You’re in it right now.
However you are interacting with these words
on your phone
at your computer
listening via a podcast
you’re there
we’re here
in the same way it’s hard to notice when you’re dreaming
its hard to recognize this world
at a measurable point in SpaceTime (’the real world’) Erick Godsey’s body tapped on a keyboard of a Macbook Pro at 11:32 PM
but that isn’t where we are
we are here
I’m here with you now
inside your psyche
this place,
where we are meeting
is the new world
I don’t know which came first
The Dreamworld or Spacetime
but this new world is their child
and we haven’t given it a name
this new god
this new world
this new realm in the psyche
attempts that miss the mark have been
the internet
the digital
(Zuck spoiled the name metaverse)
but each of them
like the blind men’s hands
calling the elephant a tree
are trying to describe this place you and I are in right now
learning how to play the game of life
in this world
can be the difference between
living the life the most resentful part of you thinks you deserve
and a life where
you generate and give money as play
you remember anything you want to (literally)
you always keep your word (because you do what you say you will)
you can learn anything that has been learned before
that the way you live naturally produces prolific creativity
but
in this world
if you’re not careful
it can hurt you
the ads and the algorithms
they’re looking for you when you’re here
we say ‘they want your attention’
but in this world
thats the same as saying
they want you
but if you can navigate the ads and algos
billions of us are here (most of us are sleep walking tho)
there is more art, books, and ideas here
then the great library of Alexandria
I first got here when my body was still a boy
my gate was video games
I started my journey here awake
but as I got older
and I moved from the video game to the computer
I started falling asleep
I’ve spent the great part of my life here asleep
But sometimes I wake up
like, right now,
as I write this
I’m awake
one of my favorite parts about art
is that when I make it
it wakes me up
my hope is
that these words have woken you up
and that you can take a moment to behold
the majesty of this place
this new world
when we’re awake in it
What would Plato have done in this world?
What would a bodhisattva do with this opportunity?
What would Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, Jesus, Muhammad, or Solomon be doing in this world?
and while there are Marys and Ghandis,
there are also
Khans, Hitlers, and Stalins?
What are they doing?
What does genius, passion, tenacity, discipline, compassion, focus, wisdom, and love do with this new world?
Hint: What does it look like when you stop unconsciously consuming here, and you start consciously creating here?
I think it changes everything.