I've been reluctant to discuss 23 recently as it seems there's a big production movie coming out called The Number 23 about the "enigma" and I was hoping the band wagon would pass by without enticing me. It was not to be. Below, there is a link discussing the flick at Disinformation.For those unfamiliar with the Discordian "23 enigma" or Robert Anton Wilson's Reality Tunnel 23 it's like this...Once you are aware of the 23 enigma then you will start noticing 23 in more an more places. Very unlikely places. It's presence will surprise you. You'll see it in historic context or marketing or political, etc.
What's the mechanics behind this? Magical? Supernatural? Some mathematical truth like Pi or Phi? The Law of Fives?All I can say personally is Maybe.
The point is once you open up to it you see it. This is an important lesson about life. If you open up to anything, use any totem or focus device, you are more receptive to its existence. As Wilson says "Reality is what you can get away with." Man, that's fucking profound.
"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." - Miller (Repo Man)
Here's my favorite example of the effect. Think of your car (this works well in the US because it's been decreed by sacred/secret law that every man, woman, and child have a car). Think of the color and make of your car. Now when you first got the, did you notice how many other people had the same car? What about before you owned the car, did you notice that make and model in particular?
Ok...now can this effect be applied to something that hasn't yet been realized? Can you image a thing to where once the thing is present, you notice it. Wilson has a little trick with quarters. You wanna see quarters, spend a some time thinking about quarters. The shape, the sound hitting the floor, the weight, and so on. Man, before you know it...fucking quarters everywhere. This effect lasts as long as you apply regular energy to thinking about quarters. But of course the bills are due, your late for work, that mother fucker just stepped on your toe...Who's got time to shape their own reality, the world's too busy shaping it for us.
Miller: A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.Here's a list of links for further (required?) reading (maybe save fUSION Anomoly for last...you can get lost in there)
Otto: You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?
Miller: I'll give you another instance: you know how everybody's into weirdness right now?...
-Repo Man
and lastly...Maybe. A good introduction to Wilson's work on keeping your eyes open.
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