Why I'm NOT Going to Burning Man 2023
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2023
- How have the values and the ethos of Burning Man changed over time? Here's what I have noticed and why I am not going to Burning Man in 2023.
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Welp. This aged appropriately. What are your thoughts on what’s going on at burning man now? Bet you’re glad you made this decision.
Haha yeah greatest decision
Yes. Lets hope everyone makes it out without chaos.
This flood was no accident . Weather warfare through HAARP. They are targeting the peaceful people that are coming awake. Resist this tyranny.
@@GaminHasard
03 September 2023 12:33p (PDT)
Too late.
I fear that this is going to become one of the worst catastrophes in Nevada’s history.
If not _THE_ worst. 💔
@@alitlweird Burning man is about self reliance though not just the community aspect.
If you truly didn't go this year, then your mother's prayers are working for you, as we say in Africa. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That's so sweet, we say 'your grandmar's prayers are working for you' here in Brasil 💛
@@carolitoffana oh really? Wow. There's many similarities between Brazil and Yorùbá land. In Yorùbá land, the expression is actually, "orí ìyá ẹ", or "your mother's orí". The "orí" is the Yorùbá word for the head. It's also the metaphysical force that every human is thought to have in their head, which governs their path in life. Sort of like the "Chi" in eastern Asian philosophies.
This guy and his buddy made a great call. They are feeling good this year.
Alright, it's not that deep. It rained hard for 6 hours. Let's not invoke our ancestors here.
@@blakejones917 believe what you want. We are free to believe what we choose. What gives you any rights to dictate to us?
Regardless of your reason you should feel like a GENIUS this year
Last time i was there it felt like i walked into a twitter comment section. There is a facade of spirituality, compassion, openness, love etc but behind that nearly every person has obvious unaddressed demons and ego problems. The whole thing has become a parody of itself and it has lost what used to make it real.
Yeah - but the same could be said for all of us. Even your comment about "how above it" you are... even Aubrey isn't immune as he has to shit on something just to promote his own party. Where is the positvity? Where is the enlightenment and laughter at the flaws? Don't be so hypocritical.
@@saystheteddIn the end, the New-age movement gives you that is all a counterfeit of real spirituality, Yeshua is the only real way! ⭐️☝️🏼
It’s a fad, something gen-z vanlife trustifarians can post about on their social media pages. It’s a caricature, just like most attendees.
The egotistical and insecure cannot handle real energy and people, they become insecure and compare themselves and become aggressive and competitive.
Do you consider yourself egoless and demonless? It's a literal contradiction.
My first time to burning man was in 2004 and last in 2011. The biggest shift I saw happen with the spirit of the Burn happened with the introduction of smartphones and social media in 2007…the introduction of radical narcissism ,elitism ,vanity and classism . It basically when the route of Coachella and Hollywood club scene. Interestingly enough, that was the year (2007) with the man was burned down early by an Arsonist . Burning Man before a fully internet dominated culture was like no other experience on Earth. Sad to see it go down in flames of irony.
It’s still quite alive my man. It’s whatever you bring to it.
My journey at the burn roughly paralleled this. At some point you look around and think 'why the f should I be out here' it's no longer an alternate universe, it's just an extension of the default world with costumes, dust and networked cell phones.
@@tlxreed yep, once that “new car” smell wears off..it’s just another car..lol
I love all the trash they leave behind.
I was there in '04 and '07. After it got bigger than 50,000 I lost interest. And I live near to it in Reno. But maybe 1 more one of these years. I should go up to the Black rock when nobody's there.
People who overload their lives need even bigger events like Burning Man to take a break. For me a sandwich and a cup of coffee in a park on a sunny day is enough. 😁
Or a trip to your moms bedroom then a cigarette and a Denver omelette for me!
@@js1112111Amen.
ONG
@js1112111 Relax there buddy, Jesus hung out with sinners. I'm just doing God's Work
@@edmundomouet sinning is not God's work, and Jesus "hung out" with sinners to teach them His ways and to encourage them to repent & change their ways. Those that didn't, He rebuked and then cast them aside. Yall forget that part though.
I feel part of the Burning Man journey is to discard it. It is temporary in every way. from every angle and dimension. Go there. Experience it. Be awestruck. Allow it to inspire an inner dawn. then realize how aweful it is. And feel motivated to do better. Build things of beauty that last.
same with drugs…
@xeropunt5749 💯
Totally Disagree. 90% of the people go to be "cool" and have ZERO understanding of spirituality.
This comment is on 👌🌬
That was my issue with it. Having traveled Europe before I ever went to BM what they call art left much to be desired, like skill and talent. I saw a lot of wannabe art and a lot of junk. There were SOME awesome pieces, Bliss Dance and the Neverwas Haul were pretty good. But a lot of it was junk that was going to be left behind or dumper in the dumpsters all around Reno, rest areas or the side of the road.
It's a mess.
There's a saying that eventually rings true for everyone, "you can't go home again"......what it actually means is there are experiences in life that make us who we are, and at the time they seem valuable & meaningful, but once you've evolved as a person, and you & others around you have gotten all you can out of these experiences, you will never see or feel them the same way and it's time to continue in the direction moving closer to our true & eternal home. This is the narrow path that few will find, but blessed are those that do.
sounds more like desensitization from the agony which came from ecstasy
Have an 81 year old friend who went with her husband to Burning Man early on when there were few people. “It was just a party where you could drive right in, and camp in your car. There were only a hundred or so there,” she said. Now it appears, people go to show off their toned bodies, hook up with folks, promote their brands, “find themselves,” etc. 🙄
To RedPat8832: ... and slave selves to social media seeking stipends.
Why was everything cool back in the day? Everything sucks now bs
"Why was everything cool back in the day?" Perhaps you missed the part about "It was just a party where you could drive right in, and camp in your car. There were only a hundred or so there, ..."
@@michaeldale4804 ??? Regardless it sounds better than it is now
No one promotes their brand, plenary of people don’t hook up and the bodies of participants is a BROAD spectrum. You haven’t been there, I wouldn’t speak much on it if I were you cause you just don’t know. You’re a 3rd party to an 81 year old.
Had free tickets offered to me a month ago. I declined with ease. I’m working at my daughters school and I honestly cannot imagine anything better. I’ve changed so much since I went in 2013/2014, and I’m so glad I’m at a place where being a good parent is the best endorphin release.
To my ex who left me and our child to go to burning man when she was just 3 months old, and who later abused me and left us with nothing: I hope he got a free ticket 😂
Karma 😉
All the people I know who go to burning man - are some of the most ego-centric / narcissistic people I’ve ever met 😭
@@__rm307 that's what I got from the footage of this video too. like some weird self absorbed cult who think their rituals matters
I'm sure you have a blessed and lucky baby girl D
I’ve never seen the value of Burning Man. It’s a meeting of godless souls.
You made the right choice. Well thought out and well said.
Damn he was right , it says heavy rain is gonna be heading over them for the next few days and it’s gonna get worse , there’s 70k people , alot might die
It’s feels like it could be perfectly orchestrated like everything else going on this year! Is it really natural? Or is it darker than that? :/
@soulfire
It's darker. Drugs, naked people, witches 🧙♀️. That's why God gave them a little reminder with a double 🌈 to remember them who's in charge. The problem is they all are on drugs. So that love or respect is fake until the drugs run out.
Wow! Probably a good idea to bail on Burning Man this year, for the reasons stated here but also.....the weather has proven to be unfavorable. Seems like the universe agrees with you, Aubrey. 💚🌟💚
Only one full day of dust and two day rain/mud delay. The Burns were amazing.
Fantastic intuition Aubrey! 💫So happy you stood true to your intuitions and feelings. Peace & blessings
Really fantastic. Him and his buddies just saved so much hassle from this year's mud pits
wow, ive never heard of this celebration / ceremony..
it looks full on...
I was drawn to the concept.. the burning man that symbolises getting rid of, releasing... then I thought 💭
I do this every sabbath.. once a week I spend in prayer under a tree, in nature, letting go of worldly and existing in a vibration that feels pure, inviting and such calmness... once a week, this gift is for everyone, no competition, no working, being a slave at the job, enjoying nature.. preparation is Friday every week for celebrations on sabbath.. it doesnt need to be in a church. the land is your roam, the temple you live in is rented.. by you.. inviting yeshua to sit with you on sabbath is bliss.. and so many people dont realise they can have this too.. its the 4th commandment plus the 7th day of creation.
Amen.
Yes I’ve felt pure bliss by sitting with Jesus (Yeshua) and releasing myself to Him.
@@laurenharper1510 Agreed. I've been trying to honor and obey the Sabbath for some time now, though I still mess up pretty regularly, I'm getting much better at it & it does give me such a sense of peace, balance & pleasure. I'm so glad our Redeemer has such patience with us.
Yes new era energy is here. I'm grateful you are being transparent here as it resonates deeply to how I've been feeling re festivals this coming season.
What a world!
This has to be one of the best decisions anyone ever made! Not only are not stuck in the mud, but now channel is blowing up.
The mud was only an issue for two days. The Playa dries out in a day. The Burns were absolutely AMAZING. Veteran Burners claimed they were among the best ever. PERFECT weather for them. You just had to be patient. Those who left but could have stayed really missed out.
youtube.com/@AwfullWaffle?si=fYQAUy0nl5uyo07a
??? 🤔
This year's flooding almost had symbolical meaning. In the end that fire was put down
Jesus is who you cast your burdens on! Not some dumb idols
Don't go there if you're a spiritual person
Isn't this comment in and of itself an issue?
Everyone is spiritual, even if they have not found the time and space to realize it.
Why.
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@DevineDeciphorsensitive people don't go ;)
@@andrewperillo3609
I dunno. Sensitive people do go but they have to pick and choose their way to exist in the massive energetic experience
@@cindymeyerson2099 The master doesnt speak. For the ones who dont know are speaking. The learnings will always be untill you become the one who knows. The master doesnt speak. Because everything has already been said. Everything is all taken care of. There learnings. There way of life. The way things are. All of it. So the master just sits, an watches, how amusing it is to be the one who knows, an to know what i know is not attained threw teachings, that i never speak. For spoken word distractions. From your attractions. All that ever needs to be has already been, thus doing is a fools Aaron, for all that will ever be, is being, an to understand being, one must look deeply into non being. The answers, to all ones learnings are inside myself. Thus no teaching is ever necessary for the one who fallows the true way
Literally, I haven't gone because I have been feeling THIS. It had always been something I wanted to attend, but no longer...
I attended the first "burning man" events in San Francisco (late '80s). It was not the first to do this. Artists/bohemians in SF built effigies of humans or animals out of wood and sometimes burned the art to stay warm. The Beats did it in '50s Happenings and the Hippies did it later in the '60s. This occurred in other artist colonies too: the Hamptons, Venice Beach near LA, and on beaches in Europe. I noticed the BM event going downhill in the mid-1990s and stopped attending. There's a natural cycle to counterculture phenomena: The Haight-Ashbury scene was incredible in 1964-1967 then 300,000 teens flooded SF and the scene quickly deteriorated. Rapes, drug overdoses, violence, ripoffs. Burning Man got too big by the late 1990s in my opinion. It lost its soul long ago. Sadly, it became a pilgrimage of narcissism, hedonism, conformity, and hypocrisy. Why would BM continue to burn a massive structure and pollute the Earth? Terrible symbolism--should have been abolished decades ago. A monument of stupidity. It's naive to think BM would be different than any other human endeavor (or city) on this planet. There are wealthy, middle-class, and poor neighborhoods. Cliques, mob psychology, subtle bullying, weekend hippies, flying phonies, con artists, narcissism, spiritual materialism, and escapism. What this Earth needs is less escapism and more focus on fixing the myriad problems that exist on our planet. I was done w/ Burning Man long ago.
How does the desert recover from multiple days of 70,000+ humans urinating & defecating in the sand for multiple days???
I kinda regret not going back in the early 00's before it became a "thing".
...glad I got to enjoy it back then 2000-2007, then it all changed
Ngl, this seems like a rich person problem. I remember having an opportunity to go in 1999, and these same critiques were around back then. At the end of the day, the ticket was too expensive, and I couldn’t go. I’ve never been, and probably never will. Being a working artist, I’ve been to a lot of festivals around the country, and have been to places that have this vibe, but this one is huge, and totally cost prohibitive.
I think there’s a deep metaphorical significance to this event. Right now the world is burning from Maui to Canada to Greece yet burning man is being flooded. We have yet to see how people in crisis will react or what the government will do about it.
Totally agree with you! Something is definitely in the air... I've been feeling it for a few years now and it's getting stronger.
Your puny ego cannot handle the real and true self and you know it.
I smelled it in 2010
@@punapeter Yes, that's when the pretentiousness and its poseurs started to ooze in.....
@@a.johnson1860 2010 was the last year you could buy a ticket at the gate. There was a guy spare changing it at the sign on the turn off the hwy.
After that it started showing up in movies and fashion magazines. People were going just to do photo shoots.
It's over. I say bring it back to Baker Beach and don't advertise on media the date. Face to face last minute word of mouth only date and time. Flash Mob BM
Great tagline to promote your own festival. Everything changes. 15 years from now, people will say the same about your festival. To answer everyone’s question about why he’s been re-uploading the video: to promote his festival which he claims was the worst investment of his life.
Yeah I love Aubrey but this feels weird, re uploading this video because in the first one he promoted arkadia and then prolly realized it was unchill to talk ish on burning man then claim the one he’s making will be better
Oh , so he cut his Arkadia promo? I saw the first upload and CBFd watching it all again.
Dick move to bash the Man and then immediately promo his own freak fest as a replacement.
You changed more than burning man. There's always been plenty of bad shit to witness there. My first was 97. But depending on where you are, what time and what you're focusing on the burn can be many things. Some people don't even leave their own little vicinity but a few times and have an amazing time. Or you could go look for pretentious hypocrites. Or evil dark ones. It's all there. The politics were dumb in 2016 when you went. You just were new to it. Now that you've outgrow it wallah, you're a genius. And now you'll really be sukn ur own D now that you think you dodged a bad time. Or maybe you'd have had the best one yet as people came together to help one another. All a matter of perspective.
The Earth is just fine, but humanity is now openly dominated by evil.
I imagine you are even more pleased with your decision, now. Intuition is a valuable tool.
I feel some of these points. And I can’t seem to get into going back after Renegade Burn. That specific piece of land is beautiful and now I feel like I would get more from it going out there with a couple like minded friends not during the Burn than during the Burn. But to each their own, because we are all on our own journey 💜
Looks like it was the year to avoid
Thank you, Aubrey for your seriousness about that topic. I also minimize compromizes out of my comfortzone.
Why did my comment about burning man officials rampantly disregarding sexual assault claims during the festival get deleted?
@@megank36 what’s NW?
Been saying what you're expressing since 2011 when my bike was stolen literally in the inside heart of my camp on Day 2. Prior to that year bike thefts were only "its late I'm a bit disoriented (thank you a good Party), where is my bike is this my bike?". The fact that you've only been going since 2016 and are echoing my same yesteryear sentiments gives me hope for the actual on going transforming mutation of TTITD.
Wtf is ttitd
That Thing In The Desert.
Principles beget prosperity; prosperity begets decadence; decadence begets decline. And the disillusionment of decline reinvigorates our thirst for principles. & so the cycle continues. The key is to not lose (or to find) yourself along the way. Kudos for stepping away. Grateful for your insights on this. Thank you for sharing.
👏🏼
His puny, aggressive ego can't handle the true self.
@truthseek3017 -- Are we all in a contest for self-authenticity that I was unaware of?
we all have our shortcomings, brother. You, him, & me included.
Cheers
@@Will_whore_my_data_for_food I know but it is deeper than that, people project their insecurities onto others and it causes animosity. We can all get along if we just leave our egos in the dust and stop trying to compete and compare ourselves to eachother. Everyone should be accepted, small or big, masculine or feminine. What we consume effects how we act and how our mood is.
Sounds like the fatal sequence of a democracy or a const.republic. look it up.
The bigger things get, the worse they become. More people, more problems
True. Ego, greed, money, councils, permits etc.
Every event could begin with this in mind and set a cut off point. Once we reach x amount of people, pull the pin and start something new. IDK though there are festivals in Europe with double the crowd numbers.
The people who started BM are in their 70’s now. They are cashing in while they still can.
Not surprising. Do you know if they still attend?@@deborahdaviesdd-artist1059
@@spiritlevelstudios It sounds like that's what Aubrey is doing.
@@websurfer5772 hope so, who knows.
I am going
I attended burning man 1st time in '99. Went every year until 2007. The last few years I went, I noticed how much it had really changed and felt almost out of place. It was more like a show of how much money you had, or could spend to look cool. Glad I had the experiences I did, but sadly I will never go back.......
My first burn was 1999 too!!!!
I went in94. Boy has it turnt out different. Yuck for me
🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁🛸👑🔥
The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude.
Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24
“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth
Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand
Galatians 6:7
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:8
“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
This feeling that you got already in 2007 of Burning Man becoming very commercial and egocentric/ materialistic makes me think that burners that are VIP and with a lot of wealth contributed to shift the genuine spirit of the festival. So when I listened to Aubrey Marcus who is actually one of these wealthy famous burners I think that he is also part of this western white privileged new age spirituality so self centred in improving, healing, having mystical experiences, so outcome-focused on reaching some heightened level of consciousness and less focused on the collective and radical acceptance of humanity. His first burning man was 2016 and he says that he had noticed a change since then but perhaps I think that it was already like that in 2016 and that the change is in him....maybe he is going through a personal shift in awareness that allowed him to noticed that. Or perhaps he is just saying this to follow the trend of the moment of what is right and cool to say. I think it's maybe a mix of both. I wish that in his speech he'd include himself in part of this shift in awareness from 2016 rather than saying " when I used to go it was cool, now that I don't go is because it's not cool anymore'. Don't get me wrong, I like Aubrey Marcus and I enjoy his podcast but I stopped in the last year to follow his podcast noticing who is he giving voice to ( majority are part of this rich white spiritual new age dudes) and not a lot of space is given to unprivileged voices of marginal communities. If you consider yourself spiritual and driven by these values and you are such a popular figure in this new age psychedelic renaissance movement then you should start asking yourself about your privilege and who are you giving voice to. I wish he would use his channel to shine more awareness to the less cool and pretty side of this niche of white dudes going to expensive retreads taking all sort of psychedelics and focused on self care all the time. I wish he could take a critical stand and think of how to give voice to a more diversified group of people including black women, activists and all different kind of people..
@danielaquacinella1567 This is 100% on point.
I was at the burn and it was beautiful. Hardship is when humanity and love really shines the brightest. Soft people will always seek comfort
Flew my airplane into the playa, 97. Things have changed a great deal. Guy is absolutely right about the corporate takeover burning. Man’s been ruined for a long time.
I went in 2003 4 and 5 and 6, and then again in 14 15 16. didn't seem hardly at all different to me then.
what do you even mean 'ruined?' If someone LETS others define something for them, and LETS THEM ruin it for them, well, that's the fault of the letters, ain't it. No one ruined burningman for me. I enjoyed it plenty in 14 and 15 and 16.
yer blind mon @@highstimulation2497
You picked a great year NOT to go
Ironically, they burn an image of a man at the finale………
Great call on not going this year! Dodged the mud festival.
I'm a burner '10, '12, '14. The change started in 2013 and 2014. (I have burner friends who have never missed since 2009) The VIP camps and the shortage of tickets, squeezing out of the theme camp members needed to build the theme camps has changed the overall feel and texture.
the shARK JUMP HAPPENED way before 2014
He’s talking about being upset cause people have “animosity” to VIP camps……
You sound like a genius right now. 🎯 also you saw the weather predictions🤣
My first Burn was 2018, I stayed and worked on Iveson Ranch for about 3 months helping a friend get his 40 campers ready to rent out and haul to Playa, last year he was forced to sell his Buisness to BM as they stopped outside housing being allowed to be brought in for people, unless it's BM doing it, I moved to Gerlach itself in 2020 just after covid, people came the first year and more came for the Renegade Burn, and then 2022 Burn, I saw what it did to the people I called family in town, my girlfriend that worked there, and myself working at Miner's Club, one of the 3 bars in the last town next to Playa, and you start ta see that BM is trying to make it so that They are the only ones that are allowed to make money off Burn, and politics ate Definitely in play, some in town wouldn't speak up in fear of what the Dark Council, as the high ups are called, may do in retaliation. During the Renegade Burn we saw it could be done on our Own, and everything Would be ok, Better in some ways even, I don't think they liked that, I miss Gerlach and those I call family there, but its sad the BiPolar Hypocrisy that goes on with BM. And then BM buying up every piece of property that goes up for sale in the town outbiding anyone that's lived there renting for years that might Finally be able to buy a house, forget it, even their own workers that moved there
Your so smart you didn’t go this year.
This message is so much more powerful now. So happy you made this video.
I really enjoyed this video.
For over 15 years I went to specific festivals in Europe and in the last few years, I slowly started letting them all go one by one sadly because they became not only "comercial" purposely driven that way to make more €$ and with their popularity the people they began attracting act exactly like they act in their day to day, they don't get the Spirit of it, so what's the point?!
If the organisation "sells their soul" they the one's killing their own "work" so once that happens, can't blame it on the people.
Glad someone with a voice decided to comment on this!
Just gotta move on and wait for something genuine to pop up again and enjoy it while it's pure.
This is true.
It was dope meeting you at sunrise last year Aubrey 🎉🌄
Go to an ancient temple in Thailand - that's the real deal 😊
This aged well!!!!! They’re stranded
GOD made himself known today to the attendees at the "Burning Man" event today !!!
I’d never go to BM. I need my own space to rest and these kind of events give me anxiety 😅
You made a good call bud! I almost went as well this year something was off. My favorite year was when they closed it during covid and everyone went anyways, for free. It was by far the best year for me out of 5 times
You missed the best year this year then. You’ve never seen people more communal, more dedicated to their community and they well being of everyone, and the indomitable spirit of celebration rising well well about tough circumstances.
@@rkrushenick awesome to hear ! Unfortunate the media made it look like it was anarchy out there
lollololol@@rkrushenick
Old Japanese saying: A man who climbs Mt. Fuji once is wise. A man who climbs Mt. Fuji twice is a fool.
Ha ha 😅 did you just watch that Abroad in Japan video with Chris where he said that and climbed mt fuji for the second time 🏔
No. It is a very old teaching@@larsstougaard7097
I started going in 2004 and I found every year was so much different than the year prior. Truth be told, it was me that was changing more than Burning Man itself. I haven't been since 2012 but I have no doubt I will dip my foot back in again soon.
You could definitely dip your foot had you gone this year 😂
Talk to the locals, the trash doesn't get picked up. The trash gets left all over reno, people bring up their "creations" and do not want to take them home. The stuff is stinky and filthy from the playa and they leave it behind for everyone else to clean up. It would be a better experience if people would come, have a great time and leave as if they never came in the first place.
Good call Aubrey 😂
Thank you, Aubrey! I think a lot of people agree with you.
Not burning this year. Multiple real life reasons, but what it really came down to, was what can I bring to the Playa this year? Do I bring the same thing as years past, even though I haven't touched my airbrush in almost 3 years?
Or do I skip it, spend time with friends and family locally, break out the air brush and paint for me, be selfish for a few hours as I sit in the flow and let the world melt away.
It's been nice to just take a year off and walk around this city, see these people and experience them. Even if they don't know they are part of the experiment of being present in this now. It's been nice to volunteering my time at the disaster relief center, packing trucks, making meals, just giving to communities that are literally burning to the ground.
Oh I am still burning... just not on the Playa... living the principles in a place that has no idea those are being shared with them.
My first burn was 05, in 08 I had questions, by 12 I was seriously wondering what had happened. My last burn was 19, I had an amazing time. but I found myself feeling like the outsider intruding on a party that wasn't meant for me. Had I just grown up? Had I changed? Had burning man changed?
When you first went, you were naive and wide eyed by the spectacle of it all. The more things & nuances you picked up on over the years, the more you wisened up and gained perspective on the shallowness of it all.
Well done Aubrey. Beautifully communicated ♥️🙏🏻
Well this aged like fine wine..
Burning Man has gone downhill since the boom of social media and especially now with how political and secular humans have become. It is an empty shell of what it used to be. Just a warning for anybody thinking of going and expect to be around like minded souls. Hint: you might have a hard time finding any souls there.
When cell phone reception became available on the playa, it pretty much ended my desire to attend Burning Man. The differences in the culture, personal interactions, and behaviors were undeniable. Much like in the regular world, people were glued to tiny screens, hooked on social media feeds, etc. Made me sad, but also super grateful to have burned for so many great years before mobile phones were a thing!
It's always the same - mainstream eats subculture (and shits it out). When that happens, you know that it has become stale, "sanitized" and "under control", otherwise it wouldn't be mainstream.
What you put out to the universe, you receive in spades. Actually it wouldn't be so bad if Burningman was "so yesterday ". Maybe some old timers would return. ❤
What does people becoming more secular have to do with the decline of Burning Man?
And the captain of them all promoting his opinion right here 😅
The complaints you're describing are simply the defaults of human nature. Don't fool yourself into thinking humans are capable of anything else.
You picked the perfect time not to go! My gosh, what perfectly coincidental timing. Reminds of when I went to my first E3 convention… in 2019.
This was literally the most beautiful, communal, amazing year to go.
A perfect example of listening to your intuition. Dont ever change your mind after the initial thought.
Proud of you @aubrey for always keeping yourself in check and evolving and learning. I admit I lost a little trust when you didnt speak up for some certain things until it was safe to. But I also admit I was a little hard on you for being human for having to learn that lesson on your own. But you always find a way to find your truth. So kudos. Keep doing what you are doing. Your audience is looking for truth.
his audience? who is he?
He's really good at evolving.. into a triceratops 😂
HE is a fraud.@@punapeter
no one at all.@@punapeter
Good call! 😳 I used to go in the 90’s, haven’t been since 2001 (right before 9/11). Ironically I considered going this year. I’m gonna keep my sweet memories
Thank you for this. I've been trying to articulate this.
Love the Vulnerability. Thank you for your, Honesty
This aged well.
Has anyone had or heard of Valley Fever? I have had it after being out at a huge festival in this area in the rain. - It isn't a feeling that keeps me away; it is my concern for health. - I can easily get it again and it was worse than the vid, for me. ❤
It's like living on an island (pun intended). I mean, there's nothing sketchy about it happening in the "Black Rock" desert.
This is how I felt after going from the early 2000s, to about 2010. And when I talk to older heads, they felt the same way but from an earlier period. Seems like everyone come to this point, regardless of 'when' they were going. At the end of the day, it's an escape, a distraction from everyday life. It's never changed anything on a macro scale, and never will.
I'm an Original Burner. Black Rock Desert. 1990-1995. Member of the San Francisco Cacophony Society. I knew the late Larry Harvey personally - as well as co-founders John Law and Michael Mikel (Danger Ranger).
Along with John, I left after 1995, when the event had 5,000 people, and their first fatality.
BM has become the antithesis of what it all started out to be.
I'm actually surprised the BLM hasn't pulled BM's permits. But, I'm guessing it's all about $$$.
In 5D living, festivals are by donation basis, giving from the heart and eco conscious.
So true fully agree, the old systems must crumble
good timing, regardless of your reckoning
Jesus returns soon.
Contrivances of equanimity not real mindfulness of others, always rub me the wrong way if people’s inner values don’t match up with their actions. I personally am not into “I’m cool” Cosplay, feeding the ego not the soul . Experimental psychology in a petri dish of hedonism with no direction is too messy for mine . I hope Arcadia works out for your vision Aubrey with more cohesive goals of true responsibility and respect for a world our hearts know are possible, not egocentrism but world centrism with development of a one consciousness ethos , yes here to play and experience, but not at the expense of others play and experience. Nothing wrong with cutting loose in unbounded love and light , not ego and attention seeking displays…
Seeing the storm, something saved you bro.
Maybe you’re just opening your eyes to what has always been true .
Having gone last year, I got to see how ironic it all was; the idea of radical inclusivity, diversity and all that really just exist as empty slogans, and it all felt odd. There are timeless and beautiful experiences to be had there, but with the perspective for such things, we can find them anywhere at anytime. Also, there was the strange pagan, ritualistic nature of it that culminated in fire sprites marching out of the Burning Man at the end, and it gave me an odd feeling of being part of some spell that I had a hunch about but most aren't privy to. It's an experience, and it can be beautiful and positive, but for me, for now, one time is enough.
You just described the entire modern left wing movement. I'm a liberal and had to vote straight Republican in 2020 and looks like will have to again coming up in 2024, it's sad really.... Conservatives are more liberal than most "liberals" now-a-days, and "liberals" are just plain angry, mean, and misled.
Lets be real. Why are ppl picking up garbage that wasnt their own before? Because people were polluting. It shouldnt have been there to begin with.
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of destruction.
Have an event without drugs. That's your biggest problem. Either when on or wearing off. That shows your true colors and they ain't nice. Cuz you used all your endorphins for something that was fake and now you just hate the world coming off and everyone you see. They hating it right now I bet!
@@Tina-mt9cl Right. Supporting a bloated serial rapist who stares into solar eclipses is an awesome way to demonstrate global awareness. 😂
What was edited out from the last upload?
The promotional aspect for Arkadia
Ive been to over 100 festivals and this helped me to understand why, over the past 3 years in particular, Ive went in a different direction.
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what a strange occupation
@@punapeter occupation?
Hey, if you want to, you're qualified to write a book about all those experiences.
@@websurfer5772 cuz everyone writes a book
@@websurfer5772 So a friend of mine...I swear ..said this to me earlier today. I showed her this comment and she said theres your sign. I said...nevah!!! Some stories...are better left untold. 😊
👏👏👏👏👏 bravo Aubrey way to listen, hope everyone makes it off the playa ok
I bet you are SUPER glad too, now.
Well, this was prescient.....
Bunch of cosplaying hippies now if you ask me!
Sounds like you think you’re better than them ?
That's a good way to describe it. Last BM i attended was an uncanny valley of what it used to be. Took a lot of self reflection for me to figure out what changed. People looked like they were having a good time, but definitely they were missing the point and I want nothing to do with the type of people that go there now.
she is defenitely better than them@@camronrubin8599
It’s interesting how our own personal evolution can open your eyes and change the way you see something that once served it’s purpose.
This is weakness.
If the world loses truth, you step in and show it. Turning away from untruth means not trusting yourself enough to see and bring truth into untruth.
Only going where truth is, is premature. It is feel good addiction. Maturing means going where untruth is, and finding truth in it, then sharing it.
Nobody liked me there either. I felt very unwelcome, lonely and (quite honestly), suicidal. Thought people might be nice, yet there was a LOT of bullying, and neglect. People prey on weak people there. Never again. Waste of money.
Someone earlier made the comment if you are spiritual and/or sensitive, don't go to BM. Maybe they knew!!
I’m gonna stick to burnin on this here couch with these here cats.
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You had very good discernment. God bless you.
You’re spot on for not going Aubrey.
Hope everyone is going to be safe and sound.
I went to BOOM Festival in Portugal for the 3rd time this year and I felt a similar energy.
A lot of people not caring about trashing the environment, whoch is one of the most important charakteristics for a BOOMER. Made me very sad and angry. A lot of low level energy drugs and a lot of rudeness. Quite a few video mappings from artists I can't stand behind as well. They felt like subliminal messaging in a direction that I can't support.
Just curious, but what video mappings and subliminal messaging are your referring to? It was also my third Boom this year and I didn’t feel the vibe you describe, but perhaps I missed something
I was there this year too and am also curious about what you observed, thank you
Probably satanic imagery
I bet you're a lot of fun in camp!
With rainstorm that hit the Playa on Friday, and everyone there is stuck and can not get out of the muck, you’re lucky you and your wife, and friends didn’t go in 2023.
This made me realize that I've been using a computer online indoors for almost half my life now, but still go outside alot and only offline👍
Thank you Marcus for posting. Good insights on your part, although many were also feeling these vibes of late. Thank you. 🤔👀👍