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Just a journal about my experiences at Burning Man this year. It was a surreal experience.

Energy, pain, and life are all experienced exponentially on the playa. My body mind and soul all quiver with delight, in the memories of my journey through consciousness. I've been touched, challenged, and encouraged, by community, ingenuity and soulful interaction. Upon reflection of my experience, I've concluded that I alone have been responsible for all change incurred within my psyche. The joy I find in this realization is; that I could have done this without you, but I chose to do it with you.
The essence of Burning Man lies within the heart of the individual perceiving it. There were so many people, all of whom are entitled to whatever experience they see fitting (as long as it doesn't encroach deeply upon the vision of another). I venture to say that no one person is more a "burner" than any other, the only difference is an interpretational difference. What does it mean to be a "burner"? I for one have been searching for a sanctuary from the elitism that seems to have permeated every social corner of humankind, a place where a general appreciation of existence is felt and the strain of cognitive cock contests is minimized. The beauty of human ingenuity can be felt without the disproportionate infiltration of ego. My resolve and love for this community only grow stronger as my idealistic notions are molded by the reality of my perceptions. What a gift we have, the gift of now.

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Ideals

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Residual depression plagues the mind of the newly found dogmatist. Bowing to the interpretations of other more motivated beings, he lowers his head in shame at the uselessness of his own existence. The culmination of all his change has amounted to a life empty and void of joy. The path of least resistance with all its undesiring allure has not led to the "cure all" of his blackened soul.  Here he begins his journey, entangled by the webs of a world, and a people he cannot understand. He steps forward into the mosaic of his fated existence, an existence fated not by the advent of a world incapable of change, but by a man incapable of surrender.
Broken, proud, and unyielding is my resolve. I stand before you my brothers searching for a world governed not by the measure of a construct, but whose foundation lies within the valuing of all life. Death is inevitable, extinction our certainty. It is due to this impermanent nature of our existence that we ought to strive for a greater ideal as a species. The fight for simple survival has long since passed us, feeling this void of purpose; we have waged a new war. Every man is the enemy and every gift of the earth is a tool by which to destroy him. Following intuition alone, any person can see the error of our ways, yet we cripple our innate senses with the poison indoctrinations of societal and ideological frameworks. Our minds are force fed concepts and trained never to challenge them. In the words of Bertrand Russell: "We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought." Think about it! Don't take this life for granted, its full potential is robbed from you and your children while you sit idly accepting the tyranny of the majority.

Many men have and will give there life's to the pursuit of an ideal within human existence, I for one will be proud to be among them.

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Yesterday was my 24th birthday and with the ushering of  12(2), 8(3), 6(4), came a sense of urgency. This urgency, in a truly dualistic fashion, was coupled with a sense of calm and understanding of the importance of this cross roads in my life. In the past, I have celebrated my birthday with large groups of friends and family. We would embark on elaborately planned adventures, or merely gather in large groups. While the importance of these types of birthday celebrations was evident in my past, the need for such opulence seems to have escaped me. I spent yesterday reading, biking, running, and cogitating, all very solitary pursuits. The joy I felt in blessing myself on the 24th anniversary of my birth was incredible. Is this evidence of the pleasure associated with growing old? I do not claim to have reached some higher state of maturity. I am merely just beginning to realize the value of the self.  I think Einstein said it best; "I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."

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Helpinga

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Helping... I feel the time has come for my ideals to be reflected in my life's actions. The constant hum of florescent lighting on my college campus and the redundancy of the information injected in my consciousness has begun to take its toll. My heart cries daily for the suffering, poverty, and starvation in the world. My time for action is coming soon! I will not lay silent, numbed by the hypnotic allure of mediocrity. Money, which I have little of, makes a difference, but love, nurturing, and physical presence, make the most impact.  Not only do you teach, but you also learn one life's most important lessons. Happiness and inner peace are found in simplicity.

My question to you all: Do you know of any reputable organizations that are or will be excepting volunteers? I have some in mind but I always prefer the collective consciousness to that of my own.

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