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The Sun Rises in Eastmoor

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“Modern society tends to operate in ways that isolate us in our littleness. We are encouraged to be consumers and economic units. We are assailed by advertising which carries the constant message that individual indulgence is all that matters. All this serves to weaken our spirit and put our world at risk. As our society becomes more and more spiritually impoverished, it is like a forest drying out in the heat of summer. The danger of a forest fire grows. (…) If the story we are living is not important, then our life will peter into apathy and we will be defenceless against tyranny and oppression. (…) There will always be bad big stories waiting to sweep us away. Indeed, we are already involved in them. By being consumer citizens we collude with all manner of ill: factory farming, armaments production, environmental damage, wars to protect oil supplies, third world debt, to name but a few. It is important to do better than this, to find a more noble story. (…) The Buddha enabled many people to see possibilities for their lives that they had not perceived before they met him. That is the function of a sage. He was able to speak the other person's language and to see their life in terms of the bigger picture how new meaning could be injected into the person's little story so that it began to serve the great story of peace and compassion in the world. He was an inspirer.”

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“I wrote this handbook because I've repeatedly seen neurodivergent individuals believe they're broken, when in truth, they are simply different. This difference isn't a flaw to fix; it's a unique way of being human that deserves profound understanding, steadfast support, and heartfelt celebration.”

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“The struggles you face usually aren't because you're neurodivergent. They're often because the world hasn't figured out how to work with different kinds of minds.”

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