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Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
It doesn't necessarily matter if I'm onstage or not. I just find the communal experience of a rock concert, or any type… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
...as there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so is there no bar or wall in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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My whole artistic life has been devoted to battling myself and my ability to externalize my deepest emotions. As I have gotten… — Joyce Tenneson Copy Share Image
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Our civilization represses not only "the instincts", not only sexuality, but any form of transcendence. Among one-dimensional men, it is not surprising… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
Classical music is at odds with contemporary culture precisely because of its insistence on the tension between the bodily and intellectual, the… — Julian Johnson Copy Share Image
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Of course, both [Oscar] Wilde & [Vladimir] Nabokov believe in many things, and these things emerge in their writing clearly - for… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
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Gaia's main problems are not industrialization, ozone depletion, overpopulation, or resource depletion. Gaia's main problem is the lack of mutual understanding and… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
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For some people, the experience of sexuality is that they are entirely inside their body, but others feel they have totally transcended… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
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The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
the seeker who embraces positive theology finds ... that you can have all that stuff in the mall, as well as the… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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