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The oppression of false peace: we are taught that our truths are disruptive, and that disruption is a negative act.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Collective despair and disillusionment
Sixian and • 3 cards
In our own time this has become full blown; for us today, that which is authentic is more important than that which is holy, good, or righteous. What is lame and counterfeit, that which corrupts authenticity and keeps us from being real or genuine, making us a poser or a fraud, is worse than that which is evil, demonic, or perverse. It is better to
... See moreAndrew Root • Faith Formation in a Secular Age : Volume 1 (Ministry in a Secular Age): Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
Indeed, I define as religious any ideal of being absolved from the pain of loss.
Martin Hägglund • This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom
a disdain full of disgust for those who don’t realize that the only reality is each man’s soul, and that everything else – the exterior world and other people – is but an unaesthetic nightmare, like the result, in dreams, of a mental indigestion.
Fernando Pessoa • The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Modern Classics)
A truth specific to our time is that dissent against one level of authority is now very often driven by a deeper hegemonic force. Perhaps this is why, among many younger people (Greta Thunberg notwithstanding), there is less focus on battling current leaders and more interest in divining counter-futures
Caroline Busta • The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
Luke Burgis • I'm Hiring
is viewed as a threat.
Nicole LePera • How To Do The Work: Recognise Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Formalities play on fear. Bravely refuse.