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Quotes by Bob Samples

Selfish is an exploitation of others for self; selfless is an exploitation of self for others.  Both are extrinsic.  .....  Selfness.  When selfness prevails, the qualities of others are sometimes used for self and the qualities of self are often extended to others.  The basic and key difference is that exploitation is never the object of the outcome.

Bob Samples
Source: The Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness
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The metaphoric mind includes rationality, linearity, and logic - for it created them.  But like some children, the rational mind often seems embarrassed by the presence of its parents.

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Source: The Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness
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When the body is urged to participate with the universe, it creates access routes for emotionality and intellectuality as well.

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Source: The Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness
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What this means is that children, homemakers, executives, farmers, and long-living persons can all have high ego strength and good mental health if they possess the courage, humor, and flexibility of equilibrium between their rational and metaphoric minds.

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Source: The Metaphoric Mind: A Celebration of Creative Consciousness
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