Lovely essay. I take some issue with the work fallenness. I think that word is too tainted by the Christian tradition. You interpret it in a secular way closer to the Buddhist tradition of suffering as the human condition that can only be escaped only through enlightenment and exit from the cycle of life. I interpret the word fallenness not as our being subject to force, violence, or suffering, but in the way it's defined by Christianity, which is that we are all born bad or evil and have to supplicate to a magic outside power to have any chance at not being evil in the world. I think that's the source of many of the ills of Euro derived culture. A true curse. A deep blocker for healthy self-understanding, wisdom, and generosity of spirit.