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Old 15-02-2019, 12:11 AM
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I think the question relates to self-awareness, and how things that are most normal and natural are invisible. For example, in the West we notice Indians have that head wobble, but in India, they don't really notice, 'oh I'm wobbling my head now,' or, 'Oh Patel wobbles his head,' - because head wobbles are completely normal.


'The tiger' is lethal in a normal way, which means our normal, unremarkable, unnoticed, behaviour can be very harmful.


To make 'the tiger' aware of its own deadliness, the tiger has to be aware of what it does, the intent behind it, and the harm it causes. Of course 'the tiger' isn't literally a tiger. It is about yourself being unconsciously normalised into harming yourself and hurting other people.
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