Quotes From My Forthcoming “Essays On Awakening” (And My Book Cover Reveal)

I received my book cover today from artist and longtime friend and Silver Lake College alum Dean Konop. I really wanted to share it with as many people as possible, so I perused my book to assemble quotes from it that might be of interest to you all. You are among the first to have a glimpse of both cover and content:

The ties between people are not merely economic ones, they are far richer than that. Nor need they be hierarchical ones, relationships between master and slave, ruler and ruled. Those are primitive kinds of relationships, dysfunctional relationships. Our society has learned on an individual level that healthy relationships are built on respect, equality, and love. We have learned that when you are treated cruelly and are manipulated by another person that the best thing you can do is to distance yourself from that individual. It is time we as a society begin to distance ourselves from the kind of people who create unhealthy relationships. Equally important, we must dismantle all systems of government and enterprise that encourage such unhealthy relationships.

Do not follow those who would lead through power. Do not react to them. Step away. Create your own reality. They will attack you, they will assail you, they will try to make you believe the world is coming to an end. Do…