In 2008, I joined residents of Otaki, a mountain village in Japan's Nagano prefecture, for a community cooking class that was about much more than food.

"When we fully accept the reality of death, our life reveals itself as a beautiful creative expression."

#death #life #beauty #expression #creativity

Souls come to earth to experience and evolve.

Your anxiety, your spiritual seeking, your need for connection—what if all of it has become raw material for capital accumulation? What if your productivity guilt isn't just personal, but part of capitalism's psychological architecture?

That which is impermanent attracts compassion, that which is not provides wisdom.

-Stephen Levine

This is the first in a series that explores how capitalism's reach has extended beyond land and resources into the realm of human consciousness itself.

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Pualani meets a #Minion 😂