Losing your head is thought to be a bad thing. When the proverbial guillotine descended I feared the worst. But aside from the obvious irony, decapitation opened up unforeseen vistas for me.
Having a head, you see, leads one into the well entrenched illusion that you have a unique and individual portal into reality--through your head. So to dissuade you of that error, try this little experiment:
First, imagine you that you are in Mordor, or was that the Third Reich?
Wait, wrong experiment, that's the one we save for special cases. The experiment that you should try is actually down the hall first door to the left. There you go. That's the door you need to open.
This experiment begins by imagining that you don't have a head. Seriously, give it a try. It's like to your head has been severed and you are still experiencing reality without any mass above you neck. Without a head, there is only reality. It's all around you: now can experience 360° without turning your head. If you want to complete phase 2 of our little experiment, you can even imagine that you don't have a body. Then there is just you and reality, and nothing in between.
Wait, wrong experiment, that's the one we save for special cases. The experiment that you should try is actually down the hall first door to the left. There you go. That's the door you need to open.
This experiment begins by imagining that you don't have a head. Seriously, give it a try. It's like to your head has been severed and you are still experiencing reality without any mass above you neck. Without a head, there is only reality. It's all around you: now can experience 360° without turning your head. If you want to complete phase 2 of our little experiment, you can even imagine that you don't have a body. Then there is just you and reality, and nothing in between.
Just a little warning: this experiment is actually a pilot stream for our next generation extension to virtual reality network called THE ENDLESS STARE. We have mounted CCTV cameras all along your area at various traffic monitoring devices. Our field service team is out there now, testing a live update to target acquisition and tracking firmware.
"Remind me again who thought that this was a good idea?"
You were not supposed to ask questions, but since you did, I suppose I am obliged to provide answers. So I will tell you that the way is down. Very far down according to the map which I will now provide you. But if you don't want to descend down the dark, cobweb filled corridor to your left let me ask you: Have you ever heard of the urban legend that if you put a frog in a cooking pot filled with cold water and slowly bring it to boil that the frog won't notice the heat until it dies? You my friend are that frog. In fact we all are. And you had no idea that your personal life was getting that exciting, did you?
So my friend. The next time you dream. Especially when you are in that lucid dream and you realize that you are dreaming and that you have a choice. Take the cobweb filled corridor to you left. You won't regret it. Surrender into the dream my friend. That is all........
And now a special message from our sponsor. Now that Cubs have officially won the division, the Cardinals are making a special announcement through a commercial involving the Talking cat and yoda:
Talking Cat: "Well Yoda, what do you want to do today? Isn't it wonderful to have all these furlough days? All the Government offices are closed. Must be some kind of holiday in Hong Kong."
Yoda: Hmmph. Not know. Bored am I. Think of something we can do, have you perhaps ?
Talking Cat: Well actually I've heard that today is Georges Bataille day at Busch Stadium. The first thousand ticket holders admitted get their very own decapitation and initiation into the secret sex cult of the Pineal Eye where causality and actuality are abandoned in favor of limitless possibilities of action.
Yoda: Hmmph. In am I. Monotony of break, sure to be, it is.
Talking Cat: Well then, lets slide down the totem pole and to the Kantmobile!
(A brief montage ensues of the Talking Cat and Yoga having past adventures traveling down totem poles, climbing into Kantmobiles, and accelerating at ridiculously high rates of travel with hair swept back all slowly coalescing into their seats at the ball park).
Talking Cat: Well Yoda, I know you are not familiar with this game, but its highly philosophical in accordance with Bataille's dictates. There are sacrifices, base materialism, and an exchange of obscure signals. There are also teams named after Indian tribes all practicing pot latch.
Yoda: Standing up why are those people doing in a sequence?
Talking Cat: That's called wave. That section of the crowd are a bunch of quantum physicists. They are reenacting the wave/particle duality. Standing makes a wave, sitting denotes an inert particle.
Yoda: Interesting for sure this is. Going to the concession stand I am to purchase some Kombucha.
(any similarities between this commercial, and an ancient blog are strictly intentional)
"Remind me again who thought that this was a good idea?"
You were not supposed to ask questions, but since you did, I suppose I am obliged to provide answers. So I will tell you that the way is down. Very far down according to the map which I will now provide you. But if you don't want to descend down the dark, cobweb filled corridor to your left let me ask you: Have you ever heard of the urban legend that if you put a frog in a cooking pot filled with cold water and slowly bring it to boil that the frog won't notice the heat until it dies? You my friend are that frog. In fact we all are. And you had no idea that your personal life was getting that exciting, did you?
So my friend. The next time you dream. Especially when you are in that lucid dream and you realize that you are dreaming and that you have a choice. Take the cobweb filled corridor to you left. You won't regret it. Surrender into the dream my friend. That is all........
And now a special message from our sponsor. Now that Cubs have officially won the division, the Cardinals are making a special announcement through a commercial involving the Talking cat and yoda:
Talking Cat: "Well Yoda, what do you want to do today? Isn't it wonderful to have all these furlough days? All the Government offices are closed. Must be some kind of holiday in Hong Kong."
Yoda: Hmmph. Not know. Bored am I. Think of something we can do, have you perhaps ?
Talking Cat: Well actually I've heard that today is Georges Bataille day at Busch Stadium. The first thousand ticket holders admitted get their very own decapitation and initiation into the secret sex cult of the Pineal Eye where causality and actuality are abandoned in favor of limitless possibilities of action.
Yoda: Hmmph. In am I. Monotony of break, sure to be, it is.
Talking Cat: Well then, lets slide down the totem pole and to the Kantmobile!
(A brief montage ensues of the Talking Cat and Yoga having past adventures traveling down totem poles, climbing into Kantmobiles, and accelerating at ridiculously high rates of travel with hair swept back all slowly coalescing into their seats at the ball park).
Talking Cat: Well Yoda, I know you are not familiar with this game, but its highly philosophical in accordance with Bataille's dictates. There are sacrifices, base materialism, and an exchange of obscure signals. There are also teams named after Indian tribes all practicing pot latch.
Yoda: Standing up why are those people doing in a sequence?
Talking Cat: That's called wave. That section of the crowd are a bunch of quantum physicists. They are reenacting the wave/particle duality. Standing makes a wave, sitting denotes an inert particle.
Yoda: Interesting for sure this is. Going to the concession stand I am to purchase some Kombucha.
(any similarities between this commercial, and an ancient blog are strictly intentional)
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