On Being Tired
On an overnight flight to Europe last night, I thought to myself, “I’m tired.” But as I looked further, I realized that “Thou” can never be tired. Thou cannot have any qualities. It is adjective-less. Thou is the space in which all experience and all possible experiences appear. It itself, however, can never be experienced as something, or as something with qualities.
So what happens when I say, “I’m tired”?
An experience is generated (though not ultimately caused) by the Organism—as all experiences are. The experience is neither good nor bad, nor does it belong to or define anyone. Most commonly, Thou assumes the existence of an “I” to which the experience belongs, thus bringing into existence the Ghost. The Ghost is created by assumption but never exists as an actual entity. Suddenly, what Thou appears to be, is a small, separate entity with the quality of tiredness. Thou has hidden itself from itself.