Defending Ourselves Against The Vastness Of RealityA closed world is a world that has a tight lid on it — the qualification here being that we don’t know that there is a lid. We never see…5d ago5d ago
The Seven-Headed DragonAnything that comes out of a system based on logic is tautological, or hollow. Because logic is hollow, because logic is tautological, so…Nov 3Nov 3
Trapped In Positive SpaceWe can’t change ourselves, no matter how dogged we might be in our attempts to do so. The ego or self can’t change itself any more than a…Oct 26Oct 26
Bias-Confirmation For BeginnersThe mind creates a hollow simulation of reality and then proceeds to rule it with an iron rod. Thought is Lord and Master of a hollow…Oct 13Oct 13
The Authority of ThoughtThe self is obliged to close down space. The self absolutely has to shut down space, and it’s not too hard to see why it has to do this…Oct 10Oct 10
The Magisterial VoiceCommunication requires that there be no hierarchy — it requires that everyone involved be on the very same level (or rather, we could say…Sep 28Sep 28
Stretching the SelfIf the self is extended too much, then there is trouble; if we stretch the self too far then we create a killer jinx that we don’t know how…Sep 18Sep 18
Prisoners of the Positive RealityWhen we have zero perspective then we’re trapped in the mind’s narrative, just as flies are trapped when they walk on flypaper. As soon as…Sep 13Sep 13
Face To Face With The Mincing MachineA ‘game’ is a state of conflict — an ongoing state of conflict. The point of the game is therefore to bring this state of conflict to a…Sep 5Sep 5
The Equilibrium World Of Our ThoughtsJust as ‘all art aspires to the condition of muzak’ (as Alvin Toffler says), so too can we say that all logic-based therapy — which is…Sep 3Sep 3
