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kenneth primrose's avatar

I needed to read something like this today, thank you. It brought to mind Robin Wall Kimmerer's line 'all flourishing is mutual'.

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Renée Eli, Ph.D.'s avatar

Jonathan, I am struck by your inquiry about the nun's question, resonating with the bothbothandandeitherorism of solitude and communion. This, of course, is loaded: the real and perceived needs of others and perceived needs of others' perceived needs. And so, what if the nun's question is a koan?

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