We the Choir Gather and We Learn to Sing Together

[Sacred Fool]

"We are social animals and need at least a little bit of affirmation. We cannot stay in a deviant* story by ourselves; in the face of a whole society that pulls us into the Story of Separation, we need allies. This book is meant to be such an ally. I hope that it will awaken or reinforce your understanding that you are not crazy after all, and that if anything it is the world that has gone insane.

You might say I am preaching to the choir. Yes. But as a member of the choir myself, I am grateful for the wonderful preachers whose words have kept me here, kept me believing. Without them I would have quit long ago and found a job greasing the wheels of the world-devouring Machine. That is also why conferences, retreats, and communities for alternative culture are so important. We hold each other in new beliefs. 'Yes, I see it too. You are not crazy.' We, the choir, gather, and we learn to sing together."

What if anything does this stir in you?

Am I supposed to be honest about this?

Well, if I were to be honest, I would report that it stirs in me a big yawn.  That's probably not a socially sensitive answer to a question reaching towards social participation, but here we are.   I'm giving the personal aspect more weight than social considerations at this juncture.

For me, comparing myself to others to get a sense of my identity is something I've not leaned towards for a very long time.  That is, I don't look externally when assessing my sanity.  I don't look for allies in that regard.  I have a fairly strong sense of self as the one who does things with other people in the external planes of life, as well a sense of self as one who's traveled up and down innumerable hills and valleys along a spiritual path, and the combination of these two has led me to the present moment here, initially tapping out and further crafting this post.

I'm also pretty well past the need for preachers.  I'm no longer looking for new ideologies to explore, nor do I seek support for my own ideations, particularly.  I'm not seeking a group re-enforcement of self-ness nor of togetherness.  I'm not interested in singing about myself, nor in supporting you in doing the same.  I'm looking for different sorts of experience: not focusing on self-validation, but on creative exploration up into the firmament of deeper being.  I don't care about singing kumbaya, I yearn to soar into more deeply self-integrated vibrations of a magical self.

Doing this with other entities is fantastic, but so far I've only done so with those not of a corporeal disposition.  We'll see what happens next.