We have formed the habit of solidifying our inner life into rigidly defined concepts. This is a useful and unavoidable way of making sense of the uninterrupted flux of the multiple interpenetrating qualitative states that constitute our consciousness. How else would we communicate our internal states than by using words that make them accessible to others? But in conforming too heavily to the practical requirements of social life and communication, we miss the symphony for the drums. We lose sight of our real, more profound self.
