"The majority of people are seldom right about anything."
The Chemical Buddha wasn't a fan of the 'group think'. He found anything a group of people could agree on was usually flat and flavorless. That was because it was so full of compromise that no one was happy. TCB believed true innovation came from one person or a small group of people (three at most). It was here true radical thought lived. Of course, this might have been the thinking he used to justify the fact that a majority of people were against, even repulsed, by his teachings. He held firm in the belief that people would eventually come around and accept his ideas as mainstream. At the end of his life, he was still waiting. If we could talk to The Chemical Buddha now, we imagine he would think his death served to increase his legend. Just like dying young helped James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Jesus.
Which of your ideas do you consider radical?
What radical ideas do you agree with?
What mainstream ideas do you agree with?
What ideas would you be willing to fight or even die for?
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I've Got Mono
"Christianity started as a cult."
In the early years of his enlightenment through pharmaceuticals movement, The Chemical Buddha was subject to lots of questions, skepticism and even ridicule. He was called names like stoner, burn out and fatso. But he slowly won over converts because he had connections to some of the best weed in town. As more and more people came around to his way of thinking, TCB started to pick up quite a few followers. (As long as you consider one, 'a few'.) Because of his persecution, The Chemical Buddha felt like he could relate to what Jesus, the early Christians, and the first monotheists must have gone through. All of the great thinkers and rebels were feared when they first introduced their ideas. But they all managed to bend society to their will. Eventually. At least, that's what he and I kept telling ourselves.
What new ideas have you dismissed as too stupid or risky?
How do you keep yourself stuck by not trying something different?
In the early years of his enlightenment through pharmaceuticals movement, The Chemical Buddha was subject to lots of questions, skepticism and even ridicule. He was called names like stoner, burn out and fatso. But he slowly won over converts because he had connections to some of the best weed in town. As more and more people came around to his way of thinking, TCB started to pick up quite a few followers. (As long as you consider one, 'a few'.) Because of his persecution, The Chemical Buddha felt like he could relate to what Jesus, the early Christians, and the first monotheists must have gone through. All of the great thinkers and rebels were feared when they first introduced their ideas. But they all managed to bend society to their will. Eventually. At least, that's what he and I kept telling ourselves.
What new ideas have you dismissed as too stupid or risky?
How do you keep yourself stuck by not trying something different?
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