"Sex, coffee, liquor, and cigarettes
Are the totems of today.
Stimulation has replaced feeling."
What is it that people love to say: 'If it feels good, do it?' The experience I have of such things is that they often numb my feelings when I should seek to deepen them. For this reason I welcome the sense of emotional overwhelm that accosts me these days. As I move among my fellow folks with great tenderness, hope and even joy are revealed to me. Out of this comes my compassion, and with compassion there is no room for fear or dread.
Are the totems of today.
Stimulation has replaced feeling."
What is it that people love to say: 'If it feels good, do it?' The experience I have of such things is that they often numb my feelings when I should seek to deepen them. For this reason I welcome the sense of emotional overwhelm that accosts me these days. As I move among my fellow folks with great tenderness, hope and even joy are revealed to me. Out of this comes my compassion, and with compassion there is no room for fear or dread.
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