Change Quote by William Irwin Thompson

“It is not enough to raise consciousness. One must lower the spirit into the earth to embody a change in things as basic as food, shelter, and livelihood.” quote by William Irwin Thompson — Download Open image

““It is not enough to raise consciousness. One must lower the spirit into the earth to embody a change in things as basic as food, shelter, and livelihood.””

William Irwin Thompson

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That shoreline where the island of knowing meets the unfathomable sea of our own being is the landscape of myth.

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The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is engendered.

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