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The Ruined House
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As always at such times, the notorious figure of Nostradamus, the false prophet of Rotterdam, was invoked, his name sending chills down the spines of chronic worriers
The modern, Western, scientific paradigm (or, more exactly, model) is unique in insisting that the relationship between consciousness and reality is a one-way street
Nostalgia was only for the healthy-minded. You had to be comfortably situated in the present to be able to smile at your longing for the past.
We don’t have an explanation for every physical and psychological phenomenon. Sometimes it’s best not to look for one but simply to concentrate on the recovery process.