Jan Cox Talk 1486

It’s Good to Know A Lot More Stuff Than You Talk About

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The News Gallery = jcap 95091 (1486)
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Summary

#1486 – 09/11/1995
Notes by TK

The lag-time cannot be closed without the collapse of civilization.

The News

1.1 95091-1
SUPERSTITION AND THE OBSCURING OF THE OBVIOUS
ONE MAN STATED: “I CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT.”, AND HIS FRIEND SAID: “BECAUSE YOUR LEFT EYE ITCHES!?”,
AND THE MAN REPLIED: “NO,BECAUSE THEY’LL KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND SAY:
‘WE’VE COME TO VISIT.”
COROLLARY: A PLAIN MAN WILL NEVER BECOME HIGH PRIEST.
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THE TRAINS LIFE RUNS THROUGH THE MINDS OF MEN
ARE NOT NORMALLY SUBJECT TO ABRUPT DISRUPTIONS, DI-COUPLINGS, OR BREAK-UPS.
IN AREAS BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL,
THE BASIC THEME OF LIFE’S EVOLVING MARCH IS REFLECTED IN THE WORD: ORDERLY.
RELEVANT THERETO: You COULD THEN LOOK UPON A MIND MADE MORE-AWARE
As ONE EITHER NOW: DIS-ORDERLY, OR INDIVIDUALLY, MORE SO.
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QUESTION YOU THIS:
IF EXACT WORDS
TELL AN EXACT TALE,
AND THERE’S NONE TO BE TOLD,
THEN WHAT’S THE PURPOSE IN EVEN ASKING!?
THE INTRIGUING TH:[NG IN SCORING THIS GAME
IS THAT YOU EITHER GET IT OR YOU DON’T,
AND IN NEITHER CASE IS THE GAME EFFECTED,
WHILE IN ONE — YOU ARE.
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WHEN HE READ THE THEORY THAT MAN EVOLVED FROM CREATURES OF THE SEA,
ONE MAN LAUGHED AS HE REFLECTED ON THE MIGHTY RIVER IN WHICH HE WAS STILL CARRIED
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THE DISSIMILARITY BETWEEN WHAT MEN SAY THEY THINK ABOUT LIFE, AND HOW THEY LIVE IT,
,– IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INNATE, NOMINAL AWARENESS, AND THE DEVELOPED, MORE INTENSE VARIETY.
JUST BECAUSE A LEMON HAS THE INBRED ABILITY TO SAY IT IS YELLOW DOES NOT MEAN IT PERCEIVES ALL POSSIBLE SHADES OF THE COLOR.
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95091-5
ONE THEORY….IDEA….SUGGESTION, (OR SOMETHING!?!)
YOU’LL NEVER BE MORE CONSCIOUS THAN YOU ARE
UNTIL YOU’RE DESPERATELY SICK OF YOUR PRESENT CONDITION.
“SO YOU SEE, PROFESSOR AIMES, THERE IS SOME HOPE — FOR THE RABIDLY HOPELESS!’
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95091-6
REGARDING THE LAWS BY WHICH MEN ATTEMPT TO LIVE
ONE MAN HAD TWO RULES HE PURSUED SO FAR AS WAS IN HIS POWER TO DO SO: DON’T SIT DOWN, AND DON’T EAT.
….(HE SAYS THAT, IN ADVANCE, HE WILL FREELY ADMIT THAT THEY SEEM TO MAKE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER, BUT GOES ON TO NOTE THAT IN THE PAST HE HAS ATTEMPTED TO LIVE BY SOME THAT ARE COMMONLY HELD TO BE REASONABLE, AND USEFUL, BUT TO NO GREATER BENEFIT THAN WITH HIS OWN
HOME GROWN VARIETY.)
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95091-7
FOR INSTANCE:
IT DOESN’T HURT TO BE STUPID IF YOU’RE SO STUPID THAT YOU DON’T REALIZE IT: WHICH, (IN A RELATED MANNER), IS HOW MEN MANAGE TO REMAIN UNDISTURBED BY THEIR NATURAL STATE OF MENTAL AWARENESS.
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NONE GET SEA SICK SAVE
THOSE WHO KNOW THEY’RE ON BOARD,
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TWO GUYS WERE TALKING AND THE FIRST ONE SAYS:
“WHAT D’YA CALL A MAN WHO HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MYSTIC, BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO EVEN TRYING?”,
AND THE SECOND GUY IMMEDIATELY REPLIED: “FORTUNATE,”
(HEY, IT WAS JUST A LITTLE JOKE – NO NEED TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW)
95091-8
CRITICISM IS OF NO ASSISTANCE AND FOR QUITE SCIENTIFIC REASONS.
IN THE ART OF GARDENING: PISSING ON PLANTS OFFERS NO NOURISHMENT —
AND NO MATTER HOW THE MIND CLAIMS OTHERWISE: CRITICISM IS NEVER A NUTRIENT.
THOUGH THIS MAY SOUND MOST DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND IT IS ACTUALLY SO ONLY FOR THOSE WHO SPEAK.
ONE VERSION OF THE LEGEND, (NOT NORMALLY TOLD), IS THAT THE DESERTED RUINS OF THE TOWER OF BABEL IS NOT A REMINDER OF MAN’S PAST FOLLY, BUT RATHER A SUBLIME MONUMENT TO A TIME WHEN HE KNEW BETTER.
.,.,(YEAH, I KNOW — THAT ONE’S STICKY ALSO —
BUT — THINK ABOUT IT! —
THINK ABOUT IT WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT IT — TO ANY ONE! …THAT’S, “ANY ONE”, LIKE IN, ANY DAMN ONE!
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95091-9
WHAT MEN HAVE BEEN WANT TO REFER TO AS SIN IS SIMPLY STUPIDITY SURROUNDED IN SELF-PITY.
….(HERE’S HOW IT ALL STARTED):
FIRST: ADAM WAS ANNOYED;
THEN HE BECAME DISCOURAGED THAT HE APPARENTLY COULD NOT Do ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY ABOUT IT,
AND FROM THERE ‘TWAS BUT A DWARF’S STEP TO AN ALL-OUT FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS, USELESSNESS, AND SHAME.
AIN’T FOREFATHERS GRAND!?!
….”HEY MAN! – TOLE YOU NOT TO BE TALKING ABOUT MY GENES!”
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…AND AS WE MOMENTARILY PAUSE FOR THINGS TO CALM DOWN,
WE HAVE TIME FOR A DEFINITION:
HISTORY: MYTHS MADE PALATABLE FOR THE WEAK OF HEART & THE FAINT OF GRASP.
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AN “OBVIOUS METAPHOR” THAT MAKES YOU CATCH YOUR BREATH MAY NOT BE A MERE METAPHOR.
95091-11
IN RE YOUR PASSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NORMAL FLOW OF THOUGHTS
YOU CAN EITHER: THROW UP ON YOURSELF, OR LET SOMEONE ELSE THROW UP ON YOU — SORT OF LIKE: Do YOU PREFER TO TALK TO YOURSELF, OR TO LISTEN TO OTHERS?
THERE WAS A ONCE-UPON-A-TIME KING WHO HAD NOT A PIE FILLED WITH FOUR & TWENTY JACKDAWS — BUT A HEAD!
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95091-12
As REGARDS FREEDOM
TRAINS DO NOT KNOW THEY WILL MAKE THE SOUND OF, “CLICK-A-DEE-CLACK”
ON THE TRACK
As THEY ROLL,
‘TIL THEY HEAR THEMSELVES DO SO — AND:
UNTIL THEY MAKE SUCH SOUNDS, NO MOVEMENT IS POSSIBLE.
…ARE YOU NOT INCREASINGLY STRUCK BY THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN:
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM!?
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95091-13
IF SHAM HUMILITY IS BETTER THAN NO HUMILITY AT ALL THEN WHAT CAN BE SAID IN FAVOR OF FAUX CERTAINTY?
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IN THE BEGINNING MAN HAD BUT ONE THOUGHT,
BUT STANDING ALONE, IT COULD NOT SEE ITS REFLECTION,
AND THUS FOR THE SAKE OF SELF REALIZATION — IT MULTIPLIED.
WHILE UNDER GENERAL CONDITIONS,
STRENGTH EQUATES WITH ADDITIONS,
A MORE CONSCIOUS MIND FALLS UNDER A SPECIAL LAW.
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ROUTINE SHEEP BEST RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES BY THE OUTLINE THE REST OF THE FLOCK MAKES AROUND THEM — FURTHERMORE:
/-` THIS NOTION OF INDIVIDUALITY, (AS SPURIOUS AS IT BE) –
IS NONETHELESS AN ILLUSION NECESSARY FOR THEIR CONTINUING COLLECTIVE HEALTH -….CARE TO CARRY THIS ON AND COMPARE IT WITH HOW A MAN NORMALLY KNOWS THAT HE IS CONSCIOUS BY THE FACT OF HIM THINKING 191 HUH
…WANNA DO THAT ONE
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THE EXTREME – (THOUGH QUITE VALID) – DIAGNOSIS
WITHOUT BREATH, INSTINCT IS USELESS — WITHOUT ATTENTION, THE MIND.
….(AS PROBABLY RECOGNIZED:
THIS FINDING IS LIMITED TO A SMALL SEGMENT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION.)
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BEING ENGAGED IN THE PASSIVE ACTIVITY OF ORDINARY THINKING IS LIKE MINDLESSLY PLAYING WITH ELECTRICITY.
ACTING AS APOLOGIST FOR THE SMELL OF SHIT IS, FROM A HIGHER METAPHYSICAL VIEW,
As UNWORTHY AS CRITICIZING IT.
THE SOUND OF PROPER PERCEPTION IS NEVER HEARD.
IN HIS CONTINUING ATTEMPT:
ONE MAN NAMED THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BRAIN, OBVIOUS, AND THE RIGHT SIDE, NOT OBVIOUS ENOUGH!
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THE ATTEMPT TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS BY THINKING ABOUT IT —
…AND DAMN-NEAR DOING IT! —- THEN TRYING TO HOLD ON TO IT BY THOUGHT. IS .LIKE THE-EFFORT TO WELD AN AROMA INTO PLACE.
ONE MIGHT WONDER WHY PRESENT SUCH MATTERS AS THIS IN AN APPARENT NEGATIVE CONTEXT —
BUT ONLY A TWO EYED MAN WITH A TERMINAL PATCH OVER ONE FAILS TO SEE HEADS, INSEPARABLY TIED TO TAILS
ON THE COIN, MENTALLY HELD IN HAND.
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THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO HARBORED DUAL DEMONS WITHIN -ONE ACTED WITHOUT THOUGHT —
THE OTHER THOUGHT WITHOUT THOUGHT,
AND HE ULTIMATELY CAME TO PROCLAIM A POX ON THEM BOTH.
ONLY BIRDS ON THE GROUND GET THE BLUES.
FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY! — AWARENESS ON THE WING.
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95091-18
ONE MAN HAD A FLOWER
WHICH BEES MADE DULL AND TIRESOME.
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95091-1
AN ALLEGORY THAT DOESN’T TURN A SQUARE INTO A TRIANGLE, MISSED THE POINT.
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AND TO HIMSELF A MAN MUSED:
“WHAT IS THE USE IN A METAPHOR IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN ITS MEANING!?” -NOT AT ALL UNLIKE, (WERE IT ABLE),
WHAT ENRICHED CONSCIOUSNESS MIGHT SAY TO ROUTINE THOUGHT.
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95091-20
…eon….
AS REGARDS THE ART OF WRITING
“.—
AS SOON AS THINKING BEGAN TO THINK
WORDS ONLY AWAITED THE DISCOVERY OF PAPER TO PUT THEMSELVES DOWN.
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95091-21
FOR SHEEP TO BECOME PROPERLY SHEEP-LIKE IN THEIR THINKING
THEY MUST SEPARATE THEM SELF MENTALLY FROM THE FLOCK BUT NOT, PHYSICALLY.
THOUGH THIS IS SO,
IT’S NOT HOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS….SINCE SHEEP CAN’T BLEAT THE WORD, “I”.
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FOR THE MIGHTY SHIP OF MAN TO SAIL — IT’S HULL MUST BE DIVIDED; DIVIDED IN APPEARANCE, BUT NOT IN FACT;
THOUGHT TO BE DIVIDED, BUT NOT IN FACT SO,
BUT THOUGHT TO BE DIVIDED SO THAT IT CAN BE THOUGHT TO BE.
SAIL ON! – YOU MAJESTIC, TWO-TIMIN’ SON-OF-A-BITCH!
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AND Now: ANOTHER “INSIDER’S TIP”:
IT’S GOOD TO KNOW A LOT MORE STUFF THAN YOU EVER TALK ABOUT.
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THOSE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MAN UNDERSTAND NOTHING,
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HOW NEVER TO BECOME A PSYCHOLOGIST, PHILOSOPHER, OR PERSON OF UNDERSTANDING:
STUDY ONLY MAN’S BEHAVIOR.
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MUSED A MAN AT THE AIR PORT IN BONN:
“IF IT COSTS THE SAME TO FLY TO SINGAPORE AS IT DOES BERLIN, THEN WHY NOT TAKE THE BIG TRIP, AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT LESS!?”
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PSYCHIATRISTS HATE NEUROLOGISTS FOR THE POTENTIAL THEY PORTEND, ..,IN THE SAME WAY THAT NO LOVE WOULD BE LOST BETWEEN THE FLOCK, AND SOME STRAY SHEEP, WHO MIGHT LEARN TO FLY
…IF HE EVER BECAME KNOWN TO THEM.
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95091
To A FEW,
THE THINKING, NATURAL TO MAN IS LIKE ANNOYING RELATIVES, APPARENTLY ONLY VISITING,
BUT WHO, (AS IT TURNS OUT), NEVER LEAVE.
…(OF COURSE, IN THE BEGINNING THEY DIDN’T SEEM SO ANNOYING.)
THE GENERAL IDEA THAT:”TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION” IS OPERATIONALLY FLAWED;
—- THE CORRECT VERSION IS:
“ANY TRUTH YOU DISCOVER IS STRANGER THAN FICTION,”
95091-2E
THE MORE HE THOUGHT, THE MORE HE THOUGHT,
AND THE LESS HE TRIED TO THINK, THE MORE HE THOUGHT JUST THE SAME.
“CONDUCTOR! — OH, CONDUCTOR,
I’D LIKE TO GET OFF NOW, IF YOU PLEASE.”
“WISE UP SIR — WOULDN’T WE ALL.”
….(THAT LAST LITTLE PIECE OF DIALOGUE, OF COURSE, WAS NOT PART OF THE REGULAR SCHEDULE.).
95091-27
THE WAY TO SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO TRULY SEE THE SELF-ACTING, MECHANICAL NATURE OF LIFE, AND THOSE WHO MERELY CLAIM THEY DO
IS BY THE PERIODIC, NEAR-VIOLENT, TREMBLING FITS OF INTENSE ANNOYANCE SUFFERED BY ONE,OF THE TWO,
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ONE MAN WOULD SOME TIMES SAY TO HIMSELF THAT SURELY, IF HE BECAME ANY SICKER OF PARIS THAN HE WAS ALREADY
THAT HE’D SOMEHOW END UP IN ISTANBUL – JUST ON THAT BASIS! – EVEN IF WITH NO ADDITIONAL EFFORT!
AIN’T IT JUST GRAND! — WHAT MEN CAN SAY TO THEMSELVES!
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ALL GEOGRAPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS
ARE BUT SECONDARY REFLECTIONS OF THE PRIMARY ONE: THE EXPLORATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
95091 –
WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE TO RETURN TO THE SAME PLACE OVER, AND OVER AGAIN, You CAN ALSO VISIT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
(ALL A MATTER OF ATTENTION, DON’T YOU KNOW.)
9 5 0 9 1 – 3 C
THERE WAS ONCE A RACE WHO IMPROVED THEIR SIGHT BY MAKING THEIR EYES BE STILL.
95091-31
ONE MAN’S MEMORY WAS SUCH THAT HE WOULD FORGET HIS BIRTHDAY! —
IT WAS SUCH THAT HE WOULD NOT REMEMBER THAT EVERY DAY WAS HIS BIRTHDAY.
THOSE ALERT AND MORE AWAKE EVERY DAY, CUT THE CAKE.
AND TAKING NOTE OF HIS NATURAL ATTRACTION TO THE COLLECTIVE THINKING OF HIS DAY, ARISTOTLE’S BROTHER SAID TO HIMSELF:
“THE EARTH’S NOT FLAT — MY MIND IS!”
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