Thinking, properly understood as a drug, requires some explanation and quite a lot of justification, if we are to choose the right pill. Trust me; you do want to choose wisely. What is thinking? Why is it a drug?
Because thinking requires emotional force on the part of the individual, it demands power. Where is the power to be generated? Unlike the voyeur monk’s power, produced by plugging-in to something without, the thinker’s power comes strictly from within. No help. No welfare state. No technology. The very act of generating the power is an act of CREATION. Let us do a test right here, right now. This moment is our proving ground. Will you play along? Do not be afraid or insecure, nobody’s watching. I hope.
TEST PROTOCOL
1. Re-Read closely the last paragraph.
2. Breathe Deep.
3. Read the following question: What the hell am I doing with my life?
4. Move six feet away from your screen.
5. Close your eyes and do not open them until you have completely answered the question in protocol 3.
6. Return, temporarily, to your screen. Thank you for taking the test.
Well? How did that feel? Certainly you felt something. This is what I mean by emotional force. The question you answered could not have been searched via an engine outside of yourself. This is what I mean by self-generated power being an act of creation. If having your eyes closed while answering the question was akin to the taste of medicine (see Cross-eyed and Painless), good, now you may start to understand why thinking is a drug and more especially why thinking is a stimulant. Always discomforting going down, awkward palate in the first instant, but loads of excitement around the corner. Think about it. No one outside of yourself (thus no one outside of your control) can demand that you “take your medicine” anymore. You have creative control over your thinking. This dynamic is a MORAL GOOD. This dynamic is a weapon to combat the voyeurs for their own good. But they will not understand this initially. Things could get ugly, but so be it, things are already ugly.
Share the test above with your friends, even if they are the most information indoctrinated voyeurs. They will likely be receptive because we are agreeing to play on their own turf, of course their turf being the screen. But please, while we play on their turf, we do not and will never, play by their feckless lack of rules. We will never again take their medicine.
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Comments
Control over oneself. To exert control over oneself requires more than motivation, it requires moral force and presence.
For the voyeurs, it is precisely the kind of peculiar environment they build that negates and forecloses on thinking. I do mean deep, insight-seeking thinking.
As to the throwing around and lack of specificity in re semantics, be patient, the initial three posts are the framework. Thank you very much for engaging.
Also "moral good"? how is this moral?
Basically I want you to define and substantiate your claims in more detail, with more discussion. You've made a few powerful points and made little effort to explain them. MORALS and DRUGS and MEDICINE are all powerfully evocative words, and you're throwing them around. Defend yourself!
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