David Lewis-Williams Quotes
It is the task of San shamans to activate their supernatural potency, to cause it to ‘boil’ up their spines until it explodes in their heads and takes them off to the spirit realms – that is, they enter a state of trance at the far end of the intensified trajectory.
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I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
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I'm on top cuz I deserve to beSo simmer down, calm your nerves at leastSpeak your words with peaceBefore you lay out on the curb deceased.
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When we see what the universe has to show us, we can go no further.
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When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.
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The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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We can support Barack Obama because he's committed to putting America back to work with good jobs - and he proved it by saving the auto industry.
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Focusing on a shared history of trauma and victimization alleviates their searing sense of isolation, but usually at the price of having to deny their individual differences: Members can belong only if they conform to the common code. Isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which eventually only leads to further alienation. Gangs, extremist political parties, and religious cults may provide solace, but they rarely foster the mental flexibility needed to be fully open to what life has to offer and as such cannot liberate their members from their traumas. Well-functioning people are able to accept individual differences and acknowledge the humanity of others.
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It is the task of San shamans to activate their supernatural potency, to cause it to ‘boil’ up their spines until it explodes in their heads and takes them off to the spirit realms – that is, they enter a state of trance at the far end of the intensified trajectory.
