I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel that the principal instrument of monopoly and control that prevents expansion of consciousness is the word lines controlling thought, feeling and apparent sensory impressions of the human host. William S. Burroughs
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I feel that the change, the mutation in consciousness, will occur spontaneously once certain pressures now in operation are removed. I feel that the principal instrument of monopoly and control that prevents expansion of consciousness is the word lines controlling thought, feeling and apparent sensory impressions of the human host. This quote is about how people were more controllable than they realized. The mechanisms that were in place were word lines, which were used to control thought, feelings and sensory impressions that the human host was receiving at any given moment. The quote further states that these word lines can be removed once people realize just how much control they have over themselves and their waking reality.

Source: The Job: Interviews With William S. Burroughs

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