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Imagination knows no end

(First Pass: “Chapter of the Week” 2011)

In this week’s commentary on chapter 70, I point out how our mind’s ‘ideal world’ is boundless, and how we think we can just do it. Truth be told, we are at the mercy of the fears and needs felt in our reptilian brain. A short article from in Science News, Shocked To Learn That Talk Is Cheap, backs this up nicely.

May 25, 2011 by Carl Abbott
Filed Under: Observations, Tao Tips

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