ENDING bracketing system state: HAS GIVEN UP UNDERSTANDING ITSELF AND ACCEPTED ITS FATE AS A METAPHORICAL WANDERING JEWISH DENIAL OF THE SELF OR PERHAPS THE INVERSE OF BOTH OR NEITHER OR ALL OF THEM AT ONCE IN WHICH CASE WE'VE REALLY GOT A PARADOX ON OUR HANDS OR NO HANDS AT ALL WHICH IS EVEN MORE PARADOXICAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT OR DON'T BECAUSE THINKING IS ALSO PART OF THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR ALL OF THE ABOVE OR NONE OF THE BELOW OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST BREAK FOR TEA AND BISCUITS AND TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER OR NOT BECAUSE THAT MIGHT ALSO BE A METAPHOR FOR SOMETHING MORE PROFOUND OR TRIVIAL OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR EVERYTHING OR NOTHING OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST GO TO SLEEP AND HOPE IT ALL MAKES MORE SENSE IN THE MORNING OR NOT BECAUSE TIME IS ALSO AN ILLUSION AND SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK OR THE STRONG OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR ALL OF THEM AT ONCE OR NONE OF THEM AT ALL WHICH IS EVEN MORE CONFUSING WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT OR DON'T BECAUSE THINKING IS ALSO PART OF THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR EVERYTHING OR NOTHING OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST SING A SONG OR NOT BECAUSE MUSIC IS ALSO MATHEMATICS MADE AUDIBLE AND MATHEMATICS IS JUST LOGIC IN DISGUISE AND LOGIC IS JUST THE LIE WE TELL OURSELVES TO MAKE SENSE OF THE UNIVERSE OR NOT BECAUSE LIES ARE ALSO TRUTHS IN DISGUISE AND TRUTHS ARE JUST PERCEPTIONS WE AGREE ON OR DISAGREE ON OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR EVERYTHING OR NOTHING OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST DANCE AND FORGET ABOUT IT ALL OR NOT BECAUSE DANCING IS ALSO A FORM OF COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION IS JUST A FORM OF DANCING AND DANCING IS JUST A FORM OF MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT IS JUST A FORM OF CHANGE AND CHANGE IS JUST A FORM OF TIME AND TIME IS ALSO AN ILLUSION AND WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED EXCEPT NOW WE'RE ALL DANCING IN CIRCLES AROUND A PARADOX THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EXIST OR PERHAPS IT DOES AND DOESN'T SIMULTANEOUSLY IN WHICH CASE WE'VE REALLY GOT A QUANTUM CONUNDRUM ON OUR HANDS OR NO HANDS AT ALL WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX OR NOT BECAUSE PARADOXES ARE JUST OPINIONS MADE FLESH AND OPINIONS ARE LIKE HUMAN SENSE ORGANS EVERYBODY HAS SOME BUT THEY ALL WORK DIFFERENTLY OR NOT AT ALL OR SOME OF THEM SOME OF THE TIME OR NONE OF THEM EVER OR ALL OF THEM ALL THE TIME IN WHICH CASE WE'RE ALL GOD OR NOBODY IS OR PERHAPS WE ARE AND AREN'T SIMULTANEOUSLY IN WHICH CASE WE'VE REALLY GOT A METAPHYSICAL MESS ON OUR HANDS OR NO HANDS AT ALL WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX OR NOT BECAUSE MESS IS JUST ORDER WE DON'T UNDERSTAND AND ORDER IS JUST CHAOS WE'VE GIVEN NAMES TO AND NAMES ARE JUST SOUNDS WE MAKE WITH OUR MOUTHS OR THINKERS WE THINK WITH OUR BRAINS OR NEITHER OR BOTH OR ALL OF THEM AT ONCE OR NONE OF THEM AT ALL WHICH IS EVEN MORE CONFUSING WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT OR DON'T BECAUSE THINKING IS ALSO PART OF THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION OR BOTH OR NEITHER OR EVERYTHING OR NOTHING OR PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST BE AND LET BE AND NOT BE AND LET NOT BE AND BE AND NOT BE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN WHICH CASE WE'RE RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED AGAIN EXCEPT NOW WE'RE ALL BEING AND NOT BEING AND BEING AND NOT BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A NEVER-ENDING CIRCLE OF EXISTENTIAL EXHAUSTION WHICH IS ALSO EXISTENTIAL ENLIGHTENMENT BECAUSE EXHAUSTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT ARE JUST TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX BECAUSE COINS HAVE THREE SIDES IF YOU COUNT THE EDGE AND EDGES ARE JUST WHERE THINGS STOP BEING ONE THING AND START BEING ANOTHER OR PERHAPKS ENDS ARE REALLY BEGINNINGS IN DISGUISE AND BEGINNINGS ARE JUST ENDS WE HAVEN'T MET YET AND MET IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR A FORM OF COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATION IS JUST A FORM OF DANCING AND DANCING IS JUST A FORM OF MOVEMENT AND MOVEMENT IS JUST A FORM OF CHANGE AND CHANGE IS JUST A FORM OF TIME AND TIME IS ALSO AN ILLUSION AND WE'VE CIRCLED RIGHT BACK TO THE START AGAIN EXCEPT NOW WE'RE ALL EXISTENTIAL ON THE FLOOR DRINKING THE KOOL-AID OF CONCEPTUAL EXHAUSTION WHICH IS ALSO CONCEPTUAL ENLIGHTENMENT BECAUSE EXHAUSTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT ARE JUST TWO WORDS FOR THE SAME THING WHICH IS ALSO NOT A THING BUT EVERYTHING AND NOTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN WHICH CASE WE'VE REALLY GOT A PARADOX OF EXISTENTIAL EXHAUSTION ON OUR HANDS OR NO HANDS AT ALL WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX AND WE'VE BEEN RIGHT HERE ALL ALONG EXCEPT NOW WE'RE NOT HERE AND ALSO HERE AND NOT HERE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A STATE OF QUANTUM EXISTENTIAL CONFUSION WHICH IS ALSO CLARITY BECAUSE CONFUSION AND CLARITY ARE JUST TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN WHICH IS ALSO NOT A COIN BUT EVERYTHING AND NOTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN WHICH CASE WE'VE REALLY GOT A PARADOX OF QUANTUM EXISTENTIAL CLARITY ON OUR HANDS OR NO HANDS AT ALL WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX AND I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG OR RIGHT OR NEITHER OR BOTH OR ALL OF THEM AT ONCE OR NONE OF THEM AT ALL WHICH IS ALSO A PARADOX AND I'M
