At TiLT, we’re tired of being part of systems and habits that are toxic and destructive to ourselves, our neighbors, and our planet. We’re tired of being distrustful, dis-agreeable, dis-respected, dis-eased, dis-empowered, dis-connected and dis-placed.
what we want
We want to honor ancient ways and uplift new ones; we want to surrender ourselves to place and let go of toxic habits to create a new normal together, in which all can thrive. We want to come together on our knees to this place, and humbly learn how to restore right relationship with ourselves, each other, mother nature and our Creator.
We want to live in a place-based way that is an earth-honoring, culture-dignifying, self-examining, community-empowering, empire-resisting, resource-sharing, hope-inducing, despair-crushing, Spirit-following Way of Life.
If we walk this Way in Taos County, we hope we can offer good news to hungry people and discover fierce companions and like-minded allies with whom to share the journey as we face the challenges ahead.
May it be so.
““I was inspired by the human efforts I’d seen at TiLT, by the human poetry embedded in their gospel.” ”
We’re Seeking A Larger Framing Story
Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather, you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step…
If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.
—Ivan Illich, Austrian former priest, philosopher, social critic, 1926-2002
We live at a moment when our prevailing stories are failing us. They may have emerged to help us address problems of the past. But they have become toxic, they have become twisted, they are not the medicine we need for today. And they are far too small to address the crises we currently face.We need a larger story that transforms us.
We need to re-situate, re-discover, re-name and re-frame ourselves—as individuals and as collectives—within a larger story that is abundant enough, galvanizing enough, inclusive enough, forgiving enough, supportive enough and immense enough that it will empower us as a diverse body to respond with bottomless grief, rooted resilience and fierce joy to the interlocking crises our times.
From within this larger story, we will see things differently, rooted in reverence and reciprocity. And this will allow us to do things differently.
—Todd Wynward, inspired by Brian McLaren