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WHAT GOES ON IN A MAN’S MIND IS BOTH PUBLIC & PRIVATE:
IT IS PRIVATE IN THAT IT OCCURS INSIDE OF HIS HEAD,
BUT IT IS ALSO PUBLIC IN THAT EVERYONE’S MIND IS BEING FED FROM THE SAME COMMON SOURCE.
THE DREAM-MOVIES OF CONCEPTIONAL THOUGHT ARE INDISCRIMINATELY SHOWN ON EACH PERSON’S INDIVIDUAL MENTAL SCREEN —
— THUS THE CAUSE OF CONFUSION REGARDING WHETHER THE IDEAS PASSING THRU A MAN ARE OF HIS OWN CREATION.
THOUGH WE EACH SEEM TO HAVE A UNIQUE, INDIVIDUAL LIFE
MENTALLY, IT IS BEING SUPPORTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED, EXTERNAL COLLECTIVE ONE.
WE ARE NOT, “WHAT WE THINK”,
WE ARE WHAT WE INSTINCTIVELY, PHYSICALLY ARE,
…WITH THE ADDITION OF – THINKING THAT WE ARE: “WHAT WE THINK”.
A WHEEL HOUSE OF MIRRORS ATOP OUR PHYSICAL SHIP
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WHILE INSTINCT LIVES NATURALLY IN THE PRESENT,
YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS FROM ABIDING IN ANY IDENTIFIABLE TIME.
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ALTHOUGH FROM AN ENLIGHTENED VIEW: ALL THOUGHTS ARE MEANINGLESS, SOME ARE MORE MISLEADING THAN OTHERS, (THAT IS):
THOSE THOUGHTS MOST DIRECTLY FUELED BY THE PASSIONS OF INSTINCT.
IF YOU CANNOT PRESENTLY GIVE LIP ALL THOUGHTS,
AND MUST CONFINE YOURSELF TO TRYING TO GIVE UP SOME IN PARTICULAR, BE SURE THAT FIRST OFF YOU ABANDON THOUGHTS THAT HAVE A PASSIONATE PREFERENCE BEHIND THEM.
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TO AWAKEN YOU MUST THINK ONLY OF YOURSELF:
TO EVER UNDERSTAND AWAKENING, YOU MUST NEVER THINK OF YOURSELF.
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WHILE THE PHYSICAL EYES STARE VISUALLY, THE MENTAL ONES DO SO AUDITORILY.
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THE STRONGER THE SENSE OF “I”, THE MORE DELUSION PRESENT.
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ONE MAN GAVE UP THE USE OF SUCH TERMS AS, “BEING ASLEEP, BEING CONFUSED & CAPTIVE AND INSTEAD BEGAN TO THINK OF HIS UNSATISFYING CONDITION AS: “NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY CALM”.
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ALTHOUGH AWAKENING IS SIMPLE, THE MIND’S EYE’S VIEW OF ACCOMPLISHING IT IS MOST COMPLEX.
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THE ENLIGHTENED VIEW REGARDING THOUGHTS IS THIS: DO NOT TAG AFTER EITHER ERRONEOUS OR CORRECT ONES.
STAND ASIDE AND LEAVE ‘EM TO RUN THEIR NATURAL COURSE:
THEY DON’T NEED YOU ANY MORE THAN YOU NEED THEM.
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT LIFE AND SEE THE “WRONG”, YOU YOURSELF ARE THEN WRONG.
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AS REGARDS THE COLLECTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE CULTIVATION OF THOUGHT:
NO MATTER HOW FINELY GROUND: NO SET OF GLASSES SHOWS TRUTHFULLY THE WORLD.
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ALL DISTORTION IS DUE TO STARING.
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INSTINCT HAS NO CHOICES — THE MIND, ONLY ILLUSIONARY ONES
NOTE FOR THE LAZY AND TIMID:
AWAKENING WAITS FOR NO MAN’
….SINCE IT’S NOT GOING ANY WHERE ANY WAY.
LOOK IN YOURSELF — LOOK IN YOURSELF —
LOOK IN YOURSELF AND LISTEN TO NO ONE….ESPECIALLY YOUR OWN MENTAL SELF.
IN THE END: BEING ENLIGHTENED IS SO-0-0 SIMPLE THAT IT IT TOTALLY ELUDES THE MIND.
A FATHER ASKED HIS SON: “ARE YOU HERE?” — “YES.”, HE REPLIED,
“ARE YOU ENTIRELY HERE?”, HE ASKED — “YES.”, THE BOY REPLIED,
“ARE YOU ENTIRELY HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT?”, HE ASKED — “YES.” THE SON REPLIED, “THEN YOU’VE GOT IT.”, SAID HIS FATHER
ON A SCALE OF: ONE-TO-NOTHING:
UNDERSTANDING AWAKENING IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EXPERIENCING IT.
…ARE YOU HERE?…ENTIRELY HERE, THIS VERY SECOND, AND “NOT STARING”‘ …WELL — ARE YOU?!
(P.S.: THERE IS NO LAW TO KEEP YOU FROM ASKING YOURSELF THIS AT ODD MOMENTS.)
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QUESTION: ARE THERE TWO THINGS INVOLVED IN AWAKENING?: ONE THAT DOES IT,
AND ANOTHER THAT REALIZES IT?
QUERY: HOW CAN YOU SEPARATE THE EAR DRUM FROM THE SOUND RESONATING THEREON?, AND JUST WHERE AND WHAT IS IT TO WHICH MYSTICAL ADVENTURERS WISH TO TRAVEL?
IF TO “BE ENLIGHTENED” IS TO SIMPLY… “BE AS YOU REALLY ARE”, THEN ALL MEN ARE ENLIGHTENED,
WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF ENLIGHTENMENT BRINGS IS THE
UNINHIBITED REALIZATION OF THIS FACT.
PARIS IS PARIS, AND ISTANBUL IS ISTANBUL, AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET: …AND NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL PART.
A TWO EYED MAN CANNOT SEE — ONLY THE ONE EYED ARE AWAKE.
YOU EITHER “FEEL LIKE” YOURSELF, OR YOU DON’T,
…AND THE MORE YOU STARE AT YOURSELF, THE MORE YOU DON’T
HE WHO STILL SEES THE MATTER OF ENLIGHTENMENT THRU A METAPHORICAL LENS
HAS A BONE STUCK IN HIS THROAT….A FINGER IN HIS EYE….AN OBSTRUCTION IA HIS EAR
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WHEN THE DESIRE FOR CLEAR-HEADEDNESS HAS BEEN CALLED, “THE WAY”
IT REFERENCED TWO THINGS: THE WAY LIFE IS, AND THE WAY TO REALIZE THIS.
THAT’S ALL THE WAY CAN BE, OR HAS EVER BEEN.
BELIEVING THAT THERE IS A KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAY, BLINDS YOU TO THE WAY.
THE TRUE “WAY” POINTS AT TWO THINGS: THE WAY LIFE IS,
AND THE WAY TO REALIZE THIS…WHICH IS THE-WAY OF NON-THOUGHT
THE WAY IS LOST AS CONSCIOUSNESS CHURNS.
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THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IS THE SOURCE OF ALL QUESTIONS.
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ONLY THE TWO EYED STARE:
ONE EYE DOES THE STARING, AND THE OTHER ONE PROVIDES THAT WHICH IS STARED AT.
THE SEARCH FOR THE SOLUTION TO THIS KEEPS THE PROBLEM ALIVE.
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ORDINARY MEN STAY BUSY INVOLVED WITH MATTERS THEY CAN NAME:
THE MORE ALERT REALIZE THAT THEY STAY BUSY, BUT FOR REASONS TOTALLY UNKNOWN.
FACT: ONCE THE NATURE OF IGNORANCE IS UNDERSTOOD YOU CAN FORGET ALL ABOUT IT.
ANSWERS MEAN NO MORE THAN QUESTIONS: SOLUTIONS, NO MORE THAN PROBLEMS.
IN THE KINGDOM OF CINDERELLA: EVERY DAY IS EITHER CLOUDY OR BRIGHT, AND IF YOU RESIDE THEREIN— IT WILL ALWAYS BE THUS
THE ENLIGHTENED DON’T WANT TO LIVE EITHER “HERE, OR “THERE”
WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK IS INTENDED WHEN IT IS SAID THAT:
“EVERY NIGHT, IN A MILLION PONDS IS FOUND THE REFLECTION OF THE MOON BUT,
THERE IS ONLY ONE MOON”. ?! — YOU CERTAINLY REALIZE IT IS NOT THE MOON THAT IS UNDER DISCUSSION HERE.
A SLEEPY EYE WITHIN ITSELF CAN A MILLION EYES SEE.
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A MAN WITH TWO EARS WILL NEVER HEAR,
BUT FOREVER — AUDITORILY STARE.
ONE EAR STARES AT THE NOISE,
WHILE THE OTHER PRODUCES THE NOISE BEING STARED AT.
AND ONE MAN BEGAN TO WONDER:
“SHOULD MY COMPLAINTS REST LESS WITH THE MIND, AND MORE WITH THE “ILLUSION-OF-TWO”?!
ONE IS A “SENSIBLE” NUMBER — TWO, FAR TOO PASSIONATE.
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THE SECRET NAME OF ONE MYSTICAL SCHOOL WAS: “YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.”
…AND THEIR GRADUATE PROGRAM WAS KNOWN AS:
“AND EVEN IF YOU APPEAR TO HAVE — ABANDON THE ILLUSION.”
…(INSTEAD OF PH.D’s , THEY BESTOWED, “CLEAR HEADEDNESS”
WITH A MINOR IN, “KNOWING NOTHING”.
…[YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT THEIR DEGREES ARE RECOGNIZED NO WHERE….WHICH WORKS OUT JUST FINE SINCE GRADUATES OF ENLIGHTENMENT NEVER SHOW LIP ANY WHERE
SEEKING A POSITION OR RECOGNITION].)
AND THE “ALL OR NOTHING CHOIR” BEGAN TO HEARTILY SING:
“OH, I WANT TO GO
WHERE YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.”