04 “A lot of people kind of think that scientists like myself are kind of pushing the problem [of what is consciousness] away, some are, but there’s a huge excitement about what we do with this mystery, and it’s a very strange mystery indeed.”

09:22 “That’s what we mean by consciousness, in contemporary science, what it’s like for you.”
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