asceticism, a wild animal, gratitude, and the will

The opposing of the lower instincts and desires alters the genetic inheritance from biological functioning to psychical functioning. Hence the effect of asceticism.

A caged wild animal, terrified when trapped, will behave aggressively and paranoically. If beaten by the cage, it will appear lethargic and melancholic. An ambivalent beast does not exist.

All will and no will meet in novelty.

Many paths leading to one spot.

Miserable is the man with the wants of a thief, and the conscience of a saint.

Will whips the flesh with a comb.

Mirrors prove existence, we sing their products.

The animal thirsts, the man drinks, the saint spits.

The stoic victim points accusingly at the world.

A second adds dimension, a third, relativity.

Categorical imperatives make jackals grow fleece.

X-axis is smiling me, Y-axis, nooses.

Truth is bell-curved.

It is the bonding, not the object bonded with, that matters. The form, not the content. Content intention overrides form.

The action of asceticism pits the will against the natural desires, and therefore changes the functioning.

Energy is creative retribution for investment in existence.

Gratitude justifies phenomena.

Ambivalence prerequisites objectivity.

Action beseeches immortality.

We buy experiences, not houses.

Birds eat worms when it rains.

Pedant: How many gallons in a grave?

If by knowledge you mean- 'To make the world commonplace', then the world is accomodating.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.