very human response.)
A better way to do it … stuff can’t help being what it is, you kick a
stone in your path and it hurts your toe, why get angry at the stone,
you can’t be angry at it for being on the path or being harder than a
toe … yes, now let’s see if it works.
(It is focus of attention, of consciousness, which is without diversion or
deviation. No other energy available to you as human is as powerful. As a
lens will direct energy you call light, so you can use consciousness.)
Each time I hear something like that, I realize how far I have to go.
(You are doing very well, Mister Monroe. Your own recognition of such
percept is an indication.)
Hey, I got it! It’s under the baseline … uh, except for this one
sawtooth, can’t seem to hold onto it, and there’s a smaller waveform
on the sawtooth, can’t get it put away.
(It is another form of rote, as you call it. Take it if you so desire. It may
be interesting to you.)
Sure, why not!
(Click!)
Going from local traffic to interstate does indeed require an entry
or acceleration lane to merge into the flow. If you can make the tools
supplied by local traffic apply in the design and building of the ramp,
so much the better. You need to remember especially the inertia
factor—pick up the slack on one loaded car at a time, start in low
gear so you don’t stall the engine, then shift smoothly; automatic
transmissions don’t know when you need to shift. If the design is
correct, your friend is cruising along the interstate long before the old
highway is closed down.
You do the best you can.
Robert A. Monroe
Faber, Virginia
1985