Chapter 18 Chapter 02 "Guilty", "Conscience Condemnation" and Others (1)

Is not keeping an animal and allowing it to commit is nature's dilemma with regard to man?Isn't that the real problem with people?That this difficulty has been so largely solved must have seemed all the more surprising to those skilled in appreciating fully the counteracting force of forgetfulness.Forgetfulness is not a mere habit, as it is commonly imagined, but an active, active obstacle in the strictest sense.Due to the existence of this obstacle, those things that are only experienced, known, and accepted by us are less likely to enter consciousness during the process of being digested (also called the process of "ingesting the soul"). Like the whole cookie-cutter process by which we absorb nourishment with our bodies (so-called "flesh intake").The doors and windows of consciousness are temporarily closed, so as not to be harassed by the noise and strife that should be dealt with by our low-level officials, so that the consciousness can obtain a moment of tranquility, a little blankness, so that the consciousness can still have a place for the new. especially reserved for nobler jobs and workers, for domination, forecasting, and planning (because our organism is oligarchy)—this is the function of active forgetfulness we just spoke of, which Like a concierge, like a nurse of the order of the soul, like a nurse of tranquility and discipline, it is obvious that happiness, joy, hope, pride, reality, all these would also largely cease to exist if there were no forgetfulness.If there is a person with a damaged or malfunctioning organ of this disorder, that person is like (and not just like...) a person with dyspepsia.He will be able to "achieve" nothing.Precisely in this animal which must be forgetful, forgetfulness appears as a force, a form of physical vigor.The animal has cultivated for himself a reactionary force, a memory, by means of which he is openly forgetful in certain situations—in those that are a matter of commitment.Therefore, he is not only passively unable to get rid of the established impressions, not unable to eliminate the promises he made and could not be fulfilled, but actively unwilling to get rid of the established impressions, and is constantly longing for what he once longed for. It is a veritable memory of will.Therefore, a world full of new things, strange environments, and even acts of will can undoubtedly be sandwiched between the original "I want" and "I will do" and the real venting of the will, the act of will, without breaking the long chain of will. chain.But what are the prerequisites for all this?In order to be able to control the future, people have to learn in advance to distinguish between necessity and chance, learn to think about cause and effect, learn to observe the current situation and prospects, and figure out what is the goal and what is the means needed to achieve this goal, and learn to accurately predict and even estimate. , Estimation——In order to be able to finally realize the prophecy about one's own future like the promiser, people themselves must first become estimable, regular, and inevitable!