Well… we leave tomorrow.
And I pause to ask myself a question: What am I doing? Why am I going?
“Go to Burning Man,” they say.
“They are YOUR people,” they say.
So yes—there’s curiosity. What’s this really all about?
And yes—there’s faith. People I love and trust keep telling me: Jason, this is for YOU.
But like in all things in life… at some point, past the curiosity and faith, there is just YOU.
YOU and YOU.
Why am I going?
Because I’m curious?
Because I trust my friends?
Maybe. But here’s the truth: Burning Man weeds out the ones who are just curious, or just leaning on faith. Why? Because it takes so much effort to prepare, and then—once you’re there—you live in the desert. (Sam Kinison in the 80s nailed that one—anyone catch the reference?)
A week in the desert. A city built by hand. Together. Alone. Both at once.
Why am I going?
I may not know until I get back.
“Ohhh… that’s why I went.”
But I do know this: something is calling me. These principles. This radical self-reliance. This chance to step outside of “The Man”—outside the chokehold of government, religion, culture.
In my life, I’ve always navigated the tension between the vision of Eden—the Garden where things are different—and the world we live in.
Am I the only one? I feel Eden is real. I feel the Garden in my soul. I remember—deep down—that things are supposed to be better. That they can be better.
That knowing is both painful and beautiful. It makes me love what we have here, while also aching with the truth that… there is a better place for all of us.
Will I find a glimpse of that place in the desert? Out on the Playa?
That’s what I seek—in those quiet moments, at sunrise or sunset—where Heaven meets Earth and I remember: HOME.
The sacred fire is lit.
—Jason
P.S. Another thing that keeps making me smile is how much polarity I see here. This is everything I express about Masculine Presence, Direction, and Focus—structure. And out on the Playa, the Feminine fills that structure with Sensation, Energy, and Radiance.
And when they come together? That’s LIFE. That’s when HOME comes home. That’s when magic walks in this world.
Oh… right. That’s what I do for people. I bring HOME… back HOME.
P.P.S. We leave tomorrow morning. Expect spotty posts from me until we return.
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