Dear Merge,

I’m writing this as the others finish packing up the last of our things; We’re leaving the youth hostel we’ve stayed in the last two nights in Boulder and heading out to explore the rustic terrain of Colorado. It’s been an incredible experience to leave a retreat of such intensity of depth together, then to continue to explore our understanding of evolution, consciousness and how we engage with life at the deepest level as we continue on. There is a deep recognition that we are not just a random group of young people who just happened to develop relationships upon meeting each other through order of mere circumsantce, as is often the case in our culture, yet instead we are all young thinkers who have been exploring these concepts on our own for years, and it’s our interest in the depth of life and the exploration of existance that brought us together, and it’s from there that we relate to each other in any given moment. It’s been a blessing to be able to continuously share that space together, without compromise, in a way that is rare in our culture today among young people. It’s times like this that really strenghten my conviction in our potential to come together as young people to create a full force movement, when a group of us spanning coasts, countries and backgrounds end up together in the middle of the United States and ban together for the sake of simply wanting to be together in the name of evolution. Looking from that perspective, nothing we do together seems like a waste of time.. from skipping rocks into a creek, to long engaging meals, to sharing comfortable silence together – we’re simply happy to be in company with others who are sharing a perspective on life that is impersonal, developmental, authentic and motivating. It’s from there that the conversation naturally and effortlessly flows, and continues to inform what we are choosing and where we are going together. We’re looking forward to the time when more of you can join us and to more time together in the future.

Wish you all were here with us,

Love,

Jeremy Funston
Brooklyn, NY