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{<div class=yada>(set: $lickedtile to false) before you is the (text-style:"smear","tall")[Counter]. <br> a toaster box, a bread bag, and a butter bay. dams to keep the elements from reacting to eachother! [(if: $bread is false)[ you could probably wiggle into (link:"the bread bag")[(set: $bread to true) (replace:?action)[2 Enriched White Breads are yours!] (rerun:?table)].](else:)[...a hole in the bread bags plastic is left in your wake] ]<table| <br> [(if: (visited:"cabinet closed") is false)[oh, and theres also a spice vault too.]] (color:orange)[ ]<action|</div> </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[inspect butter bay|toaster butter]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[inspect sideways door|cabinet closed]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[jump down|kitchen floor]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div> }

{<div class=yada>(set: $lickedtile to false) before you is the (text-style:"smear","tall")[Sink]. [(if: (visited:"sink window") is false)[its sunny outside. it looks warm.]] [(if: (visited:"sink basin") is false)[many a dishware, silverware, and plasticware have been reincarnated in that shiny valley below. this is a sacred ground of reflection and dawn dishsoap.]]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[sink window]]</td></tr> <tr><td>[[sink basin]]</td></tr> <tr><td>[[jump down|kitchen floor]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>}

{<div class=yada>(set: $lickedtile to false) before you is the (text-style:"smear","tall")[Fridge]. magnets, lists, macaroni face. [(if: (visited:"fridge opened") is false)[its got a metal handle the size of a bus and opening it will take just as much strength as to pull one.](else:)[an electric hum emanates from where freezy town was left slightly open.]]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[enter freezy town|fridge opened]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[jump down|kitchen floor]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>}

<div class=yada>a drain, the mouth of water and cleansing. [(if: (visited:"fridge opened") is true)[your poor little arms quiver at just the //thought// of trying to move the drain gate. thankfully theres nothing notable down there. slime.](else:)[now.... it does smell like slime and muck....(link-reveal:"but perhaps some muck is good?")[(show: ?next1)]<br> |next1)[[[[MUCK!!!|basin OPEN]] : (link:"no thanks.")[(replace:?action)[muck is so mucky bro. why even bother mucking in the hole bro. lets go back.] .]]]]] (color:orange)[ ]<action| </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[back away|kitchen sink]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>from up here a nice breeze wafts in. you can hear squirrels go 'tippy-tap' on the roof.<br> [(if: (visited:"space question tree 3") is true)[a few weeks back there was a stinkbug thatd walk across the window all day everyday. she brought a smile and you named her 'hot dadaism' (text-style:"italic","blur","condense")[(hAHt dah-dah-EE-um)] due to her talent at breaking down traditional boundaries between indoors and outdoors.]]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[let the breeze roll over you|space question tree 1]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[im done pondering|kitchen sink]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>its aching lungs bear down upon you; to your right is the meat deck, pools of wet folds neatly boxed in opaque plastic- above you a canopy of leafy greens and colored glassware of varying fullness- [(if: $cheese is false)[and, to your left, is colonel curds cozy cradle.](else:)[and, to your left, is colonel curds now empty cradle.]]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[release the cheese|fridge drawer]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[exit freezy town|kitchen fridge]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>you open the drawer and see a wrapper in the middle. [(if: $cheese is false)[in the wrapper is some newborn (link:"prince cheese")[(set: $cheese to true) (replace:?action)[you pick up the cheese prince and place it in your pocket] (rerun:?table)].](else:)[there isn't anything left on the wrapper.] ]<table| (color:orange)[ ]<action|</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>do you want to [[leave|fridge opened]]?</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>(if: $cleaner is true)+(if: $cheese is true)+(if:$bread is true)+(if:$grease is true)+(if:$butter is true)+(if:$spice is true)[you think you have every ingredient at your disposal. [[the time is now, friend.|cookendalt start]]](else-if: $cheese is true)+(if:$bread is true)+(if:$grease is true)+(if:$butter is true)+(if:$spice is true)[you have every ingredient at your disposal. [[the time is now, friend.|cookend start]]](else:)[oh the skate tricks you could do... its a bit early for it but once you have all the ingredients this is where the real magic will happen; the sizzle, the rumble, the material, and the theory. livin la grillin cheesin. (link-reveal: "but you cant do anything with this pan right now")</div>[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?hunger)] |hunger)[(text-style:"superscript")+(link-reveal: "your stomach 'mrrps'.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?hungerr)]] |hungerr)[(text-style:"superscript")+(link-reveal: "your stomach growls.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?hungerrr)]] |hungerrr)[(text-style:"superscript")+(link-reveal: "your stomach has started talking to its peers.")[(show: ?hungerrrr)]] |hungerrrr)[(text-style:"underline","condense")[your stomach et al has formed a union.]]] <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[go back|kitchen stove]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>[(if: $bread is true)[the reason so many old recipes call for unsalted butter is because back in the day most families made their own butter at home, and thus would have varying salt measurements. to get consistency theyd ask for unsalted butter and then specify the amount of salt to mix in after. <br>companies use basically the same amount of salt in their butter so in a lot of cases its easier to just use it and adjust the amount of salt you add in.]] [(if: $butter is false)[inside the glass dish is some salted butter. the glass dish, like the glass tomb from tombraider snow white remake crossover event //(from ActiEABlizzFlixEndo)// where snowwhite and lara croft kiss //(but not in a gay way)//. (link:"scoop some butter into your pocket?")[(set: $butter to true) (replace:?action)[you pick up the butter and place it in your pocket] (rerun:?table)].](else:)[youve got about 3 crumbs of salted butter.] ]<table| (color:orange)[ ]<action| </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[go back|kitchen counter]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>(link-reveal: "wheres the text for this page?")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?ask)] |ask)[(text-style:"bold")[there was gonna be a whole ramble here about ego and it was gonna have hidden text so the player could ignore it if they dont like that stuff but uh. i draft everything in txt files that are very poorly organized and i dont know where i put that file :(]] </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[open door|cabinet opened]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[go back|kitchen counter]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>you open the spice vault; smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, cinammon, cumin, garlic powder, onion flakes, rosemary, etc. [(if: $spice is false)[and salt! and pepper! (link:"just what we need.")[(set: $spice to true) (replace:?action)[you gently place salt and pepper side-by-side into your pocket. they love eachother.] (rerun:?table)].](else:)[you can hear the 'clink' of salt and pepper nuzzling noses!!! <3] ]<table| (color:orange)[ ]<action|</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[close door|cabinet closed]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

(set: $cheese to false) (set: $bread to false) (set: $grease to false) (set: $butter to false) (set: $spice to false) (set: $cleaner to false)

welcome to your kitchen. [(if: (visited:"kitchen floor") is false) [go ahead, (link:"lick some tile")[(set: $lickedtile to true) (replace:?action) [why did you do [[that?|kitchen floor]]] (rerun:?floor)].](if: (visited:"kitchen floor") is true)[oh fuck.] ]<floor| (color:orange)[ ]<action|

{<div class=yada>(set: $lickedtile to false) before you is the (text-style:"smear","tall")[Stove]. [(if: (visited:"stove bacon grease") is false)[a mason jar full of cooked-off bacon grease sits like a sleeping giant watching over the proceedings.]] [(if: (visited:"stove pan closeup") is false)[the stove element isnt on right now. if you had your skateboard itd be a good bowl.]] (align:"=><=")+(box:"=X")[on the stoves crown is a small LED clock display. its currently (current-time:).]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[approach the grease giant|stove bacon grease]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[look inside pan|stove pan closeup]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[jump down|kitchen floor]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>}

<div class=yada>you remember the science center- years ago there was a test launch and the flight path was over your home. the debris path. you had nightmares for months about finding dead astronaut in trees. even now theres tension in the corners of your eyes. <br> where theres a window, theres a wayward pilot dangling. you think about-</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[Leslie Montfort|the pilot start]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[The science center|the program start]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[The provisions|the meals start]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>the reports liked to focus on the 'brave sacrifice' of the pilot, Leslie Montfort was the only pilot physically on-board, and had almost 7 years of under his belt at the center. he left behind a fiance and a son from a previous marriage.<br> the vessel fell apart mid-flight and impacted the coast at about 200 mph. the recovered blackbox showed manual control inputs were being sent up until the moment it hit the ground. closed casket.</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the program start") is false)[[The science center|the program start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the meals start") is false)[[The provisions|the meals start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the program start")or(visited:"the meals start") is true)[[was it on purpose?|space question tree 3]]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>the test itself was tehcnically the maiden flight for a new model of spacecraft. specially engineered for mass passenger transit, and helped financed by private-prison group CoreCivic, if it'd been succesful the first prisoner group would've shipped off-planet within the season.<br> i guess when they made the design more lightweight to compensate for the extra bodies they simply took too much. or they thought it was good enough to barely scrape by the test flight and accept a certain range of failure in the future.</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the pilot start") is false)[[Leslie Montfort|the pilot start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the meals start") is false)[[The provisions|the meals start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the pilot start")or(visited:"the meals start") is true)[[was it on purpose?|space question tree 3]]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>there wasnt a large supply on board relative to most ships and relative to what it could theoretically hold. as it was only the pilot on-board, and as the trip would only take 7 weeks each way, the provisions were exactly as needed with no more and no less. upon landing he would've had the chance to re-stock before returning to earth. <br> per request it was stocked with his favorite foods (//in non-perishable form//); freeze dried seafood, vegetables, and per the pilots requrest; packets of hot sauce. cooking is limited while on the ship but his family said at home he would sear salmon to perfection only to dip it into hot sauce like a chicken nugget. he liked to see peoples reactions.</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the program start") is false)[[The science center|the program start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the pilot start") is false)[[Leslie Montfort|the pilot start]]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[(if: (visited:"the program start")or(visited:"the pilot start") is true)[[was it on purpose?|space question tree 3]]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

<div class=yada>dunno. (text-style:"italic")[...unlikely.] its hard to believe he'd have the access to sabatoge the craft before take-off. and it wouldn't explain the frantic inputs after the atmosphere tore its tender, steel-flesh apart. i mean, given the chance would you be able to knowingly fly to your own doom?</div> [[no|space no]] [[yes|space yes]] ''[[im done pondering.|kitchen sink]]''

<div class=yada>[(align: "===><==")[why not?]]</div> [(link:"itd be painful. i really dont want to die like that.")[(set: $spaceN1 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4n")]] [(link:"itd only delay the program by a few years, if it werent me itd be someone else.")[(set: $spaceN2 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4n")]] [(link:"i couldnt make my loved ones go through that.")[(set: $spaceN3 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4n")]] [(link:"i dont mind if the program was succesful, maybe it could enter civilian markets someday?")[(set: $spaceN4 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4n")]]

<div class=yada>[(align: "===><==")[whys that?]]</div> [(link:"potentially preventing thousands of lives from being shipped into the void- those lives outweigh mine.")[(set: $spaceY1 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4y")]] [(link:"at least history would remember me.")[(set: $spaceY2 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4y")]] [(link:"regardless of whether or not its sabatoged, its still a dangerous flight and i dont want any of my coworkers to risk it.")[(set: $spaceY3 to true)(go-to:"space question tree 4y")]]

<div class=yada> [(if: $spaceY1 is true)[agreed. its just hard to know if our logic would hold up when push comes to shove. (link-goto:"no one knows how theyll behave in a situation until theyre in it, like, //really// knows...", "kitchen sink")]] [(if: $spaceY2 is true)[theres other ways to go about it. but, yeah, for some decades youd be remembered. Most people will be remembered for a generation or 2. Thats pretty admirable honestly. Like maybe being remembered for- <br>(link-goto:"your ability to make others feel safe around you", "kitchen sink") (link-goto:"your work and the inspiration it gave", "kitchen sink") (link-goto:"your reliability and the truths in your words", "kitchen sink") (link-goto:"your hatred of cooking and your track and field high jump score of 2.38 meters", "window end") ]] [(if: $spaceY3 is true)[Thats very noble of you, protecting the greenhorns and their years of potential. (link-goto:"Even if nothing went wrong i think theyd appreciate your bravery.", "kitchen sink")]] </div>

<div class=yada> [(if: $spaceN1 is true)[oh absolutely, sure youd be dead soon after, but those few moments of consciousness before- theres no way you wouldnt be full of regret. and no one would ever know.<br>regret.... like cooking. what if you mess up the grilled cheese?<br>(link-goto:"what if its inedible and i waste all the ingredients?", "window end") (link-goto:"what if i give myself food poisoning?", "window end") (link-goto:"what if i set the house on fire?", "window end") (link-goto:"hm. well, gotta crack a few eggs to bake a cake", "kitchen sink") ]] [(if: $spaceN2 is true)[maybe. maybe. but maybe that bit of delay is still worth it. why try to live a long life if only to inevitably die? the indominatble human spirit. the prison industrial complex is much less inevitable than life itself.<br>If everythings hopeless why even make a delicious melty grilled cheese, yknow?<br>(link-goto:"hey! Thats a great idea!", "window end") (link-goto:"eh. Different things.", "kitchen sink") (link-goto:"so true bestie.", "kitchen sink") ]] [(if: $spaceN3 is true)[theres no arguing with that. (link-goto:"youd leave a big pit in their hearts.", "kitchen sink")]] [(if: $spaceN4 is true)[youre giving them much too much credit. ignoring the implication that youre okay with your fellow person being involuntarily shipped off their planet, (link-goto:"its funny to think that high-speed space travel would ever be available to those not rich enough to rent a prison already.", "kitchen sink")]] </div>

{ (text-style:"italic","superscript")[= (link-reveal: "...you warm the stove to a mid-low temperature ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next1)]<br> |next1)[(link-reveal: "...you lather both sides of both bread slices in butter")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next2)]]<br> |next2)[(link-reveal: "...you add a spoonful of bacon grease to the pan")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next3)]]<br> |next3)[(link-reveal: "...you put the first bread slice onto the pan and sprinkle salt, pepper, and smoked paprika onto it ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next4)]]<br> |next4)[(link-reveal: "...you wait and watch for the underside to crisp up ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next5)]]<br> |next5)[(link-reveal: "...you flip it over at just the right time - quickly adding 2 cheese slices in alternating directions- and the other bread slice ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next6)]]<br> |next6)[(link-reveal: "...you sprinkle salt, pepper, and smoked paprika onto this one as well ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next7)]]<br> |next7)[[[...you flip your almost born creation over once more for the last buttered face to crisp|good cook end]]] }

{ =><= (bg:(hsl:0,0,0,0.75))+(text-style:"bold","italic","emboss","expand")[...you see the beautiful golden-brown island that is the top of your sandwich, and release the tension you didnt realise you were holding in your face. drops of cheese melt off the sides and with each sizzle of the pan another stress dissappears.] <img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/065f28582d339722a6df9d53649e0816/9bb3e60cc63f114f-62/s250x400/9da28031ff204d71e3eac354e2a2e884b77f9cb0.gif" width="422" height="422" position="absolute" bottom:0px; left:0px; right:0px;> }

(forget-undos:200) (text-style:"bold","italic","emboss","expand")[why cook. why try. <br>why not just leap out this window right now, onto the soft earth, and run off in the nearest direction to forest. sure you could use the door 3 feet away but whos going to stop you? you hardly care! live a little! <br>forget grilled cheeses with a chance for burnt, learn to forage yum yum pretty berries. that never goes wrong. pushing through the cantankerous clanging metal valley and popping the screen out of its frame, you climb the windowsil. but-<br> the light-<br> is fast approaching- faster than gravity and dirt-<br> theres a light? a bright light-<br> gently warm, all consuming, spotlighting<br>] [(align:"==><===")[(text-style:"bold","italic","blurrier","expand")[You-]]] [(align:"==><=")+(text-style:"bold","italic","smear","expand","sway")[do you embrace it back?]] (align:"====><===")[[yes|window end 2]] (align:"==><==")[[no|window endalt 2]]

<div class=yada> [(align:"<==")+(box:"=======XXXXXXXXXX===")+(text-rotate-y:45)+(text-rotate-z:9)[(text-style:"bold","italic","emboss","expand","tall","rumble")[Blue Juice®, Ultra® Concentrated® 3X more® Original Scent®] per drop!!!!!]] <br> (text-style:"underline","condense")[Product Description: ](text-style:"bold","superscript")["Your sink, kitchen and refrigerator will always smell clean. Blue Juice® products are a safe and effective alternative to common juices. Blue Juice® is also available in the popular Lavender Lovin'®, Paprika Decadence®, Cinnamon Maxed®, and Pepper Pumped® varieties."] (text-style:"underline","condense",)[Category:Products introduced in 1992](text-rotate-y:350)+(text-rotate-z:342)+(align:"<==")+(float-box: "====X", "0")[Sulfate Free! Hypoallergenic Free! Vegan & Gluten Free! Non Phthalate Free! Ophthalmologist Tested Free! Paraben Free! Kosher!] (align:"=><=")+(box:"=======XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX===")+(text-colour:red)+(bg:(hsl:0,0,0,0.75))+(text-style:"bold","underline","tall","shudder")[(if: $cleaner is false)[Last Chance!!!! (link:"BUY NOW!!")[(set: $cleaner to true) (replace:?action)[...no money is exchanged but your karmic debt has grown twofold] (rerun:?table)].](else:)[thank u ©um agin.] ]<table| (color:orange)[ ]<action| (text-style:"bold","superscript")[(if: $cleaner is true)[[[I have made a horrible mistake|sink basin]]](else:)[[[No Thanks!|sink basin]]]] </div>

{ (text-style:"italic","superscript")[= (link-reveal: "...you warm the stove to a mid-low temperature ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next1)]<br> |next1)[(link-reveal: "...you lather both sides of both bread slices in butter")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next2)]]<br> |next2)[(link-reveal: "...you add generous spritzes of pretty juice to the pan")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next3)]]<br> |next3)[(link-reveal: "...you put the first bread slice onto the pan and sprinkle salt, pepper, and smoked paprika onto it... you notice the pan smells weird...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next4)]]<br> |next4)[(link-reveal: "...you wait and watch for the underside to crisp up... it takes a bit longer than you remember...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next5)]]<br> |next5)[(link-reveal: "...you flip it over- adding 2 cheese slices- and the other bread slice on top")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next6)]]<br> |next6)[(link-reveal: "...you mean to sprinkle salt, pepper, and smoked paprika onto this one as well but forget... hours seem to pass...")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next7)]]<br> |next7)[[[...you flip your almost born creation over once more for the last buttered face to crisp... you need to lean against the counter for support...|bad cook end]]] }

<div class=yada> with the full momentum of your body, the sink drain spins off- its so dark inside, looking down, all you can really sense is the vibrations of your homes pulse. (link-reveal: "your eyes pick up nothing but visual noise.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?smell1)] from memory, when you took your home home from the hospital they said it was important to keep its circulation active. things like water pressure, fresh air, the occasional nail clipping and hair trims. the veins are part of this, its good to run the water every once in a while, or else the other homes nearby will think its been abandoned, and start sending it their old waste. of course most people dont have to think about this because they actually use and live in their home. |smell1)[(text-style:"superscript")+(link-reveal: "sniffsniffsniff.. .. .SNIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?smell2)]] |smell2)[(text-style:"bold","italic")[deeper still, theres a [[peculiar Blue Juice Smell.. . .|sink cleaner]]]] </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[back away|sink basin]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>

{(forget-undos:2) <div class=yada> [(if: $lickedtile is true) [that was so (link:"unsanitary")[(set: $lickedtile to false) (replace:?action)[its ok, its ok. refocus yeah?] (rerun:?floor)].]<div class=yada>(else:)[we have a job to do and that job is (link-reveal: "cooking the best grilled cheese")[(show: ?expl)] this dang continent ever did see.<br>] ]<floor| (color:orange)[ ]<action| |expl)[...we're gonna need cheese, bread, greases, and spices, to make a grilled cheesed. its been a long day. youll figure it out.]</div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[kitchen sink]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[kitchen fridge]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[kitchen stove]]</td></tr><br> <tr><td>[[kitchen counter]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>}

<div class=yada> (align:"==><===")[the mason majesty sings you a familiar poem;] <br> (align:"==>")+(box:"====XXXXX=")+(text-style:"bold","italic","superscript","smear","tall")[the prayer of butter and biscuits; if a feelings' stucks in your guts of a trouble you cant throw up heres how to nix it, nip it in the bud a butter and biscuit served warm with love sate-r lover to no mornings of hunger crumbs in your beard, remind you youre here and wherever you are can be enough] <br> <br> (align:"<==")+(box:"======XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX=========")[= [(if:$grease is false)[(link-reveal: "and the mason majesty asks you a question; 'It is the same whether it comes from the sun, or from an appliance like the freezer.'")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next1)]<br> |next1)[(link-reveal: "'When I asked him how he knew the difference between one and the other, he said, 'I am able to feel the difference-' I thought he was going to say that it was because he had one of those super perceptive senses or because he was psychic, but he continued, '-it is not a super perceptive sense. It is a //superception// that comes from within, from being in the presence of things, the atmosphere, nature.'")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next2)]]<br> |next2)[(link-reveal: "In other words, the mind and body are integrated. 'The body is a part of the mind.' he said.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next3)]]<br> |next3)[(link-reveal: "He said this was true, and he believed it, yet he also believed it was not true. He believed this because his understanding of the body in relation to the environment made him believe it was a fact, and he also believed this because his understanding of consciousness made him believe it was true. But at the same time he doubted it was true because he was also aware that he believed it. He did not believe it because he thought of it as the truth.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next4)]]<br> |next4)[(link-reveal: "The same is true of what I think we call belief. We think of its categories as a noun, as if it were an idea, and as a verb, as if it were a process, but in reality, it is both a noun and a verb in every instance indistingquishable. We see ourselves as being our beliefs")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next5)]]<br> |next5)[(link-reveal: "For an example of the difference, let's say you have two kinds of tomatoes. One tomato is a yellow one, one is a red one. They are identical except for the color. Which one do you prefer, the yellow one or the red one? If you think this is a meaningless question because you don't have any preferences about the color, you are wrong. Your opinion on this is just as important as your opinion about other things.<br> If you said 'I don't know, that's just a matter of taste,' you would be wrong. You would be able to know the tomato was red or yellow because you would be able to distinguish them. On the other hand, if you said 'I like yellow ones better' you would be wrong.<br> You would be able to know because you would be able to taste the yellow one and you would be able to taste the red one. You would also be able to tell by seeing them because you would be able to see them. You would then be able to distinguish them, and you would also be able to know what they were.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next6)]]<br> |next6)[(link-reveal: "What would you say if I asked you what the yellow and the red tomato were? You could say 'they are tomatoes,' and that's true, but you would also be able to say that they were yellow or red. You would be able to name them and you would know what they were. The difference is that you would not be able to distinguish them by what you think about them. If I asked you why you liked yellow tomatoes better, your answer would be something like 'because they're yellow.'")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next7)]]<br> |next7)[(link-reveal: "As far as I'm concerned, there is no such thing as yellow tomatoes, there are only red and yellow. There are only yellow and red or red and yellow. It is not about the yellow tomato versus the red tomato, it is about yellow and red or red and yellow.<br> Beliefs are really that simple. We think of them as being as complex as the tomatoes, and they are not. All we have to do is change our opinion about what something is. That is why, even when our beliefs change, we are not actually changing what we think.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next8)]]<br> |next8)[(link-reveal: "This is how the world is constructed in my world view. It is all about things that are. I like to call this the theory of being. We only exist in relation to things that are, to what is. This includes things that are about which we think, like beliefs, likes, and dislikes. In my world view, we are not conscious of what we think about things, we just are what we think. What we think about things is what we are.")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next9)]]<br> |next9)[(link-reveal: "There are other things that are, and they are not about which we think. There is no way to compare the sun to the freezer, there is no such thing as star or appliance in this question. There is no way to touch and see these beliefs at the same time. The stratosphere is not a freezer and the stove is not a sun. ")[(t8n:"dissolve")(show: ?next10)]]<br> |next9)['Is it the same whether it comes from the sun, or from an appliance like the freezer? ' (link:"yes")[(replace:?action)[he looks visibly displeased at you.]] (link:"no")[(set: $grease to true) (replace:?action)[a warm smile upon you, 'close enough bub', you get gooped. bacon grease in your pocket.] (rerun:?table)] (link:"what")[(set: $grease to true) (replace:?action)['exactly' says the mason majesty. he goops on you. +1 bacon grease all over.] (rerun:?table)]]] ]<table| (color:orange)[ ]<action| </div> <div class=navigate> <table><tbody> <tr><td>[[go back|kitchen stove]]</td></tr><br> </tbody></table> </div>