Hi Donald,
very nice to see you today ...
curious about a kind of hardening, distancing and disconnecting ...
in contrast, perhaps, to a 'tenderizing' written about in Quaker literature often related to Friends connecting with the inner light, in my interpretation,
that goes on in cities, in SF and which I've also experience in a few Friends' Meetings,
relating possibly to intermingling 'cultures' and visions (e.g. Gay, down and out, individuals simply coping) ... perhaps simply an expression of urbanism ...
Kids' playing energy can be the opposite of this ...
I also find what I explore calling 'de facto relaxation response meditation' (Quaker Meeting) salutary in Quaker community in its urban-ness ...
but oh for tenderizing and generating connecting Grateful Dead-wise, Harbin pool-wise or Dalai Lama-wise, and Friendly poetry-wise, even ... as examples :)
Just some Friendly witnessing on First Day (different from anthropological participant observation :) ...
not quite 'I doth protest' ...
but an ongoing search for generating salutary community :)
... and I think I'll pop an omega 3 flax seed capsule :)
Scott
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