Rob Brezsny

The brilliant historian and political analyst Heather Cox Richardson writes: The media has started a death-watch for the one man, leading an incredible team, who is standing in the breach between us continuing our 248 year democracy and fascism. .

Due to personal reasons, I will be shining brightly and unapologetically for the foreseeable future.I invite you to join me. .

Assume your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth, but is essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical & compassionate person. Imagine that feeling good has something important to teach you every day

Four Foolish "Virtues": 1. being so analytical that we repress our intuition 2. sacrificing pleasure through compulsive devotion to duty 3. tolerating excess stress because we wrongly assume it helps us accomplish more 4. being so knowledgeable that we neglect to be curious

Mythology was never designed to describe historically verifiable events that actually happened. It was an attempt to express their inner significance or to draw attention to realities that were too elusive to be discussed in a logically coherent way. ~Karen Armstrong

Pick your battles. But before you finish picking, eliminate some battles you were considering. Then go ahead and discard a few other battles. Shed some of the battles you had already chosen. That's still too many battles.

Write down descriptions of 5 blissful moments you've experienced. Dwell lovingly on these memories for a few minutes. Keep them close to the surface of your awareness for a while. If you slip into a negative thought, interrupt it and fantasize about those Big 5 Ecstatic Moments.

We are subversive mystics stoking the fires of poetry & lobbying for the liberated imagination We are militant ecstatics invoking the transformative powers of pleasure to sanctify the Earth We are mutinous purveyors of grace redistributing wealth so all creatures may thrive

I invite you to say this: I'm learning what's important to know about what I don't need & who I don't want to be I'm avoiding the suffering that comes from wishing my life were different from how it actually is I'm coming to be at peace with my soul's idiosyncratic destiny.

How You Used Your Nightmares to Become Smart & Strong How You Exploited Your Problems to Become a Spiritual Freedom Fighter How You Fed & Fed Your Monsters Till They Ate Themselves to Death How You Turned Envy & Anger into Generosity, Compassion, & Success Why Perfection Sux

Make the invisible dark force beautiful Create songs out of your moans Dissolve ties that bind you to hollow intelligence Fall out of love with fear Play forever in time’s blessing Train yourself in the art of unpredictability Generate sublime messes out of ugly messes

Everyone should carry two pieces of paper On one, you write, "I am but dust and ashes." On the other, you write, "For my sake the world was created." The key to a successful life is to be guided by both statements—the two opposing truths in balance Rabbi Jeffrey Summit

I kick my own ass and wash my own brain. I push my own buttons and trick my own pain. I burn my own flags and roast my own heroes. I mock my own fears and cheer my own zeroes. I won’t accept gifts that infringe on my freedom. I shun sacred places that stir up my boredom.

We are always in need of radicals who are also lovable. ~ Howard Zinn

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

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