Stace and I unpack more dharma cookies today. Topics include the difference between improvement and transmutation, why Preduality can make emotion seem distant, how beavers make great metaphors and not only dams, the remarkable etymology of the word “deserve,” the approximation of real self-worth with energetic confidence, and a lot more.

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