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Clive Barker on The Sound of One Hand Clapping

So I was re-reading "The Body Politic", a horror story about disembodied hands running around causing mischief. On a drive home, I considered a certain part of that story and it caused me to revisit my koan entry for "The Sound of One Hand Clapping". I made an edit at the bottom of that koan entry. Check it out if you want a little more of my understanding of this koan. What an odd source that drove me to this idea right?

Com-MAN-dments - Rules for Men

Com-MAN-dments - Rules for Men
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1. ALL IS IMPERMANENT - Thanks Dogen!

2. TRUST NO ONE - Thanks X-Files!

3. BUILD AND PROTECT YOUR RESOURCES - Tools/Land/Wealth/Peace/Partnerships to make it through life.

4. NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR STORY - So stop telling it.

5. PROTECT YOURSELF AND THOSE IN YOUR CARE - Preferably those in your care are only pets.

6. SET AND MAINTAIN BOUNDRIES - of all types

7. MAINTAIN WALLS - Keep to yourself, Mind your own business, Keep your defensive walls up.

Mind Hack: Delete people from your memory.

In the spirit of self care, I will show you how to delete someone from your memory. This is a mind hack. It's like deleting something from your hard drive. It's not really gone, but the files are no longer indexed; not easy to recover. This can really help you get over a childhood trauma, move forward after a bad experience, or remove an unpleasant person from your mind.

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