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Bruce Tift: Already Free

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

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Neurosis Is Always a Substitute for Legitimate Suffering

A lot of people see neurosis as something that sort of happens to them, or they inherited from their history. I prefer to think of neurosis as an as a practice that has to be maintained continually. Our basic agenda in our avoidance strategies is to stay out of too much aliveness,. which can include both suffering as Jung said, but also I think we organize our lives around avoiding too much sexual intensity and power.

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