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A MAN SAID TO A MYSTIC:
“I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY THAT KNOW ONE KNOWS WHAT ENLIGHTENMENT IS,
AND YET YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. EXPLAIN.”, AND THE MYSTIC REPLIED: “WELL AT LEAST WHEN I SPEAK YOU KNOW THAT WHATEVER IS BEING SAID HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ENLIGHTENMENT. SO I HAVE NARROWED DOWN THE SCOPE FOR YOU…NO?!”
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TO BE ASLEEP IS TO BELIEVE THAT LIFE “EFFECTS” YOU:
TO BE AWAKE IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU AND LIFE ARE ONE.
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THOUGHTS ARE LIKE THE WIND: YOU HEAR THEM, BUT YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM
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CONCEPTIONS EXIST IN TIME: INSTINCT CARRIES NO WATCH.
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“HOW CAN I KNOW THAT I AM ON THE ‘RIGHT TRACK’?”, AND THE MYSTIC REPLIED: “[F YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE ON ANY TRACK, YOU’RE ON THE – WRONG ONE.”
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THE SPEAKER ADDRESSED THE CROWD WITH THIS QUERY:
“WHAT IS A GREATER INSANITY THAN — STRIVING FOR ENLIGHTENMENT?”, AND FROM THE THRONG A VOICE RESPONDED TO THE QUESTION:
“BELIEVING THAT YOU ARE IN THE DARK TO BEGIN WITH.”
AFTER THAT….EVERYTHING WAS QUIET FOR A WHILE….AND THEN A BIT LONGER…. …THEN IT WENT SO FAR AS EVERYTHING BECOMING QUIET, PERMANENTLY.
-NE MUST’AVE BEEN SOME SPEAKER: MUST’AVE BEEN SOME K[ND OF CRWOD TOO”
ONE MAN GREW SO WEARY OF THE EVERYDAY
THAT HE QUIT LISTENING TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAID:
-IT CONTINUED TO WEARY OF THINGS ROUTINE TO THE POINT THAT HE CEASED TO READ
ANYTHING THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD EVER WRITTEN:
HIS WEARINESS OF”THINGS-AS-THEY-ALWAYS-ARE”FINALLY GREW SO INTENSE THAT
HE ABANDONED HIMSELF ENTIRELY.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT’S ALMOST AS GOOD AS A “COMPLETE NEW WARDROBE”? …THE TAKING OFF OF LAST WINTER’S OVERCOAT.
UPON HEARING SOMEONE DENOUNCED AS: HOLDING ON TO STRAWS”, ONE MAN SAID TO HIMSELF: “THE MIND CAN ONLY WISH THAT IT HAD IT SO GOOD.”
THERE IS ONE THING UPON WHICH YOU CAN MOST CERTAINLY DEPEND, AND THAT IS THAT:
YOU’RE NEVER HEAR BLOOM DISMISS “ULYSSES” AS A MERE PIECE OF FICTION.
…(THAT WILL HAPPEN THE DAY AFTER THE MIND TURNS AND LOOKS AT ITSELF,
AND SAYS: “OH MY! — I HAD NO-0-0 IDEA!”
HEY, YOU DIDN’T THINK WE WERE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT THE MIND IN ALL THIS, DID YOU?)
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ON ONE WORLD THEY HAD TWO DAILY PAPERS:
ONE COVERED THE SUBJECT OF “STUFF & THINGS”,
WHILE THE OTHER ONE REPORTED SOLELY ON “PEOPLE”.
THE WELL KNOWN “EXCITEMENT” COMMENCED ON THAT WORLD WHEN
A FEW WHO’D GROWN WEARY OF THINGS AS THEY WERE
STARTED UP AN ALTERNATIVE RAG.
(IF YOU MOVE THE STORY FROM ANOTHER PLANET, AND PLACE IT SQUARELY IN YOUR OWN HEAD,
THEN IT TELLS A HISTORY OF THE DESIRE & EFFORT TO AWAKEN.)
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO KNEW,”EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS TO KNOW”, AND WHEN ASKED HOW HE FELT ABOUT THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, HE REPLIED: “WHAT ACCOMPLISHMENT?”.
THE WAY YOU “FEEL” IS BASED ON THINGS INSTINCTIVE:
THE WAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL COMES FROM YOUR CONCEPTIONAL SIDE, SEE —
INSTINCTIVE FEELINGS HAVE NO FEELING ABOUT THEMSELVES,
‘TIS ONLY VERBAL CONCEPTIONS THAT TALK & THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES.
AND — TO WHAT GLORIOUS AVAIL, (I MIGHT ASK) —
AND — TO NO GLORIOUS AVAIL — I WOULD REPLY.
…(SUCH IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF ASKING & ANSWERING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS:
— TRY IT SOME TIME NO-0-0, TRY IT A LOT OF TIMES.)
AND A MAN SOUGHT THE COUNSEL OF A CERTAIN MYSTIC:
“HOW CAN I TELL IF I SHOULD COME, ‘STUDY WITH YOU’?!”,
AND THE ONE WITH HIS DOOR LOCK PUNCHED OUT REPLIED:
“IF YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST DESIRE TO COME ‘STUDY-WITH-ME’, REST ASSURED THAT YOU’D BE DOING YOURSELF MUCH MORE GOOD TO STUDY THE MATTER OF WHY YOU HAVE THE DESIRE TO GO STUDY WITH ANYBODY.”
…NEED I TELL YOU THAT THIS RESPONSE DID NOT SATISFY THE MAUI …NEED I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STUDY THE QUESTION OF: WHY IT DID NOT?
SURE, ALL MYSTICS WANNA GO FROM PARIS TO ISTANBUL,
BUT THERE’RE DAMN FEW WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE OF ABANDONING THEIR WANNA.
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A BOY APPROACHED HIS FATHER IN THE STUDY AND SAID:
“I HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH WORDS,
AND HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT
YOU CAN PUT THEM TOGETHER IN ANY WAY YOU WANT, AND
MAKE THEM SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT THEN TO SAY.”,
AND HIS FATHER LOWERED THE BOOK IN HIS HANDS AND REPLIED: “S0-0-071
AT WHICH POINT THE LAD LEAPED IN THE AIR AND SQUEALED: “SEE! – YOU JUST DID IT T00.”
TO BE FOREVER BLIND, DEAF & CAPTIVE OF AN UNSEEN SLAVER
IS TO DEPEND ON YOUR CONCEPTIONAL VOICE, AND NEVER LEARN TO GIVE YOUR
INSTINCTIVE ONE A CHANCE….(BE SURE AND NOTE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT I JUST SAID YOU ARE CONSTANTLY, IF UNWITTINGLY, HEEDING THE VOICE OF INSTINCT TO STAY ALIVE, SO WHAT IS ACTUALLY MISSING IS YOUR CONSCIOUS AWARENESS OF ITS CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE, AND YOUR EQUAL RECOGNITION OF HOW LITTLE, (IF THAT), YOUR
MENTAL CONCEPTIONS CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR EXISTENCE, (IF YOUR AIM IS TO BECOME
FREE AND CLEAR-HEADED.)
A “CERTAIN DAVID”
FOUGHT A “CERTAIN GOLIATH” — FAR LONGER THAN WAS NECESSARY —
— FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON: HE BELIEVED THAT THE CERTAIN “GOLIATH” ACTUALLY EXISTED
ONE MAN HEARD DISTURBING, “NOISES IN HIS ATTIC”…. …BUT HIS INSTINCT WAS NEVER CONCERNED.
WHY DO PEOPLE WANNA MOVE IN WITH “RELATIVES”
WHEN A CERTAIN “RELATIVE” ALREADY LIVES WITH THEM?!
…AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER: “WHAT IS A — METAPHOR?”, AND THE ELDER REPLIED: “IT’S A DEVICE A WISE MAN MIGHT USE WHEN HE CAN’T FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY WHAT IT IS THAT HE WANTS TO SAY.”, AND THEN THE LAD ASKED:
“HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO A WISE MAN?”,
AND HIS PA PA REPLIED:
“ABOUT AS OFTEN AS HE — OPENS HIS MOUTH.”
DO YOU RECKON THAT INSTINCT DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK AFTER SEEING WHAT
CONCEPTUALIZATION BROUGHT ON ITSELF BY DOING S0? BUT IF SO — THEN,
WHY DOESN’T CONCEPTUALIZATION SEE HOW INSTINCT HAS BENEFITED BY ESCHEWING TALK AND ABANDON IT ITSELF?!
…(“MY MY, BUT THOSE ARE SOME WEIGHTY QUESTIONS)”, SAID GALILEO AS HE DROPPED OFF TO SLEEP.)
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC: “HOW CAN YOU SPOT AN IDIOT?”, AND THE MYSTIC ASKED: “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!”, TO WHICH THE MAN REPLIED: “YES.”, SO THE MYSTIC SAID: “THEN YOU’RE — AN IDIOT.”
A-MAN’S VERBAL CONCEPTIONS BELIEVE THEY ARE SERIOUS — BUT ARE NOT: HIS_INSTINCTS ARE AS SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK, YET NEVER SAY A WORD.
ALL WOULD-BE “WAKER-UPPERS’ WANNA HEAR SOME MYSTICS WORDS, BUT WHERE IS HE WHO LEARNS FROM THE SILENCE?
…(“OH, I’M RIGHT OVER HERE.”, SAID BUFORD THE BUBBA BUDDHA.)