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Everything Is an Experiment

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rob Brezsny
May 21, 2021
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Let’s explore the Unknown together.

Let’s have fun with the Great Mystery and the Glorious Strangeness that reigns everywhere.

Let’s come up with ever-new questions that lead us to frontiers we have previously not guessed we would enjoy reconnoitering.

Check out this quote from philosopher John C. Lilly:

Freedom is in the unknown. If you believe there is an unknown everywhere, in your own body, in your relationships with other people, in political institutions, in the universe, then you have maximum freedom.

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I have been singing songs I love since I was four years old. I have been writing and singing songs I love since I was age 16.   

One of my favorite musical experiments is a style of vocalizing that blends singing with talking and chanting. An example is my song “This Is a Perfect Moment,” which is my performance of the first piece in my book Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings.”

Here’s the song:

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The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

—Goethe

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Without order, nothing can exist. Without chaos, nothing can evolve.

—Oscar Wilde

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Two dangers threaten the universe: order and disorder.

—Paul Valéry

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Curtis Michelson
May 21, 2021Liked by Rob Brezsny

Lovin your substack implementation, nice job!

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Diana Meyers
May 23, 2021Liked by Rob Brezsny

We need these kinds of lyrics to go mainstream 😍 good stuff!

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