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Wilfred Bion posited that, in a sense, "all behavior is group behavior." Our "context" is that of all the groups we've ever belonged to. The family might be the first group. Groups are a mental construct from which all behavior emanates.

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When you say "inner context," what do you mean? If we say inner or outer, have we created a context of division? What would be the language or context setting be of "one?"

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Yes. That framing is useful. Be careful though that this framing is about the context not necessarily about fragmenting our particular from one. As an aside there is some research that argues that feelings are created by thought.

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