Mutual Recognition

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Two Arecaceae (palm trees) in the fields viewed through a hole in a tree trunk damaged by fire in Don Tao (Si Phan Don, Laos) by Basile Morin. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In coming to recognize the existence of other people, we thus come to realize that our own existence is contingent upon their recognition of us.

from Groundwork for a Transpersonal Psychoanalysis: Spirituality, Relationship, and Participation, by Robin S. Brown

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  1. Along with state sanctioned death penalties, solitary confinement is cruel and unusual punishment for this reason, so eloquently explained in this basis for our existence. Withholding and pecking away at an existence without witness while leaving a beating heart.

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