Is It Time to Take Your Head Out of Your Ass?

If you think that meditative insight should cause one not to care about the implosion of our democracy, or about our ongo and failure to deal with civilizational challenges, it's time to take your head out of your ass. You have mistaken a style of communication, an anodyne religious or newagi communication, and a pseudo ethic around being as inoffensive as possible for the goal of spiritual life. There are some apparent paradoxes here, but there should be no confusion. Yes, it is possible to be free and happy in almost any circumstance. If you put me in solitary confinement, i know that i could be happy, giveen what i know about my own mind....