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Key takeaways from A stable sense of self is rooted in the lungs, heart and gut

Exciting new research findings are validating ancient folk beliefs that root the sense of self deep in the body’s organs

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Everything changes around you, but your internal organs are always there, always broadcasting signals to the brain, always playing their thorough bass in the grand music of life. The inner side of the body is the only object that you cannot stop receiving information about, the only object you always feel from the beginning to the end of your days.

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