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The Shamanic Vision: Body as Perceptual Instrument

veg 5-27-09

Few people realize that of the billions of people who have ever lived on the earth, only four percent have lived in industrial societies like our own, and a mere six percent have lived in agrarian civilizations. The rest, a full ninety percent, lived as hunters and gatherers in primal horticultural or shamanistic cultures.

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An Offering to my Son

veg 4-12-09

Those desiring speedily to be
A refuge for themselves and other beings,
Should interchange the terms of "I" and "other",
And thus embrace a sacred mystery.
-Translated from the Bodhicharyavatara

Growing up in a capitalistic, media drenched, competition driven society has left me woefully inept to fruitfully embrace these words and thereby transform the world around me.

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Bio: I am a student at the Buddhist inspired Naropa University studying contemplative psychology. My focus is on the healing modalities of meditation and indigenous pharmacologies.
I live with my girlfriend and our baby boy in Boulder, CO.
I am also interested in alternative forms of currency, building sustainable communities, and traveling.