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The News
THE NEWS FOR JANUARY 4, 1998
A CERTAIN CURIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION AS SEEN BY ONE MAN STRUGGLING FOR ESCAPE:
“IT SOME TIMES STRIKES ME THAT IT IS NOT REALLY THE EXISTENCE OF THE
ENDLESS, INVOLUNTARY THOUGHTS OCCURRING IN ME,
WHICH ARE FOREVER STOPPING FOR A MOMENT, FIRST HERE, AND THEN THERE,
THAT IS THE CAUSE OF MY CONCERN,
NO, WHAT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO TROUBLE ME COMES FROM MY PERIODIC, (AND ALSO MOMENTARY),
AWARENESS THEREOF.
THUS IT COULD BE PICTURED THAT IT IS MY SPASMODICALLY REMEMBERING OF MY INTENTION TO ESCAPE FROM THOUGHTS THAT KEEPS ME DISSATISFIED, AND NOT THE EXISTENCE OF THOUGHTS THEMSELVES.
LIKE HAVING .A HABIT THAT HAS NO :[LL EFFECTS
UNLESS YOU — THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW UNIQUELY CURIOUS.”
RUNNING WATER WILL NEVER FREEZE, AND BECOME USELESS —
AND NEITHER WILL MIND BE TROUBLESOME EXCEPT IT BE ALLOWED TO STOP AND DAWDLE.
THE CONDITIONS OF A MAN SEEKING TO ESCAPE,, (IF NOT PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD),
IS LIKE THAT OF HAVING A HABIT THAT DOES YOU NO HARM — UNLESS YOU,
EMPLOY THE HABIT
IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE HABIT.
IN ORDINARY MATTERS, AN AWARENESS OF A PROBLEM IS A PREREQUISITE FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM,
WHILE IN THIS CURIOUS UNDERTAKING, AWARENESS OF “THE PROBLEM”SEEMS TO BE ITS CAUSE,
…I ASK YOU: HOW MUCH MORE CURIOUS-ER COULD A THING BE?!?!
…AND HOW MUCH MORE INCREDIBLE THAT IT BE NOT RECOGNIZED?!