Day of Kalimantan, 32nd of Spring, 526 M.E. (Castor): I have two minds. I only have one brain (of course), but at least two minds exist within that brain. Maybe more.

When I sit in meditation, thoughts naturally arise. I don't try to control them or direct them, nor do I try to stop or stifle them. I just observe them and let them wander freely as I observe.

But if I'm observing my thoughts, then my thoughts aren't me. Who's thinking those thoughts and who's observing them? And as you might guess, as I realize that there's a separate observer, I realize that there's also a mind that's observing the observer that's observing the thoughts. But I've never been able to hold all three in my mind at the same time: the thinker, the observer, and the observer of the observer. Once I become aware of the observer of the observer, the original thoughts seem to vanish as if into thin air. I can't tell if its like a hall of mirrors with an infinite number of reflections of reflections, or if I'm just switching back and forth between dual states - the observer and the observed. 

First there's the original thinker, the observer of thoughts. Then there's the observer of the observer. Is the observer of the observer of the observer the original thinker again, or some third state of mind? Is there an infinite progression of observers, or is it a cycle, or is it like a magnet switching between two polarities?

I don't know.

Today, the Stable Genius fired his Attorney General, the dishonest and duplicitous Pam Bondi. Last month, he fired his Secretary of Homeland Security, the puppy killer Kristi Noem. Bondi and Noem, while contemptible, or no worse than their replacements, Todd Blanche and Markwayne Mullen, or our black-out drunk Secretary of Defense or our grifting Director of the FBI. Why is it the Stable Genius only fires the women in his administration? 

I don't know.