Poly Pagan on Nostr: “The defenses that form a person’s character support a grand illusion, and when ...
“The defenses that form a person’s character support a grand illusion, and when we grasp this we can understand the full drivenness of man. He is driven away from himself, from self-knowledge, self-reflection. He is driven toward things that support the lie of his character, his automatic equanimity." -Ernest Becker
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