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Newsletter Nr. 863
Amsterdam, June 2nd, 2020



THE RED PILL OVERLAP - Why New Age Yogis Have Swallowed QAnon Conspiracies - JULIAN WALKER

There is a perplexing phenomenon taking place in yoga-land. The tatted-up, skimpy-goddess vegan Instagram-influencers, and their Burning Man scarf-wearing man-bun quantum raw-chocolate-eating partners in polyamory are spreading conspiracy theories about the global pandemic that often have a lot in common with extreme right wing QAnon Trump supporters.

Don’t get me wrong—these, to a large extent, are my people. Idealistic, adventurous, open to a liberated exploration of body and mind, and usually progressive in their political views.

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http://www.integralworld.net/walker2.html


WHY KEN WILBER ISN'T SECOND TIER - AND YOU AND I AREN'T EITHER - How to tell phony claims of enlightenment from real ones - JOSEPH DILLARD

Yes, I understand this title feels like a direct, frontal attack on our grandiosity and limitless narcissism, and flies in the face of developmental psychology and human evolutionary theory, but by the time we arrive at the end of this essay I hope to have been able to show how we can emerge from this traumatic realization with our precious egos relatively unscathed.

Like many people, I have spent years - decades even - chasing unicorns farting rainbows. I can look back at my life and say, with considerable embarrassment, “How was I so naive as to believe THAT?” “How was I so blind as to believe HE was enlightened?” “How was I so grandiose as to believe I was second tier?”

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http://www.integralworld.net/dillard39.html