Taking Psilocybin has had a huge impact on me. It opened me up to the realization that true understanding comes from within - not from what’s “out there.” You don’t need to take much of it to learn something meaningful, but it does expose you to perspectives and experiences you’ve likely never encountered or even considered before, especially if no one’s ever shared those ideas with you.

There’s so much to learn from within. In fact, everything can be learned by simply looking inward. What we call “physical reality” is really just a virtual reality. Everything is information. Consciousness is both the processor and creator of that information - it’s the source of all that exists.

Your thoughts, actions, and beliefs all originate from within and manifest outward in countless ways. Think of it like a video game such as World of Warcraft: the avatar moves through the virtual world, but it’s the player - outside the game - who’s truly in control. The avatar can only interact with its environment; it can’t perceive the computer or the player that’s running the whole thing. That’s similar to how we experience our own reality.

Your beliefs are shaped by your environment. What you feel and the outcomes you experience are direct reflections of what you surround yourself with. Remember - everything is information.

Nature, too, is an evolving, intelligent system that conserves energy and becomes more efficient over time as it learns about itself through us. We’re connected to it through higher levels of consciousness. As this system evolves, it continuously reduces entropy (or disorder). This ongoing process of reducing entropy - of creating more harmony and complexity - is what love really is.

Love builds and sustains. Fear, on the other hand, introduces entropy. It creates disorder, division, illness, and misunderstanding. To correct that imbalance, we don’t need to acquire more or separate ourselves further. We need to look inward and reconnect with the higher consciousness that’s guiding this virtual reality we’re part of.

Love unites and evolves. Fear divides and destroys.

Photographs made with my Leica m262 / edited in Lightroom+Dehancer