Episode 227: A Terrible Master (David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water").
Very Bad Wizards
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The Mystical Strands Are Much Deeper and Richer.
i think all mystical sects, from islam, judaism and christianity, tend to share some belief about the one and the oneness. And i know that there there were at least some gnostic views that there was a spark of divinity in all humans that was essentially part ofe, like the divine. The relaxing point is really interesting, and i have noticed vicerally, is when you start thinking like this, your body automatically really relaxes. But if you don't like, i think he makes it sound like this really is all cognitive, and i wonder to what extent a big part of this is also bodily. It's just like this magical, like
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