Some Big Secrets
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As an investigative journalist I have tried to be a fly on the wall, bring the hidden exclusives that no one else has access to. It took me years to understand that the biggest secrets are hiding in plain sight, and uncovering them is the most profound, astonishing, and important investigation one can make.
Just recently I have found that songs are constantly playing in my head, not a stuck song syndrome once in a while, but an everyday ongoing phenomenon that is distracting my attention. I came to see this because I started meditating on observing my thoughts. This phenomenon has been with me for probably 30 years, maybe more. I just never noticed it, and didn't understand how frequent and attention intensive it really is.
Big secrets are hiding inside but they're also hiding outside. As a child, I used to walk to school. Part of the way was paved, and part of it passed through a small vacant lot. It occurred to me that this pavement came at the expense of animals, but I was very far from internalizing it as the genocide it is. The wild animal genocide is a huge secret. Once you uncover it, it's everywhere. In all probability, you are looking at it at this very moment (ya, where are you right now?).
