Throw Yourself Like Seed

By Michael Meade

Amidst the threats of scarcity and confusion, Meade argues for the necessity that conscious adults carry the “spiritual weight of the times” and help make the world meaningful for the young folks coming along. Modern girls and boys, just like the youth in the Story of the Half Boy, hunger for respect, recognition and the blessings of their community. How do modern societies find rituals of initiation and practices that bring forth the genius seeds in each person?

Meade offers surprising answers: find the right trouble to be in and accept that chaos leads to creation; learn the nature of your own gifts and hold to moments of wholeness; offer to help rather than abandon young people; plant something you love and tend it long enough for beauty to blossom and meaning to grow.

Downloadable audio (90 minutes)