Reclaiming Our Consciousness & Ecological Literacy with William Padilla Brown

Follow William on Instagram And his music (The song used in this episode is called Elysium and is used in this episode with full permission from William Padilla Brown. All copyrights to the music belong to him) Support his work at https://www.mycoshop.net Follow the podcast on Instagram Support the podcast on Patreon Show notes: William’s self-created lifestyle as a citizen scientist, permaculturist and professional nerd William’s journey with self-education & deciding to value and pursue what he was interested in over the prescribed academic curriculum, as well as advice for people looking to self-educate Insect farming & working with styrofoam eating mealworms - this as a way to start creating a new language of remediation & organic depolymerization for the next generation Mushrooms as the hooked-on-phonics of ecological literacy: a way into the conversation with nature His recommendations for people developing their ecological literacy - learning their morphological patterns showing themselves differently in different areas of the planet The role of the divine feminine as the creative life force energy in higher evolution, and the suppression and commodification of the feminine as a source of the sickness of society Psychedelics as a tool for reclaiming his consciousness from cultural conditioning and destructive patterns, and as a way to draw our minds back to the present moment- Instead of ego death/loss of identity, the shedding of the false character sold to him via growing up in modern society - found his multidimensional true identity on the other side Bringing into existence what we see ought to exist around us - asking the question, why isn’t someone doing this already? “It didn’t exist, so I did ALL of it.” Seeing things that are descructive that if we don’t do something about it, it will take generations to repair. Recognizing the fact that we see it means we’re supposed to do something about it! Cryptocurrency & decentralized currency in the regenerative movement - a vital example of decentralized systems. Decentralized systems teachers William learned from: 1. Charles Eisenstein , 2. Paul Glover, 3 & 4. Scott Kellogg & Stacy Pettigrew How extractive & destructive it is to value people’s time by the hour, and how it warps our self-worth and value systems Recommendations for people to build resilience: in community and in our families, setting an example with building family health Family as inspiration and ability to stay in a hopeful, high vibration