“We are trained to think that we have certain faculties, senses, powers and weaknesses… ourselves. It can be slightly true, but only in isolation. The moment we form a unity with any other being or group, this immediately transforms these matters dramatically. The point is simple: other beings and situations extend and/or inhibit us, each uniquely… and we do not really ‘possess’ or not possess faculties — they emerge in relation. And thus, we extend one another in excellent circumstances, and inhibit each other in contexts that are toxic or unhealthy.”

— an anonymous informant