Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Journeys Into the Unconscious Mind

Belief System Incarceration

Our Necessary Imprisonment and Paths to Liberation (Vol. 4; Issue 17)

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Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD
Apr 24, 2024
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Reacting to a heated objection to the idea that belief systems create imprisonment, I elaborate upon (rather than deny) such incarceration. A reader vehemently disapproved of my:

generalization that understandings of life's meaning hold us prisoner. 

I respectfully disagree with the protest, accept it as a challenge, and begin with the proposition that:

Yo…

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