Not I’s

 Not I’s are fortune tellers. They have been called familiar spirits, soothsayers, and various other exotic names.

There are two factions we refer to as A and B. They are in total disagreement. What they disagree about is which series of false  suggestions they sell to I to relay to X. 

They each pretend to knowledge of right and wrong, good and bad, what is best and full knowledge of the future. Knowledge of everyone’s motive. Of course, in total disagreement about each of these and all totally false.

They must be invoked, asked, prayed to in order to start them into action.

The formula for invocation is:

I want to do the right thing

I want to be sure and do this right

I sure don’t want to make another mistake

I want to do this all on my own

I want to do what is best

I just don’t want to get hurt

I just want to be sure I’m doing the right thing

I wonder if I did it right

I wonder why he or she did that

Why did that happen?

And all other unanswerable questions

Remember Not I’s must be invoked to start their nefarious work 

The Falacy

 That total gratification of the senses equals contentment both physical and psychological.

All gratification is partial. Physical gratification can be 90 to 98% but it is very temporary. Psychological gratification is 0 to 10% and they are not even temporary. 

To see that satisfaction refers to a state of the senses-physical and psychological-and that contentment refers to a state of being.

This is the way it is and I am thankful that it is this way. I am content to be dissatisfied.

I am enthusiastic to experiment in various ways to get partial and temporary gratification. Some experiments I will flush, some I will use again and some I will modify.

The great falacy is that:

I must be totally satisfied to be contented.