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Thread 0016: TSK and violence
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KTS, p. 20-21: Just as substance at the center makes space dense, so experience at the center makes time tense. The 'denseness' of space and the 'tenseness' of time interact to establish restriction and necessity: the realm of objects and the concerns of a self. 'Tenseness' leads to constricting intensity that allows for no alternatives. It generates tension, which radiates out in all directions as different forms of pain and as a pattern of knowing characterized by reasons and distinctions, excuses and justifications. Channeled into strictly defined lines of force, linear momentum accelerates, creating still more pressure.
The temporal order established by the 'logos' in this way continues to build and intensify. Pressure feeds back on itself, like an echo in an enclosed chamber; the echo grows louder, drowning out other sound. With momentum building unchecked, chaos threatens behind each appearance, manifesting psychologically in confusion and a sense of being lost. Since the 'order' imposed through (the self's) experience is not centered in time's dynamic, it is only superficial. A sea of emotions seethes beneath the surface, occasionally erupting.
When involvement grows this intense, it feeds back into the
frozen momentum of first-level time, creating an imbalance that
begins to affect the 'structural integrity' of the temporal order.
Pressure builds up, becoming destabilizing, even painful. Unless
it is cut off through other self-interpretations, identification
grows more complete. For example, if the initial response has
been 'I am angry', the anger becomes all-encompassing: The self
becomes its anger. When identification is total, 'I am angry'
is transformed into 'I hate', and energy spills over into action.
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