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Present Moment Messy Question of the Day: Gatekeepers and Safe Spaces

That filter that we see the world through, woven with the voices of our past, serves to keep us safe in whatever experience we know. In effect, it is our own internal safe space. Everyone has one. We maintain it with confirmation bias and identity politics and apparently Facebook Groups.

What happens when something challenges your gatekeeper? What happens when an idea that runs counter to your world view gets into your safe space?

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