Think for Yourself - Question Authority

Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities — the political, the religious, the educational authorities — who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing — forming in our minds — their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness, chaotic, confused vulnerability to inform yourself.

spoken by Timothy Leary.
Music by Tool
Album: Salival
Track: Third Eye

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• question authority

[ShitMyCatsOnFire]

The album in your credits is wrong. This is off of Ænima.

[wuastwais]

@ShitMyCatsOnFire

Ænima has the Bill Hicks tribute version of Third Eye.

This is the live version.

[truthemulator]

someone has to tell you to think for yourself?

[wuastwais]

@truthemulator

Do you intend for me to answer this question?

[SerotoninRush]

words of wisdom.... Its shame that it only has 8,512 views. Its also a shame that baby - Justin bieber will probably soon have 500,000,000 views. If only their places could be exchanged, and all those theoretical viewers of this video take it seriously...

[wuastwais]

@SerotoninRush

I agree.

Although, on a more positive note, i attended a TOOL concert last year, where 45,000 folks heard this twice. This was just one stop on their tour.

They also sold 500k copies of the album the first week it was released. 

[underthebox]

This quote changed my life.

[bigfootshoottokill]

Why is it EVERY time we make some MOTHERFUCKER rich by buying his invention, he turns against us with his new found wealth?

[bigfootshoottokill]

If you dont think your being fucked with on a global scale....try putting a peice of cereal in a bowl of water, then pull it around with a magnet! NOW< What the fuck do you think theyre doing to you with those "cell phone towers?"

[X3RH0]

@stellajane80 the song is Third Eye which is on Aenima but this version is from Salival.

[sheekm227]

Powerful.

[odisiusable]

@ShitMyCatsOnFire TOOL!!!



[Bodhidharma1986]

"Buddhas don’t save Buddhas. If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha. As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha. Don’t use a Buddha to worship a Buddha. And don’t use the mind to invoke a Buddha. Buddhas don’t recite sutras. Buddhas don’t keep precepts. And Buddhas don’t break precepts. Buddhas don’t keep or break anything. Buddhas don’t do good or evil.

Buddhas are simply still..."

-Bodhidharma

[islamiscrap8888]

basically be a scientist.

[mymom48]

@AwakenedSword Also, reality is not an opinion. The world around us will not transform itself based on what we believe or how we choose to percieve it. That concept is actually closing off your mind.

[mymom48]

@AwakenedSword correction, educationl institutions do not mind if you use your brain, so long as you do well on state and federal testing periods.

[MrOrange121]

@gekori True Christianity is not oppressive or catholic. Get your shit together.