What Jimmy Nguyen has said about Rave culture
1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 10, 2025
Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnamese-American former banker and registered nurse turned college counselor who spent about a year at a Buddhist monastery (first half of the conversation), has been quoted on Rave culture once in 1 episode of Ctrl-Alt-Reset, most recently on April 10, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Nguyen said drugs were never his goal in the party scene but served to enhance the music and the sense of community.
“I think that's why I've never found escape, escapism in, in taking a drug itself”
Ctrl-Alt-Reset: Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of Awakening (Apr 10, 2025) · Listen from 21:47
Episodes
Episode 3: From Chaos to Clarity: Jimmy’s Journey of AwakeningCtrl-Alt-Reset · Apr 10, 2025 · 2 h 15 min
Jimmy Nguyen tells host Matt how ADHD, childhood abuse, the rave scene and near-fatal pancreatitis led him to a year in a Buddhist monastery.
Jimmy Nguyen on other topics
- Ego and attachment · 6 quotes
- Mindfulness practice · 5 quotes
- Deer Park Monastery · 3 quotes
- Meditation · 2 quotes
- Composting · 1 quote
- Child abuse · 1 quote
- Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames · 1 quote
- Pancreatitis · 1 quote