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Jim Dalling
Jun 18, 2021
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Ouch.

That hurts. 

One of the surest ways to know that we are at a limit, or a boundary are these words.

It's about survival, right? 

Or is it?

When is pain a sign that you have slammed head first into a barrier, and when is it a warning that a limit is near? And when is pain an anticipation that a limit was there before…

We all know the story of the phantom limb. How much pain is the result of phantom limbits?

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