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Bruce Tift: Already Free

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

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Neurosis Requires Disembodiment

Neurosis is fundamentally an avoidant strategy where we're trying to get out of experiential intensity. If my heart's beating fast and my stomach's tight, it's sort of hard to pretend that I'm calm and together. Life is always affecting us in ways that don't fit our fantasies or preferences. For somebody to successfully ignore the truth of their experience, it's really almost necessary to disembodied.

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