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The News
ONE MAN HAD AN IMAGINARY WILD DOG WHOSE YAPPING CONTINUALLY DISTURBED HIS SLEEP: HE CALLED AN ANIMAL CONTROL EXPERT FOR HELP,
WHO SHOWED UP WITH A TURBAN AND MAGIC WAND, AND A SECRET PHRASE FOR THE MAN TO UTTER TO DRIVE AWAY THE ANNOYING BEAST: BUT A SURPRISING THING HAPPENED:
AS SOON AS THE MAN HAD EMPLOYED THE INCANTATION ONCE OR TWICE THE CREATURE SIMPLY ADDED IT TO HIS REPERTOIRE.
SUCH BE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A MAN ATTEMPTING TO AWAKEN HIMSELF TO THE
PLAIN REALITY OF LIFE WHO NEVER DISCOVERS THAT HIS EFFORT MUST GO BEYOND LETTING THOUGHTS ENDLESSLY! CHASE THEMSELVES ROUND & AROUND TO NO FINALITY.
P.S.: NEED I ALSO NOTE THE DUBIOUS NATURE OF TRYING TO VANQUISH AN ILLUSIONARY ENTITY TO BEGIN WITH?!
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ONE MAN WAS BORN WEARING A PAIR OF DISTORTING GLASSES, AND FOR YEARS TRIED TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE THEM,
BUT THEY WOULD ALWAYS, SOMEHOW RETURN TO REST, ATOP HIS NOSE. .
HE FINALLY FOUND HIS WAY OUT OF THE IMPASSE —
— HE WOULD SIMPLY CUT HIS EYES SHARPLY, AND THUS BE ABLE TO SEE AROUND THE EDGES OF THE FRAMES.
FACT: EVEN FOR THE ORDINARY: “LIFE IS SIMPLE”: YOU LIVE – YOU DIE,
AND IN BETWEEN, CAN BELIEVE WHATEVER YOU’RE GIVEN TO.
WHILE WITH THOSE SEEKING CLEAR-HEADEDNESS, THINGS ARE EVEN SIMPLIER THAN THAT:
ALL THEY NEED DO FOR SUCCESS IS TO LOOK AROUND & BEYOND
THE CONCEPTS OF THEIR NATIVE THOUGHTS.
COLLATERAL INFORMATION: ALL OF THE NEEDLESS COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE ARE CAUSED BY ORDINARY MENS’ ATTEMPTS TO SIMPLIFY YOURS.
ONLY THOSE FULLY ENLIGHTENED AS TO THE NATURE OF BOTH LIFE & THE HUMAN MIND REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY IS NO HELP AVAILABLE, BUT EVEN BETTER THAN THAT: NO HELP IS NEEDED.
IF THE FULL MEASURE OF FREEDOM YOU SEEK WAS A MOUNTAIN THEN YOU KNOW FULL WELL THA-
– NO ONE CAN CLIMB IT BUT YOU…BUT MORE DELICIOUS THAN EVEN THAT IS THE FACT THAT
– YOU DON’T HAVE TO “CLIMB” A DAMN THING…YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR EASY CHAIR.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE “PERIODICALLY AWAKE” & THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS, IS THAT ONE OF THE TWO IS FREED FROM THE PURSUIT OF MEANINGLESS EFFORT
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO FOUND EACH MORNING, NEXT TO HIS BREAKFAST PLATE,
A METAPHOR TO USE IN HIS STUDY OF LIFE THAT DAY.
AFTER MANY ENJOYABLE, AND APPARENTLY PROFITABLE YEARS
UTILIZING THESE NON-LITERAL IMPLEMENTS
THE MAN REALIZED A SUPERIOR APPROACH:
HE’D “SWALLOW” THE METAPHOR, THEN GO ABOUT HIS EVERYDAY AFFAIRS.
A MAN NOT “CLEAR EYED” WILL NEVER BE CLEAR HEADED
THE LOCK ON YOUR PRISON DOOR IS YOUR OWN CONCEPTION OF A LOCK.
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ONE MAN, “KNEW TOO MUCH FOR HIS OWN GOOD”,
BUT THROUGH DILIGENT EFFORT ACHIEVED A STATE WHEREIN HE, “KNEW TOO LITTLE”, AN _ALTERNATIVE CONDITION WHICH, RATHER THAN BEING A NEGATIVE
PROVED IN FACT TO BE THE ONE FOR HIS — “OWN GOOD”.
AND TO HIMSELF, ONE MAN MUSED:
“WHEN THIS ALL STARTS TO GET, ‘WEIRD BEYOND BELIEF’
I KNOW THAT IT’S GETTING — ‘JUST RIGHT’ — GETTING TRULY BEYOND THE REACH OF BELIEF & OPINIONATED CONCEPTS.”
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ALMOST EVERYTHING HE DID MAKE THIS ONE MAN SICK.
…HE QUIT DOING ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT HE’D BEEN DOING.
SOLUTIONS ARE SIMPLE: SIMPLY ABANDON THE PROBLEM —
IT WASN’T THERE ORIGINALLY — NOT BACK BEFORE YOU BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
MANY OF THE DREAMERS-OF-AWAKENING “JUMP SHIP”
WHEN THE SIMPLICITY OF IT ALL STARTS TO BECOME UNDENIABLY OBVIOUS.
…(A REALITY THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO OM “DICTUM-FOR-THE-DAY”: ONLY THE SIMPLE SURVIVE.
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FROM ONE VIEW: TO “BE AWAKE” IS TO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON, (FROM THE NECK UP), WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.
…IN FACT, A BIT BEYOND THAT AND IT COULD BE NOTED THAT THERE IS ONLY A
MINIMAL AMOUNT IN COMMON BETWEEN THE ENLIGHTENED & THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND IT.
ONE MAN SAID TO HIMSELF:
“I WANT TO SPEND THE ‘AUTUMN’ OF MY YEARS IN A PLACE WHERE LEAVES RISE FROM THE GROUND
TO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO TREE LIMBS.”
A MAN WHO HAD MANIFESTLY SPENT HIS LIFE ATTEMPTING TO PURSUE ENLIGHTENMENT SOLELY THRU HIS THINKING.
AND A FATHER SO ADVISED HIS SON:
“FORGET ABOUT NOT TRYING TO, ‘PUT THE TOOTHPASTE BACK EN THE TUBE’ — THROW THE DAMN TUBE AWAY,
AND BE
DONE WITH IT.”
…(AN APPROACH TO SURELY “BRING A SMILE”
TO THE FACE OF THOSE ALERT.)
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LOOKING AT THE BILL FROM HIS DOCTOR, A MAN SO MUSED:
“WHAT IS THE ‘PRICE’ FOR — BEING ALIVE?’ BUT BETTER STILL:
WHAT IS THE COST FOR BEING HALF DEAD?”
THOSE COLOR BLIND WHO CANNOT SEE RED CANNOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE MISSING.
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A BOY COMPLAINED TO HIS FATHER:
“EVERY WHERE I GO, I HEAR ‘NOISES’!”, AND THE ELDER REPLIED:
“THEN DON’T GO THERE.” A REPLY THAT THE LAD HAD SUSPECTED WOULD BE FORTHCOMING
IN ONE PARTICULAR “ACTIVITY”: ACHIEVING THE GOAL CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY REVEALING THE GOAL FOR WHAT IT IS,
AND THUS BETRAYING ANY ADDITIONAL USELESS EFFORT.
AND ONE MAN LOOKED IN A MIRROR AND SAID: “MY EARS ARE TOO BIG.”,
BUT UPON FURTHER REFLECTION SAID: “BUT MAYBE MY HEAD IS TOO SMALL?!?!”,
WHICH THEN LEAD HIM TO PONDER: “THEN PERHAPS MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT TOO NUMEROUS, BUT RATHER MY MIND TOO ACCOMMODATING.”
YOU’RE BEGINNING TO AWAKEN WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE SIMILARITY OF THE HEADS & TAILS OF A COIN:
YOU’RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF AWAKENING WHEN YOU NO LONGER CARE WHICH COMES LIP.
ONE MAN FOUND HIMSELF ACTING CONSTANTLY AS A “REFEREE”, OR A “JUDGE” REGARDING SOME TYPE OF ILL DEFINED,APPARENT CONTEST:
SHOULD YOU DESIRE TO COMPREHEND THE ESSENCE OF WHAT ENLIGHTENMENT IS ALL ABOUT, RECOGNIZE THAT YOU TOO HAVE BEEN DRAFTED INTO A SIMILAR POSITION, MENTALLY,
AND THAT THE “CONTENTION” INTO WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN DRAGGED IS DUPLICITOUS & MOOT.
SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF IN THE LAND OF OZ
IS AN ENDEAVOR BEST LEFT TO ORDINARY MINDS.
…IN OTHER WORDS: DON’T TRIP OVER YOUR OWN FEET,
AND THEN LOOK FOR THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM AT THE ENDS OF EXTRINSIC LEGS.
“HELLO DEAR — IT’S ME ,– I’M HOME.”
“BE SURE AND WIPE THE MUD OFF OF YOUR MIND BEFORE YOU COME IN.”
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A MAN INQUIRED OF A MYSTIC: “FROM THE ENLIGHTENED VIEW,
HOW MIGHT YOU DESCRIBE MAN’S NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCE?”, AND THE MYSTICAL ONE REPLIED
“IF WHAT YOU INTEND IS TO ASK IS:’WHAT IS HIS “PREDICAMENT”,
VIS A VIS A DESIRE TO AWAKEN, IT IS LIKE THIS:
HE IS BORN IN A LAND WHERE EVERYONE SPEAKS GREEK,
AND THUS ALL COMMONLY HELD CONCEPTS OF REALITY, (FROM THE GREEK VIEW) – MAKE SENSE
TO ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT IS TO INDIVIDUALLY RECOGNIZE THIS SITUATION,
AND THEN FREE YOURSELF FROM ITS CAPTIOUSLY ALLURING, THOUGH SURMOUNTABLE GRASP.
IF YOU DO NOT ULTIMATELY FIND YOUR SELF — OUT ON AN OPEN PLAIN — A NAKED, “PARTY-OF-ONE”
THEN YOU’VE YET TO DISCOVER THE — PROPER PLAIN.
-“HELLO SELF — IT’S ME — I’M HOME,
AND THANKFULLY FINALLY — I’M ALL ALONE:
.NO LONGER BEARING THE, ‘ILLUSION-OF-ME’.
YES, IT IS — ‘GOOD TO BE HOME’ — AND THE JOURNEY TURNED OUT TO BE
SO MUCH SIMPLER THAN I ONCE IMAGINED.”