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What has been your relationship to awareness and activism?

Posted on Aug 16th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Nowhere, no-how, have I ever been an activist. (Er, well, not officially anyway.) And it’s an illusion that we can bring or project or even raise awareness in/to anyone or anything outside ourselves. Awareness really... More »

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Yup, my own hero

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

This from Daniel Galipeau, a message in my inbox this morning: Your hero is yourself. I don't know anything about this site other than there is a scholarship application, and that it is a hippie... More »

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What would you march for?

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

In this moment of writing, I can’t imagine myself marching for anything. The only ‘cause’ I recognize, and I wouldn’t even say it’s a cause, the underlying thing that motivates me is the desire to... More »

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What have you been thinking about recently?

Posted on Feb 10th, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

What if the world is not in need of changing? What if the world is already perfect the way it is, and the imperfections I think I see, live only in my mind? What if... More »

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Rippling peace

Posted on Feb 2nd, 2008 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

  A few years ago I discovered in myself a passion for peace – I wanted to somehow be an instrument for peace in the world. Well, that started an inner process for me, as... More »

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Peace from the bottom up

Posted on Dec 15th, 2007 by rudyan : quasar rudyan

Our most important responsibility as citizens is to create peace in our own lives. We have to move beyond hypocrisy if we're going to make peace. You can't impose peace in a complex society, such... More »

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