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The Vicious Circle

Stract, Alan Watts14 May 2020

The Vicious Circle Lyrics

So then let's consider first of all

What is a mind in the grip of vicious circles

Well one of the most obvious instances that we all know

Is the phenomenon of worry

You are worried because you worry because you worry

That is a vicious circle

When you're alone nobody saying anything

There's nothing to do

There's this this worry

This lack of distraction

I'm left alone with myself and I wanna get away from myself

I'm always wanting to get away from myself

That's why I go to the movies that's why I read mystery stories

That's why I go after to girls

Or anything that you do or get drunk or whatever

I don't wanna be with myself

So well why do you wanna run away from yourself

What's so bad about it

Why do you wanna forget this

Why do you wanna become yourself

Cause you keep telling yourself

Where you are who you are what's going on

How good it is how bad it is

So there's a difficulty about stopping that activity

And you really have to stop if you want to be sane

But first of all you have to learn how to stop thinking

 

Well how do you do that