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THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO GAVE DAILY TALKS REGARDING THE MATTER KNOWN AS, “AWAKENING”, AND WHO CONCLUDED EACH OF HIS LECTURES WITH THE REMINDER THAT: “NOTHING IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE HAS ANYTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH, ‘AWAKENING’.”, AND TWICE A YEAR WOULD ADD: “AND NOT ONLY IS THERE NOTHING IN THE UNIVERSE THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH AWAKENING, BUT MY COMMENTS CONCERNING WHAT IS AND IS NOT PERTINENT TO AWAKENING JUST BARELY DOES….AND I DO MEAN JUST BARELY!”,
(AND A FEW OF THE LISTENERS —-“GOT IT”)
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TO THE MORE ALERT: THE TERM: “THE TRANSIENCY OF THE WORLD”
REFERS NOT TO THE PHYSICAL ONE, BUT RATHER TO MAN’S “MENTAL ONE”,
WHEREIN EVERYTHING IS IN CONSTANT FLUX,
AND EXISTS NOTHING, INFINITELY RELIABLE,
AND ALL DUE TO THE FACT THAT FROM ITS INCEPTION,
THIS INNER MENTAL REALM IS ONE OF NO REALITY, NO SUBSTANCE, NO MEANING,
IN SIMPLE TERMS: A WORLD OF DREAMING.
THUS THE STATEMENT THAT:”TO BE ENLIGHTENED
IS TO SEE:
‘THE TRANSIENCY OF THE WORLD”.”
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QUESTION: WHAT IS THE ILLUSION AGAINST WHICH THE FEW STRUGGLE?:, THE MIRAGE THAT STANDS BETWEEN A HUNGRY MAN AND HIS GOAL? —
SIMPLY PUT IT IS THIS: THE BELIEF THAT WITHIN YOU THERE ARE TWO OF”SOMETHING”
—
(TWO, “I’S”, TWO, “SELFS”, OR SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES),
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY THE PROBLEM ARISES FROM THE ENSUING SENSATION THAT THERE IS
NOT ONLY A “MENTALLY-BASED “I”, OR “SELF”, BUT THAT THERE ARE THOUGHTS
SEPARATE FROM THIS SELF
TO WHICH THIS SELF
REACTS.
BUT THE SIMPLEST OF OBSERVATIONS SHOW TO A MAN THAT SUCH IS NOT AND CANNOT BE THE CASE: YOU DO NOT HAVE BOTH A “SELF” AND “THOUGHTS” TO WHICH THE SELF RESPONDS.
THERE IS JUST THIS “ONE THING” IN EVERY MAN, (WHICH NEITHER I NOR ANYONE ELSE CAN CORRECTLY NAME), JUST THIS “ONE THING” IN EVERYONE, WHICH AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IS EITHER THIS PERCEIVED “SELF”, OR ELSE WHAT MEN CALL THEIR “THOUGHTS”:
WHEN ONE OF THEM IS “PRESENT”, (THAT IS: YOU ARE AWARE OF IT MENTALLY), THE
OTHER IS NOT IN EXISTENCE. THUS THE PROBLEM AS INITIALLY STATED: “THE BELIEF
• THAT WITHIN YOU, THERE ARE “TWO” OF SOMETHING. CONTINUANCE IS THIS CONDITION
IS CALLED: “BEING ASLEEP & FUZZY HEADED”.
AND NOW ANOTHER THING REGARDING: “SYSTEMS TO AWAKEN”:
ALL SUCH SYSTEMS ARE NEEDLESSLY COMPLEX & TOO OVER WEIGHT FOR THOSE WITH THE REAL POTENTIAL 12 AWAKEN.
AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:”HOW MUCH IS, ‘TOO MUCH’ SAID ABOUT ENLIGHTENMENT?”, “ONE WORD.”, HE REPLIED.
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ONE MAN COULD ONLY REMEMBER HIS DESIRE TO AWAKEN WHEN HE’D THINK ABOUT IT.” …(SAY-Y-Y, YOU AREN’T THAT MAN….ARE YOU ?!?!)
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FOR A MAN BRUSHING-HIS-TEETH, (WHO ALSO WANTS TO AWAKEN),
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN HIS WHOLE LIFE IS, “BRUSHING HIS TEETH”.
..AND A MAN WITH A SEMI-RARE GUM DISEASE INQUIRES:
“WHY MUST YOU KEEP SERVING UP VARIATIONS OF THAT SAME, HIGHLY ANNOYING THEME?!” …(S’NO WONDER HIS MOUTH’S BLEEDING.)
…AND A MAN ASKED HIS DOCTOR:
“ARE ALL COMMENTS REGARDING ‘HEATH’, METAPHORICAL?” AND THE SURGEON REPLIED: “YOU’RE DYING.”, AND WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF, THE MAN THOUGHT:
“THANK GOD, THAT’S AN ALLEGORY.”
,,,AND A MAN WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAD BEEN MUCH ENAMORED OF METAPHOR,
IN HIS LATTER, BETTER DAYS CAME TO SEE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH SUCH IS THAT: “METAPHORS BEGAT BUT MORE METAPHORS —
AND THUS THE SUBJECT ORIGINALLY UNDER SCRUTINY IS NEVER CLEARLY, CLEANLY SEEN.”
…”OH”,(SANG A PASSING MINSTREL):
“A FIGURATIVE LIFE
IS A HAPPY LIFE
INASMUCH AS IT — FLOATS-IN-A-DREAM:
BUT TO FIND THEIR PLACE THE FEW MUST LIVE
AS THOUGH THEIR HEAD IS ON FIRE.”
…(YOU KNOW; YOU DON’T SEE ALL THAT MANY WANDERING MINSTRELS NOW A DAYS.) NOTE: A “TEETH-BRUSHING-MAN” WHOSE ATTENTION IS TOTALLY CONSUMED BY HIS
“TEETH BRUSHING” IS A MAN LIVING AS THOUGH HIS HEAD IS ON FIRE. NOTE-NOTE:
A “BLAZING HEAD” IS A HEAD THAT IS, “VAST & EMPTY”…JUST THE WAY YOU WANT IT.
(OKAY, NOW DON’T TELL THAT GUY WHO COMPLAINED EARLIER, BUT HERE IS A VARIATION OF YET ANOTHER PREVIOUSLY TOLD TALE:)
THE KING OF A CERTAIN LAND —- HAD BROUGHT TO HIM — A CERTAIN MAN,
WHO HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING “ENLIGHTENED, LIBERATED AND AWAKENED BEYOND BELIEF AND ONCE THE MAN STOOD BEFORE THE RULER AND AFTER A COURTIER HAD LOUDLY PROCLAIMED HIS REPUTATION, AS NOTED,
THE REPUTED “CLEAR-HEADED ONE” FUMBLED ABOUT FOR A BIT IN HIS FRONT POCKET,
THEN LOOKED PERTURBED — THEN FROM A REAR POCKET, DREW A GUN AND SHOT HIMSELF, EXPLAINING, AS HE FELL:’I LOCKED MY KEYS IN THE CAR.”
MORAL: IN AN AWAKENED MAN’S HEAD IS ROOM FOR EVERYTHING — SAVE FOR ONE, TEENSIE WEESIE LITTLE ITEM….CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?
MORAL-MORAL:DISPATCH IMMEDIATELY, ANY PERSON OFFERING ANY “MORAL” TO BEING ALIVE
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A SPEAKER TOLD A CROWD:
“YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ON TO WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING
IF YOU KEEP THINKING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER.”, & SOMEONE YELLED OUT:
“DOES THAT INCLUDE THINKING ABOUT WANTING TO CATCH ON TO WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING?”
“BINGO!”, HAPPILY CRIED THE SPEAKER.
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RUMOR TELLS OF A ONCE BAND OF AWAKENED ONES WHOSE ONLY KNOWN MESSAGE WAS:
“WE ALWAYS — ‘WATCH WHAT WE’RE DOING’.”
…(WELL, JEEZE!- NO WONDER THEY’RE SO WELL FORGOTTEN.
…NO ONE LIKES A WISE ASS, EVEN IF THEY ARE AN ENLIGHTENED, WISE ASS.)
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ALL SYSTEMS, METHODS & DISCIPLINES PRESENTED AS PROMOTING LIBERATION,
(IF THE PRODUCT OF AN ENLIGHTENED MIND), ARE BUT DISPOSABLE GLASSES
FOR TEMPORARY USE
BY PATIENTS WHO IMAGINE THEY SUFFER A “SIGHT PROBLEM”
…(NOTE: ALL SUCH “SIGHT PROBLEMS” AMOUNT TO NOTHING MORE THAN
LOOKING AT LIFE THRU THE DISTORTING MIST OF THE DREAMS NATURALLY IN YOUR HEAD.
ARMED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE, THE SUPER ALERT — “CURE THEMSELVES”,
…[SEEIN’ AS HOW THEY’S THE ONLY-EST ONES WHO CAN.
“GEE, DR. WHAT-NOT: ISN’T THIS — ‘GREAT FUN’?!”])
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AND NOW TONIGHT’S “RISQUE FACT”:- ANYTHING YOU CAN “THINK ABOUT” IS NOT WORTH,
THINKING ABOUT.
…(SEXY, HUH?!)
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EVERYONE IS BORN WITH A VIRUS; MOST ARE NEVER BOTHERED BY IT; A FEW ARE.
…WANNA GUESS WHO?!
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IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD OF MEDICINE THERE IS A CERTAIN ILLNESS
WHOSE ONLY POTENTIAL TREATMENT IS THE INGESTION OF A CERTAIN KNOWN POISON:
THE PARALLEL IN THE NON-MATERIAL WORLD OF MYSTICISM IS IN THE “STRUGGLE TO’ AWAKEN”
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QUESTION: FROM A MYSTIC’S VIEW: WHICH IS PREFERABLE: DEATH, OR BEING ASLEEP? FROM A MYSTIC’S VIEW — DEATH, BECAUSE AT LEAST YOU’RE NEVER AWARE OF YOUR CONDITION.
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A BOY SAID TO HIS OLD MAN: “QUICK, GIMME AN EXAMPLE OF BEING,’CLEAR-HEADED” & HE REPLIED “STANDING AT THE GRAVE OF A LOVED ONE AND NOT TALKING TO THEM.”
QUERY: HOW MANY OF YOU CAN STAND BY YOUR OWN ALIVE SELF AND NOT DO IT?
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TWO GUYS WERE SITTING AT AN OUTDOOR TABLE AT A METAPHYSICAL BISTRO,
JUST KILLING TIME — HORSIN’ AROUND — PLAYIN’ LITTLE MENTAL GAMES,
AND ONE OF ‘EM SAID: “WHAT’D CALL A MAN WHO’S AWAKE & CLEAR-HEADED, OH…
ABOUT, ‘HALF-THE-TIME’?”, AND THE OTHER SAID: “‘HALF THE TIME’! —
HELL, FROM MY VIEW, I’D CALL HIM, ‘A ROARING SUCCESS’!”
***
WHILE SITTING IN A CLUB, WATCHING A CONGO LINE HIP-SWAY THEIR WAY BY,
A BOY ASKED HIS PA PA: “WHY DOES ONE THING — ‘ALWAYS-FOLLOW-ANOTHER’?”, AND THE ELDER RESPONDED: “ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE DANCERS —
OR THE ACTION IN YOUR HEAD?”
…(AND A PASSING CIGARETTE GIRL COOED IN THEIR EARS: “SET YOUR HEADS ON FIRE FOR A FIVER.”)
…AND ONE DEAD GUY TURNED OVER AND SAID TO ANOTHER DEAD GUY:
“THE DOWN-SIDE TO OUR CONDITION IS THAT THERE’S — NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.”,
“OH.”, SAID THE OTHER CORPSE, “YOU MEAN LIKE…MAYBE —
‘GETTIN”ALL CLUTTER-HEADED AND, ‘GOIN’-TO-SLEEP’.”,
…AND THE FIRST DEAD GUY GRUNTED, AND ROLLED BACK OVER — HAVING GOTTEN THE POINT
..AND AS HE TURNED THE CORNER ON A BUSY SIDEWALK IN MINSK,
COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER, ON-COMING PEDESTRIAN,
HE WAS STARTLED BY THE FACE HE SAW BEFORE HIM, AND EXCLAIMED:
“MY GOD, AREN’T YOU — PUSHKIN?”,
“I WAS UNTIL YOU ASKED ME.”,THE MAN_REPLIED.
…DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! YOU YOU SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING DEAD
IN THAT YOU CANNOT BE QUESTIONED AND YOUR MIND THUS DRAG YOU INTO EVEN NEWER DELUSIONS REGARDING THE THING CALLED, “SELF”?!
…AND FROM A NEAR-BY KIOSK, A PLAINTIVE VOICE CRIED OUT:
“HELP ME,OH ZEUS. COME SIT ON ALL OF MY AFFECTATIONS — AND IN SO DOING….PERHAPS — CLEAR UP MY SKIN CONDITION & CORRECT MY CASH-FLOW PROBLEM.”
(AND THAT FIRST DEAD GUY MUTTERED: “NOW EVEN I DON’T GET THAT ONE.”)
MAXIM, (IN LIEU OF A “MORAL”): “A MAN WITH ANYTHING ON HIS MIND,
CANNOT BE,
CLEAR-HEADED, AWAKE & FULLY ALIVE. AND THE SECOND DEAD GUY SAID: “I KNEW THAT.”
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AND ONE MAN, WHEN ACCUSED OF BEING, “SUPERFICIALLY LITERATE SOPHISTICATED”REPLIED:
“HELL, I’M SUPERFICIAL EVERYTHING! AND SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.”
…(YOU MIGHT TAKE NOTE THAT, REGARDING STRICTLY “HUMAN AFFAIRS, (WHICH IS ALL WE TALK ABOUT HERE), A CLEAR-HEADED MAN’S “SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE” OF ANYTHING IS :[N FACT, COMPREHENSIVE, IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE IN THAT ALL HUMAN AFFAIRS ARE
NOTHING BUT SUPERFICIAL.
…(CURIOUS HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT, HUH?!)
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NOW SOME HEALTH ADVICE FROM OUR OWN DR.OF DIVERSION: “IF YOU’RE GONNA BE SICK — BE THIN — FOR THEN, THERE’S LESS OF YOU TO BE ILL.”,
AND SAME SITUATION REGARDING YOUR STRUGGLE TO AWAKEN, AND THE AMOUNT OF YOU STILL SLEEP.
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THE MORE HE READ, THE LESS TIME ONE MAN HAD TO BE, CLEAR-HEADED….
…ALSO THE MORE HE TALKED, THE LESS TIME HE HAD FOR IT…AND ALSO THE MORE
HE LISTENED TO OTHER PEOPLE TALK AND THE MORE HE THOUGHT, THE LESS TIME
HE HAD TO BE CLEAR-HEADED AND ALSO THE MORE HE CONSIDERED WHAT
OTHERS THOUGHT….AND ALSO THE MORE HE WATCHED TV, WENT TO MOVIES, PLAYED CD’S, AND — WELL, I SUSPECT YOU GET THE POINT.
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A KID ASKED HIS OLD MAN: “WHAT’S THE FUN OF BEING CLEAR-HEADED IF YOU-CAN’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT?!”, AND THE LARGER ONE REPLIED: ” THE FUN IS IN THE FACT THAT YOU CAN’T TELL ANYONE WITHOUT LOSING IT.”,
“OH!”, SQUEALED THE KID JOYOUSLY, “NO ONE EVER S’PLAINED IT TO ME PROPERLY.”
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A MAN WHO HAD CONSULTED A SOOTH-YACKER, (ONE WHO SPECIALIZED IN THE REVEALING
OF PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS), RETURNED TO HIS FRIEND WITH THE SHOCKING FINDINGS THAT NOT ONLY HAD HE HAD NO PAST LIVES, BUT THAT HIS PRESENT ONE WAS AT BEST, MARGINAL.
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AND WE CONCLUDE WITH TONIGHT’S: JOKE FOR THE DAY, OR: TODAY’S: JOKE FOR THE NIGHT, (ACCORDING TO WHETHER YOUR A.M. INCLINATIONS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER YOUR
P.M. PROCLIVITIES, OR VICE VERSE): A BOY SAID TO HIS FATHER: “IN LINE WITH YOUR CONTINUAL INSISTENCE THAT: ‘THE WORLD IS BIG ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE’, I CAN OBSERVE IT ACCOMMODATING ALL OF THE BASTARDS, ASS-HOLES, & SONS OF BITCHES, BUT WHY DON’T I SEE THE ENLIGHTENED, THE AWAKENED & THE CLEAR-HEADED?!”, AND THE ELDER REPLIED: “SO WHERE WOULD THEY STAND?!”
…(HEY, IT’S JUST A — “JOKE”!)