The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
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Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
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We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
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We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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