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A HEARTLESS MAN IS A HAPPY MAN
IN THAT HE DOES NOT LIVE-BY & SUFFER-FROM WHAT ARE CALLED, “EMOTIONS”
WHICH ARE BUT WATERED-DOWN & DISTORTED VERSIONS OF NATURAL, HEALTHY INSTINCTS.
AN ENLIGHTENED MAN W[LL ALWAYS RECOGNIZE TO WHERE HIS CARE SHOULD BE DIRECTED, AND WHEN HIS CONCERN CAN BE HELPFUL.
IT IS A VACUOUS UNDERTAKING TO TRY AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE ILLUSIONARY NATURE OF “HUMAN PROBLEMS”:
THOSE LACKING THIS REALIZATION ARE THOSE DOOMED TO LIVE A LIFE OF FRUSTRATING EMOTIONS:
ALWAYS CONCEIVING OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AS UNJUST,
WHILE IN THE DIRECT REALITY OF THE INSTINCTIVE REALM
NO SUCH CONCEPTS AS JUSTICE & INJUSTICE ARE TO BE FOUND.
THUS IT BE THAT: A HEARTLESS MAN IS A HAPPY MAN
FOR HE IS A MAN WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS “MATTERS OF THE HEART”,
AND RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT”BEING ALIVE” ABOUT WHICH TO BE UN-HAPPY.
FOR-THOSE SEEKING THE MAGICAL, CLEAR-HEADENESS,
MIS-INFORMED “EMOTIONS” ARE JUST AS SUBVERSIVE AS ILL-CONCEIVED “IDEAS”
ALWAYS “PUT-YOUR-ATTENTION” WHERE YOUR REAL INTERESTS LIE.–…WHILE REMEMBERING THAT:
THE INNER LIFE OF “THOSE-WHO-KNOW” BEARS NO RESEMBLANCE TO THE INNER TURMOIL OF THE ORDINARY.
DIRECTIVE # 1.2; HOW TO BE AWAKE: DON’T BE — ORDINARY
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ONCE UPON A TIME, ON A BRISK AUTUMN DAY, A YOUNG BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“IS THE REAL TRICK TO BECOMING ENLIGHTENED CONTAINED IN A MAN’S ABILITY
TO RECOGNIZE, IN HIS OWN CASE,
WHERE HIS CONCERN ABOUT HIS STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE PROFITABLY PLACED?!”
!SON’!; HE REPLIED, “THERE IS NO TRICK SUPERIOR TO THAT.
WHO WOULD EXPECT THE ALLEGORICAL TRIP FROM PARIS TO ISTANBUL TO BE ACHIEVABLE
IF THE TRAVELER CONTINUALLY TURNS HIS ATTENTION NORTH?, OR WEST?,,
OR IN ANY DIRECTION OTHER THAN THE NEEDED, SOUTH-EASTERN ONE?!
NO MAN SHOULD DARE THINK OF HIMSELF AS ON THE ACTIVE PATH TO FULL ENLIGHTENMENT WHO IS NOT A MAN OF SUPREME, ABSOLUTE, INTERNAL ‘PRACTICALITY’.
YOU SEE”, HE ADDED, “ONE OF THE JOYS OF BEING AWAKE IS THAT YOU NO LONGER
CHASE THE ILLUSIONARY, NOR PONDER THE IMPOSSIBLE. WHAT A JOY AND RELIEF.”
WHAT IS THE BASIS-FOR, AND THE REALITY-OF THE DESIRE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT
OTHER THAN A DISSATISFACTION WITH YOUR NATURAL CONDITION, AS YOU FIND YOURSELF?!,
NOW ALL! _MEN ARE,TO DEGREES, DISSATISFIED, AND 99.5% OF THEM ATTEMPT TO
CURE THEIR DISSATISFACTION IN ONE OF TWO WAYS:
THEY EITHER TRY AND CHANGE THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THEY FIND THEMSELVES
OR THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE INTERNAL ONES IN THEIR HEAD:
THE_REMAINING, “POINT FIVE PER CENTERS” HOWEVER,
TAKE A DIFFERENT TACK, UNIQUE TO THEM:
RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE EITHER THEIR EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL CONDITIONS
THEY STRIVE TO CHANGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SUCH CONDITIONS —
— fN OTHER WORDS: RECOGNIZING, (IN A PARTICULAR FASHION)
THE REALITY OF THEIR “DISSATISFACTION WITH THEIR NATURAL CONDITION
— AS THEY FIND THEMSELVES” —
THEY UNDERTAKE TO “FIND THEMSELVES” — DIFFERENTLY.
IT IS AS THOUGH WHEN OPERATING BY THE ORDINARY MIND,
MEN BELIEVE THEMSELVES TO BE LIVING IN AN UNFIT HOUSE,
AND UNDERTAKE TO”REPAIR” THE STRUCTURE,
WHILE A MAN WHO HAS AWAKENED TO THE PLAIN REALITY OF THINGS
SEES THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN TRUTH,
BEYOND ANY DETERMINATIONS & DESCRIPTIONS OF BEING EITHER FIT OR UNFIT:
ALL HUMAN STRUCTURES ARE SIMPLY WHAT-THEY-ARE,
AND THE MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS WASTES NO FURTHER EFFORT DIRECTED TO THE
MEANINGLESS ILLUSION THAT HIS SHOULD BE CHANGED, OR CAN BE CHANGED —
— NO, WHAT HE DOES IS “INTERNALLY MOVE” FROM HIS NATURAL HOUSE, WHICH PRACTICALLY SPEAKING MEANS THAT HE
SHIFTS-HIS-VIEW OF HIS STRUCTURE, AND THUS,
“FINDS HIMSELF DIFFERENTLY” THAN HE ONCE DID.
TO “BE AWAKE” IS TO BE AWARE OF THE REALITY OF LIFE —
— NOT STILL AWARE OF ONLY ITS ILLUSIONS.
JUST LIKE LIFE: IT’S ALL – “FAR SIMPLER THAN YOU THINK”.
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ALTHOUGH UNBEKNOWNST TO THE ROUTINE PROVERB: YOU CAN MAKE A SOW FROM JUST A SOW’S EAR.
ONCE THE UNITY-OF-IT-ALL IS UNDERSTOOD, EVERYTHING IS,
FAR SIMPLER THAN EVERYONE ELSE BELIEVES.
A BOY SAID TO HIS FATHER: “SO THEN, 20®
IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO — PLAY WITH A FULL DECK?!”
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IT IS CERTAIN FIGMENTS-OF-THE-MIND WHICH MEN HOLD IN HIGHEST REGARD,
SUCH AS THE CONCEPTS OF: GOD, TRUTH, GOODNESS, HONOR, HONESTY & INTEGRITY,
BUT IT IS ALSO ALL MENTAL CONCEPTS FROM WHICH THE FEW SEEK TO BE FREE. …QUITE A DIFFERENCE, HUH?!
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ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THE SITUATION:
MEN LIVE INSTINCTIVELY AND “MENTALLY-DISTRACTED”:
– THE FEW TRY TO CHANGE THE THE SECOND CONDITION.
…AND THE FEW UNDERSTAND THAT”THE-ATTEMPT-TO CHANGE THE CONDITION”CONSISTS OF, ABANDONING THE CONDITION..
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IN HIS STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE THAT”CERTAIN FREEDOM”
ONE MAN, (IN APPROPRIATE INSTANCES), WOULD SAY TO HIS THINKING: “DON’T TURN ‘EMOTIONAL’ ON ME NOW!”
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THE REASON MEN SO ADORE THE IDEA OF DEATH IS THAT
IN THEIR FINAL DAYS THEIR AWARENESS OF BEING ALIVE RESTS MORE IN INSTINCT THAN IN MENTAL CONCEPTS., AND IS SUCH-H-H — A RELIEF!
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ONCE YOU’CE CRACKED THE COCONUT
THE MILK WILL FLOW FORTH ON ITS OWN.
…(I KEEP TELLING YOU THAT IT’S FAR SIMPLER THAN
LIFE’S LEAD YOUR THOUGHTS TO BELIEVE.
…SO COME ON GUYS: CRACK THAT COCONUT, AND BE DONE WITH IT.)
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TO KEEP FROM SEEING THEMSELVES
MOST MEN — TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES.
…SO. COME ON, TELL ME: WHAT CAN BE SIMPLER THAN — BEING SILENT?!
NEWS REGARDING NOURISHMENT:
ONE MAN USED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF WHAT HE ATE — UNTIL, EVERYTHING HE ATE — MADE HIM SICK,
….(SIMPLE ENOUGH!)
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PAY NO ATTENTION TO WHAT THE MIND HIGHLIGHTS, GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION OF:
WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE MIND’S LIGHT TO BEGIN WITH?
SINCE ALL THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT TOUCH ARE AT THEIR BOTTOM, THE MIND,
WHAT IS MORE REASONABLE THAN WANTING TO SEE WHAT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MIND?!
ONE MAN, WHO FOR MANY YEARS HAD STRUGGLED TO AWAKEN HIS MENTAL AWARENESS OF LIFE FROM ITS DISTORTING SLUMBER,MUSED, (AS HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATTER RIPENED): “DAMN’F IT WASN’T ALMOST ‘MORE-FUN’
BACK WHEN I PERCEIVED IT AS MORE COMPLEX.
…COURSE I ALSO GOTTA TAKE NOTE OF HOW DRASTICALLY MY NOTION OF ‘FUN’ HAS CHANGED
DICTUM # 329: EVERYTHING — “WORKS OUT”.
…WHAT ELSE THE HELL IS BEING AWAKE OTHER THAN REALIZING THIS?!
THERE IS AN INNER PATH THAT CAN ONLY BE TROD BY TWO….THEN ONLY BY ONE.
THERE IS A CERTAIN THING THAT A FEW SEEK
THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND BY — STOPPING THE SEEKING.
FIRST YOU WALK ON TWO FEET….THEN ON ONE, THEN YOU ABANDON THE ILLUSION OF MOVEMENT.
LET ALL PARISIANS ASK THEM SELF: WILL YOU BE DISAPPOINTED TO DISCOVER THAT ISTANBUL IS RIGHT HERE IN FRANCE?!
THERE IS A CERTAIN MATTER THAT CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY
NO LONGER TRYING TO, “UNDERSTAND” IT.
…COME ON, ADMIT IT: WHAT CAN BE SIMPLER THAN A PROPER “SURRENDER”?!,
A “GIVING UP” OF ATTEMPTING THE ILLUSIONARY: A “SURRENDER” TO PLAIN REALITY.
WHAT A RELIEF ! WHAT AN — EYE OPENER !!