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1) i'm not familiar enough with all of his publications. certainly not in an academic "sense".
2) to which extent was the hippie movement a political statement as well?
3) there's a catch 22* on slippery slope, imho: to which extent are patients
allowed (by whomever, "powers that be"?) to understand reason and nature of their "disease" / "discomfort"?
"slippery slope" is just another affliction, and probably even harder to cure, imho.
put another way: identifying individual cognitive deficits as well as the collective trauma that contributed to their existence? my shamanic right brain would (duti
fully!) awaken the moment that my science-
oriented** left brain ran out of food.
*
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Catch-22**
"back to nature" (european-style enlightenment) would still have to inquire about christian influences on its natural evolution. excessive egoism vs. compassionate altruism. what went wrong, and - more interestingly -
why? good morning, philosophia!
on the other hand, indigenous peoples might have been following simple ethics in perfect sync with nature, which the belligerent european evolution would simply
fail to even recognize.
oftentimes i wonder whether "westerners" would not rather need less chemical tampering with their bodies if they could have easy access to good lawyers who'd fend for their unconditional right to existence.
seen skygod yesterday looking more like this (humble acknowledgement)....
.... or where should love have its true origin?