Month: May 2011
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A confession and a concise answer
I have a confession: for at least a couple of weeks after I started hanging out a bunch with SingInst people, I was pretending I knew what an “alief” was. Eventually, I asked, and the answer Jasen gave me was: Your “aliefs” are what your elephant believes. Nick has suggested that “cesires” (what the elephant wants) be talked about as…
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Parts, parts everywhere!
Once I started thinking in terms of the different parts of my mind, I started seeing references to them all over the place in books I was reading. Here are some examples: “We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by…