I absolutely love Evolver, and everything that it stands for and aims to accomplish. It's a social network filled with people all devoted to improving and restoring our Mother Earth by looking for ways to break through mechanistic/patriarchal/ materialistic etc...
(Editors Note: I'm a sophomore at the University of Miami and this post was originally written for my freedom of expression class, and the assignment was to simply write a blog post about whatever was on your mind. Psychedelics and my frustrations with the whole idea of college where on my mind on this day)
This is an essay I wrote for a class at the evergreen state college in olympia, WA. The class is called Eco-heroes and Hope for the Earth, and our final assignment was to create a personal template for being eco-heroes in our lives. I focused my essay on emotional, spiritual, physical, environmental, and social sustainability (HA!
You came of humble beginnings. The college years, the internship, the 1, 2, 3, hump ya dump ya. Yaaa. And you remember feeling numb and fuzzy, like your brain was drowning. Got in the business while business was good and you never forgot where you came from, says that 3.50 gallon of hair jell.
Life seems to exist like waves: there are always ups and downs. About two weeks ago, I was blessed with what Aldous Huxley called the "Pinnacle Philosophy", what I call the ultimate belief or desire. I felt as though the path to enlightenment as the Buddha once said-the star that could shine through all the sociological "bullshit" as Carl Rogers spoke of-became utterly clear.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
