Every solution to “systemic failure” that promises control gets packaged as a product that re-enrolls you into something deeper than what you were escaping.
“A mind that’s all logic is like a knife that’s all blade. It cuts the hand that wields it.” —Rabindranath Tagore
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”
-Nelson Mandela
“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.”
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
-Terry Pratchett
“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
-Octavia Butler
your relationship to winter is your relationship to cold is your relationship to darkness is your relationship to depth is your relationship to death is your relationship to spirituality