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p.112 "Murphy didn't go around telling people what he was planning to do at Esalen; he asked them what they thought he ought to do. Once asked, they inevitably gave advice, and. . .developed a personal investment in the enterprise's future success." On the other hand, as soon as Esalen set out to change the world its efforts started to fall flat. Esalen had departed from its own principles, which included the Taoist wu-wei, or going with the flow. Ways of tapping spiritual energy were developed, but this energy could go only into middle-class male-dominant society, perpetuating and strengthening its insane course. This was spotted as early as 1968, and the movement identified as largely internal narcissism--the ME decade. p.319 Esalen's Law: You always
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