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THE NEWS FOR JANUARY 15, 1999
WE BEGIN WITH YET ANOTHER EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY ARE STRIVING TO PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE CONDITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS INTO WHICH THEY WERE NORMALLY BORN:
SOMEONE STRIVING FOR SUCH IS A PERSON WHO,
(OTHER THAN FOR ORGASMS),
FINDS CERTAIN “MENTAL ACTIVITY” THE MOST FUN POSSIBLE.
…(BY THE BYE: [F WE WERE DISCUSSING ORDINARY PEOPLE, I WOULD WANT TO MAKE THIS NOTE:
LISTENING TO ROUTINE PEOPLE “EXPLAIN THEMSELVES” IS LIKE HEARING A — “RECIPE-FOR-SLEEP”.
…WHICH PROMPTS ME TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS INQUIRY:
WHICH GROUP DO YOU MOST ENJOY HEARING DISCUSSED: THE ORDINARY, OR THOSE TRYING TO AWAKEN?
….HUH-H-H-H-H? AND — WHY?!?!)
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REGARDLESS OF HOW IT MAY, FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME, STRIKE YOU AS OTHERWISE: WHATEVER YOU CAN GET FROM A BOOK OR FROM ANOTHER PERSON, YOU CAN “BETTER-GET” — FROM YOURSELF.
TO BEGIN TO REALIZE THIS
IS THE BEGINNING OF UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF WHAT AWAKENING TRULY IS.
ALL FORMS OF SLEEP ARE UNIVERSAL: THE ONLY FORM OF AWAKENING IS, “HOME GROWN”
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TO A MAN NOT COMPLETELY ASLEEP, HAVING HIS MIND DISCUSS THE SUBJECT OF, “THE MIND” WOULD BE THE MOST LAUGHABLE ACTIVITY IMAGINABLE
WERE IT NOT ALSO FOR HIM,
SO DISTRACTINGLY DETRIMENTAL.
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FOR A MAN WHO HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS EPISODES OF BEING “FULLY AWAKE” IT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO EVER ABANDON — BETWEEN EPISODES -A STRUGGLE TO REPRODUCE THEM.
IT SEEMS SO — NECESSARY….S0 WORTHWHILE….S0 INEVITABLE.
FACT 005-1; IN THE REALM OF THOUGHTS, “INEVITABLE” IS AS THOUGHTS SAY THAT IT IS. FACT 005-2: YOU CANNOT, (AS AN AWAKENED MAN WOULD DO) — “JUST LIVE” WHILE YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT LIVING.
A GROUP OF PEOPLE ONCE THREW A MASQUERADE BALL,
AND EVERY ONE CAME DISGUISED AS A PERSON,”FULLY AWAKE”. …CURIOUS THING TURNED OUT TO BE THAT
NO ONE COULD IDENTIFY ANYONE ELSE, AND YET
EVERYONE KNEW QUITE WELL WHO EVERYBODY IS WHO EVERY BODY IS.
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THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO CONVEY TO YOU, AND RATHER THAN PUTTING IT INTO A THIRD-PERSON FICTIONAL SCENE I AM GOING TO ACT IT OUT AS A FIRST-PERSON DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE,
SO HE ‘TIS, (AND REMEMBER, IT’S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF “PLAY ACTING”):
“GREETINGS: TODAY I PRESENT TO YOU AN ENTIRELY NEW VIEW OF THAT MOST COMMON CONDITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS AS IT RELATES TO THAT CERTAIN GOAL WE SHARE.
-INSTEAD OF LOOKING WITH DISAPPROVAL AT OUR CONDITION, RELATIVE TO THE POWER THAT THOUGHTS HAVE OVER OUR MINDS, I SAY THAT WE SHOULD VIEW THE SITUATION WITH GREAT ADMIRATION, IN THAT EVEN WHILE THESE THOUGHTS WHICH PLAGUE US AND CONTINUALLY TAKE OUR CONSCIOUSNESS FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THE INSTANT MOMENT, AND FROM WHATEVER WE MAY BE PHYSICALLY DOING,
WE ARE YET ABLE USUALLY
TO NONETHELESS — GET THE JOB DONE,
(AND WITH NO HARM TO OURSELVES).
JUST REFLECT ON THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ADVERSE CONDITIONS TO SEE ANY PHYSICAL TASK TO SATISFACTORY COMPLETION.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT RATHER THAN US FEELING AS THOUGH WE ARE IN AN INFERIOR, UNFAVORABLE POSITION DUE TO THE MOST FORMIDABLE PRESSURE THOUGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY EXERTING ON OUR CONSCIOUSNESS,
WE SHOULD INSTEAD — BE PROUD — PROUD, I SAY ,
GI= THE FACT THAT EVEN UNDER SUCH UNFRIENDLY CONDITIONS WE ARE STILL ABLE — STILL ABLE, I SAY,
TO LEAD LIVES JUST AS NORMAL AS THE NEXT MAN.
SO, I LAY OUT BEFORE YOU A VIEW OF THIS ANCIENT, REVERED-& EXTRAORDINARY
INNER-ACTIVITY THAT IS TOTALLY NEW IN ITS APPROACH, AND REVOLUTIONARY IN ITS CONCEPTION:
A PERSPECTIVE OF OUR’ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR’ STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS NOT
SIMPLY WORTHY OF ‘SHAME-&-CONDEMNATION’, BUT RATHER A CONDITION IN WHICH WE SHOULD
— ‘TAKE PRIDE’ — REAL PRIDE I SAY — IN THE FACT THAT,
EVEN THOUGH AT THOSE TIMES WHEN WE ARE ‘ASLEEP’, (AS WE CALL IT),
WE ARE YET ABLE TO CARRY ON NORMAL LIVES.
JUST CONSIDER: EVEN WHEN WE ARE IN THAT COMMON, EVERY-DAY, LOW LEVEL STATE OF
CONSCIOUSNESS, VIS-A-VIS MY NEW TEACHING WE ARE ACTUALLY DISPLAYING A STATE
THAT IS SUPERIOR TO WHAT IS CALLED, “BEING AWAKE”, FOR EVEN THOUGH AT ANY GIVEN
MOMENT WE MAY ‘BE ASLEEP’, WE ARE YET ABLE TO PHYSICALLY LIVE OUT A LIFE
NOT DISSIMILAR TO ONE WHICH MIGHT BE LIVED BY A MAN AWAKE.
BRAVO!, NEW TEACHING — WELCOME, I SAY AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN FOR SO LONG?”
…(END OF “DRAMATIC PRESENTATION…YOU DIDN’T FORGET NOW THAT IT WAS JUST, “PLAY-ACTING”?!)