Hey there folks

Has anyone here read left in the dark, by Tony Wright and Graham Gynn? This forums probably pretty turned on to DMT and that sort of thing, so i figured i’d mention it. I’ve written about it elsewhere so i’ll break this post up. Here is the free .pdf of his book thats now on his site. Its fucking mindblowing so check it out

The forward by Dennis McKenna and other info on this site explains the basic theory. The free .pdf is on this page to: http://leftinthedark.org.uk/book  (direct link wasn’t working)

Although Terence McKenna can sum it up since his theory is in a very similar vein:

“I believe that the lost secret of human emergence..the undefined catalyst that took a very bright monkey and turned that species into a self-reflecting dreamer..that catalyst has to be sought in these alkaloids in the food chain that were catalyzing higher states of intellectual activity.”

“ You must cut through the aura of programming and cultural assumptions that surround us from the moment we are able to speak. The only way this can be done is by dissolving the boundaries of ego. Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable. “

“the goal can now be stated. What this is all about is a return to archaism with the lessons learned in history. Thats where we were happy. The fall was a fall..into a veil of tears..into a world of limitation and pain and suffering and infectious disease and so forth and so on. It’s a prodigal journey into a lower dimension that can now be ended by a collective cultural decision to commit to this Taoist shamanistic feminized cybernetic caring aware present kind of being.”

If you’ve read it already then check out this new book project aimed at getting a new book into the mainstream: http://www.indiegogo.com/Make-up-your-own-mind

The premise for this fellows very elegant theory is very simple, although the implications and applicability of it is astoundingly vast: If you change somethings fuel and build materials,then the functioning of that something will inevitably change.

For those unfamiliar with it in need of more convincing i’ll just try and explain some of it

This is plant/human symbiosis

While the darwinian model of human evolution can explain quite a lot, it forgets to incorporate the overwhelming evidence of plant/human symbiosis, and the implications of this on our own evolution. It has always been an enigma why our DNA is so similar to our primate brothers and yet physically and behaviorally we are so different. Symbiosis works in tandem with natural selection but it opens the possibility to new types of evolutionary developments in the organisms involved. We are discovering now more than ever how often symbiosis occurs.

Symbiosis proliferates on many many levels of nature.. Terence McKenna once said that “plants evolved animals so they could move their seeds around..” This is literally one of the reasons why fruit (which is literally a womb for the seeds) is how it is: to attract animals to eat it so that they disperse its seeds around the forest floor. This helps ensure the plants survival. This win win situation is largely why the chemicals in food like fruit are so good for us (as we are continually finding now adays), and why they make us feel great to. Just consider this scenario for a moment..

We all know that we originated in Africa where our hairy, big brained, fruit eating cousins still hang..and that throughout a span of tens of millions of years we began incorporating higher amounts of fruit into our diet. We also know food affects brain size ( http://kowb1290.com/diet-affect-brain-size/ ) and that fruit is one of the most, if not the most complex and nutritious foods on the entire planet. This companionship with fruit was extremely unique in that inside the fruit itself is a developmental environment for the seeds, meaning its like a womb wherein the thousands of present chemicals are influencing what is developing. Through our diet these were incorporated into our own developmental environments and had extremely unique affects, which are reflected by our obvious uniqueness compared to most other mammals. The most complex tissue in the known universe evolved in the most complex chemical environment imaginable, it seems.

Many of the thousands of molecules in fruit are transcription modifies, meaning they are involved in chemically reading the DNA and changing how it is expressed..In other words, they alter how literally everything from cells to organs to brains are built- since this is all mediated through transcription. DNA is the blueprint and transcription is the chemical process involved in reading it.

Thousands upon thousands of these fruit chemicals flooded the womb the entire time the DNA was building the child because the mother was eating this cocktail of fruit bio-chemistry..and the blood of the mother literally is the blood of the fetus. This extended until after birth via breastfeeding where the same DNA reading chemicals would also be present.. And then on into life as the child began to eat by itself and acquire them directly. ( and yes mothers diet can affect child long into life http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616151748.htm )

These transcription chemicals, like flavonoids for example, are not only endocrine modulators, but also MAOI, anti-oxidants, and inhibitors of aromatase- meaning they inhibit testosterone which also has a monumental affect on what develops. Not only that, but its also proven that they stimulate pineal gland and brain activity.. Which creates a circular loop since this results in more transcription modifying chemicals being produced by the pineal (which are very unique and do many things), and hence more brain activity, and on and on it goes amplifying over generations in a positive feedback loop. They also inhibit some of our sex hormones- opening up the window for brain and immune system development..which is the opposite affect of what meat and many of the foods people eat now has on our hormones.

We also know our brains mysteriously exploded in both its size and complexity faster than any other organ in any animal in the ENTIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORD..and that now they have suddenly stalled and are shrinking. http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-why-brain-sh...

Its no coincidence the most complex tissue in the known universe evolved during a symbiosis with the most complex orchestra of food we have ever seen flooding it for millions upon millions of years. The forest was like our womb, these chemicals were housed in the fruit itself which literally is a womb with its own array of chemicals which became virtually one with our own system 24/7 for evolutionary time scales.. We literally fused into this system for millenia. How could suddenly removing virtually ALL of the thousands of chemicals that were actively involved in reading the DNA and thus drastically altering how our entire organism is built NOT make an absolutely humungus difference?

If NASA was to dramatically change how they read or interpreted ( aka transcription) the blueprint(DNA) of a space shuttle, and then went about building it that way, would any sane person seriously think it would function as it did before? Say, if they used plastic or wood instead and goldschlager vodka as fuel? The human brain is light years beyond any technology we have created in its sheer complexity and sensitivity to even minute changes in its chemical make up (as any person who’s taken mere micrograms of lsd, a few puffs of marijuana, or a few stiff drinks knows!)..and this is on a scale of millions upon millions of years and bam..suddenly our DNA looses basically all these transcription chemicals and its read totally different. Meaning the structure it produces would be extremely different as a consequence.

There is a ton of evidence for this. Even most mainstream myths, religions, ect. talk of this exact scenario, but in a more poetic right-brained lingo that has been distorted for thousands of years. A past golden age. The fall of mankind. The garden of eden. Basically our naked, harmonious, forest dwelling, fruit eating, paradisaical past.

I’ll post some of the other more neurological evidence later perhaps

So what are your thoughts on all this?

thats a pretty intersting theory, so we just need to eat more fruit? that sounds too easy.  It makes sense though, I guess that could explain why we decided to go to war with nature instead of continuing to learn from it and live in harmony with it.  It is like a species wide brain damage, and it has caused us to act like a cancer to this planet. 
The Tao says, “To go far is to return”.  I hope that is the case, maybe this is what has to happen for us to truly return to nature.  The fish doesnt know what its really like to be wet unitl it has been dry.

Well i think if we simply had to eat more fruit our ancestors would have figured this our a long time ago. It seems that the left hemisphere is much more damaged since its more sensitive to these hormones/steroids, and paradoxically its dominant. In our current state its not very responsive to a dietary rebuild however the right hemisphere still holds enormous potential, although its heavily suppressed by the left hemisphere and also chronically deficient so there is many factors that would probably make up some sort of fix. This is all very odd and we didn’t evolve to deal with this sort of internal glitch, but amazingly the neurological data they’ve found heavily supports it. Anyone in a psychology class could figure that out but we’ve never looked at it in this way before. We’ve only seen the info through the distorted lens of the left hemisphere which assumes ‘all is well’ and basically edits the information coming in to fit with its model of reality it is so frightened to get shaken up. There is a bunch of this info on the authors website as well

But yea there is many ways that seem to dramatically shift perception very quickly and a fruit-based diet is a fundamental part of all of it. The authors do mention though that most of the damage is done in the womb where most of our growth takes place and is at its most chemically sensitive level..and that in principle this whole thing can be prevented in one generation simply by replacing the developmental environment during pregnancy with the same chemical profile that existed before we lost this symbiotic connection- since that dictates what the dna is building. Not easy but a totally feasible thing to do! There is probably also other ways that could perhaps provide a near total fix for everyone else.

What type of conscious experience and abilities would result of all this..? well i don’t know but i think it would hardly be imaginable to most people. Put all the peak states, shamanic states, athletic abilities, savant abilities, ect ect together and that would probably be but a mere glimpse at what we would have considered normal at one point in time..considering the extent to which we seem to have fallen. (i.e. near total loss of brains build materials for 200k years and replacement with food with the opposite affects!)

Fruit has definitely changed my life and been an integral factor though in itself. Its really amazing. But being that we’re also (for life) chronically deficient in things like pinoline (an MAOI), melatonin, and probably DMT; a big shift in perception isn’t likely to happen without at least roughly replacing these kinds of key neurotransmitters..Luckily the ancients thoroughly outlined many routes which could literally be considered treatments to this condition. Combining a change in diet with frequent melatonin, MAOI, and even DMT use- especially in combination with other techniques like meditation, yoga, chanting, sleep dep, ect- is a way to really make some dramatic changes very quickly with dedicated use.

This all sounds absolutely bizarre to the left hemispheres which are reading it..even though its very well evidenced by the data coming right out of not only science but worldwide ancient ‘myths’ and practices as well..but as most who’ve taken a psychedelic know- all it takes is that experiential shift and suddenly the model of the world, and your idea of YOU, changes in ways that are mostly unlanguagable.

maybe this is related to the shamans and tribes in south america staying mentally and physically healthy dispite old age and no modern medicine.  pretty cool stuff.

definitely related in my opinion!