"...an enlightened society--not this one..."
"where do we live? what do we experience everyday?"
"i'm not talking about what is--"
"why?"
"what?"
"why aren't you speaking about what is?"
...
conflict in conversation. again and again. get to where you want to go by starting where you are. there is no magic destination that will make it all better. there is only your will and striving...nothing more. tired of "enlightened", "ought to be", "should", conversations that are grounded in something other than starting from where we are.