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- Chewing on Sacred Sticks - “Oh no,” said Matthew, “Toby is eating the ‘sacred sticks’!” Matthew wanted to help me, but his housemate’s dog was busily destroying something important to him. Matthew had recently returned from a pilgrimage to New Mexico, where he had stumbled across cactus droppings in the desert, which, when they fall and dry out, make a […]
- Is this my pain? (or is it someone else’s?) - As we proceed through life, we assume that our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and body sensations are our own. I’m willing to believe that some of my thoughts and beliefs, while masquerading as mine, are heavily influenced by the collective consciousness of my family, culture, country, ethnicity, and social class. But surely (ok, I’ll stop calling […]
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- Chewing on Sacred Sticks - “Oh no,” said Matthew, “Toby is eating the ‘sacred sticks’!” Matthew wanted to help me, but his housemate’s dog was busily destroying something important to him. Matthew had recently returned from a pilgrimage to New Mexico, where he had stumbled across cactus droppings in the desert, which, when they fall and dry out, make a […]
- Is this my pain? (or is it someone else’s?) - As we proceed through life, we assume that our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and body sensations are our own. I’m willing to believe that some of my thoughts and beliefs, while masquerading as mine, are heavily influenced by the collective consciousness of my family, culture, country, ethnicity, and social class. But surely (ok, I’ll stop calling […]
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