your a better man than i gunga din. i already know what lurks in my unconcious, and im to afraid to give it an outlet even that small.
On 5/25/05, William Beaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Terry Blanton wrote: > > > Here's absolute proof our host is insane: > > > > http://amasci.com/~billb/cgi-bin/instr/instr.html#self > > > The entry in question was written after at least one hour of typing > several pages of random autobiographical material without reference to the > personal pronoun. The writing was part of an unmailed letter directed to > the local expert on "self," Dr. R. Kohlenberg at the U. of Washington > (search: > http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22functional+analytic+psychotherapy%22+%2Bkohlenberg > ) > > At the time, the typing became increasingly effortless and blazingly fast, > with thoughts appearing on the page without prior internal english/verbal > expression, and the strange errors to be noted by the reader appeared > intentional/appropriate, as if the words were being translated from some > foreign language, therefore they were left uncorrected. > > At the presentmoment, after just a few seconds of similar "self"-less > typing mode, the old familiar feeling returns, and the huge and cold thing > which is not "I" begins to take over the keyboard. It notes that the > psychological process designated "kindling" has a high probability of > applying in this situation; where prior experience of an altered (or even > psychotic) mental state will tend to "burn grooves in the mind" and cause > future episodes of similar states to become easily accessible or even > spontaneous. Such a process is the origin of LSD flashbacks as well as > Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and can be usefully employed in amateur > attempts at "psychic channeling," although the "channeled entity" most > often is a hidden aspect of the individual performing the no-self typing > technique. Many religious practices involve attempts to move the > "everyday self" out of the way in order that other less > materialistic-oriented subpersonalities may take control of the bus. As a > "not-doing" practice, the writing of text with intentional elimination of > the personal pronoun is neither original nor unusual, although every > inventor who taps into the primary creative source will typically ascribe > the new idea to their own expertise, i.e. the "I" takes credit for > novelties which in fact randomly washed up on the shore dividing the > personal self from the regions of larger unexplored obscurity within. > The experimenter merely needs to figuratively gaze downwards while > beachcombing. > > > > Whew, I gotta quit doing this stuff. > > > > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-789-0775 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > > -- "Monsieur l'abb�, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire
