For the new year, I want to try a new format here. Instead of opening with a (sometimes lengthy) newsletter, I'm writing the longform on substack and sharing in these newsletters.

Like this:

Article I Wrote This Week:

Called Our Spiritual Fragility, I share some reflections as a teacher in the spiritual community for the last 7 years; both the central misunderstanding I've seen, and a potential remedy.

Song I'm Listening on Repeat

I'm pretty quick to skip a song if the intro doesn't hook me. The song this week was one I was about to skip into oblivion, never to return to again, but for some reason, I hesitated. After the first 30 seconds it begins to open, and by the 1 minute mark, it blooms into a gorgeous sonic kiss I've been playing on repeat intermittedly the last week. Enjoy.

Dharma Artist Highlight

If you haven't yet met Ren, it is my great honor to introduce him to you (if you've known, salute). This song here, and this video, and the candid share at the end feels like the culmination of all that is godly about music, art, song, and capturing it all on film. This is a fkn masterpiece.

​True Feasting Friday dish.

(4:25 mark it starts getting mythical deep)

Dharma Artifact Share

I'm hosting a dreamwalking challenge in 10 days. A bunch of us are gunna come together for a month and commit to catch, bloom, and act on behalf of our dreams each day. This supercharges synchronicity and brings a lot of awe and insight into waking life.

If you're interested in joining us, sign up here.

Quote I'm Enjoying

"I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe — but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry — poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs — is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song."
-David Byrne

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