{"id":137942,"date":"2019-07-22T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=137942"},"modified":"2019-07-20T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T08:41:24","slug":"cogito-ergo-sum-perhaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/07\/cogito-ergo-sum-perhaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Cogito Ergo Sum! . . . Perhaps!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think!
\nTherefore, I am!
\nI am!
\nTherefore, I think!
\nI think I am!<\/p>\n

I think others think!
\nI think what others think!
\nI am what others think!
\nWhat do others think!<\/p>\n

Thinking is not thought!
\nThinking is life!
\nSeeking, exploring, becoming!
\nBelieving!
\nDoubting!<\/p>\n

Thought is not thinking!
\nThought is content!
\nInborn, acquired, constant?
\nProduct!
\nProcess!<\/p>\n

Place, setting, image, sensation, thought!
\nMemory: muscle, viscera, emotion, brain!
\nOne!
\nConnected!
\nQuantum mind!<\/p>\n

What is the greatest thought?
\nE = MC 2<\/sup> ?
\nQuantum?
\nSermon on the Mount?
\nNon-Violence?
\nConsciousness?
\nDoubt?<\/p>\n

Unity?
\nMorality, Justice, Time, Beauty?
\nDNA? AI? Big Bang?
\nPower?
\nThinking is process!
\nProcess is product
\nProcess and product are one!
\nHeisenberg!<\/p>\n

I am what is!
\nBounded!
\nBoundless!
\nImpossible!<\/p>\n

I am what am!<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cSo sayeth the Lord!\u201d
\n\u201cI in you,
\nYou in me!\u201d
\nIncarnation!
\n\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\nWho bounded me?
\nWho unbounded me?
\nGifted thinking?
\nThought?
\nDoubt?<\/p>\n

Who?
\nWhat?
\nCast me into void,
\nInfinity?
\nDoubting!
\nKnowing!
\nDoubting knowing!<\/p>\n

Who knows?
\nWhat knows?
\nEyes see!
\nHearts know!
\nMuscles remember!
\nViscera feel!
\nReflex!<\/p>\n

Life!
\nI am all!
\nI doubt!
\nTherefore, I am!<\/p>\n

I am nothing!
\nI am something!
\nI am what am!
\nI am life!
\nSo be it!
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comment: <\/strong>\u00a0A gifted friend reminded me of Antoine de Saint-Exupery\u2019s, The Little Prince<\/em>: \u201cThe essential is invisible to the eyes.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

___________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>, is a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii\u2019s Manoa Campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, and past director of the World Health Organization Psychiatric Research Center in Honolulu. \u00a0He is known internationally as a pioneer figure in the study of culture and psychopathology who challenged the ethnocentrism and racial biases of many assumptions, theories, and practices in psychology and psychiatry. In more recent years, he has been writing and lecturing on peace and social justice. He has published 21 books and more than 300 articles, tech reports, and popular commentaries. His<\/em> TMS articles may be accessed<\/em> HERE<\/a> and he can be reached at <\/em>marsella@hawaii.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think!
\n Therefore, I am!
\n I am!
\n Therefore, I think!
\n I think I am!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":115837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-137942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}