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What does it mean?
Let go of time and categories to embrace a limitless existence.
In plain terms
Forget time and differences, and live in the boundless.
What can you take from it?
Free yourself by forgetting old timelines and categories.

Where it applies

  • feeling restricted
  • aging anxieties
  • societal labels

Putting it to work

  • challenging categories
  • letting go of past
  • embracing the unknown

Questions to consider

  • What would you forget to be free?
  • Where is your home?

Another view

It ignores practical needs for structure and identity.

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