Lecture 1 of the "First Principles of Philosophy" series. Recorded in 1963 at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles.

This is the second dharma talk of the “The Mind of Love Transforms All Difficulties” retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh at the New Hamlet of Plum Village in France. The talk is given in English with consecutive translation into Italian. In this very short talk on August 29, 2014, Thay teaches on the elements of love and the four mantras.

"The world is magic, not a little bit, one hundred percent. Every atom from one end of this cosmos to the other is magic, magic, magic." "Fate has chosen you to hear about [DMT]. If you now go ahead..."

While it is a story that we have heard before in various guises, Terence once again manages to tell his DMT stories in a way that makes it seem like…