Triumphant and ecstatic resignation is the spiritual achievement of the Grateful Dead

September 30, 2024

And after listening to Garcia, you feel understood and embraced by a wiser man Life, for all its wonders and strengths, so often results in disappointment to the heart – and how you live with that shapes who you are And more, joyful resignation – in the body, not outside-the-body ek-statis – joy in ever- … More Triumphant and ecstatic resignation is the spiritual achievement of the Grateful Dead

Do you not live in the present because you’re afraid of it, or of some things in it, or suffer from external or imaginary adversity or discomfort or confusion, or are uncertain or alienated, or feel guilty, or are bored, or had bad visions or role models, or are just oriented toward something else, or are weak or low-energy, or cowardly, or ashamed, or … ?

September 19, 2024

Grain domestication gets all the press because grains allow large armies and empire, so those societies and stories won out and became foundational. But cultivation of other plants – tubers, nuts, fruits, fibers, herbs, honey and sap, whatever rhubarb is, etc. – was going on alongside if not before that, and remained foundational in other regions, who developed consciousnesses and social orders not centered on war and empire, perhaps not on kings and priests – more decentralized and democratic, more localized and close-knit, more organic

July 9, 2024

The grain-fed army as the original machine