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The Activation of Conscience, part II: The search for a path through life

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Dec 18, 2023
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Goddess who bestows riches, probably Sri Lakshmi. Chandraketugarh, West Bengal Shunga, 1st century BCE. Molded terracotta. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

I cannot count the number of times that I have worked with folks who seem to think there’s a rational way around the technical problem of the difference of speed between centers.

The only way to understand this question is to undertake very careful and intimate observation of the inner parts as they act, with an intelligence that is effectively separated from them, in order to see what they do and how quickly they do things.

In order to do this, it's important for me to understand that my being is different than my parts.

I’ll try to explain this more specifically.

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