Join Jaya and ashe as they discuss where permission might be a better word even than choice when it comes to offering yourself a way towards acceptance and freedom; what's needed, where there is resistance, what it feels like to notice...

We're talkin' about permission, and we hope you enjoy.

This is the second of six parts in a series called First Fire. Each episode in this series is a small part of one longer conversation.

Music from this episode is by Auxjack.

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Dharmacosm is produced by Jaya Julienne Ashmore and ashe d. phoenix.

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per·mis·sion
/pərˈmiSHən/
noun
1. consent; authorization.

"Since borders are imaginary, one should not need permission to immigrate"

2. agency in the self

permit
1. an official document giving authorization.

plural noun: permissions
"permissions to reproduce copyright material"

Origin

late Middle English: from Latin permissio(n- ), from the verb permittere ‘allow’ (see permit).

Permit
late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.

(Definitions from Oxford Languages).