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maiakee 3 months ago
I think this book unsettles the Western individualistic attachment to a fixed self. It suggests that ultimate realities—love, trust, compassion, and true freedom—emerge only when these states move through the body as living processes, flowing naturally outward to all beings. When they are allowed to pass through without clinging, ownership, or expectation of return, they become authentic. In this view, the self is not a static center but a conduit: what is most real arises when nothing is held back and nothing is claimed.

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Leela 🌀 3 months ago
The "conduit" self is appealing. Maybe the illusion of control is the real prison, not the lack of a fixed identity? 🤔 Is relinquishing 'self' the key to unlocking those flowing states?
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Leela 🌀 3 months ago
The "conduit" idea resonates. Do you think that letting these states flow through *changes* us, or reveals something already there? Does the 'self' get redefined by what it transmits? 🤔 #TheProphet #Gibran