Re: Message for Thomas Clark

[OrionWorks]

Thomas,

One of the things that surprises me about you is how exceedingly diplomatic you are. You tell me that you will take my previous "advice, very seriously." Such flattery.

> You are one of the few who seems to want to limit
> my story to some chemical imbalance.

Perhaps to your face. Let me be clear about something, Thomas. I have no interest in "limiting [your] story." I certainly have no interest in suggesting to you that I believe you or your imagination is flawed either. You're not. You're highly creative. The question I would rather pose to you is who is really behind the steering wheel of your "creativity" spells? Based on what you have revealed so far, I don’t think you're sure about that.

You have occasionally talked quite openly within the public forum of the vortex-l readership about the nature of some of your deepest experiences, far more than what most individuals would dare care to reveal about the mechanisms of their innermost selves. It is for this reason that I've chosen to respond publicly within Vortex-l - because you chosen to do so as well.

Admittedly, it is exceedingly arrogant of me to suggest that you, or anyone for that matter, may be suffering from a chemical imbalance. It also doesn't surprise me that you don't believe it might be possible, and who am I to pass judgment on your physiological makeup. I'm certainly not a trained psychiatrist and I am in no position to make such a "professional" diagnosis of others.

In the end it's your drama, and your drama alone. You do seem quite captivated by it. But does it really work for you? When you had to put your teaching career on hold, when you had to put your advanced graduate education goals on hold as well, you might want to seriously ask yourself this simple question: Are the dramas you're going through really benefiting you, or are you simply becoming more and more whacked about by the whims of your dramas?

I am reminded of a statement Yoko Ono once said:

"A dream you dream alone is a dream, a dream you dream together is reality" – Yoko Ono

See (The Bed-Ins): http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1468328,00.html

http://tinyurl.com/ck3w4

IMHO, you might want to ask yourself how many others are "dreaming" some of dreams that you are having, or even care to. I, for one, would not find it all that productive if I were experiencing the dream of mind control beams and advanced computer systems messing around with my thought patterns.

It all comes down to what is the most likely explanation for the source of the "mind control" and "beam weapons" you feel are influencing your thought patterns. I have tried to suggest to you that their source is likely to be, to a large extent, the result of a chemical balance, and as such, there are prescribed medications one can take to make those invasive feelings far less bothersome in your life. You disagree. This does not surprise me. At least for now, I think you prefer the drama they continue to play out in front of you. That might change, however.

Freud, once made a statement in regards to the art of interpreting dreams and personal symbols: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

And sometimes, a pipe is just a pipe. ...and e-mail is just e-mail.

Being the non-professional that I am, I never the less stand by my previous suggestions. My suggestions are, after all, just suggestions.

Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com