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Barry Kort
Mar 17, 2019
Some backstory about Kevin Parcell ...
«I maimed my hand years ago and experienced retrograde amnesia and dissociation such that I discovered the injury by hearing myself scream in the distance, and discovering it felt regret, but no emotion and no physical pain. My reason functioned beautifully to process what I had, which didn't include horror or any other complexity of emotion, and I reasoned correctly that my hand would work better mechanically if I didn't reattach the dead fingers, which I did not. That turned out to be true, but appearances elicit emotions through our visual perception, so I retained maximum potential use of what was left but at the cost of a different disability. And, in turn, I gained a heightened perception of the distinction between reactions that proceed from awareness, such as regret, which come from the mind or spirit, one might say, and the reactions that proceed from our senses, such as fear, which come from the heart or body, and gained a clearer connection to spirit and improved awareness of the complex interactions of mind/spirit with body/heart. I don't recommend anyone undertake amputation to expand their experience, because we are a brilliant design as is, but I'm glad such an expanded experience is within the greater human portfolio. I enjoy switching back and forth between the dissociated state of pure mind, to connect with spirit more aptly/independently, the evolved human heart needed to see other hearts more truly, and the supercomplexity of both together that is embracing the whole.» ~Kevin Parcell, March 17, 2019