Clarity as a narrative uninterrupted by reality


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When we experience, “Truth,” what we mean is a pool which increases or decreases in volume according to a calm backed by our aerobic capacity, and this should not be confused with the greater number of experiences or facts, which despite their indisputable contribution, are nonetheless irrelevant for their being inaccessible to the natural flow of our expression.  If we are not experiencing “Truth,” it is because petty little reality has interrupted our flowing narrative.

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The experience we think of as “clarity” requires a good deal of common sense.  It goes a long way in obscuring any precise observation that would upset habitual thought.

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