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All Gods, No Masters
Essays on practical spiritual awakening, revolutionary social change, and why they’re the same thing.
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Anna Mercury
Nov 14, 2023
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What “Illusion Is the Cause of Suffering” Means
What “Illusion Is the Cause of Suffering” Means
If there is suffering, then there is illusion.
Anna Mercury
Oct 24, 2023
A Dislocation Theory of Violence
A Dislocation Theory of Violence
Digging into the origins of our worst-handled epidemic
Anna Mercury
Oct 12, 2023
Why Guilt Is Our Stupidest Myth
Why Guilt Is Our Stupidest Myth
This illusion is standing in the way of us solving real problems
Anna Mercury
Oct 5, 2023
Welcome to Late-Stage Liberalism
Welcome to Late-Stage Liberalism
Our philosophy, like our economy, is collapsing under its own contradictions
Anna Mercury
Oct 3, 2023
The Attachment Trauma We Don’t Talk About
The Attachment Trauma We Don’t Talk About
Healthy attachment requires much more than our parents
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Sep 27, 2023
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Sep 14, 2023
Unraveling the World of War
A primer on the spiritual, social and material meanings of the climate…
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Sep 13, 2023
Let’s Settle the “Altruistic” vs. “Selfish” Human Nature Debate
Spoiler alert: Human nature is just……
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Sep 12, 2023
The Cheat Code to Trauma Cycles
On the deep psychological power of the “Golden Rule”
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Sep 5, 2023
The Anarchist in Church
I wish everyone saw the Heaven we could build right here
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Sep 1, 2023
To #Manifest a New World from the Ashes of the Old?
The surprising intersection of New Thought and the…
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Aug 30, 2023
Why So Many People Choose Religion Over God
The point of a door is to walk through it, not worship it.
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Aug 24, 2023
Why Are We So Bad at Imagining Life Beyond Capitalism?
Especially when real examples of it live all…
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Aug 22, 2023
Me and Jesus in the Back of a Van
On reading the Bible
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Aug 15, 2023
When Is “the Revolution” Just a Coping Mechanism?
How to tell the difference between praxis and pipe…
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Aug 11, 2023
I, Angry Animal in a Made-up World
What do we do with our rage when there’s nothing real to fight?
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Aug 10, 2023
Yes, Spiritual Oneness Is Compatible with Identity Politics
How we fight for social justice and find…
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Aug 9, 2023
How (and Why) to Change Your Beliefs
Beliefs have huge power to shape our lives, but most of ours are…
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Aug 2, 2023
Our Mental Health Industry Needs Therapy
We need to bring sanity to mental health interventions…
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Jul 31, 2023
We Need to Get Serious About Our Collective Trauma
It’s time for policy and therapy to meet in public…
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Jul 27, 2023
What Is the World’s Love Language?
Maybe we should hug more trees
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May 10, 2023
How to Make Your Relationships Authentically Harmonious
A quick guide to making decisions with others by understanding your needs
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May 8, 2023
Your Needs Are Only Ever States of Being
Figuring out what those needs are and meeting them in new…
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Apr 14, 2023
The Power of Here
The empowerment and freedom found in (at)tending to our surroundings
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Apr 12, 2023
Waging Wellness
The path to build a healing world in the shell of the unhealed
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Mar 10, 2023
Should I Become Enlightened or Maybe Just Go Outside?
On nature, society, and what it means to walk a…
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Mar 8, 2023
Help! I’m Living in a Trauma Response
I can’t stop seeing it. It’s everywhere around us. Do you see it…
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Mar 3, 2023
If You Haven’t Had a Spiritual Experience, Don’t Try to “Debunk” Spirituality
There are lots of real…
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Feb 27, 2023
You’re Not Crazy. It’s Really Not Supposed to Be Like This.
The science is clear: you are a normal…
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Feb 27, 2023
Do We Create Our Own Reality, or Just Influence It?
And why that’s not really the important question…
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Feb 20, 2023
A Word on Death and Fish Guts
On committing to the dirty work of being human
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