Comments on: The sedge has wither’d from the lake http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/ Live your god damned dream Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Timothy Lilliehook http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-3356 Timothy Lilliehook Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:54:06 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/#comment-3356 "...addiction is what it means to be alive..." Oh yes! Thanks for another great post. “…addiction is what it means to be alive…”

Oh yes! Thanks for another great post.

]]> By: Esteban http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-3353 Esteban Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:52:22 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/#comment-3353 @ myg, chestnut, & Sophrosyne: thanks for the comments, comrades! @ myg, chestnut, & Sophrosyne: thanks for the comments, comrades!

]]> By: Sophrosyne Stenvaag http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 Sophrosyne Stenvaag Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:32:18 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/#comment-3350 When I talk to myself, who talks and who listens? That faith in the unitary, constant, immortal (though we know better) self, now that's the big addiction of the atomic world. Threaten that, and you see the blind flaily panic of the A/S/L crowd - yes, we'll take your soma away if you stay here. You might turn gay, or furry, or into three people - and do you think they'd like each other? Thank you, my dear prophet of the deep truth - When I talk to myself, who talks and who listens?

That faith in the unitary, constant, immortal (though we know better) self, now that’s the big addiction of the atomic world.

Threaten that, and you see the blind flaily panic of the A/S/L crowd – yes, we’ll take your soma away if you stay here. You might turn gay, or furry, or into three people – and do you think they’d like each other?

Thank you, my dear prophet of the deep truth -

]]> By: chestnut http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 chestnut Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:13:37 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/#comment-3349 this post and response are perfect poetry as they stand, however, esteban, i know comments are like virtual hugs so here is yours. this post and response are perfect poetry as they stand, however, esteban, i know comments are like virtual hugs so here is yours.

]]> By: myg http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 myg Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:05:43 +0000 http://mygdala.com/2008/03/09/the-sedge-has-wither%e2%80%99d-from-the-lake/#comment-3345 My dear Esteban, Thanks for your nice note and the funky podcasts. It gave me a bit to contemplate. They say that self-determination is a myth. They tell us that when we consciously decide to move a muscle in our hand, our brain has already determined that the hand will move, without our deciding. Our recognition of having made a decision is a farce. Rather we are duped into believing we've decided to move the hand, when the hand was going to move all along. They say they don't know who does the deciding now. That perhaps the decisions were made long ago. Maybe even before time. But I don't believe them. Love, Myg My dear Esteban,

Thanks for your nice note and the funky podcasts. It gave me a bit to contemplate.

They say that self-determination is a myth. They tell us that when we consciously decide to move a muscle in our hand, our brain has already determined that the hand will move, without our deciding. Our recognition of having made a decision is a farce. Rather we are duped into believing we’ve decided to move the hand, when the hand was going to move all along. They say they don’t know who does the deciding now. That perhaps the decisions were made long ago. Maybe even before time.

But I don’t believe them.

Love,

Myg

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