You Know?

I had some thoughts about time and how we pass through it today. I was thinking that we might pass through it in different ways that overlap. We generally perceive the passing of time through our physical senses. It is constant and has certain limits, like the speed of light. But what if there are other senses outside of the physical body? Would such limits apply to them? There is the self of the physical body, and then there is the abstract self or sense of self. Would it be stretching it to suggest that the latter were truly capable of sensing? Its sensory process would not depend on physical laws because it would originate outside of the world of matter. It may relate its information subconsciously, so that we react to stimuli emotionally without apparent reason. Reason exists, but we aren't consciously informed of it. Where precisely is the dividing line between the physical and the abstract in our experience? My dreams can be quite convincing. My body reacts with rapid eye movements, but where is the part of me that is experiencing the dream? I wonder if we do not pick up a lot more information subconsciously than we may be aware of. We know things that we don't know we know. Appearances are often deceiving. As I type this paragraph, the initiative appears to be coming from my hands. When you move your thumb, you think it is moving freely. It is not. Your thumb is only the last step in a sequence which starts in your brain and runs from your shoulder all the way down to your extremities. Perhaps the brain's thoughts, which appear to initiate our actions, are again the last step in a sequence which is hidden from us; a sequence which begins outside of the world of matter.
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Seriously

I remember watching Papillon as a boy. I love that part where he hooks up with that tribe of native pearl divers. He tattoos their chief and marries one of the young, topless girls. Paul Gaughin moved to Tahiti to pursue his painting. He produced beautiful images of topless natives with a rich, tropical palette. I'm not French, but I wouldn't mind moving to an island right now. Go find some bamboo shoots, build a hut. Make a hammock out of fishing nets. Next thing you know, you're cooking your own coconut cream pies. Which of the islands around here is populated by topless native women?
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