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Divad123

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Reply to edhopper (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:12 AM

Apr 2020

And its not about being passive. You can separate yourself from the guiding myths of our mess of a culture and chose your own metaphor to structure and ground the experience. Personally, I use motherhood as mine-it helps me heal my own wounds, gives me the love I need to go on, and a fierce protectiveness that doesn't burn me up for the good I hope to preserve.

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An intertesting post. guillaumeb Apr 2020 #1

Sometimes Divad123 Apr 2020 #3

What you describe as truths are not factual and have more to do with belief Major Nikon Apr 2020 #2

awareness Divad123 Apr 2020 #4

These are still your beliefs and not facts Major Nikon Apr 2020 #5

standard Divad123 Apr 2020 #6

"Quality" is a subjective observation Major Nikon Apr 2020 #7

epistemology Divad123 Apr 2020 #9

If you are talking about a purely neurological state edhopper Apr 2020 #8

Not quite Divad123 Apr 2020 #10

I don't accept the existence edhopper Apr 2020 #11

not saying that Divad123 Apr 2020 #12

Oh edhopper Apr 2020 #13

Yes Divad123 Apr 2020 #14

Zen edhopper Apr 2020 #15

And Divad123 Apr 2020 #16