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Hypnotic Tone
“I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.”
~ SAMUEL BECKETT
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The more I read, the more I change. The more varied my reading is, the more I am able to perceive the world from thousands of different perspectives. In me reside the voices of others, many of them dead long ago. The dead speak, scream, whisper, express themselves through the music of their poetry and prose. Reading is a creative way of listening that modifies the reader. Books are consciously remembered through images and words, but they are also present in the strange and changing spaces of our unconscious. Others who, for whatever reason, do not have the strength to change our lives, we tend to forget completely.
- Siri Hustvedt
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It was mentioned by many that humanity exists in a hypnotic state. The ears of humanity have heard this statement countless times and it seems that it does not have the power to wake them up. Instead of passively accepting that humanity is sleeping, perhaps it will be more useful if human beings described their sleeping state.
What is the effect of the sleeping state on your ability to see the truth and follow your path?
Perhaps you should observe yourself being in a hypnotic state and what is…
