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reject the taboo
Feb. 18th, 2006 12:36 pmWe humans are stupid. We've let other people lead us to believe that it is bad to touch each other, and ( all sorts of problems have arisen from the divides between people. )
Touching physically is a signal to ourselves that amiable interaction and respect can be had with whoever we're touching. When you believe it means other things, all kinds of instinctive protocols go offline. Your brain is part of your body, and the influence factors work both ways. So we need to let ourselves touch and be touched, and we need to get educated on who other people are and what they're really like. We need to get angry and throw away the part of our upbringing that says it's weird and wrong to want to touch, and replace it with something warmer and more human.
Touching physically is a signal to ourselves that amiable interaction and respect can be had with whoever we're touching. When you believe it means other things, all kinds of instinctive protocols go offline. Your brain is part of your body, and the influence factors work both ways. So we need to let ourselves touch and be touched, and we need to get educated on who other people are and what they're really like. We need to get angry and throw away the part of our upbringing that says it's weird and wrong to want to touch, and replace it with something warmer and more human.