Like Medieval Pilgrims, we chart our course towards festivals like Further Future and Burning Man, searching for something--anything--that will deliver us from the doldrums of daily life and awaken us to the possibility of what lies beyond.
With hearts worn on our sleeves we arrive in caravans, waiting to cross the threshold into this heterotopic liminal zone where interpsychic experience is made manifest in physical space.
We know full-well that this psychedelic playground will change us profoundly. So we raise our white flags as we march gallantly towards our impending ego death. It is only through this act of courageous surrender that we achieve the transcendence of spiritual rebirth.
Suddenly we are overcome with sublime feelings of euphoria and ecstasy! The doors of our perception have been unhinged and we have been given a small glimpse into an alternate reality in which people value cooperation over competition.
And as the week draws to a close, we depart this brave new world saturated in the light of our own self-love and understanding. As the heroes of our own shamanic journeys, we return to our default world better equipped to heal and transform with our love and our kindness.
Go forth. Do good work. Be kind to others. And above all, love yourself.