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Modern Wisdom
John Tarrant is a Zen teacher who wrote a book that was mentioned in the podcast. The book talked about how in medieval times, people would not have fallen for the notion that control over your life was possible. During the medieval time, people lived their lives not knowing about the science behind plagues, famines, or marauding armies.
I was reading a section in a book by a zen teacher called John Tarrant...
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John Tarrant is a Zen teacher who wrote a book that was mentioned in the podcast. The book talked about how in medieval times, people would not have fallen for the notion that control over your life was possible. During the medieval time, people lived their lives not knowing about the science behind plagues, famines, or marauding armies.
I was reading a section in a book by a zen teacher called John Tarrant...
He makes this really interesting point that like in medieval times you would not have fallen for the notion that this kind of control over your life was possible.