GRGR(7) Deeply Surrender

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Wed Aug 4 09:58:53 CDT 1999



On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Paul Mackin wrote:

> These few sentences on Eventyr's predicament are nicely suggestive  of the
> knowledge problem we all find ourselves suffering from--for example, not
> knowing or being sure of what's in the mind of another person, or perhaps
> especially related to Carroll's case what takes place (has taken place) in
> our own mind. And yes the "repressed"  would seem to be a part of it
> through not necessarily the scariest part because there is some chance
> there of dredging up the Unconscious but the minds of others are
> forever a dread we can not escape though we would fain do so.


Unless of course "Consciousness" is all one big shared space--with the 
firebreaks carelessly or  mischievously enough programmed  so that we can
with persistence and luck at least occasionally hack our way into the
space assigned others.

			P.




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