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by | Aug 4, 2018 | Status Update

“Our linguistic and cultural experience establishes a position ‘above’ our ordinary awareness. This position fulfills a variety of social and conceptual functions. It acts as a kind of “selective mirror’ of our consciousness, and inherits...

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by | Aug 3, 2018 | Status Update

“One of the challenges we face as modern human beings is to become more curious about and discover the origins of the toxic obsessions we pursue — in place of our nearly constant and largely ignorant efforts to fulfill them.” — infraheard

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by | Jul 30, 2018 | Status Update

“Those who are known as benevolent rulers and wise kings are possessed of a heart deeply motivated by benevolence. Night and day their compassionate wisdom extends to the lowest commoner in the most distant corner of the land, not to mention those within their...

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by | Jul 30, 2018 | Status Update

“Cages are a relatively recent phenomenon in the development of our species. Although it may appear ironic that almost as soon as we began to cage animals, we began to live in cages of various kinds, this fact demonstrates the principle that operates to...