I’m leaving the corporate world. After almost a decade on this tiny prison-island and as I crossed what looked like the widest river of doubt - with its strong currents that made my soul hesitate and vacillate for so long - I’m finally able to reach the other side. I’m burning the boat, there is no going back.
A mysterious jungle lies in front of me, full of perils and unknowns. I carry with me enough supplies to survive for a long time, if careful and frugal, but at some point they will inevitably run out. Supplies obtained through a lot of suffering and despair, in that horrible place.
As I look back to take a final glance at it in the distance, I feel very sad for the people still there. You see, a lot of them are not even aware of their precarious condition. They have been raised within an education and social system from a very young age, whose natural purpose and outcome is to make them perfect slaves. Like factory-cogs, they are being produced and used as raw resources to produce non-stop goods and services they don’t even care about. Then in their little free time, they are being brainwashed into non-stop consuming things they don’t need to keep the system running perpetually. What a maddening place.
But enough talk about that, it’s not worth looking back again. I don’t have a detailed plan on what I will do or where I’ll go from now, and I accept this uncertainty as part of the compelling adventure that lies ahead. Though, something is very clear to me: The conscious experience is a beautiful gift, our health and our impermanent existence are precious and we shouldn’t take it for granted. Thus, I will fight until my last breath to build a self-sustaining life of freedom, creativity and love. And that fight, if carried out with virtue and care, with discipline and strength, is a beautiful experience worth living in itself, despite any tangible result that may come or not.
So, I’m not afraid anymore. If I run out of supplies and die of hunger or if the creatures of this jungle tear me apart and devour me, I’m ok with that and I accept it. I will use this blog as an open space to reflect about whatever comes into my mind during this new life.