: i want this kind of life

episode 30 finds us meandering toward the idea of "friendship" (and love and community)... it's amazing how seemingly unrelated things are related, isn't it? on the surface, friendship seems like oil to the water of economics or politics. yet, i'm starting to think not so much... or, at the very least, yes and no. i've been wondering a lot about our society this week, esp. how it's ordered, and the tacit values we all seem to share (and how those values interface with our spiritual/emotional ideals). the balance is interesting - how we (on one hand) need and ache for love and acceptance and community and transcendence, and (on the other) somehow buy into the idea that status and wealth and prestige are the hallmarks of "success." it's a strange tension, right? i wonder how you see it?

it may sound like an abstract political or religious topic, but i see it very personally. it seems to touch on fear and desperation and those areas of feeling where we know that our actions are in conflict with our deeper emotional needs. yet we still live this way. and we still participate in a society where surface values ($, appearance, status) trump emotional truth (connection, relationship, community). i don't know. it does seem like we live this way, doesn't it? why? obviously, i'm uneasy with it, but i also can't deny that i move with the prevailing wind. i'm reminded of the song "livin' small" by jonah matranga - the line: "business is a lot like love, and business is a lot like friendship, isn't it?" i think he's right.

so, anyway, just finding myself emotionally fragile tonight, a bit lost, and resisting the brass-tacks abstract, detached, curiosity, thing. it all seems to boil down to the feeling of friendship - the desire for friendship, the importance of friendship. i don't know the answers to the big political/social questions, but i do think our attitude and relationship and openness with the people around us can make all the difference. i really want to focus on that in my own life, and see (which also means: appreciate, right?) the amazing friends and strangers and family i have all around me. it's one of those places where i really think we have a choice about how much beauty and richness we'll experience. it's up to us to open our eyes. so, in that sense, i'm proud to be a fan of my friends and the world we find ourselves in. i want that kind of world. i want that kind of life.

if you have time, i hope you'll take a listen to the show. i play some absolutely beautiful music by the cobalt season, wee the band, and kelly vogel. hopefully my excitement will rub off, and you'll become a fan too. check out their links...

www.thecobaltseason.com
www.weetheband.com

erich fromm is compelling and thought-provoking. i'm currently re-reading "beyond the chains of illusion", (which was the source of the quotes i referenced).

also, as-referenced, the creative world of michael j. costa is worth a visit.
check out his many web shops and products:
superphysics, etc.
applied superphysics & occult archaeology
horus tutankhamon, son of ra
eye of the pharoh
the sacred magic of haroeris
tales of kheri-heb and other stories
tears for isis
the key of haroeris
the practical kheri-heb
ipana - land of the setting sun

more next week!
russell

i want this kind of life

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