Believing isn't thinking, but we've been programmed to believe that believing is thinking. To use our intelligence to think means we're keeping the energy active, we're thinking, we're really using the power of our intelligence in a thinking way. But when we've been programmed to believe, we're no longer thinking, because energy flows.
John TrudellAs human beings, we're given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.
John TrudellThe thing is, it has to do with heart - we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.
John TrudellI think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.
John TrudellThe strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.
John TrudellWe have power... Our power isnโt in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system; these are authoritarian systems... they have power... but itโs not reality. The power of our intelligence, individually or collectively IS the power; this is the power that any industrial ruling class truly fears: clear coherent human beings.
John Trudell