Tornado Alley (PROG)

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The problem with the self [image]: there is an assumption or concept which, if it were real, would be extremely important, would be the highest value of all things. Just think of the word ‘self’, its basic meaning is the quintessence, the essence of all essences and that would, of course, have supreme value.

At first sight one might wonder why self-centered thought is so bad. If the self were really there then perhaps it would be correct to center on the self because the self would be so important, but if the self is a kind of illusion, at least the self as we know it, then to center our thought on something illusory which is assumed to have supreme importance is going to disrupt the whole process and it will not only make thought about yourself wrong; it will make thought about everything wrong so that thought becomes a dangerous and destructive instrument all around.......DAVID BOHM