Thoughts Have No Substance
Sept. 25, 2000
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MORE ABOUT THOUGHTS’ LACK OF MATERIALITY.
IF MEN CLEARLY REALIZED THE INSUBSTANTIALITY OF THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO NEUROSES,
IF A PARTICULAR MAN’S NEUROSIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSISED AS BEING CAUSED BY
HIS MOTHER’S MISTREATMENT OF HIM IN CHILDHOOD,
AND THE MAN WOULD PRESENTLY LOOK AT THE THOUGHTS IN HIS HEAD THAT ARE THE
SOLE SUPPORT OF THE NEUROSIS, AND WOULD ASK HIMSELF:
“RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT AS I AM RECALLING MY UNFAVORABLE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER,
WHAT EXACTLY — AT THIS MOMENT — IS ACTUALLY GOING ON TO SUPPORT MY NEUROSIS?
NOTHING IS “GOING ON” BUT HIS THOUGHTS,
HIS MOTHER IS DEAD, AND SO IS NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT, MISTREATING HIM.
HE IS UNDERGOING NO TORMENT OF ANY KIND OTHER THAN THE THOUGHTS REGARDING TORMENT
ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT ALL THOUGHTS ARE WITHOUT SUBSTANCE AND ARE NO MORE THAN
THEATRICAL FLATS,
COLLECTIVELY, A POTEMKIN VILLAGE POSSESSING NO MASS OR MATERIALITY
THEN YOU SEE THAT THERE IS REALLY NO WHERE TO PUT A NEUROSIS,
OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DAY DREAM.
ALSO: AFTER A TRAGEDY A MAN WILL SAY; “I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.”, AND THEIR DEMEANOR AND THE TONE OF THEIR VOICE SEEMS TO CONVEY A SENSE THAT THIS “LEARNING” THEY SAY THEY HAVE GAINED HAS SOME SORT OF WEIGHT, GIRTH, VOLUME AND MATERIALITY, AND THAT IT HAS ACTUALLY ADDED SUBSTANCE TO THEM.
BUT NOTHING OF THE SORT HAS OCCURRED —
ALL THEY ARE DOING IS HAVING THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TRAGIC EVENT.
WHERE IS THIS “SOMETHING” THAT THEY HAVE “LEARNED”?!
WHERE IS ITS WHAT IS IT PHYSICALLY?
IT IS NOTHING BUT THOUGHTS & WORDS. THAT IS ALL THE “LEARNING” EVER WAS.
WHAT CAN COME FROM THOUGHTS BUT MORE THOUGHTS?
BEING REALLY — REALLY “FAST ASLEEP” IS TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS SO ENTANGLED
AND ENGROSSED IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY DO SEEM TO TAKE ON PALPABLE REALITY.
BUT IT IS SIMPLY AN ILLUSION THAT THOUGHTS PERPETRATE ON THEMSELVES.
WAKE UP & REALIZE IT. JUST LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND IT CAN’T BE MISSED.