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Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Archaic Revival has some wonderful quotes up!

“I believe that the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms on the grasslands of Africa gave us the model for all religions to follow. And when, after long centuries of slow forgetting, migration, and climatic change, the knowledge of the mystery was finally lost, we in our anguish traded partnership for dominance, traded harmony with nature for rape of nature, traded poetry for the sophistry of science. In short, we traded our birthright as partners in the drama of the living mind of the planet for the broken pot shards of history, warfare, neurosis, and-if we do not quickly awaken to our predicament-planetary catastrophe.” 
Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge...
 
"There are no coincidences in life, the signs unfold before us daily, the spirit is either rising or decaying, to levels beyond our current knowing. IT makes no difference how rich One gets in this moment we call Life, for the One who lives without a connection to the rising spirit, is only feeling the discord and suffering of the decaying spirit in their heart. For that spark is no different then a bonfire, if you don't tend to those inner flames daily, the darkness just swallows IT whole. Yet to the One who gives rise to this inner light, reaches levels beyond their current knowing, for the bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness IS revealed. And that darkness is your unknowing, the unknowing of who You really ARE within. There IS truth, but the current perception for most minds can not SEE true, for what most of us view as their own perception, is only a view with the voice of thought acting as a narration. IT is our thoughts which distort the view of our flow, thus why silence is golden, for only through silence can One find their own inner Truth! And that gives birth to the rising spirit, the One which is currently awaiting to Awaken in You!" 
 
"Remember that consciousness is power. Consciousness is education and knowledge. Consciousness is becoming aware. It is the perfect vehicle for students. Consciousness-raising is pertinent for power, and be sure that power will not be abusively used, but used for building trust and goodwill domestically and internationally. Tomorrow's world is yours to build." 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Ten Principles of Burning Man

Burning Man Founder Larry Harvey wrote the Ten Principles in 2004. They were crafted not as a dictate of how people should be and act, but as a reflection of the community's ethos and culture as it had organically developed since the event's inception.

Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.

Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on his or her inner resources.

Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.

Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.

Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.

Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.

Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.

Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.

(Adapted from: http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/about_burningman/principles.html, Larry Harvey, 2004)