Jan Cox Talk 2273

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The News

THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WITH A MOUTH SO LARGE
THAT HE COULD SWALLOW ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE,
BUT HE STAYED CONTINUALLY INVOLVED IN TASTING, THEN JUDGING
EACH AND EVERY MORSEL THAT PASSED HIS LIPS,
AND THIS ACTIVITY KEPT HIM FROM THE FULL ENJOYMENT POSSIBLE FOR A
MAN WITH A MOUTH SO LARGE THAT HE COULD SWALLOW ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE.
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ONE MAN HAD A PRIVATE MOTTO, (WHICH HE AGREED TO LET ME AIR):
RELY ON INSTINCT,
IT WILL ALWAYS SEE YOU THROUGH: RELY ON MIND,
AND GET A ROYAL SCREW.
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BEING A CREATURE OF HABIT IS FINE —
IT’S THE KNOWING THAT YOU ARE THAT’S THE RUB.
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ONE MAN SAYS: “SOME TIMES I AM REALLY DISTURBED BY THE FACT THAT MY THOUGHTS ARE CAPABLE OF TAKING IN ANY & EVERY THING IN CREATION,
AND YET I DWELL UPON BUT A FEW THINGS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.”
ONE MAN WOULD GET HIS THOUGHTS TO PROVIDE THE INTRODUCTION TO HIS LATEST BOOK, AND THEN NOT WRITE IT.
AND ONE WOMAN HAD A BUNCH OF REALLY UNRULY CHILDREN, -”AND TRYING TO CLAM THEM DOWN JUST MADE THEM WORSE.
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UNTIL YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO – YOU ARE NOT AWAKE:
UNTIL YOU ARE NOT BOTHERED BY HAVING NOTHING TO DO – YOU ARE NOT FULLY AWAKE,
THERE WAS ONCE A MYSTIC WHOSE TEACHING CONSISTED OF BUT ONE SENTENCE:
“HE IS ENLIGHTENED WHOSE TONGUE UNDERSTANDS WHY IT CANNOT ‘TASTE’ ITSELF.”
THE AWAKENED WARRIOR IS HE WHO HAS NO MERCY ON HIMSELF, AND BE ADVISED, THIS PARTICULAR BRAND OF “NO MERCY” IS THOROUGHLY FRAUGHT WITH FRIVOLITY & GOOD HUMOR.
WHAT SERIOUSNESS CAN THERE BE IN REALIZING THAT YOU HAVE OVERCOME A NON-EXISTENT FOE?!
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AND ONE MAN MUSED:
“THE SECRET WOULD BE TO HABITUALLY REMEMBER THAT
I AM A CREATURE OF HABIT
…WHY IS THAT SO DIFFICULT?1
…SHOULD NOT HABIT BEGAT HABIT?!
….WHY CAN’T I REMEMBER TO BE ALERT AS EASILY AS I CAN REMEMBER TO
DRIFT OFF AND DOZE?!
WHY WON’T SOMEONE PLAINLY TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON WITH ALL THIS?!’l
AH, BUT SOMEONE CAN SIR — IT’S AN UNKNOWN SOMEONE STANDING JUST BEHIND YOUR MIND
…SIMPLY: KEEP LOOKING…NEVER LET LIP…HAVE NO MERCY ON YOURSELF IN THIS REGARD
IT’S A FACT, MACK: KEEP LOOKING AND YOU WILL SEE…
IF TO “SEE” IS YOUR DEEP DESIRE, THEN JUST KEEP LOOKING AND YOU CANNOT FAIL.
AND ONE MAN ASKED HIMSELF:
“SINCE I AM OBVIOUSLY A BEING OF HABIT
WHY CANNOT I HABITUALLY REMEMBER TO — KEEP LOOKING?!”
AH SIR — HERE WE ARE AGAIN, AND THE MAN RESPONDS:
“YES, YOU ARE CORRECT:’HERE WE ARE AGAIN’, AND MY QUESTION IS: ‘WHY?”,
“‘WHY’ SIR – ‘WHY’, DID YOU SAY, WELL I SHALL TELL YOU ‘WHY’ SIR,
WHY WE ALWAYS END HAVING TO NOTE: ‘HERE WE ARE AGAIN’,
THE ‘WHY’ IS SIR, THAT THOUGHTS CAN LEAD TO NO WHERE ELSE BUT: ‘HERE WE ARE AGAIN”
NOW THIS ONE SIR, IS E-E-E-ZEE TO SEE…JUST HARD AS HELL TO REMEMBER,
AND THE MORE RESPONDS: “SEE! – WE’RE BACK TO THAT! — HERE WE BLOODY ARE AGAIN”
GREAT SIR – NOW YOU’RE GETTING THE HANG OF IT.
QUESTION: WHAT SERIOUS CAN THERE BE IN FORGETTING THAT
WHICH WAS OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO BEGIN WITH?! HUMMMM SIR, WHAT D’YA SAY ?!?!
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ONE MAN HAD A SORE THAT ANNOYED HIM,
BUT HIS PLEASURE IN PICKING AT IT COMPLETELY OVER RAN HIS ANNOYANCE AT IT. ..(WHAT WEIRD PLANET YOU RECKON HE’S FROM?!)
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INSTINCT HAS THE “PROBLEM” OF TRYING TO KEEP YOU ALIVE,
ALL OTHER “PROBLEMS” COME FROM SOME OTHER HUMAN’S BELIEF THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO CURE MAN’S PROBLEMS.
AN ALERT MAN’S STANDARD SHOULD BE THAT: HE ACCEPTS NO HELP FROM ANYONE! -…ESPECIALLY SINCE NONE IS POSSIBLE OR NEEDED.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE TRULY FREE DO NOT SEEM EITHER: IN NEED, OR: NOT IN NEED.
(THE MORE AWAKE YOU ARE THE HARDER IT IS TO TELL
JUST WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH YOU
…[AND THIS DOESN’T REFER JUST TO OTHER PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL:])
AND A CERTAIN MYSTIC STOOD BEFORE THE GATHERED CROWD AND LOUDLY DECLARED:
“I AM PROUD TO SAY
THAT I AM — ON MY WAY
TO HAVING NO KNOWLEDGE AT ALL
AS TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.”
…A DECLARATION THAT DROVE THE CROWD WILD!,
(AND “WILD” IN A SENSE I DON’T BELIEVE I’LL GO INTO).
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HE WHO UNDERSTANDS ENLIGHTENMENT
IS LIKE A SKIN-&-BONES WAIF IN A LAND OF PROSPEROUS HIPPOS.
AND ONE MAN SAID TO HIMSELF: “IF I COULD BUT ‘PUT-MY-HANDS-ON’
THAT WHICH IS HOLDING ME BACK
I’LL THROW IT ALL AWAY IN A DETROIT MILLI-SECOND.”
…AND ALL SUCH TALK THEN CAUSED YET ANOTHER CHAP TO MUSE TO HIMSELF: “WITHOUT A DOUBT: THE SECRET SURELY IS TO BE: TOTALLY ‘NAKED’, AND
COMPLETELY WITHOUT DECEIT.”, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT: HE WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS,
AND KNOWS IT TO BE IN REGARDS TO HIS RELIANCE ON THE THOUGHTS THAT PASS THRU HIM.
IS A MAN WITH DAMN LITTLE LEFT TO KNOW IN FACT…UHHH…I CAN’T EVEN THINK OF
ANYTHING ELSE.
ONE MYSTIC SAID TO HIS SON:
“WRITING, THINKING & TALKING ABOUT AWAKENING IS LIKE TRYING TO PREPARE SOUP FOR A BOULDER.”
AND ONE MAN SAID TO HIMSELF:
“AM I NOT MORE INTELLIGENT THAN A BOULDER?!
BUT ULTIMATELY, IN ALL TRUTHFULNESS,
HE HAD TO PRIVATELY ADMIT THAT IT’S –“HARD TO SAY”.
BUT NOW THAT HE’S BROUGHT IT LIP:
WHY NOT BE LIKE A BOULDER: NAKED, NON-DECEITFUL ,AND SILENT. WHY NOT?!