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Dear friends,

One of my best friends in the world, Brian Baker, was climbing on some rocks in Kuai last Friday afternoon when a giant set of waves unexpectedly came in and swept Brian away. Brian was one of the most loving, caring people I've ever know. He touched and transformed the lives of countless people in most profound ways -- sometimes with a simple humorous comment which cut to the heart, sometimes with deep, authentic connection that could just blow you away. If you want to learn more about this beautiful man, here's a link to his facebook page:

It started with me standing in front of a long hallway full of desks. Each of the desks was a checkpoint at which they gave tests to pass the members through the endless bureaucracy of artificially created meaning towards the inner circles of their religion. The clan, the cult, supposedly it was all by choice. On some level it was.