New edition of "The Other Song." What makes us who we are? What allows each of us to feel, perceive, experience, and act in our own unique way? Where does stress in life truly originate? Dr. Rajan Sankaran has been exploring these questions in his practice for the past 30 years, making fascinating discoveries along the way. He found that stress does not arise from external circumstances themselves, but rather from our perception. At the core of our experiential world, we are not determined by our objective perception, but by our own patterns of sensation. This "parallel self" manifests in characteristic ways through both physical and psychological complaints. For example, we might describe a relationship as "suffocating" or feel as if everything is tightening. This typical pattern finds its.