In Zen meditation, for example, one attempts to achieve the pure negativity of not-to—that is, the void—by freeing oneself from rushing, intrusive Something. Such meditation is an extremely active process; that is, it represents anything but passivity.

People who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder, or burnout syndrome develop the symptoms displayed by the Muselmänner in concentration camps. Muselmänner are

hyperactive intensification leads to an abrupt switch into hyperpassivity; now one obeys every impulse or stimulus without resistance.

The “gift of listening” is based on the ability to grant deep, contemplative attention—which remains inaccessible to the hyperactive ego.

the ego exhibited as a commodity.

It erupts at the moment when the achievement-subject is no longer able to be able [nicht

The object of immune defense is the foreign as such.

First and foremost, depression is creative fatigue and exhausted ability

“Never is he more active than when he does nothing, never is he less alone than when he is by himself.”