In my latest conversation with self-proclaimed shit-sandwich peddler Tony from TranscendingTimes.org, we got into why he calls himself a shit sandwich purveyor — because the truths he shares aren’t sweet or easy to swallow, but they’re what he sees as necessary.

He argues that what’s often called the “new age” is really a “new cage”. Things like yoga retreats, ayahuasca ceremonies, men’s circles, and full-moon rituals aren’t just distractions — they’re sedation. They pacify people into thinking they’re “awakening,” while in reality, they’re being lulled back to sleep.

For Tony, this isn’t harmless. He believes it makes you more vulnerable to being recycled right back into the “soul-cycle” after death — stuck in the same loop, never breaking free.

So what’s the alternative? To engage fully with life here and now: work, create, revolt, take responsibility, build something real. That’s the point of being human, he says — to resist passivity and take up your actual role in the matrix of life.