“Honesty and frankness?” Dr. Rhinehart said. “Jesus! They’re the worst possible things in normal human relations. ‘Do you really love me?’: this absurd question, so typical of our diseased minds, should always be answered ‘My God No’ or ‘More than mere reality is my love; it is imaginary.’ The more someone tries to be honest and authentic, the more he’s going to be blocked and inhibited. The question ‘How do you really feel about me?’ ought always to be answered with a belt in the teeth. But if someone were asked: ‘Tell me fantastically and imaginatively how you feel about me,’ he’d be free
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