Sublime

Through the body I am deeply ecological, profoundly and ceaselessly in conversation with the physical and the social milieu in which I am embedded (and from which I am continually emerging).

The hero’s choice is ultimately about coming back into relationship with the female principle of ‘being’. You cannot enjoy a freedom of being without submitting to being. Choosing that path is not just doable—it is necessary if we are to recover our balance in this world, learn to live intelligently in it and prove ourselves an asset to its harmony

It is through the practice of intentional self-governing that people can begin rethinking and remaking their tools.

These two poles of our consciousness are complementary opposites. Each can fulfill its true potential only in partnership with the other—something

On a personal level, the deepest possible revolution we can enact is a revolution in our sense of self, in our identity.

when our sense of a subjective “I” disintegrates,

James Guthrie writes, “that ownership of all kinds is a precarious business at best, or at worst, a form of self-delusion.”

The distant origins of our things, the anonymity of our relationships, and the lack of visible consequences in the production and disposal of our commodities all deny relatedness.