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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:14:22 -0800
From: "M. Howard"
Subject: Re: Healing Story Question


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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.

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