More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
We never see the world as it really is but only how we see it. And because we’re trapped in our own interpretation, we are prepared to go to war with other people caught in their view of reality – and never the twain shall meet. All this is the sound of people embedded in their own lives, believing their reality is the only reality, thinking the things they think matter; it’s the sound of solipsism.
The current annual economic cost of mental illness in the UK is £70 billion, which is equal to the entire National Health budget .
Alcoholics Anonymous has a system where you call your ‘buddy’ when you feel you want a drink and they will talk you down. Why can’t we have meeting places like in AA, where they all get together for their 12-step thing and have cigarettes and cookies? How did they organize these get-togethers so well?
