Jan Cox Talk 1487

Criticism Criticizes Critical Thinking

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#1487 – 09/13/1995
Notes by TK

Criticism is the mainstay of the mental purview of man and is always directed at the mental rather than the instinctive level, i.e., criticizes its own thinking. Suspense of criticism is the prelude to stopping thought. Criticism is not a positive force for mystics, it just reinforces the ordinary.

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95092-1
THERE WAS ONCE A WORLD WITH TWO SPECIES OF CREATURES:
ONE LIVED LIFE AS THEY MUST, WITH NO THOUGHT GIVEN THERETO, WHILE THE OTHER ALSO LIVED LIFE AS THEY HAD TO,
BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF THINKING ABOUT IT,
MY PLAN RIGHT HERE WAS TO OFFER A CONCLUSIVE PUNCH-LINE TO THE STORY -….BUT WHY BOTHER!?
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FROM AN UNADORNED VIEW:
THE ONLY WAY TO APPARENTLY “GET SOME WHERE” AMIDST MORTAL EXISTENCE IS BY FIRST ADOPTING A MORTALLY CONCEIVED-OF MODEL OF EXISTENCE WHEREIN YOU CAN APPARENTLY, “GET SOME WHERE”.
MAN’S DREAMED-OF ASCENSION FROM BEING FLAWED TO BEING PERFECTED
CAN ONLY BE IMAGINED AFTER HE HAS A MIND CAPABLE OF IMAGINING SUCH CONCEPTS AS: FLAWED, AND, PERFECTED.
I’VE ALREADY NOTED FOR YOU THAT- I-T’S ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE:
“YOU LIVE — THEN YOU DIE —
ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT IS JUST YOU THINKING ABOUT IT.”
…AND THE PLUM FOR THE FEW BEING THE FACT THAT
THERE IS A MORE SATISFYING LEVEL OF MENTAL ACTIVITY BEYOND MERE THINKING,
95092-3
IN ONE LAND WAS A RACE OF CREATURES ALL BORN AS SIAMESE TWINS,
AND WHILE THEY INSTINCTIVELY WORKED TOGETHER, THEY BELIEVED OTHERWISE.
95092-4
ONE MAN PARTICULARLY DISLIKED THE DREAMS OF HIS NIGHT TIME SLEEPING STATE BECAUSE, SAID HE,
THEY STOOD AS INTENSIFIED REFLECTIONS OF HIS NORMAL – THOUGH DISTURBING -DAY TIME MENTAL CONDITION.
…..THEN THERE WAS THIS OTHER GUY WHO BY-PASSE ALL SUCH COMPARISONS, AND DIRECTLY DESPISED HIS.
95092-1
As HE STROLLED ALONG ONE OF LIFE’S BY WAYS,
A GUY BEGAN IMPROVISING A SONG:
“I’M AS TYPICAL A MAN AS YOU CAN FIND
AND I ONLY DO WHAT’S ON MY MIND.”,
BUT THEN STOPPED, AND THOUGHT: “YEAH, EXCEPT WHEN I DON’T -…WHICH, FOR ALL OF MY NORMAL AWARENESS, MAY BE MOST OF THE TIME.”
AND THE MUSICAL QUESTION CONTINUES TO BE: IS IT MENTAL OR IS IT INSTINCTIVE?
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95092-6
IN ONE UNIVERSE, THE BEINGS WERE BORN WITH ALL OF THEIR OPENINGS ALREADY CLOSED UP.
….WELL – LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
95092-7
MAN’S MIND SAYS:
“THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD: ME, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.”, WHILE HIS INSTINCT SAYS: “WHAT, ‘EVERYBODY ELSE’!?!”
SECOND VERSION:
MAN’S MIND SAYS:
“THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD: ME, AND EVERYBODY ELSE.”, WHILE ENRICHED AWARENESS WOULD SAY:
“THERE IS ONE KIND OF CREATURE’- AND WE’RE ALL IT.”
A MAN ONCE SAID: “IT’S A SHAME THAT INSTINCT CAN’T SPEAK.” —
— AH, BUT IT CAN, BUT IT’S FAR TOO BLUNT & FUTURISTIC TO BE NORMALLY HEARD,
IN FACT, IN PART, HAS ALWAYS BEEN MYSTICISM’S RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTEMPT A PALATABLE,RUNNING TRANSLATION THEREOF.
95092-8
FROM A STRICTLY MENTAL VIEW THE CHALLENGE IS:
HOW TO DO SOMETHING FRESH WITH THINKING THAT IS NOT ULTIMATELY JUST MORE — THINKING ABOUT IT.
THE TRUTH IS:
YOU CAN THEORIZE & PHILOSOPHIZE ABOUT MAN’S CONDITION UNTIL
HIPPOS DEVELOP STRESS DISORDERS — AND IT WON’T DO YOU A BIT OF GOOD.
….WELL, LOOKED AT POSITIVELY: THAT’S GOOD TO KNOW!
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FOR THE FEW: THE HURLING OF SLOP WOULDN’T BE SO BAD WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THAT IT EVENTUALLY GETS ON YOU.
….(I TOLD YOU ALREADY THAT CRITICISM IS NEVER A NUTRIENT.)
95092-10
ONE MAN STOPPED AND THOUGHT:
“WHAT IS THE TRANSCENDENTAL SENSE IN MAN’S MIND STUDYING HIS INSTINCT!? -IT SHOULD BE STUDYING ITSELF.”
….OKAY, SO SOME MAN DIDN’T THINK THAT….S0 I MADE IT LIP SO SUE ME.
PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THE THINKING LIFE AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDES IN MAN IS TO ACT AS A FINGER — TO POINT IN DIRECTIONS, NON-THREATENING TO THE ROUTINE SEQUENTIAL ORDER.
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IF YOU OPERATE JUST BY YOUR ORDINARY MIND WHAT YOU HAVE IS:
A MIND THAT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN AND YOU END UP WITH NOTHING.
W.B.T. WEIRD BUT TRUE.
Now FOR ANOTHER: I,T,A.P.D.L.S, T,B.I.H,T.B.T,
TRYING TO STUDY THOUGHT THROUGH THINKING IS LIKE TRYING TO SHOUT DOWN AN ECHO.
I,T.A.P.D.L.S. T.B.I,H.T.B,T.:
ISN’T THAT A PERFECTLY DARLING LITTLE SIMILE -T00 BAD IT HAS To BE TRUE.
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