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Epiphanies Part II The Architecture of the New Self It is much easier to start tidying up than to continue wallowing in your mess. A cluttered space taints the ability to interact with your environment effectively, whether that be relaxing or creating. Your home is a living, breathing ecosystem. Take care of it like you would a child. If you are not happy after experiencing trauma because nothing is changing and you feel stuck, do the 180 degree opposite of what you have been doing. For example, if you have kept it inside and secret, speak it or write it publicly. If you have been telling everyone incessantly about it, stop talking about it for a while and see if it doesn't go away.  You are exactly as God created you. Nothing you've done or that has been done to you can change that. Take comfort in this. Likewise, your enemy is exactly as God created him. Make peace with this. As you are lifted up, you lift up everyone else. This is the law of collective elevation: Because we ...
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Drinking Arsenic

A woman sat down in a bar, pulled out a flask, and swigged it. 

The man next to her asked what she was drinking. 

She said, "Arsenic." 

The man replied, "Arsenic?! Isn't that poisonous? What's it taste like?" 

The woman said, "Cherry." 

The man grabbed the flask out of her hand, took a swig, and said, "I don't taste any cherry. But definitely blueberry." 

They argued back and forth, and finally the bartender who watched all of this happen yelled, "Are you guys crazy?" 

Then he pulled out a cup, scooped ice into it, and said, "You're supposed to drink it on ice."


This absurd scene is a perfect metaphor for what's going on in America and the war in the Middle East.

The poison is the endless cycle of religious fighting and senseless violence on the streets. The man and woman are the two sides of the same coin, so caught up in arguing whether the poison tastes like "cherry" or "blueberry" that they forget they're killing themselves. 

The bartender is the system that has the power to put a stop to this, but legitimizes it instead by making it more appealing. 

Both sides ultimately want the same thing: a safe neighborhood, stable pay, and the freedom to live a healthy life. But what they're arguing and risking their lives over has become irrelevant, a distraction from the real poison they're both willingly drinking.

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