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The News
THE NEWS: FOR DECEMBER 21, 1998
AS REGARDS KNOWLEDGE, AND WHAT YOU CAN KNOW:
WHAT MEN KNOW IS OF TWO CATEGORIES:
THOSE THINGS KNOWN PHYSICALLY AND NON-VERBALLY,
AND THOSE THINGS WHICH THE MIND HAS MADE UP.
(NOTE THAT THIS PIECE OF INFO FALLS INTO THE LATTER CLASS.)
A MYSTIC OPENED THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS AND A MAN ASKED:
“ISN’T IT TRUE THAT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO ASK?!”, AND THE MYSTIC YELLED OUT: “I SAID I’D TAKE QUESTIONS — NOT BLATANT STATEMENTS-OF-FACT.”
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MIND: YET ANOTHER INTERPRETATION:
MIND: AN INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY WITH INFINITE SPACE IN WHICH TO PLAY.
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WHAT IS WORSE THAN A, FLY-IN-THE-OINTMENT?, A FINER-IN-THE-EYE?,
A BEAVER-IN-THE-BUNKHOUSE? —
— HAVING DREAMS WHEREIN YOU ARE THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN IMAGINARY FUTURE SCENES, AND SCENARIOS.
AS KING LOUIE THE GOOEY NOTED:
“ONE NICE ASPECT OF KNOWING YOU’LL BE GUILLOTINED NEXT TUESDAY IS THAT
THIS KNOWLEDGE INSTANTLY FREES YOUR M[ND FROM ITS MEANINGLESS ENTANGLEMENT IN
DREAMS OF THE FUTURE.
YES SIR”, HE ADDED, “I’LL ACCEPT HAVING TO – ‘EAT CAKE’ —
BUT LET IT ALWAYS BE ON TODAY’S MENU,
AND NEVER, TOMORROW’S.”
ONLY THOSE WITH — “NO ROAD AHEAD” — WILL EVER SEE THE END OF THIS JOURNEY.
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A CERTAIN MYSTIC SO URGED HIS AUDIENCE: “ANGLE YOUR APPROACH IN A NEW WAY: DON’T SEE MIND AS – ‘THE PROBLEM’ — BUT RATHER AS A CHALLENGE…A GOAL, WITH YOUR AIM TO BECOME AS CLEVER AS IT IS.
(THIS IS THE SAME WIRED-ONE WHO LATER ENCOURAGED HIS FRIENDS NOT TO THINK OF THERE BEING ANYTHING THAT IS A MYSTIC’S – “PROBLEM”.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR SKIN IS BEING PERFORMED A DRAMA, WITH EACH PERSON PLAYING THE ROLE APPROPRIATE TO THEM, AND FOR WHICH YOU MIGHT AS WELL CONSIDER THAT
THE SCRIPT IS WRITTEN.
ORDINARY MEN MENTALLY, AFTER THE FACT,
TALK ABOUT WHAT OCCURS AS THOUGH THEY ARE ITS AUTHOR.
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THE BODY CAN OBVIOUSLY BE FUN, AND WITHOUT QUESTION, SO CAN BE THE MIND, BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO EQUAL THEM BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY HITTING ON
ALL EIGHT NON-CONCEPTIONAL CYLINDERS
WITH YOU INSOUCIANTLY ALONG FOR THE JOYFUL RIDE.
THERE SIMPLY IS NO PLEASURE TO MATCH THAT OF SIMPLY, “BEING ALIVE” WITH NO MENTAL QUESTIONS OR RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE MATTER.
ONE MAN’S MOTTO:
“WATCH WHAT YOU’RE DOING — AND WHEN YOU’RE NOT DOING ANYTHING -WATCH TWICE AS HARD.”
WHEN YOU’RE UNCONTROLLABLY SMILING AT NOTHING — YOU’RE GETTING CLOSE.
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THE UNBOUNDED THOUGH CONFINED REALITY OF THE MIND IN A TYPICAL EXAMPLE:
THE PRIME MINISTER DELIVERS A PREPARED SPEECH AND DEPARTS, AFTER WHICH COMES A PRESS CONFERENCE WHEREIN REPORTERS ASK HIS ADVISERS FOR AMPLIFICATION CUM ADDITIONS TO WHAT THE P.M.HAD TO SAY, AN EXERCISE THEY BOTH KNOW IN ADVANCE TO BE FUTILE YET THEY PLAY EACH TIME WITH APPARENT, FIRST-TIME ZEAL.
KNOW WHEN YOUR TIME ON THE MERRY GO ROUND IS UP — COME ON:”FUN IS FUN” BUT DIZZINESS IS ANOTHER MATTER.
ONLY THOSE WITH QUESTIONS YET TO ASK, AND WHO PERCEIVE ROAD STILL AHEAD OF THEM
FEEL — DISORIENTED.
WE’RE — ALL-WHERE-WE-ARE, AND WHEN YOU KNOW “WHERE YOU ARE” THEN —
THERE YOU ARE!
NEW TRAVEL NEWS:
TRAINS THAT STOP — STINK.
IT’S NOT THE SCENERY OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS THAT SMELLS LIP YOUR CAR, IT’S THE STARING AT IT,THAT DOES.
LET YOUR THOUGHTS BE NO WHERE AND IN NO TIME FRAME — [1\1 PARTICULAR.
THE TRAIN THAT STOPS — STINKS.
AND A MAN WHO LIKED TO BE CONFUSED SAID TO HIMSELF:
“WAIT, LET ME TAKE ALL THIS IN AND GET IT ALL STRAIGHT:
AM I ON A MERRY GO ROUND — OR ON A TRAIN?…
SHOULD I SEE MIND AS A PROBLEM — OR AS AN EXAMPLE TO EMULATE?…
…HOW COME I KEEP RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT ULTIMATELY SEEMS CONTRADICTORY?”,
OKAY, YOU HANDLE THIS ONE — IT’S FAR TOO MESSY FOR ME.
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THE INTELLIGENT MAN DOESN’T-,-“THINK THINGS THROUGH”:
HE DOESN’T HAVE TO “THINK ABOUT THINGS” TO BEGIN WITH HE JUST “KNOWS”….
…JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE….ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT HE KNOWS THAT HE KNOWS.
ONCE OFF THE CAROUSEL AND FREE FROM STARING AT THE TRAIN, YOU’LL BE TICKLED AT HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW —
— OH YEAH, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU PRESENTLY THINK THAT YOU KNOW, BUT HEY —
THAT’S JUST WHAT YOU THINK GET IT?’ TODAY’S DEFINITION: THE MIND:
“AN INEXHAUSTIBLE ENERGY WITH INFINITE SPACE IN WHICH TO FROLIC”.
IF YOU WOULDN’T KEEP TRYING TO STOP-THE-TRAIN & MAKE SENSE OF THE_MERRY GO ROUND THE MIND COULD CONTINUE ON IT’S POTENTIALLY, GLEEFUL AND HARMLESS WAY WITH NO SKIN OFF YOUR NOSE OF CONSCIOUS LIVING.
TO BE “INTELLIGENT” IS ONE THING — TO BE “KNOWLEDGEABLE” IS TO SIMPLY BE STUPID. THE CAROUSEL CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND ITSELF, BUT
THE MOTOR BELOW THE FLOOR RUNNING THE THING — AHHH, NOW THAT’S ANOTHER MATTER.
A POEM: “YOU CAN LOOK”:
OH YOU CAN —
LOOK IN A BOOK,
LOOK TO THE SKY,
LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE,
EVEN YOURSELF, IN THE I.
BUT_NO
MATTER WHERE YOU LOOK,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE,
IT’S STILL, “ALL THE MIND”……STILL,”ALL THE MIND”
POEM ADDENDUM: WHY LOOK, SINCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’LL SEE?!?!
ONLY THOSE BLIND-TO-THOUGHT SEE WHAT’S GOING ON.
AND A CERTAIN SUPER ALERT MAN MUSED:
“IF I COULD CORRECTLY RECOGNIZE WHAT ‘THE PROBLEM’ ACTUALLY IS, I WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A PROBLEM.”
THE BODY HAS ITS BREATHING:
THE BODY HAS IT’S BLOOD FLOW:
THE BODY HAS IT’S DIGESTION,
WHILE THOUGHTS HAVE NAUGHT BUT THEMSELVES:
NONE BUT THEMSELVES TO PRAISE: NONE BUT THEMSELVES TO BLAME: NONE BUT WITH THEMSELVES TO PLOT, TO COMPARE, AND TO DREAM:
DREAMS THAT ARE UNFETTERED: DREAMS THAT ARE STRICTLY CONFINED.
DREAMS ARE DREAMS, DREAMS ARE DREAMS,
DREAMS ARE WHAT YOU DREAM YOU BELIEVE.
AND THAT CERTAIN_PERCEPTIVE MAN ADDED TO HIS PREVIOUS MUSING:
“IF I COULD CONSTANTLY HOLD MY AWARENESS OF WHAT DREAMS TRULY ARE I WOULD NO LONGER BE THE VICTIM OF MY DREAMS.”
QUESTIONABLE ODORS
CEASE TO OFFEND
ONCE THEIR SOURCE IS CLEARLY SEEN.
..AND CYRANO CONCLUDED: “I NOW KNOW I HAVE NO NOSE TO BLAME BUT MY OWN…AND FURTHER REALIZE THAT MY NOSE IS BLAMELESS IN THAT IT’S DUTY IS TO “SMELL.”