We Can Refuse to Order from the Menu of Mass Manipulation

Two basic questions the ever so famous “they” will demand you have answers for at all times, “Where are you going and what are you doing?” Here is my most current answer. I am going no where or where no one actually knows. I want everything that is nothing because only in nothing is everything a possibility. Only in the vast expanse of nothing, can there be no boundaries, no limits, no borders, no rules and regulations, no yellow warning tape, no private property plaques, no bright orange keep out signs, and there will certainly be no shoes and no masks required upon entry into the nowhere of nothing land. Let us go beyond our ability to devise, analyze, and conceptualize. Beyond what our senses deem possible, what our society claims normal, and what our government portrays as reality. 

Everything was once a no thing so why is it so damn common place for people to say things like, “but in reality,” or, “let’s be real about it,” or, “in the real world.” Those are real convenient cop outs to concede to conventional of which, promotes Sally to settle for Sears, soap operas, and the silent voiceless voice of the victim. No thank you. I’ll pass on that platter of prescription pills seasoned with pandemics, politics, and pornography. Just like Einstein, Ford and the Wright brothers did. All of the epic characters in our history dared to dream past this evenings program of the no news, news.

Let’s all pass on the portrayal of living a portrait-like life and pioneer into the wilderness where all the wild things are. For it is only here we can access the places in our minds of which these pioneer portals await our arrival. Access will only be granted to those of us who are willing and ready to envision a vision not yet visioned, one that does not require ears to hear or eyes to see or skin to feel. A vision whose only requirement is a heart to love and a mind open to opening. 

We get to use our imaginations to dissolve the borders of which have been brainwashed into being our relegated reality. Everyday, in every moment, in every breath, in every word we speak, in every thought we think, and in every action we take, we get to make real our own reality. We get to build our days with love and trust or fear and doubt. We get to infuse our interactions with eye gazes and hugs or comparison and manipulation. We get to converse in conversations about the policy of peace or a played out pandemic. 

We have the power to dream so we must dare to do so if we want to realize a reality that is different from what is currently being served on the menu of mass manipulation. We get to change the entree’s, make up their names, season them with ingredients like integrity and creativity, and then savor in the flavor of our very own freedom feast. Not only do we get to nourish our souls with the food of conscious choice, we get to invite all of our beloved’s to do the same. Each new morning we receive a grand invitation from the one and only rising Sun to sit at his table and order whatever the fuck we want. 

So, won’t you come sit next to me? What will you order from the menu that is yours to write? Perhaps we can even share a bite, not to convince each other that one is better than the other, but to expand our experiences into the no land of nothing that is everything and anything we have the gumption to greet as our own optimal reality.

May these musings inspire you to dream past what you have ever dreamed possible. May you refuse to settle for mediocre. May you empower yourself to challenge the rules and structures of our society that have no backbone. May you walk this earth in peace and grace with a heart so full of love that it overflows into all that you encounter.

Blessings and Namaste,

Andrea Dawn