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A MYSTIC SAID TO AN INTERESTED AUDIENCE: “I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU COMPLEXLY, OR I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU SIMPLY:
IF I EXPLAIN IT TO YOU COMPLEXLY,
YOU’LL THINK THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT — BUT YOU WON’T:
IF I EXPLAIN IT TO YOU SIMPLY,
YOU’LL THINK THAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT YOU WILL.”
WHAT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A BEAUTIFUL METAPHOR? — THE OBJECT BEHIND IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING VERBAL PICTURES OF THIS CERTAIN MATTER: QUERY YOUR OWN MENTAL PERCEPTIONS:
IF IT BE MADE SIMPLE — WILL IT BE ATTRACTIVE?
IN THE ADVENTURE OF AWAKENING: ONLY THE SIMPLE SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH
TO SEE THE MATTER THROUGH.
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THE ORDINARY, VIA THEIR CONCEPTIONS OF A GOD, WANT TO “MAKE LIFE PERSONAL” WHILE THE FEW, IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT,
WISH TO RECOGNIZE LIFE FOR THE IM-PERSONAL REALITY THAT IT IS.
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SOME FRIENDS OF A MYSTIC SAID TO HIM:
“AFTER YOU’RE DEAD, THERE WILL BE THOSE WHO WILL BE ASTOUNDED THAT WE KNEW YOU PERSONALLY.”,AND HE REPLIED:
“AND YOU WILL REALIZE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING ABOUT AWAKENING.”
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THE ORDINARY PONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE
MET AN IMMOVABLE OBJECT,
WHILE THE FEW SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT IS THE INEVITABLE OUTCOME OF AN INSATIABLE APPETITE HAVING ACCESS TO AN INFINITE SOURCE OF FOOD STUFF?
SUCH IS THE ULTIMATE QUANDARY IN WHICH YOU FIND YOURSELF SHOULD YOU CONTINUE TO CHASE ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE MIND FAR PAST THE TIME BY WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NATURE OF THE MIND.
CONTINUING TO PURSUE ENLIGHTENMENT
WHILE REFUSING TO FACE UP TO WHAT IT IS
IS LIKE TRYING TO LOCATE A PERFECTLY SQUARE CORNER WHILE IN A PERFECTLY ROUND ROOM.
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THE BOTTOM-OF-THE-BUCKET PROBLEM IS IN THAT
REMINDING YOURSELF,”NOT TO STARE.” — MAKES YOU STARE.
AS REGARDS “MYSTICAL TRAVELERS”:
THOSE WHO KNOW THE ESSENCE OF AWAKENING ARE THOSE WHO HAVE “RUN OUT OF ROAD”.
YOU HAVE NOT YET ACTUALLY “ARRIVED” UNTIL THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE TO GO.
THUS THE CLEAR HEADED MAN NEITHER STARES NOR DOESN’T STARE:
HIS MIND IS NEITHER “HERE NOR THERE”:
HIS FEELING OF”BEING ALIVE”
HE EXPERIENCES PRIMARY IN HIS INDIGENOUS NATURE & TEMPERAMENT —
— WHICH KNOWS OF NO OTHER TIME OR PLACE THAN:
HERE AND NOW.
YOU HAVE ONLY ARRIVED WHEN YOU HAVE — “RUN OUT OF ROAD” AND — RUN OUT OF ROOM. …SO: ABOVE ALL ELSE: LET NOT YOURSELF
BE — DETAINED.
AND A MAN ASKED HIMSELF:
“WOULD MY MIND STILL BE THE PROBLEM,
IF MY THOUGHTS THEY DID NOT LINGER?!”
LET YOUR MOTTO BE: “ALWAYS RESTLESS – FOREVER RESTLESS; ALWAYS SCANNING – NEVER STARING.”
…AND TAKING NOTE OF ONE OF HIS ASPECTS, OF IT, ONE MAN DEMANDED: “ARE YOU STILL HERE?!”
GRADUATE QUESTION:
WHAT CAN YOU SAY AFTER YOU’VE SAID,”I’M SORRY”? —
— THAT I’M: “NOT SORRY”, NEITHER AM I NOT, NOT SORRY.
…AND CONCERNING ONE OF HIS PRIOR CHARACTERISTICS, ONE MAN WAS NOW ABLE TO SAY:
“I’M BEYOND ALL OF THAT.” RELENTLESSLY RESTLESS.
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ONE MAN NOTICED THAT WHAT HELPED KEEP EVERYONE ELSE SUFFICIENTLY PLACATED, AND IN CHECK,
IS THE VERY SAME THING AGAINST WHICH THE PASSIONATELY FEW REBEL.
HEED & HEADS UP: WITHOUT ETERNAL REBELLION
ALL YOU DO IS — ETERNALLY STARE.
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NO MAN IS ADEQUATELY & PROPERLY WORKING TOWARD THE GOAL WHO IS NOT AN “OUTSIDER”- A’SECRET MENTAL OUTCAST OF HIS COMMON COMMUNITY.
TO FEEL MENTALLY “AT HOME” IS TO BE
FAR FROM HOME.
MEN CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN FOREIGN LANDS ONLY BY STARING.
TO “BE ASLEEP” (FOR THE FEW), IS TO BE IN A “FOREIGN LAND”.
THUS, NO MATTER WHAT: INTERNALLY: NEVER “FIT IN”:
NEVER BE COMFORTABLE: NEVER STOP TO STARE,-
ALWAYS STAYING RESTLESS —
FOREVER BEING REBELLIOUS.
ONLY STUPID HORSES, (WHO STARE AT THEIR FEET), WILL CONTINUE TO RUN A RACE
ON A TRACK THAT LEADS TO
NO WHERE.
…AND A MAN SLAPPED HIS HEAD AND SAID:
“OH MEIN GOTT, IT’S AGAIN SOUNDING SERIOUS.AND,MEANINGFUL.”
IN THAT FINAL, FATEFUL CHASE: ONLY THE CLOWNS SURVIVE: ONLY THE RED-NOSED, REBELLIOUS, RESTLESS ONES.
AND INSIDE OF ONE HORSE’S STALL WAS POSTED A SIGN WHICH SAID: “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING HERE FOR?!?”
HELP FOR THE TIRED:
TO “SLEEP ON YOUR FEET”
ALL THAT’S NEEDED IS TO — STARE
…THAT’S RIGHT — DON’T LET THOSE THOUGHTS SLIP BY, UN-USED & WASTED:
LATCH ON TO ONE:
DWELL ON IT
LINGER WITH IT:
TWIST IT – MILK IT — SAVOR IT AND SUCK IT DRY,
THERE’LL BE ANOTHER ONE ALONG RIGHT AFTER THAT.
…THAT’S GOOD — JUST NARROW YOUR EYES:
GET ‘EM CLOSE TO CLOSED:
REAL SQUINTY AND PINCHED UP….YEAH, REAL GOOD,
NOW JUST LET YOURSELF GO…RELAX AND STARING WILL AUTOMATICALLY “TAKE CONTROL”..
…YEAH-H-H REAL GOOD….JUST RELAX — NOW YOU’VE GOT IT.
YEAH — WHO THE HELL
WANTS TO REBEL WHEN,
“GOING ALONG’S” SO COMFY AND COOL?!
…DON’T HOWEVER, BE CONFUSED:
THE ALERT, “GO ALONG” WITH THEIR NATURE, BUT, NEVER THEIR MIND.
AND DON’T NEGLECT THIS:
WHEN EVER YOU’RE “THINKING ABOUT IT” — YOU ARE NOT REBELLING.
AS LONG AS YOU’RE PARTAKING OF THE COLLECTIVE “CLOUD OF DREAMS” YOU ARE A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE COMMON COMMUNITY: …WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STILL PUTTING LIP WITH THAT?!?!
…SHUT UP DAMMIT, AND — REBEL,
(AND YOU CAN’T DO IT WHILE THINKING AND TALKING ABOUT IT).
THRU THE HOLE IN THE “BOTTOM-OF-THE-BUCKET” CIRCUMSTANCES:
TO TELL YOURSELF TO, “REBEL” CAUSES YOU TO STARE AND CONFORM:
SO, (DON’T YOU BEGIN TO SEE BY NOW): NO MATTER WHAT YOU MENTALLY DO,
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH…. HELL, IT’S NOT EVEN IN THE SAME REALITY AS WHATEVER THE HELL
“ENOUGH” MIGHT PROVE TO BE. ISN’T IT NEAT HOW SIMPLE IT TURNS OUT TO BE?