Ayahuasca.us - Church of the Gnostic Vine
Green Buddha | Patient Co-op
Hypocrisy or cultural dissonance is what really drives me crazy. We’re the “just say no” culture that is saying yes louder and stronger than any other society. We're a nation of the addicted. Our government patents cannabis all the while claiming cannabis has no medicinal benefits. We are helping other nations to “develop” by extracting more resources from them than we’re giving. We’re a society "creating peace" by making war. We preach democracy while crushing others' liberation movements with impunity. We
I believe our life's journeys are engaged in the study of something deep and personal. The banker likes orderliness, the psychologist is trying to determine mental health balance, the cloud architect dreams of connections in a multiplicity of helpful ways, and the anthropologist is trying to figure out the objectified "other." How do I fit into my society? What is my worldview? What is human nature and in what way does it impact cultural memes? While, I'm mostly seeking answers, the process may be more impo
Today edgy America stands on a precipice. A massive experiment in social cognitive dissonance gone awry. Culture is defined as "shared ways of organizing reality." Our democracy assumes that its citizens share the same reality - the same culture. In this regard, America culture is dangerously non-homogeneous and I believe we're in the midst of finding out whether democracy can be preserved even when that is not the case. I fundamentally believe a multicultural democracy can exist but we must embrace the jou
Ayahuasca.us - Church of the Gnostic Vine
Green Buddha | Patient Co-op