#903 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday April 18)
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Good morning, A Musing of quotations… THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE MIND Those of us who are Jewish are getting warmed up for seders in their homes next week. Passover, often referred to as “the festival of Freedom,” celebrating the Exodus story and freedom from slavery. In our family, we tell stories and use quotations that highlight the universality of the celebration of freedom. In these times when people seem easily persuadable by the flimsiest of conspiracy theories, when they are accepting of the pronouncements of their political tribes, when they seek people to provide the answers to their problems, and when politicians switch their support of a matter merely because a former president wills them to do so, it seems enslavement of the mind is at least as big a challenge as enslavement of the body. This seems a particularly good time to contemplate another form of slavery— the enslavement of the mind to stubbornness, tribalism, and lassitude.
#903 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday April 18)
#903 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday…
#903 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Thursday April 18)
Good morning, A Musing of quotations… THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE MIND Those of us who are Jewish are getting warmed up for seders in their homes next week. Passover, often referred to as “the festival of Freedom,” celebrating the Exodus story and freedom from slavery. In our family, we tell stories and use quotations that highlight the universality of the celebration of freedom. In these times when people seem easily persuadable by the flimsiest of conspiracy theories, when they are accepting of the pronouncements of their political tribes, when they seek people to provide the answers to their problems, and when politicians switch their support of a matter merely because a former president wills them to do so, it seems enslavement of the mind is at least as big a challenge as enslavement of the body. This seems a particularly good time to contemplate another form of slavery— the enslavement of the mind to stubbornness, tribalism, and lassitude.