In an era where technological advancements and pharmaceutical interventions shape the very fabric of existence, the question emerges: Are we working toward ending suffering, or are we merely institutionalizing death? The modern world presents a stark contrast, longevity for the rich and manufactured suffering for the poor. The most powerful among us seek eternal life, while the marginalized are left to navigate a reality engineered for their demise. This is not a dystopian warning of a far-off future. It is happening now. Our society has entered a state where people are chemically, economically, and politically reduced to a passive existence. Health, longevity, and even mental well-being have been commodified. Nowhere is this institutionalization more evident than in the mass prescription of anti-psychotics and antidepressants. The United States is the only country that gives these drugs to children on such a massive scale. What does it mean when an entire generation grow...
Abandonment is a deeply layered wound, one that lingers long after its initial infliction. For me, it began with an explosion ( both real and metaphorical) at the age of nine, when the familial table of love, laughter, and belonging that was my childhood shattered into silence. That table, once adorned by parents, siblings, tias, tios, grandparents, and cousins, symbolized the heart of my identity. I am the ninth daughter, a child of celebration, a reflection of love itself. And then, in an instant, that foundation was stripped away, leaving me lost and abandoned by everything that I thought I was. What I didn’t realize then, and only began to see as I entered adulthood, was that my childhood’s shattered table would become the blueprint for my romantic relationships. While I was at my loneliest, questioning my reality, I came to fully realize the pure love of our Mother Earth. I connected to a love that mirrored the love of my own mother and family growing up. I discovered a pure, real...
It’s easy to look at a child and treat them like an adult, but until a child fully develops their prefrontal cortex at around age 3 he or she can’t act rationally. Their brains are not developed enough to control their emotions and actions . U ntil that time arrives, until the brain folds itself into reason, they exist in the quantum realm . To look upon a child and demand reason is to demand that the ocean contain itself in a cup. The child is still the ocean, still the wind, still the boundless cosmos that sent them forth. They have yet to comprehend barriers nor acknowledge limits. The arrival of a child into this world is a cosmic event, a transference of energy from the infinite into the finite. A child does not enter rationally, they emerge boundless to the rigid constructs of linear time. A baby is born as a whisper from the ether, wrapped in the purest frequency of divinity. They are totally tapped in, totally t...
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