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joellen_reads
24 Aug 2026
book recomendation: ascent of humanity
i would like to share with this and recommend the book which is freely available online (http://www.ascentofhumanity.com):
"When recovering addicts share stories of incredible lost opportunities, torn families, ruined lives, and the destruction left in their wake, their regret is tempered by the knowledge that they have emerged somehow wiser. They tell of a breakthrough to self-forgiveness, which is nothing less than the knowledge that given who they were, they could have done no other than what they did. This parallels the inevitability I speak of. The horrifying course of human history was built into who we were, and through its passage we are becoming something different and greater. Collectively and as individuals, we are being born into a new self. The good news is that this will happen no matter what, as inexorably as a baby is born when gestation is complete. The bad news is that we nonetheless have the power to delay our birthing indefinitely, even to the point where both mother and child must perish. The purpose of my writing is simply to tell everyone not to resist the inevitable! The gig is up. The game is over. It is time to wake up and play something else." (http://www.ascentofhumanity.com/chapter2-11.php)
what he writes up to where i read it deeply resonates with my experience. i feel like my ibogaine experience woke me up. i love the read so far..
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