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Mutilating your child's genitals right after they pop out of the womb is really a hideous introduction . . .

Some try to give it legitimacy by saying that it's done to prevent infection.

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Dice your children up for God -- sound's great.

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"Above the senses is the mind. Above the mind is the intellect. Above the intellect is the ego. Above the ego is [a] Primal Cause. [And beyond it] is the (unconditioned) Self. [see Katha Upanishad 2.6.7-8]"

"The Self . . . dwells deep within the heart [also called the city of Brahman], lord of time, past and future." [Cf. Katha Upanishad 2.4.12]"

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I have in my files a quote by Dr. Nathaniel Branden explaining the damaging consequences of dissociation. If you feel inspired, you can pick up a copy of his book "The Art of Living Consciously" wherein this eloquent quote can be found:

"To disown means to cease to recognize as our own. We can be alienated from -- inadequately conscious of --- our bodies, our needs and wants, our feelings and emotions, our actions and reactions, our thoughts and values, or our abilities and capacities. We can be strangers to ourselves in many different possible respects. We can act without recognizing the roots of our actions. We can be afraid without knowing what we are afraid of and long without knowing what we long for. These are some of the meanings of self-alienation and self-disowning. "

"A consequence of this process is that we radically restrict our sense of self. We have less access to our inner signals, and consequently we become more dependent on signals from others. We may need others to tell us what to think, how to live, when to express which emotion (if at all), what is right or wrong, and so forth."

"At minimum, we pay a price in suffering, when we inappropriate in our responses and frustrated in our life. But sometimes we pay even a worse price, as when, for instance -- 'What stress are you talking about?' asks a driven, workaholic salesman of forty-eight a moment before he drops dead of a heart attack."

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