It didn’t feel intellectually honest to criticize the New York Times or other

framers of narrative

without being able to articulate my own belief system.

our 420 philosophy; one should outline their philosophy by their 420th month

Seemed like a pretty cool thing to gift yourself for turning 35.

so we were already thinking values

Yeah we had been preparing to explain our thoughts for a while.

That birthday mushroom trip inspired us to formerly break from Christianity.

Then we read about spiritual states approaching the psychedelic and it became clear that we needed to speak on religion in general.

let’s see what the buddhists have to say

Yup, Thich Nhat Hanh was the first author we “translated” into simper language.

Good Baric’s
Manifesto

Although not yet a platform, it’s a set of principles that match up to any traditional morality without the traditionalist dogma.

the fruit and not the husks

Then we were eating that mango walking down 2nd Ave when we dipped into Blue Stockings and stumbled across the Tao.

looked short enough so we rewrote that bitch too

Stayed pretty high while doing it too, really let our mind wander.

dropped acid with irish mike under that tree

Achieved homeless enlightenment in Washington Sq and never looked back.