Since Real Conclusions Are Impossible, You Can Always Try Criticism
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#1389 – 1/18/95:
Notes by TK
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed in the mind; it’s a closed system, but this is never considered by men. Criticism then becomes the only possible mode since conclusion is impossible. Holy wars are the mythification of man’s need to criticize.
The News
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I put it to you, madam foreperson of the jury:
Why do men take the involuntary, normal noises of their mind to be of some significance greater than those of say, their stomach!?
Then, I put it to you, master monk of the monastery:
Why do some men sit and ponder their navels & others their thoughts!?
No – wait! – then I put it to you one-&-all:
What unfulfilled potential is it within man’s consciousness
That makes him want to entertain such questions & pursue such activities!?
And a perceptive tiger hearing-&-considering this, to himself thought: “This matter causes me once again to feel both relived,
Yet somehow saddened to be only the beautiful creature that I am – and not man.”
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How things go in a good ole closed system:
Everything is broke, and everything is working, everything is fake, and everything authentic; everything is true, and everything misleading, everything’s real medicine and a pill with nothing in it.
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Oh, you can’t get away, no you can’t get away,
Oh, you can’t get away for the simple fact that you simply — cannot get away, darling.
Now, there!
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Defined — the mystical warrior, knight & adventurer:
He who undertakes a great quest when in fact
There is nowhere to go. (well…Hardly anywhere..
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Further limned — the mystical patient:
He who undertakes to get well when in fact he was never sick to begin with.
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A man asked:
“As regards the matter of breaking away from collective thought, and being individually creative:
Just how can you think in ways original that are useful & informative, and not simply foolish & irrelevant?”,
And the answer is: to be able to “Do it.”
You must be able to do it.
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How you can tell: part 217
Those who don’t really “Know anything” will resort to — facts.
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Man’s never satisfied:
Man’s never satisfied: at simple levels, with behavior, (especially that of others) at higher levels — hell! there still ain’t no similar one extant in the general population —
— that’s why mystics have to take up all the slack
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Life told a bunch of anxious-looking, sycophants hanging out on the corner: “Hey, if I need ya — I’ll call ya.”
And some of them whined: “But we thought that you did-d-d.”
And getting so suddenly caught in such an unseemly situation, life replied: “Ah-h-h you’re right — I did,
And I do so appreciate all of you showing up.”
….(“Whew! – another close one!”)
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The equitable mathematics of it all:
It is always the insignificant who feel the most important.
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Part of one: question-& answer game;
“Is it possible to be more conscious and be popular?”
“No
“Well, is it possible to be more conscious and not be un-popular?”
“Yes
“Well…Does that mean that I’m getting a better handle on what being popular actually means!?” “Since I have already given the answers: ‘yes’, and “No’, my reply repertoire is depleted.”
Thank you, game players,
And there’re be parting gifts for each of you — caskets.
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Dr. Zork’s prescription for the day:
“People shouldn’t ‘talk to themself’ – unless they know what they’re doing! ….And if they do! — well, it’s too late to worry about it any way.”
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Now some news from the playground nurse:
It is possible for the more alert children. To “Play ’round the may pole” –
If they grease it good,
And wait ’til June to do so,
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The sequence & history of what an awakened man knows runs: both forward & backward —
..And sideways,
And up-&-down,
And off at oblique angles,
And like that — bitty-bat!.
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One man wrote the longest book in the world —
And published it in neural juices.
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Unless someone’s holding a gun on you right this instant, only the past & future can pass for serious.
The actual, “Here-&-now” is at worst, dangerously indifferent.
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If morality was of a physical, objective nature, (which it is), then only the im-moral would have to ee instructed therein.
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To help stream-line his thinking
One man began to mentally condense all the words he used -but as opposed to how it’s ordinarily done,
He took out all the consonants, and left in the vowels!
“After all,” added he,
“What is a challenge is it’s not spelled: a-e-e !?”
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Trying to enlighten and wake up another person is like trying to push a freight train up a mountain when it doesn’t want to move, and -it’s off the tracks,
And believes the terrain is level any way.
And, for all your effort – complains about you even offering to help.
Hey! – is it any wonder that mystics have ulcers!? -o! – hey! – real mystics don’t even have stomachs! Hey! – no! – hey!
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Fifty per cent of the time, (that is, when they’re referring to others), ordinary men will say that: “Charity begins at home,”
But thank god! — the more alert have no permanent address! and are thus spared specious assistance,
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Trying to reach another condition of consciousness is not a charitable effort undertaken by do-gooders.
…It’s not even religious – as perceived-of by ordinary minds — which is why they believe that it either is, or isn’t.
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“Knowing-what’s-going-on”
Is the only thing a man can know that he can’t talk about.
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In a world where nothing works — everything works, and in a world where everything works – nothing does.
Hey! are we diggin’ the world of man’s mind or what, dudes!?
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If you look real good, just at day break, you can see the crusades & holy wars as man’s mythification of his need to criticize.
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Another operational description of those who: “Play like-they-want-to-awaken,” (via some dialogue):
“Which is the most important: a good typewriter – or, good typing paper?”
“Well I say — where does the content of what’s written come into play!?” “Hey – you’re the same guy who wanted to know who put wheat germ in his vodka!
“Get outta here!”
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To allow himself to stay any longer in his own private monastery one man required that he give up either reading, or drinking.
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Mental-man exists inside a punching bag.
– mystics want out,
– everyone else is satisfied to “Go another couple of rounds”.
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Man’s heroes remain generally of the physical variety
Since intellectual feats are still of little interest to most.
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Protocol — ya’ll:
For the awakened to speak of the non, is to join them.
…Okay: simple man’s version:
To pee in a stream is to pollute your own waters.
….(“Daddy, is that why in mystic forests there are no, ‘babbling brooks’!?”)
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What is man’s routine, less-than-excellent state of consciousness other than mentally residing in a closed system,
With no knowledge of the ramifications thereof!?
…And of course, further:
What is the condition of enlightenment but the freedom therefrom!?
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The fairgrounds of the mind
Human thought: at best, a carrousel,
Impressive-sounding, human thought: at best, fancy horses thereon. Actually, knowing-what’s-going-on: explosives on the mid-way
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Query: why are there no suicide prevention lines for the enlightened? Answer: cause they know to keep their mouth shut.
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Quick tip on how to awaken consciousness:
Turn your mind inside-out to the point that it’s the size of the universe.
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Apparently pressed by necessity, a mystic finally responded and said:
“I am part of no sequence, school or tradition, and carry no credentials.” —
And some were then sure he was no mystic at all, while others were more certain than ever that he was.
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The less you know
The more you say you know.
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A vocational update
Anyone who believes outsiders would be interested in the “Backstage workings” of his particular profession sure as hell ain’t in the mystical business.
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Ruminated one man:
“The trouble with humor, (as it’s played around here), is that it’s not funny.”
Side note for the side-road traveler:
Critique is permissible of a place you don’t live in.
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They closed down one mystical school
When almost as many people began to get it, as didn’t get it. ….(or maybe it was the other way around h?!])
And Zoilus’ wife said: “I told you we should’ve moved!”
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