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PROJECT MIND
The Conscious Conquest of Man & Matter
Through Accelerated
Thought
by David S. Devor (T. Kun)
Summary of CHAPTER 6:
Thought Transformation
- The Search for Meaning & Purpose
Early candidates for Project Mind will, of necessity, have gained considerable
mastery over their chosen field of endeavor or at least in areas pertinent
to those of nature's secrets they wish to penetrate with Accelerated Thought.
[page 71]
There are those among us who, from time to time, awaken to a feeling
from deep within, carrying at least the whisper of a conviction that we
are destined for something greater than the ordinary. [page 73]
A genuine search for meaning implies a striving for some kind of redefinition
of things, and ultimately, for self and world transformation. It is an
inner impulse to break out of the constraining obscurity of accepted, habitual
modes of reflective thought, feeling and action dictated by social frameworks
governed by distraction - frameworks which must cultivate conformity if
they are to survive. [page 73]
... Small children find it easy to believe that all that limits, separates
and leads to hurt or worse can be vanquished. As naive as it may seem,
we might do well to ask ourselves if this is not the reality for which
we were truly destined. [pate 75]
The child becomes lost in the shuffle as those in authority impose their
own synthetic version of reality upon their sacred charges. [page 76]
There comes a fateful moment in early childhood when we come head-on
with disillusionment. ...It is very hard for us even to begin to conceive
of the dimensions this trauma represents for us or to measure its repercussions
throughout life. [page 77]
The child's collision with restrictive reality arrives with crushing
force. (This is the source of what Arthur Janov calls the "Primal Scream.")
The result is usually a pathetic compromise ranging from autistic retreat
to total surrender to fate and authority ...From then on, everything we
think and do is conditioned by this compromise. [page 77]
In only the rarest of cases (i.e., the future candidates for Accelerated
Thought) does the small child manage to resist the steam-roller of convention
and refuse to allow his spirit to be compromised by the belief in the preeminence
of limitation. [page 77-78]
During the routine acquisition of theoretical knowledge we are compromised
by being required to "swallow" as real, information that is not in some
way personally verified. [page 78-79]
... Later in life, the lingering memory of the possibility of a better
existence will reflect some aspect of the vivid glow, maybe even a hint
of the enticing scent that evokes nostalgia for a lost paradise. [page
80]
... Of these rare individuals, one could reasonably surmise that a certain
proportion will be interested in benefiting from unique practical "arrangements"
tailor-made to help them pursue their truth and destiny through the exercise
and development of their capacity for Accelerated Thought. [page 81]
... Individuals can disagree on ideology, they can sidestep meaning,
and they can shut their eyes to truth, but they cannot escape the influence
of their environment that to an ever-increasing degree consists of technological
culture. [page 81]
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of Chapter 7: Special Conditions Needed to Promote Accelerated Thought
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