that last bit of writing really didn't turn out as well as I wanted it to, so I've deleted it and replaced it with a map of where I've been in the U.S. Jolly good.
oh. um. about turn?freemooreJune 8 2006, 13:20:53 UTC
in that case, here it is again. It's just that sometimes I read these things back to myself a bit later and they feel a bit pompous. The thoughts-as-crystals thing is a metaphor that keeps returning to my head and I didn't feel that the way this was written was pretty enough. since you liked it, though:
Think of the rules of logic as binding forces between little atoms of your thought; then sometimes there’s a such familiarity to the pattern leading from one thought to the next that you can see the whole complex of thoughts around one subject as an entity, as in an argument where you know the way it will go next, you know the entry points into the argument and the conclusions, the shape of the territory through which awareness flows as one point is linked to the next. Eventually the thoughts run so smooth and clear that there are no emotional attachments within, no cloudiness in the clear structure, all facets clear and polished and no flaws anywhere inside. This integrated thought glows when it’s struck, the flow of awareness rushing through so that the whole complex resonates and resounds with a crystal purity that sparkles through the eyes of the thinker and into their words.
Think of the rules of logic as binding forces between little atoms of your thought; then sometimes there’s a such familiarity to the pattern leading from one thought to the next that you can see the whole complex of thoughts around one subject as an entity, as in an argument where you know the way it will go next, you know the entry points into the argument and the conclusions, the shape of the territory through which awareness flows as one point is linked to the next. Eventually the thoughts run so smooth and clear that there are no emotional attachments within, no cloudiness in the clear structure, all facets clear and polished and no flaws anywhere inside. This integrated thought glows when it’s struck, the flow of awareness rushing through so that the whole complex resonates and resounds with a crystal purity that sparkles through the eyes of the thinker and into their words.
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