If you happen to hold that human consciousness is no more than the epiphenomenon, or secretion, of our individual brains then you are more or less trapped in your own skull. But if consciousness is open, if it can partake in a more global form of being, if it can merge with the natural world and with other beings, then, indeed, it may be possible to drop, for a time, the constraints of one's personal worldview and see reality through the eyes of others.
Let those feelings out. Talk about it. Even if you__e talking to your journal by yourself in an empty room. That still counts. That still matters.If you know someone who__ struggling and isolated, help them talk about it. Even if they don__ have the right words. Even if you sit in silence as they try to feel safe. Even if they shower you with complaints, excuses, and justifications. Even if you can see they__e just playing small, being irrational, blaming circumstances. Just be there. It all counts. It all matters.
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Let those feelings out. Talk about it. Even if you__e talking to your journal by yourself in an empty room. That still counts. That still matters.If you know someone who__ struggling and isolated, help them talk about it. Even if they don__ have the right words. Even if you sit in silence as they try to feel safe. Even if they shower you with complaints, excuses, and justifications. Even if you can see they__e just playing small, being irrational, blaming circumstances. Just be there. It all counts. It all matters.
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