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The News
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN WHO LECTURES ON AWAKENING, AND A MERE “ENTERTAINER”?…NONE, IF HIS AUDIENCE IS AWAKE.
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MAN HAS TWO HUNGERS: PHYSICAL HUNGER, WHICH IS FROM INSTINCT, AND CONCEPTIONAL HUNGER, WHICH IS FROM THE MIND.
THUS WHAT WE’RE FACED WITH IS THIS: A REAL HUNGER, AND THEN A “DREAM” HUNGER
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YOU MUST BE LIKE A MYSTERIOUS, GIGANTIC BIRD
WHO MUST SOAR HIGH
IN AN OPEN, UNFETTERED SKY
UP HIGH WHERE THE WIND IS SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO
SUPPORT HIS WINGS.
YOUR MIND IS THE BIRD — YOUR UN-GRASPING AWARENESS, THE BOUNDLESS SKY.
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WHEN YOU FIRST COMMENCE THE STRUGGLE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT IT SEEMS SUBTLE, ELUSIVE AND ETHEREAL
BUT EVENTUALLY AS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF IT WIDENS, IT BECOMES PLAIN AND OBVIOUS.
BUT LATER BUT THEN LATER, (MAY I SUGGEST TO YOU),
IT AGAIN, TAKES ON FLAVORS OF THE DELICATE AND RAREFIED.
COROLLARY MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS:
AT FIRST IT’S A “SLIGHT ITCH”:
THEN IT BECOMES -A FULL Bt OWN RASH,
THEN ULTIMATELY IT IS AGAIN A “MOST SUBTLE ITCH AND URGING”..
…WITH JUST THE HINT OF
A DEVILISH GRIN.
ONE MAN’S CURRENT, SELF-DIAGNOSIS,(IN RHYME):
DOOR TO DOOR I GO,
SEEKING OF RELIEF — BUT THE, GOING FROM DOOR TO DOOR
CAUSES ALL MY GRIEF.
YOUR OWN CONCEPTIONAL WORLD IS YOUR INSTINCTIVE ONE, RE-STATED — BUT — GARBLED.
ADDITIONAL MEDICAL NOTE: ALL ILLS ARE BUT THEIR OWN CURES — TURNED BACKWARDS.
AND A RELATED: TRAVEL REMINDER: ALL ILLNESSES PICKED UP WHILEST TRAVELING ARE CAUSED BY — TRAVELING, (THE “ILLUSION” OF TRAVEL,NEED I NOTE?:!)
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MORE ABOUT “HUNGERS”:
PHYSICAL HUNGER ACTS — CONCEPTIONAL HUNGER CAN DO NOTHING BUT TALK & DREAM.
STILL ANOTHER MEDICAL FLAG: ONE OF THESE TWO HUNGERS IS, “(MAY I SAY) —
THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND SATISFYING OF THE TWO.
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AND NOW A SHORT ITEM CONCERNING: “SHORT NUMBERS”: THE WHOLE ADVENTURE OF “CHASING-ENLIGHTENMENT” IS SO-0-0 MUCH FUN AND EXCITEMENT
THAT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CAN STAND IT.
AND NOW:”THE WEATHER REPORT”:
OUTER SPACE: EXHILARATING WINDS:
GROUND LEVEL: BORING BREEZES.
…REMEMBER: THE “CONFINEMENT” IS FN YOUR MIND — NOT IN LIFE.
AND ONE GUY HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL VERSION OF A CERTAIN GOSPEL DITTY:
“UP ABOVE MY HEAD, DOWN BELOW MY HEAD, ANY WHERE AT ALL ANY WHERE BUT THERE.”
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MAN’S CONCEPTIONAL LIFE IS HIS INSTINCTIVE ONE, RE-WRITTEN, BUT — SCRAWLED.
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A MYSTIC SO SAID TO A COLLECTION OF THE INTERESTED:
“THE REALITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT IS LIKE A FAR-AWAY, FANTASTIC CITY
ABOUT WHICH
NO ONE KNOWS ITS SIZE: ITS EXACT LOCATION, NOR ANY PERTINENT SPECIFICS.
THERE IS HOWEVER, AN IMAGINARY SUCH CITY ABOUT WHICH MANY SPEAK CONFIDENTIALLY, BUT TO WHICH NONE CAN REACH.
AND A FATHER SO PRIVATELY ADVISED A SON:
“ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT — KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.” ,
AND LATER ON THE KID CAME TO REALIZE THAT,
ONCE YOU ACTUALLY “KNOW WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT” — YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.
…(THAT’S JUST ONE OF THE MANY UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF FINALLY RECOGNIZING, WHAT THIS IS ACTUALLY —
“ALL ABOUT”.)
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THE “HUNGERS” REVISITED:
CONCEPTIONAL HUNGER NEEDS TO TALK — INSTINCTIVE HUNGER HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
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EVEN AS ONE MAN BEGAN TO PERSONALLY RECOGNIZE THE RELENTLESS, DAILY NEED FOR A,
“COMPLETE NEW WARDROBE”,
HE FURTHER REFINED IT TO INCLUDE ONLY, “MATERIALS THAT DON’T — WRINKLE”
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MAN’S INSTINCTIVE LIFE CONTINUALLY GOES FROM: BEING ALIVE TO BEING NEAR-DEAD, WITH THE PROCESS FOREVER REPEATING ITSELF UNTIL REAL DEATH, WHILE HIS CONCEPTIONAL LIFE, (IN TRUTH), GOES — NO WHERE.
MINDS OF SMALL CONCEPTIONAL WHERE WITH ALL ARE LIKE — SMALL PONDS,
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ONLY,SMALL, TOY BOATS.
LET YOUR PLACE OF MENTAL, CONCEPTIONAL AWARENESS BE LARGE…
…LET IT BE GREAT…LET IT BE MAMMOTH, COLOSSAL — NO: LIMITLESS.
LET IT BE AS AN UNBOUNDED OCEAN, ABLE TO FLOAT
ANY MENTAL BOAT — THAT,
MIGHT SAIL ITS WAY.
ONLY TALES OF “FICTION” HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END:
THE SILENT ANNALS OF LIFE ITSELF OFFER NO SUCH CONCEPTS OF: ENTRY AND EXIT: START AND FINISH, OR:
“NOW YOU SEE IT — NOW YOU DON’T”.
INSTINCTIVE EYE-SIGHT NEVER “FAILS”,
AS THE VIEW THRU CONCEPTS NEVER SUCCEEDS.
THEN YET ANOTHER CHAP CONTRIBUTES TO OUR POETIC LARDER:
OH,
YOU CAN LOOK HERE — AND,
YOU CAN LOOK THERE — BUT,
NO MATTER WHERE YOU MENTALLY LOOK,
THE VIEW’S ALWAYS THE SAME — UNREVEALING.
AND ONE FATHER SAID TO HIS SON:
“JUST LET YOUR INSTINCTIVE, PHYSICAL SENSES DO THEIR JOB,
AND TELL EVERYTHING ELSE TO: ‘BUGGER OFF’!”
…(SEE, SOMEONE WHO”KNOWS WHAT IT’S ACTUALLY ALL ABOUT”
CAN TAKE SUCH LIBERTIES WITH HIMSELF, (HIS “ILLUSIONARY SELF”, NEED I NOTE?!)
(QUESTION ON THE SIDE: DOES ANYONE HERE STILL FEAR THAT ANNA KARENINA CAN HAVE HER “FEELINGS’ HURT”?!)
MAN’S CONCEPTIONAL SIDE IS HIS INSTINCTIVE ONE, RE-VISITED — BUT WHILE, “IN A DAZE”.
I CAN’T RESIST ASKING ANEW: DOES EVERYONE HERE NOW FULLY REALIZE FOR THEM SELF
THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING “SERIOUS” ABOUT LIFE EXCEPTING THE:
INSTINCT TO LIVE?!
…(HELL, HEY – IF I DON’T REMIND YOU,
YOU SURE CAN’T DEPEND ON YOUR OWN THOUGHTS TO DO SO, NOW CAN YOU?!)
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AND NOW FOR SOME “SERIOUS” TRAVELING NEWS, (AS OPPOSED TO THAT EARLIER SILLY ITEM)
WHEREVER YOU GO,
WHATEVER YOU POSSESS,
YOU MUST BE CARRYING WITH YOU.
…IF YOU SINCERELY CONSIDER THIS,
DO SO BOTH IN LIGHT OF YOUR NATURE AND OF YOUR CONCEPTS.
…REALLY, YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHAT IS IT THAT I OWN?.. …WHAT IS IT THAT IS STRICTLY: “MINE — ALL MINE” 9
…CAN IT BE FOUND IN MY MENTAL CONCEPTS? I THINK NOT,
SO: WHERE TO LOOK.
ALL YOU’VE GOT IS YOUR NATURAL-BORN “NATURE”,
AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE, YOUR LATER-ACQUIRED, NON-ORGANIC “CONCEPTS”.
YOUR “NATURE”,AND:
YOUR “CONCEPTS” WHAT A COMBO! WHAT POSSIBILITIES’
WHAT ARRANGEMENT COULD BE
BETTER CONSTRUCTED TO
CONCEPTIONALY FOOL AND MIS-LEAD THE MIND?!
IN THE REAL LAND OF OZ, THE WIZARD DECEIVES NO ONE BUT HIMSELF.
AND A BOY ASKED HIS DAD: “WHAT WOULD BE THE ABSOLUTELY WORST POSSIBLE DEATH
FOR A MAN?”, AND HIS PA PA REPLIED: “TO DIE BY THE HAND OF HIS OWN -INSTINCT.”, AND AFTER A MOMENT’S GESTATION, THE BOY SAID: “BUT WOULD IT NOT WORSE, ACTUALLY BE, TO LITERALLY ‘FALL’
BY THE FIGURATIVE ‘HAND”
OF THAT WHICH EXISTS SOLELY IN CONCEPTS?!”, AND THE OLD MAN WAS FORCED TO SMILE, AND SUBMIT TO THE YOUNGER’S SUPERIOR VIEW OF THE MATTER.
AND WE WRAP UP TONIGHT’S NEWS WITH THIS STORY:
ONE OF OUR REPORTERS SAYS THAT TODAY HE SAW A SCENE
THAT WAS THE PERFECT PICTURIZATION OF THE MIS-UNDERSTOOD, “STRUGGLE TO AWAKEN”:
HE SAYS HE SAW A DOG WITH AN EXTREMELY CURLY TAIL
SITTING HAPPILY ON THE GROUND, EXCITEDLY WAGGING SAID TAIL IN RESPONSE TO
THE ACTIVITY’TAKING PLACE:BEFORE HIM,
BUT THAT EVERY COUPLE OF SECONDS HE’D LOOK BACK OVER HIS SHOULDER
WITH A MOMENTARILY EXPRESSION OF ANNOYANCE,
AND OUR CORRESPONDENT FURTHER REPORTS THAT HE SUDDENLY REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON:
HE SAID THAT IT WAS OBVIOUS TO HIM, BUT NOT SO THE DOG,
THAT WHAT HE WAS NEGATIVELY REACTING TO WAS THE
BRUSHING OF HIS OWN TAIL
AGAINST HIS OWN BACK.
A- STORY THAT HANDILY LEADS INTO THE TOPIC OF MY FOLLOW-UP COMMENTARY: ONLY CONCEPTUALIZE ABOUT THINGS IN YOUR INSTANT SENSUAL FIELD.
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