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The Boxes We Live In
Corporate media managers work day and night to surround us with narrative walls that function like distorting mirrors in circus fun houses. Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, fear, illusion, personal growth, politics, trauma
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Living in the Masters’ House
We live in the masters’ house. You look out the window, and you see exactly what the masters want you to see. A world of fear, full of terror, of scarcity and constant competition for necessities. How do we dismantle it? Continue reading
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Tagged courage, fear, freedom, Johnstone, Lorde, oppression, survival
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Why Fear is Boss
Fear causes us to focus on the negative. You go to a party and eight lovely things happen – meetings, conversations, food, attraction, dance – and one clumsy thing – you bump into someone and they glare at you. You’ll probably remember the one negative over all the positives. This focus on fear is a survival strategy from long ago. If that one negative was a tiger behind a tree, you really needed to focus on that. Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, fear, happiness, love, oxytocin, racism, war
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Addicted to Sad
If you find yourself doing something even while telling yourself, “I shouldn’t do this,” or asking “Why am I doing this?” or hiding the fact that you are doing it, you are probably addicted to it. Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, anger, anxiety, depression, emotions, fear, happiness, relationships, sadness
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