"Ours is a society of denial that conditions……" — Jack Kornfield

Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves… - Jack Kornfield

"Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature."

— Jack Kornfield

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