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A short series of short pieces (with questions)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Larry Culliford
Larry Culliford*
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Aldrington House Hove Community Mental Health Centre Hove BN3 4AG
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It is in the nature of eagles to fly. It is in the nature of human conditioning to develop attachments and aversions. The story is told of the court monkey who finds a luscious fruit inside a narrow-necked bowl. When the fruit is grasped however the monkey's full fist does not allow him to withdraw his hand, yet to the amusement of onlookers he will not relinquish the object of his desire. How foolish!

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 30
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