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diff --git a/essays/flyntian_modality.otx b/essays/flyntian_modality.otx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1dc7b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/essays/flyntian_modality.otx @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +\blankstyle + +\chap Instructions for the Flyntian Modality + +\vfill + +\begitems\style n +* Stop all \dq{gross believing,} such as belief in other minds, causality, and the phantom entities of science (atoms, electrons, etc). + +* Stop thinking in propositional language. + +* Stop all scientific hypothesizing. Do not consider your \dq{sightings} of the empire state building as confirmations that it is there when you are not looking at it---or for that matter, as confirmations that it is there when you \e{are} looking at it. + +* Stop organizing visual experiences and tactile experiences into object-gestalts. Stop organizing so-called \dq{different spatial orientations or different touched surfaces of objects} into object-gestalts. That is, stop having perceptions of objects. + +* Stop believing in past and future time. That is, live out of time. Stop feeling longing, dread, or regret. + +* Stop believing that you can move your body. + +* Stop believing that these instructions have any objective meaning. + +* You are now free to walk through walls (if you can find them). +\enditems + +\vfill + +\break +\mainstyle
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