Currently reading... https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1262207937864503297

“Even meditation is not enough: Swadeshi required a fundamental transformation in consumer behaviour: to not buy what oppressed other people, or yourself, as a point of political transformation.”

“Spiritual colonialism is the act of using traditional spiritual methodologies from other cultures to advance the goals of capitalism. Once you can see it, you can see it everywhere.”

“Nothing is more Californian than a kid with a trust fund who hops ashram to retreat to ceremony, making Burning Man a regular stop on their calendar, without ever asking where the money comes from, or what the difference is between right and wrong.”

“The notion that capitalism is fundamentally purposelessness fundamentally matters, because humans are not fundamentally purposeless. This mismatch between the meaning-finding nature of human beings, and the meaning-vacuum of the system they have constructed around themselves...”

“explains why even the rich are miserable: the environment they are in has sucked away stability and meaning in a way which leaves them afraid for their kids and their souls. At the lower tiers of society we are encouraged to think that money is the answer to our problems...”

“because a lot of problems are caused by the lack of money. But as I’ve found out... money does not solve the actual problems, because anything less than enormous amounts of money cannot buy stability, and no amount of money can create meaning or purpose.”

“there is an overwhelming bundle of guilt at the heart of western society because our lifestyle practices were established at a time when there was no guilt, because it was all god’s fault. As we have established a more mature moral position it has become necessary to start...”

“to examine how we act, but the entire situation is so morally filthy that it’s almost impossible to imagine our way out of it.”