clearing the inner junkyard...........

 

The only question worth asking in times like these is: How should we live? . . .

But what if we are witnessing is not, at heart, a political or cultural battle, but some manifestation of a spiritual war—well, then perhaps our time should be spent in becoming the right kind of warrior.  Because everything is currently set up to turn us into the wrong kind.

     The right kind of warrior takes on his own internal demons before he sails out to take on those of others.  He takes his stand, and stands his ground, without giving in to the nihil of the age.  He cleaves to what he believes in without falling into the traps laid by partisanship, anger and self-righteousness.   Most of all, he works to clear out his own inner junkyard so that he can go searching for truth—and recognize it when he finds it.  His war is against the worst within himself and for the best of the world, and what he is fighting for is the love he so often fails at.  His most effective weapon is sacrifice.

-Paul Kingsnorth, Against the Machine