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Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't tend to last.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
Author
Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
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Perceptions
States
Drug
Altered
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Brief
Consciousness
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Buddhism
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