Wilber Armstrong: Always follow your senses.
Good day, everyone. My name is Wilber Armstrong and I'm an internationally renowned philosopher and social critic. You've probably heard of me.
"Following your senses" is a piece of advice that very often circulates in raw primal communities. If it's natural and it tastes good, it must be good for you. If it tastes bad, chances are it's bad for you. Your tastebuds are the truth tellers, with a 100% success rate. Now you may be thinking "but Wilber Armstrong, why are you telling us what we already know?". Well I'm about to equip you with an entirely new perspective on the art of following your senses, because this isn't just another nincompoop rambling about nothing, this is an article from a proper, high-ranking philosopher. Let us unfurl the tweed jacket of the mind and begin.
I'd like you to do a short thought exercise for me, if you don't mind. Close your eyes and imagine you're completely blind, and always have been since existing on this planet. You know nothing of colours, textures, objects, other humans or animals. You are completely and utterly dependent on your senses of touch, smell, hear and taste. First of all, you only smell unpleasant things, such as raw onions, faeces, urine and filthy water. Thanks to the protection your senses, despite being unable to see, you know full well to stay away. On top of this, you hear vicious animals and feel sharp objects, once again you know to stay away.
But eventually, something miraculous happens. You smell something pleasant for a change. What you smell is a sweet mixture of raw honey, raw liver and bone marrow from a healthy animal. You are drawn to this beautiful fragrance, and you almost begin to levitate off the ground. It's as if there's a gravitational force magnetically binding you to this scrumptious aroma. You finally arrive at the spot, you use your sense of touch to locate the fresh liver, fruit and bone marrow and you place it in your mouth. It's bliss. Your tastebuds are desperate to inform you that this is what your body craves. You are rewarded with bucket loads of dopamine and serotonin. You finally know what you need, all because you trusted your senses.
“The senses are not mere instruments of perception, but sovereign arbiters of reality. Ignore them, and you exile yourself from the only truth you are ever permitted to touch.” - Wilber Armstrong
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