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Howard
Venice
Bumbalos
prerogatives
cancer
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Ruburt’s symptoms were largely protective in nature, providing a defense he felt he needed to protect himself against an unsafe universe from without, and against a suspicious self within.
These were the methods he took then in line with his beliefs about the world and the nature of the self. He long ago decided to take issue with those beliefs, yet in case they were true, he felt he needed protection. So he did indeed —to some extent, now—turn his body into a shell of a kind, cutting down spontaneous activity in an unsafe universe.
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He wanted to pursue a course that was unconventional. He felt he needed protection while he learned, and until he attained enough wisdom. The search itself would lead to a completely different set of values and a new belief system.
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