presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoReading is a kind of trance. A state of modified consciousness as powerful as any drug. And we all know what drugs can do.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down131
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareReading is a kind of trance. A state of modified consciousness as powerful as any drug. And we all know what drugs can do.presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-22 days agoAh, but it isn’t just concentration. It is (for many of us) prolonged, intense, daily concentration upon thoughts. Performed over years. That is powerful and (because we are all embedded in it) invisible.
Ah, but it isn’t just concentration. It is (for many of us) prolonged, intense, daily concentration upon thoughts. Performed over years.
That is powerful and (because we are all embedded in it) invisible.