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Keeping Reverence
Too much like or dislike can be very narrowing and corrupting. It seems to lead to obsession, which certainly is unhealthy? A computer metaphor is in order. Dichotomous thinking causes fragmentation, which causes loss of moral integrity. Obsession blocks adaptability, and nature and life are a flow. Flow and you live. Stagnate and you die. Can…
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Keeping the Rhythm of Life
Anticipation as a life function. I will ask you, can one live and function without ever anticipating anything? We have an instinctive need of anticipation. It’s part of what tells us we are well and everything is right, or right enough, in our world. Every living thing tries to achieve a certain state that is…
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Keeping it Real
There is an unwritten rule that seems to govern society in this day and age, and really has for a long time now. “Real life” … “The real world” … “In touch with reality.” There is an unofficial edict that we maintain connection to something that gets labeled real life. Are we succeeding at that?…