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THE MIND IS TO ENLIGHTENMENT AS STAMP COLLECTING IS TO YOUR MAIL DELIVERY.
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THE ONLY KNOWN PICTURE OF A FULLY AWAKENED MAN IS THAT OF A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER.
…AND THE FAVORITE TUNE OF ONE YOUNG BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANIST WAS:
“REPRESENT ME DADDY, EIGHT TO THE BAR OR LESS.”
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A MAN DRIVING BY STOPPED AND ASKED: “HOW DO I GET TO CLEAR-HEADEDNESS?”,
AND WAS TOLD: “KEEP GOING STRAIGHT, AND IT’S JUST PAST “LIKE & DIS-LIKE BOULEVARD
..AND FROM THE CAR’S RADIO WAS THEN HEARD THE DAY’S MOST POPULAR SONG: “WHAT CAN I ‘CLING-TO’
WHEN THERE’S
NOTHING LEFT TO CLING TO?!”
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ONE MAN’S PUBLIC DUTY WAS TO STAND BENEATH A GIGANTIC WEIGHT THAT SEEMED FOREVER JUST ON THE VERGE OF FALLING ON HIM:
HIS QUANDARY:
IF HE CONTINUES TO STAND THERE, HE RUNS THE RISK OF BEING CRUSHED,
BUT IF HE ABANDONS THE POSITION, HE RUNS NO RISK AT ALL SO! —
— WHERE’S THE “QUANDARY” ?”
…AND ONE MAN, (EVER ALERT TO METAPHORS), SAID: “ME THINK THIS MIGHT BE ONE.”
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NOTICE TO ALL SWIMMERS, (WHO’RE WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION):
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO YOU CAN MAKE HAPPY: YOU,
AND, EVERYBODY ELSE.
“TAKE YOUR CHOICE”‘ IF YOU’RE ABLE.
TRYING CONSIDERING IT THUS: YOU CAN EITHER: RELINQUISH YOUR ATTEMPTED GRIP ON LIFE AS YOU CONCEIVE IT TO BE, OR ELSE TURN LOOSE OF YOUR CONCEPTIONS REGARDING LIFE AND JUST SWIM WITH THE CURRENTS, AS THEY COME.
IN REPLY TO
TO THE HUMAN VOICE WHICH ASKS:
“HOW CAN I BE FREE OF THIS – ‘CONFINEMENT’?”, THE PROPER RESPONSE IS,
YET ANOTHER QUESTION:
“WHAT ‘POWER’ HAS SO PUT YOU IN THIS ‘CONFINEMENT’?”, AND THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT ONE IS “FREEDOM” ITSELF.
…AND ONE MAN’S FAVORITE TRAVEL GUIDE & DEPARTURE SCHEDULE READ LIKE THIS:
“NO WHERE TO GO BUT HERE,
NO TIME TO GO BUT THE PRESENT.”
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ALL PERTINENT MYSTICAL”DISCIPLINES” ARE BUT A WAY TO “KNOCK ON THE DOOR” THAT STANDS BETWEEN YOU AND CLEAR HEADEDNESS,
AND ONCE THE DOOR IS OPENED YOU CAN — QUIT KNOCKING.
..AND ONE MAN’S FAVORITE PHRASE IS: “I KNEW THAT.”
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INSTINCT NEVER SLEEPS: CONCEPTUALIZING NEVER AWAKENS.
THE MIND IS TO ENLIGHTENMENT AS COIN COLLECTING IS TO A PAY CHECK.
…AND ONE MAN’S FAVORITE REMINDER TO HIMSELF IS:
“GET PAST THE HOBBY STAGE — GO DIRECTLY FOR THE – ‘HEART ATTACK’.”
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THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO PUBLICLY SPOKE & WROTE REGARDING THE GREAT AWAKENING,
AND EVENTUALLY CAME TO REALIZE THAT IF HE SIMPLY CLOSED HIS EYES AND
BANGED AT RANDOM ON THE KEYS OF HIS TYPEWRITER, THE GIBBERISH THAT WOULD BE
PRODUCED WOULD BE ACTUALLY AS PERTINENT TO A READER’S AWAKENING AS ANYTHING
HE PUT TO PAPER AFTER GREAT DELIBERATION.
…THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THIS POSSIBILITY WAS THE HIGH
IMPROBABILITY OF
SUCH READERS BEING AVAILABLE.
…HEY, HERE’S AN IDEA: TRY THE WHOLE THING ON YOURSELF.
THE NORMALLY UNNOTICED POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN ONE’S INSTINCT AND ONE’S CONCEPTS,
AS REFLECTED IN AN ALLEGORY BASED ON THE CERTAIN “TROUBLES”
EXTANT IN ONE AREA OF THE ERSTWHILE,”BRITISH EMPIRE”:
WHEN “IRISH EYES” ARE SMILING,”ENGLISH MOUTHS”CAN BE FROWNING.
OTHER THAN FOR SICKNESS & DEATH:
THE PROBLEMS & CONFLICTS MEN CONCEIVE TO BE A NATURAL PART OF HUMAN EXISTENCE
EXIST ONLY IN THEIR “CONCEPTIONS”.
…OTHER THAN FOR SICKNESS & DEATH,
IF INSTINCT IS “IRISH EYES” — AND:
THE ENGLISH-OF-CONCEPTIONS CAN BE PUT AT EASE — THEN:
IRISH EYES WILL BE FOUND TO
ALWAYS BE — SM[LING.
…AND ONE MAN’S FAVORITE FORTUNATE COOKIE INFORMED HIM: “IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE AWAKE AND BE TROUBLED.”
…AND SOME WHAT CONNECTED, (I GUESS), TO THIS, AND SOMETHING MENTIONED EARLIER COMES THIS ONE GUY WHO SAYS THAT HIS VIEW OF AWAKENING NOW IS THAT IT IS LIKE A, *u., “CONCEPTIONAL ‘HEART ATTACK’, AS INSTINCT ROLLS QUITE MERRILY ALONG – ALONG. ***
*** AND A CERTAIN FELLOW WHO, FOR SOME TIME, HAD LISTENED TO A CERTAIN MYSTIC ***
SPEAK ON CERTAIN MATTERS, FINALLY APPROACHED THE SPEAKER AND TO HIM SAID:
“YOU CERTAINLY HAVE MADE QUITE A DO OVER THE NEED TO ‘UNDERSTAND THE MIND’, BUT THE MORE I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT IT, THE LESS THERE ACTUALLY SEEMS TO BE TO THE MIND .”,
“YOU UNDERSTAND IT!”, EXCLAIMED THE MYSTIC.
THE ONLY WORDS THAT CAN BE SAID TO BEAR ANY PERTINENCE TO AWAKENING
ARE SUCH WORDS AS SEEM IRRATIONAL, NON-SENSIBLE, AND IMPOSSIBLE TO GRASP:
SUCH WORDS REFLECT THEN, ACCURATELY, _ THE TRUE’ NATURE OF EXISTENCE, WHICH, (AFTER ALL), IS THE AIM OF AWAKENING.
AND A MAN SAID TO A MYSTIC: “AT ONE TIME I FULLY BELIEVED THAT I GRASPED THE
ESSENCE OF WHAT ‘BEING AWAKE” MEANT, BUT NOW, THE MORE INTENSELY I PONDER THE MATTER, THE MORE MY FEELING IS THAT I SIMPLY DON’T — GET IT.”,
“NOW YOU’VE GOT IT.”, CRIED THE MYSTIC.