"Culture IS an operating system. That's all it is. and that the operating system can be wiped out and replaced by something else. So in essentially what's going on among shamans and those who resort to them for curing and council-ing and so forth... is someone's running a slightly more advanced operating system than the customer.

You try your absolute hardest to please others, not for them to please you in return but because essentially, you feel good after your dedication. You may have or may not have realized yet that we are born into this small world, into these "individual" bodies and minds, to help others. No one is independent, only interdependent.