Empty Monkey (Dot Com) - The real-time story of how the book is written

Once brought into being, they can be used or discarded; they never disappear, although they may be hidden.
There are appropriate thoughts and inappropriate ones.
Much humour is derived from inappropriate ones, but to act on them is often a mistake.
The truth is we all have inappropriate thoughts and desires; this is where thinking about thoughts is important.
Deciding what to think about is a luxury denied to many. Children are given things to do and to exercise their brains on. An excess of information, entertainment and activities robs us of the time required to develop this facility.
This is where I believe the problem arises.
Without the mental rigour acquired from practice, thinking about thoughts is replaced by acting or speaking them.
Just as listening to others is a prerequisite of conversation, so listening to our thoughts is a prerequisite of logical reasoning.

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