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OF THE MYSTIC’S TEN COMMANDMENTS, NUMBER ONE IS:
THOU SHALT NOT STARE,
AND PERTINENT THERETO, THIS:
WHENEVER YOU READ OR LISTEN TO SOMEONE SPEAK
YOU HAVE GONE FROM STARING NORTH TO STARING WEST.
…NO GOOD, THE COMMANDMENT IS: THOU SHALT NOT STARE PERIOD!
AND THIS SHOULD REMIND YOU OF THE POSITIVE COLUMN OF THE COMMANDMENT LIST,
NUMBER ONE WHICH SAYS: THOU SHOULD SCAN.
…THOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE SCANNING — FOREVER SCANNING,
NEVER LETTING YOU EYES STAY ON ANYTHING MORE THAN FOR THE BRIEFEST OF MOMENTS:
NEVER LETTING YOUR PHYSICAL EYES, OR YOUR MENTAL “I’S” STAY SO AFFIXED ON
ANY OBJECT OUTSIDE OF YOU,
OR ANY THOUGHT INSIDE OF YOU.
SO, THE COMPLETE READING OF THE NUMBER ONE MYSTIC’S COMMANDMENT IS: THOU SHALT NOT STARE: THOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE SCANNING.
RELENTLESS FIDELITY TO THIS DICTUM RELIEVES YOU FROM WORRYING ABOUT
WHETHER YOU ARE REALLY AWAKE,
OR WHETHER YOU’RE NOT ACTUALLY AWAKE,
FOR NO ONE ASLEEP CAN CONSTANTLY SCAN AND NEVER STARE….SO, THERE YOU ARE.
* * *
IF YOU WOULD ESCAPE THE CONFINING WORLD OF DREAMS, REMEMBER THIS:
THE DREAMS FLOWING THRU YOUR MIND ARE NATURAL AND NOT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM: IT IS YOUR STARING AT THEM THAT IS —
— YOUR INTERNAL FIXATION ON THIS MEANINGLESS, AUTOMATIC PHENOMENON.
AT ANY PARTICULAR SECOND, THE WORLD MAY NOT BE “PLAYING YOUR SONG”, BUT, DAMMIT MAN — NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO LISTEN.
* * *
ALL OF THE MANY MYSTICAL METAPHORS REGARDING A “GOING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER” ARE IN TRUTH, POINTING TO THE NEED TO GO FROM THE CONDITION OF”STARING” TO THAT OF “ALWAYS SCANNING”, A JOURNEY YOU CAN MAKE RIGHT THIS SECOND —
— RIGHT WHERE YOU SIT.
A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“IS OUR STARING DUE TO LAZINESS…OR TO HABIT…
…OR TO THE IMMEDIATE LACK OF ANYTHING WE FIND INTERESTING?”,
AND THE OLD MAN CONGRATULATED THE LAD ON HIS INCREASING ABILITY TO SEE
NUMEROUS POSSIBLE MAPS TO
COVER THE SAME TERRAIN.
…DOING SO, (DON’T YOU SEE), HELPS BREAK UP THE LAZY, DIS-INTERESTED
HABIT OF STARING.
AND ONE MAN COMPOSED A SONG WHICH HE TITLED:
“HOW LONG MUST I DREAM BEFORE I REALIZE THAT ALL DREAMS ARE THE SAME,
AND THAT I HAVE ALREADY DREAMED THEM ALL BEFORE?”,
(HE ADMITS THAT THE TITLE IS LONG,
BUT NOTES HE HAS BEEN STARING AND DREAMING FOR A TIME LONG.
…[WHAT CAN BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN THAT WHICH IS APPROPRIATE?!])
* * *
ON THE MORNING AFTER A NIGHT THAT THEY’D SPENT EXTENSIVELY ENGAGED IN
DRINKIN’ AND DISCUSSIN’
ONE OF THE MEN, IN-REFERENCE TO SOMETHING SAID THE PREVIOUS EVENING,
ASKED THE OTHER: “EXACTLY WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY WHAT YOU SAID TO ME LAST NIGHT?”,
TO WHICH THE OTHER ONE REPLIED: “YOU’LL HAVE TO ASK THE ALCOHOL.”,
A RESPONSE THAT IMMEDIATELY CAUSED THE FIRST MAN TO PONDER ANOTHER QUESTION,
DIRECTED TO HIMSELF, (HE WONDERED):
“WHAT DO ALL OF THE DREAMS I DREAM — MEAN-TO-ME?!”,
AND REALIZED THAT THE ONLY FEASIBLE RESPONSE POSSIBLE WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM
HIM ASKING HIS STARING-AT-THE-DREAMS; “WHAT DO THE DREAMS MEAN BY WHAT THEY SAY?”
AND THE OBVIOUS ANSWER HIT HIM SQUARELY BETWEEN THE LOBES:
THE ONLY MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE THE DREAMS IN THE HEAD HAVE
IS THAT WHICH RESULTS FOR OUR LIFE LONG HABIT OF PASSIVELY
STARING AT THEM.
BUT HOW CAN “STARING-AT”, AND “APPARENT-SIGNIFICANCE” BE SYNONYMOUS?!,
VERBS CAN’T EQUATE TO NOUNS…AN “ACT” CAN’T RESULT IN AN”OBJECT”…OR CAN IT?
WE HAVE IN LIFE BUT TWO CLASSES OF POSSESSIONS: THOSE THINGS WE CAN TOUCH & HANDLE AND THOSE INTERNAL ONES WHICH HAVE NO SUBSTANCE AND WE CANNOT TOUCH, BUT WHICH, IF AT THEM WE STARE — CAN SURE HANDLE & MAN-HANDLE US.
JUST TO HIMSELF IN PRIVATE,
ONE MAN REFERRED TO HIS ROUTINE STATE OF MENTAL ALERTNESS AS HIS: “STUPID — STARING MACHINE.”
A NAME HE DID NOT CONSIDER INSULTING, BUT RATHER — EXEMPLARY. AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“IS THERE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN: ‘STUPIDITY’, AND ‘HABIT’?”, “YES”, HE REPLIED, “[N THE MENTAL REALM OF THE AWAKENED.”
ONCE YOU’VE SEEN ONE DREAM YOU’VE SEEN THEM ALL
…SO WHY DO YOU KEEP STARING AT THEM?!
AND THEN ANOTHER CHAP WAS MOVED TO WRITE A SONG WHICH HE ENTITLED:
“ONCE YOU’VE HEARD YOUR THOUGHTS SING ONE CONCEPTIONAL SONG, YOU’VE HEARD THEM ALL
…AND TALK ABOUT COINCIDENCE!,
JUST THEN, IN THE BACKGROUND,THE VOICES OF A CHOIR BEGAN TO RISE UP, PROCLAIMING: “EVER’BODY TALKIN’ BOUT
WAKENIN’ AIN’T GOIN’ THERE…”
WHICH CAUSED THE BOY TO RE-QUESTION HIS FATHER:
“DOES THIS MEAN THAT YOU SHOULD NOT EVEN STARE AT IDEAS REGARDING ENLIGHTENMENT?” “ABOVE ALL, MY BOY — THOSE ABOVE ALL.” HE REPLIED.
* * *
STARING LIMITS YOUR VOCABULARY,
IN PARTICULAR THE PRIVATE, INTERNAL ONE
WHICH YOU USE IN YOUR ATTEMPTED COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOURSELF.
THIS IS WHY MEN, (ROUTINE, STARING MEN, THAT IS)
ARE NEVER COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH ANYTHING THEY THINK THEY THINK. — THEIR PERSONAL, MENTAL VOCABULARY IS INADEQUATE.
…THE CURE? — SCANNING.
TIP DISGUISED AS A NOTE: YOU CAN’T BE SCANNING AND AT THE SAME TIME INVOLVED WITH YOUR MIND’S CONCEPTS.
THE WIDE SPREAD POPULARITY OF BOOZE, DRUGS. ANGER, FEAR, PRAYER, .SORROW.,..MOVIES’,
BOOKS, PLANNING. g REMINISCENCES DUE TO THEIR ABILITY TO INTENSIFY MENS’ STARING.
AND ONE LAD NEVER ASKED HIS DAD FOR A SLEEPING PILL, HE REALIZED THAT BY JUST BEING HUMAN & CONSCIOUS
HE ALREADY POSSESSED ONE DAMMIT!
* * *
STARING CAN BE CONSIDERED A STRICTLY,”LOCAL PHENOMENON”
ENGAGEMENT IN WHICH WILL STRICTLY KEEP YOU FROM A UNIVERSAL VISION.
* * *
WHEN ORDINARY MEN GET PHYSICALLY ILL, THEY STARE: WITH MYSTICS TOO/WHEN MENTALLY SO.
* * *
THAT PREVIOUSLY DISGUISED TIP, RE-STATED: YOU CAN’T DREAM WITHOUT STARING.
…WHICH IS KINDA LIKE: SHIT DON’T SMELL
IF YOU DON’T DWELL ON IT.
* * *
WHEN AT REST, INSTINCT CAN STARE WITH NO HARM DONE: TELL ME A TIME WHEN THIS IS TRUE IN THE MENTAL REALM.
AND ONE MAN SAYS: “I’M SICK OF HEARING ABOUT STARING.” THAT’S BECAUSE SIR, YOU’RE STARING AT WHAT I SAY.
* * *
MENTAL STARING IS LIKE VIEWING THE UNIVERSE WHILE STANDING IN AN 8 FOOT DEEP, CYLINDRICAL HOLE JUST WIDE ENOUGH TO HOLD YOU.
“CRAMPED”, YEAH, “CRAMPED”, THAT’S THE NAME OF THE OLD SLEEPING GAME.
AND IN TOTAL DESPERATION & FRUSTRATION, A MAN CRIED OUT:
“DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?!”,…. ALL THEY ALL JUST STARED AT HIM.
* * *
A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“IS WHAT YOU CALL ‘STARING’
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CALL ‘THINKING’?” ,
AND A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE MYSTIC’S REPLY WE COULD PARAPHRASE AS:”YEP,MOSTLY”
* * *
AT THE OUTSET, THOSE WANTING ENLIGHTENMENT
BELIEVE THEY’RE IN NEED OF “MYSTICAL TREATMENTS”,
BUT AS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE AFFAIR BEGINS TO BEAR FRUIT THEY REALIZE THAT ALL THEY NEED IS TO — NOT STARE.
…YES SIR, THERE’S NO CURE LIKE A “SELF CURE”… …SEEING AS HOW ALL ILLS ARE “SELF-INDUCED ILLS”,
AND THAT ALL “SELF-INDUCED ILLS” ARE IMAGINARY. YES SIR, THERE’S YOUR CURE RIGHT THERE! —
— STARING YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE, (SO TO SPEAK).
* *
AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“IF I GIVE MY MENTAL ATTENTION SOLELY TO OBSERVING MY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY,
IS THIS THE OPPOSITE OF STARING?”,
AND A TRUNCATED EDITION OF HIS PATER’S RESPONSE WE ELUCIDATE AS: “YEP, MOSTLY.”
NOTE: ANYTHING ACTIVELY DONE IS THE OPPOSITE OF STARING —
…SAME AS HOW ANY MENTAL ACTIVITY OF AN ACTIVE NATURE IS THE OPPOSITE OF, “STUPIDITY”.
* * *
AND A MAN SAID TO A MYSTIC: “ISN’T THE WHOLE IDEA OF ENLIGHTENMENT,
AND BEING AWAKE, JUST SOMETHING ELSE THE MIND HAS COME LIP WITH TO STARE AT?!”
THE BENEFIT OF BEING REALLY POOR IS THAT YOU CAN CARRY EVERYTHING YOU OWN
WITH YOU AND NOT HAVE TO STARE AT IT.