“Even at an advanced verbal-based outpost, and after being exposed to such mappings, many of our more distant relatives lose their way by believing that they ARE making themselves the thing thought ABOUT; by making note of their posture, how they walk, how they gesture when they talk, their hateful daydreams, their laziness, their fearfulness, their lust, their greed, and so on – but they too are missing it. They still are not the thing thought about for all they are doing is thinking about thoughts they have already had and thoughts they are now having, regarding these subjects.
This can certainly be an enjoyable way to pass the time, and can make for entertaining conversation among the similarly interested. But, noting how you are increasingly aware of the negative thoughts you have about your mother, muslims, manchurians, and anyone better looking than you, accomplishes nothing. Not only does it not tell you anything that is new to you, but moreover, such tells you nothing that is useful, (if your aim is still to, get-to-the-bottom-of-everything).
To believe that, ‘your thoughts’ have any significance, or useful information to convey or be uncovered, requires that you pretend to the intelligence of an imbecile. It requires absolutely that you do not THINK ABOUT IT.
Life is constructed so that near a hundred per cent of the six billion people on this planet passively and normally, accept the superficial neural sensation in their head of there being some sort of, “them” in there that is, “doing” this, “thinking-thing.” The world as we know it is run on this basis, and having none other by which to compare it, we can say with some reason that its running goes rather well, but that is not good enough for our family, is it my boy? No sir, not good enough by a third!
We accept the physical realities of life, (as must everyone, but at least we don’t fall for being their critic). It is not the inescapable tangibles of our existence that drives us to these walks and talks, but that that specific operation in our brain which produces thought, while superficially seeming to be that which is most reflective of what we individually are, is no such thing.”
J.