Thinking Like Water

Thinking Like Water

Glenn Aparicio Parry argues that dwindling supplies are increasingly being monopolised by big business. Originally posted to Resurgence & Ecologist magazine For millennia, water was thought of as a ‘commons’: it was something to be shared freely, not the property...

Awakening from the Sleep of Modernity

Published in New Consciousness Review, Spring 2015 Many of us are entrapped in the shell of our minds, and this follows us wherever we go. We wake up each morning, and rather than taking a moment of appreciation for the miracle that is life, we snap to mental...

Vision Quest: An Experience of Direct Knowing

There is a reason why vision quests are traditionally something that adolescents engage in as a rite of passage into adulthood; young people are clearly better able to withstand the physical demands. But, ultimately, a vision quest is not about suffering; it is about...

Canyon de Manhattan

Entering this canyon, as with any canyon, is a journey into the heart of time. But I prefer not to analyze it as a geologist might; instead, I breathe in the presence of water, wind, and eternity. It is no wonder that sand sifting through an hourglass is a powerful...