culture war dynamics

The only way to help people rise above undignified behavior is to teach them that they are dignified. You cannot fight shame with shame.

I think you can reduce 80 percent of culture wars to questions of economics—like a libertarian or a Marxist would—and then you can reduce maybe 80 percent of economic questions to questions of real estate.

the era of the Agenda having authority over thriving, successful individuals is over. people are starting to think for themselves again, and whenever they do so out in public (like sydney did here), swaths of people behind the scenes who have felt trapped by the Agenda cheer and feel more and more free. this will continue. and the ideologically... See more

I won’t play the game of denouncing or endorsing. The psycho-social patterning of “which side are you on” springs from one of the chief narratives of the mythology of Separation. It understands the world by simplifying it into a drama of good versus evil, and also simplifies the human beings who play roles in that drama into subhuman or superhuman... See more

Men become monsters by convincing themselves they're saints.

Forgiveness Prayer

In this moment of stillness,

I release the weight of past hurts and grievances,

Letting them dissolve like morning mist in the warmth of understanding.

To those who have caused me pain:

I acknowledge that you, too, were walking your own difficult path.

Your actions, though they wounded me,

Were born from your own struggles, fears, and... See more

Politics is a lagging indicator of consciousness. Do not despair.

It would sure make things easy if this election were a simple contest of good versus evil. But this is the way of thinking that is tearing the world apart. Those who think that way always consider themselves to be members of Team Good, of course. If your opponent is evil incarnate, then any means to stop him are justified.