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FOLLOW YOUR BLISS.
FOLLOW YOUR BLISS.

Why you should do what you love and do it honestly…

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CORPORATE FUTURE.
CORPORATE FUTURE.

How the west is in for either a great wind down or ekpyrosis, how it will feel about the same, and how to keep going.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR JOY.
REQUIREMENTS FOR JOY.

How simple it is to find joy, which is far better than happy, and how complicated we make it sometimes.

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THREE SHOOTS. ONE TAMARISK.
THREE SHOOTS. ONE TAMARISK.

On three offshoots of one Naming of God and how to hold them in the particular and the universal.

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INTERSTELLAR ETHICS.
INTERSTELLAR ETHICS.

Are ethics universal like physics? And if that were true, could humankind finally love one another?

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NO SHORTCUT.
NO SHORTCUT.

How the obstacles that beat you are the very circumstances that shine you up.

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ON TIME TRAVEL.
ON TIME TRAVEL.

The difference between divine and human conceptions of time, and other things that make you go hmmm.

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UNAFRAID OF WOLVES.
UNAFRAID OF WOLVES.

How the poet of every age tells the truth to power; divine as Homer, unafraid of wolves.

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TEXT AND ROCK is the creative work of Mark Shaffer and Eric Madison. Mark is an antiquarian, writer, producer, part-time punk rocker, and a coffee snob. Eric is a musician, podcaster, rhythm instructor, and dragon enthusiast. They love to see people grow and thrive in life and virtue. You can contact Mark and Eric at info@textandrock.com.