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Tradeoffs are not Opposites

Tradeoffs are not Opposites

the search for loosened constraints

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Sarah Constantin
Aug 29, 2022
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I wrote in my last post that people can either be in a “benevolent”, loving, open-minded state, or a “hostile”, defensive, insecure, hateful, locked-down state. And that you can tell these states apart experientially.

One of the key differences, in my experience, is a quality of “heaviness” or “grinding” in your attitude when you’re in a hostile state, vs. a quality of “lightness” or “fluidity” in a benevolent state.

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