William Beaty 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 ...
Pretty astonishing.
Having experienced dissociated/detached states involuntarily on a
handful of occasions some years back, I find it hard to conceive of
anyone intentionally attempting to get into such a state -- it wasn't
something I wanted to repeat. Whoever was "at the wheel" at that time
never said or did anything unexpected but I always had the feeling that
he might.
At the time I suspected the effect was illusory -- something in some
feedback loop had gone numb so it didn't "feel like" "I" was doing
things even though "I" was -- but after reading of your experience I'm
not so sure.
The tricky part, of course, is getting back out of such a state!
