{"id":12444,"date":"2018-12-15T07:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T05:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=12444"},"modified":"2018-12-15T00:36:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T22:36:05","slug":"dont-blink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=12444","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Blink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by\u00a0Corneliu Negru<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=12439\">versiunea rom\u00e2n\u0103<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t close your eyes, always keep the light\u00a0on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut I\u2019m trying to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMaybe you are not trying hard enough.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHow do you know that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI didn\u2019t say I know, but are you sure that you\u2019ve tried enough?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t know how to answer to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut when you close your eyes, what do you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI see nothing, but I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd what do you feel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI feel the darkness inside me, I feel like a worm is growing inside of me, a worm that consumes me and at the same time consumes itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo you have any idea why you are in this situation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat do you mean? I thought we\u2019re talking about light and darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes, the darkness, you\u2019re right. How do you think that worm was born?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m not sure, I think that I was actually born with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOh, you believe that someone may have planted it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat do you mean by that? What are you insinuating?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m not sure, do you believe God exists, you think we\u2019re cursed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI never thought about it, until now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDon\u2019t you think you should do it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m scared\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOf what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOf finding an answer\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut didn\u2019t you hear?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYou didn\u2019t hear that the truth will set you free?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor real?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes, that\u2019s what wise men say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNot sure what to say. The only thing I\u2019m sure about right now is that I feel devoured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think we\u2019re going back where we started\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYes, where we started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHave you tried to accept the worm inside of you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut I can\u2019t reach it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWell\u2026it doesn\u2019t answer to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSo what do you propose we do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ll do anything about it. I\u2019m starting to accept this condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHow long do you believe you\u2019ll last without closing your eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019ve managed to do it for days.\u201d (not sure)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDon\u2019t you feel the need to sleep?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI do, but I have no time for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cListen, what do you think about the dark? Who invented it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI believe this question is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAbsurd yes\u2026that\u2019s right. But the curse that\u2019s upon you, what do you think about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t believe it\u2019s a curse. I think it\u2019s a trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat kind of trial?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt\u2019s testing me to see how long I can last without blinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd you don\u2019t think that\u2019s absurd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI do, but there\u2019s nothing I can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHave you tried to kill yourself?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI don\u2019t have the guts to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSo, you\u2019re a coward?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNo, but I just don\u2019t have the guts to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cListen, so what do you think it will happen if you don\u2019t open your eyes anymore?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think I\u2019ll die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWith every blink and every moment my eyes are open, the worm inside of me consumes me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat do you think he wants from you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDon\u2019t know how to answer to that, what do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think he wants to be no more, it seems like he wants to die as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThen, why did he choose me as his utero?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI tend to believe that you\u2019ve been condemned\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut I\u2019ve done nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cProbably that\u2019s the reason. But is there something that would you like to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNot sure what I could do. I\u2019ve been fighting for a while not to close my eyes and had no time to think about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDo you think the worm is irrational?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy would you say that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy would he want to consume you and himself at the same time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat\u2019s how he acts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWould you consider this something rational?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to believe it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLet me ask you something. You think that you\u2019d be better off without him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMaybe not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhy is that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat\u2019s who I am. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve always been. This is my way of being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Corneliu Negru versiunea rom\u00e2n\u0103 Don\u2019t close your eyes, always keep the light\u00a0on. \u201cBut I\u2019m trying to do just that.\u201d \u201cMaybe you are not trying hard enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1356,27],"tags":[1291,1357,1123,1117,312],"class_list":["post-12444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egophobia-56","category-filosofie","tag-corneliu-negru","tag-egophobia-56","tag-english","tag-filosofie","tag-translation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-3eI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12445,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12444\/revisions\/12445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}