We hear a friend's name spoken--and our mind brightens. Someone invokes a notorious figure from history--and something else moves inside us. We hear our own name called out--and our attention awakens.
The name of our native land, of our favorite author, of a delicious dish....all these affect us physically, mentally, emotionally.
Are we at the mercy of these sounds, these names? Do we even realize their influence? Can we go beyond names? Is there that which cannot be named? Join us as we consider together the power that resides in names, and what may be beyond them.
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