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The Way Out is In
The Fresh Dream
Spiritual materialism is rampant and a life filled with spirit is a rarity. I don’t care how many crystals you have, how vegan your food is, or whether your Venus is in Jupiter since the last time you blamed your problems on the moon. If the way we carry and express ourselves condemns others while lifting ourselves, then we’re as off-target as the people we’re condemning. I drink with the thinkers and smoke with the preachers and I’ve never met a good man that believed he has the answers….Laugh at the voice(s) in your head, befriend your ego before you listen to that bullshit that tells you to destroy it….Inner silence and enviable peace doesn’t come from the avoidance of life as it is, It comes from moving as deeply into life as you can. The only way out is in and the only way beyond is through.
— Bryan Ellis
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“What we need most urgently is a fresh dream of who we are that will tell us how we should act…stories that tell us to stay humane amid our confusions…. We need stories that will encourage us to understand that we are part of everything, that the world exists under our skins, and that destroying it is a way of killing ourselves. Our lilacs bloom, and buzz with honeybees and hummingbirds. We can still find ways to live in some approximation of heaven. There is no single, simple story that will define paradise for…
