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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:14:22 -0800
Mime-Version: 1.0 Laura, I love this. It really resonates with me. Also, it's so beautifully stated. Thanks. Michelle Howard, Portland OR At 2:46 AM -0500 1/13/04, Laura Simms wrote: > it seems to me that there are stories, and ways of telling these >stories, that open us up and wean us from fixed tales we tell >ourselves. These fixed tales, sometimes ingested so insidiously and >secretly that we are totally ruled by them without remembering that we >have constructed them and believe in them. The tales that unravel the >fixation, awaken awareness, provide ceaseless alternatives and disturb >the habits of comfortable self destruction. > >And then there are tales that shut us down or merely entertain us so >that we are not penetrated at all and can hold firm our own opinions and >fears, etc.. where concept meets concept - > >there are also secret tales that need to do their work and demand time >and process as they ripen and refresh with image and unnerving dream or >a kind of needed pleasure of unfolding journey knowledge. these may >remain within for a long time marinating before being told. ------------------------------- To Unsubscribe from Healingstory send the message: unsubscribe healingstory to: listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu ------------------------------- | ||