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213 – Deconstructing Self: Which Aspects Are Fine, and Which Cause Suffering?

The Zen Studies Podcast

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Are We Having Agendas?

The word agenda has rather negative connotations, suggesting for ful, self interested activities by an individual or group. The definition of the term is basically a plan or list of things to be done to achieve a certain aim. We don't know why being consciousness evolved, but from the point of view of natural selection, it's really about us being able to have agendas that increase our survival and reproduction.

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