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awareness, a dimension of being in which all

dualities become integrated into a perfect

whole, has ever been the ultimate goal of all

humanity. To become aware is to be in touch

with that which has been given many names:

the all-pervading Mind, the Atman, the

Jungian collective unconsciousness; these are

just a few of them. In an ideal world there

would be no barriers to this state. The psyche

would not be obliged to choose either to be in

conflict or in accord with its somatic other half;

the question of choice would never arise. The

body could safely be left to regulate its needs

without getting into trouble with the intellect.

The psychosomatic duality would be a

partnership between equals, each respecting

the functions and limitations of the other, with

neither needing to encroach upon the other's

territory.

What we perceive as being real, in other

words, is a personal construct; precisely what