It is a commonly recognized observation that many of our most valued concepts are really double-edged swords. Yes I know, the common wisdom is that there can’t be too much of a good thing. But is this really true? As we have described in previous blog entries, much of our personal behavior is not as free or autonomous as we might’ve thought. We believe we are a decision-making and autonomous entity called an ego. Then we see that we carry assumptive states brought on through a lifetime of conditioning and that much of our behavior  is reactive. That is to…
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