Nick Wolanski – Today there is a booming discontent industry. Consisting of entrepreneurs who cash in on your misery by selling you products that describe and decry it, thus the exchange economy finds a place even for its enemies: perpetuating both industry and discontent. As we struggle to fight them, we keep the wheels turning by selling more merchandise. And as in every other aspect of your lives, your real desires to make something happen are channelled into consuming- your abilities and potential are displaced, projected onto the “revolutionary” items you purchase.
Think about your direct bodily experience of life. No one can lie to you about that! How many hours a day do you spend in front of a television screen? A computer screen? Behind the windscreen of your car? All three screens combined?
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Joe Martino – Walking down the self-help aisle of any bookstore may yield you a plethora of book titles and subtitles referencing ‘becoming the best of version yourself.’ You might pick up a book, turn it over to read the back cover and find a series of recommendations from prominent authors stating ‘this book will bring you to a whole new level’ or ‘this book truly unlocks your hidden riches.’ Excited, you might open to the table of contents, hoping to find some early insight or tips on what you can try right away:
Steve Rother – Greetings, dear ones.
manity since the dawn of time. You feel successful if your life looks the way society thinks it should, and not when it doesn’t. You feel beautiful if you match some capricious “wrinkle-free” image. You feel good about yourself when acknowledged and loved by others, less so when abandoned or criticized.