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Molecules of Madness: The Story of Our Decent into Insanity

What really strikes me is that I don't know why I am here or even how I got here. Sounds like I need some serious mental help, but I am asking this from a rational perspective - science says a big bang happened out of nothing and I sort of popped up by accident after a long time and the consciousness I use to write these words isn't real. Forget what organized religion says.

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"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

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About Me

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Somehow I got here. "There" used to be Business School, working for a Wall Street firm, acquiring stuff, and getting ahead - the American dream I used to think.

Bit by bit this lie started to crack and light (and dark) started to pour in. My 'world', my ego, my sense of separate self went in to a cascading failure exposing all of my illusions. What is false must die so what is true can be born. Time to stop sleepwalking and awaken to deeper and more intensified levels of being and knowing.

Thinking is a part of reality. Thought generates new potentials and possibilities of manifestation. Compassion and wisdom work together to co-create the world for the benefit of all sentient beings. This life, this precious human birth, this alchemical body is awakening itself. In service to all as the All.

My family grounds me (as often as needed) in keeping it 'real.' My Integral friends inspire me to push my mind further then I ever thought it could go. I am both deeply humbled and grateful for so many perfect teachers.

Education
Indiana University, BS, Kelley School of Business, Management and Organization.

Career
Mostly spent at a Wall Street firm that doesn't exist anymore.