In thinking the meta-thought, if it arises, that which embodies awareness of awareness of the thinking, is immediately displaced from the site in which it has arisen into a forward attentional site in which it takes on a form, even if that form is not yet expressible in words. In this way thinking always 'maps the meta-language into the language' - inviting paradox - and at the same time travesties itself. The main source of oblivion, in culture as in thinking, is the translation of a content into a different and lower register. A form in understanding that is native to a 'high energy' realm cannot exist at a lower energy, but nonetheless must be translated by this reflex of embodied reflection. This process, inseparable from self-awareness or what is called consciousness, gives rise to numerous monstrosities.