Rediscovering Authentic Thinking
Karen Armstrong shares her journey of reclaiming her intellectual freedom and authentic thinking after years of suppressing her own ideas and doubts in the convent. She discusses the importance of seeing things as they truly are and the damaging effects of distorting one's thinking in religious contexts.In this clip
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On Being with Krista Tippett
[Unedited] Karen Armstrong with Krista Tippett
Related Questions
I have been thinking a lot about someone's beliefs and mindsets lately. I had the belief that questioning your own thoughts is somewhat "unnatural" or even "wrong." This belief may stem from a traumatic phase in my life when I overheard someone saying that if you hear voices, you might be schizophrenic. Please contextualize this and tell me what might have been going on.
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