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“What happens to you here is for ever. Understand that in advance. We shall crush you down to the point from which there is no coming back. Things will happen to you from which you could not recover, if you lived a thousand years. Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow.”
O’Brien, George Orwell, 1984
Teresa takes a seat across from me. I’m glad to see her. She is mature and clever and may someday begin the journey she has spent several years circling like a hawk.
“You like 1984,” she begins. It’s not a question so I don’t answer, but I do like 1984. It’s the story of one man’s journey to enlightenment under the guidance of a realized master, if you can see it in that light. If you can’t see it in that light, it’s worth making an effort. You may have to squint a little, but not much.
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