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THE NEWS FOR JANUARY 30, 1999
A COMEDIAN TOLD A JOKE ABOUT A TRAVELER WHOSE CAR BROKE DOWN IN MID JOURNEY,
WHO WAS INFORMED BY A MECHANIC THAT HIS CARBURETOR NEEDED TO BE RE-BUILT,
AND AFTER SEVERAL HOURS DEVOTED THERETO, THE MECHANIC ANNOUNCED THE JOB COMPLETED
AND AS= HE REACHED FOR HIS BILLFOLDS THE MAN ASKED: “SO, DO YOU GUARANTEE THAT
NOW MY CAR WILL MAKE ,IT TO MY DESTINATION?”, AND THE MECHANIC REPLIED:
“I GUARANTEE THAT YOUR CARBURETOR WILL.”, AND IN THE AUDIENCE WERE THREE MEN
WHO HEARD IN THE JOKE, THREE DIFFERENT THINGS:
FIRST WAS A PRIEST WHO TOOK FROM THE JOKE, AN ALLEGORICAL MESSAGE REGARDING HOW A
MAN’S SOUL MUST BE RE-BELT BY RELIGION FOR HEM TO EVER. EXPERIENCE THE REALITY OF GOD.
NEXT WAS A PSYCHIATRIST WHO HEARD, LURKING IN THE JOKE, A METAPHOR ABOUT THE NEED
FOR MEN TO RE-CONSTRUCT THEIR MENTAL LIVES, UNDER PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION,
SO AS TO ESTABLISH A WELL BALANCED PERSONALITY,
THEN LASTLY THERE WAS IN THE AUDIENCE, A MAN WHO’D SPENT HIS LIFE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE AN AWAKENING OF HIS CONSCIOUSNESS WHO, WHEN HE HEARD THE JOKE, FIRST-OFF,
SIMPLY HEARD A JOKE,
THEN IMMEDIATELY CONCEIVED — “MADE UP” — IN HIS OWN MIND
THE PR[EST & PSYCHIATRIST,
AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL REACTIONS THERETO.
..(IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T YET FULLY CAUGHT ON —
THIS IS HOW IT GOES EN THE LIFE AND HEAD OF A MAN WHOSE CONSCIOUSNESS IS EXTENDED
FIRST COMES THE “UN-ACCEPTABLE — TANGIBLE”:
THEN COMES ONE’S ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATIONS THEREOF:
AND FINALLY ARRIVES, “THE TANGIBLE” ONCE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME — QUITE ACCEPTABLE
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THE GREATER BE THE MISTAKEN DEPTH & COMPLEXITY YOU THINK THERE IS TO AWAKENING,
THE FURTHER YOU REMAIN FROM IT.
THE KEY, MY FRIENDS, IS — “SHALLOWNESS”! —
SHALLOWNESS– IF YOU’RE NOT YET UP TO FULL “EMPTINESS”
THEN LET “SHALLOWNESS” BE YOUR MID-JOURNEY STAND-IN
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WHEN ORDINARY MEN SPEAK, THEIR WORDS ARE MOSTLY ABOUT — OTHER WORDS. LISTEN ONLY TO ONE WHOSE WORDS THREATEN TO DESTROY THEMSELVES, AND BRING INTO QUESTION THE VERY COMPETENCE OF WORDS.
ENTERTAIN NOT, THOUGHTS WHICH SUPPORT THE VARIOUS ILLUSIONS OF THEIR OWN REALITY.
ALL-[N-ALL:
NEVER ALIGN YOURSELF WITH ANY ONE, ANY THING, OR ANY IDEA THAT–PROMOTES ITSELF.
REMEMBER: AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS — THE GREATEST OF ALL CONSCIOUSNESS —
HAS NOTHING TO “SAY”,
EITHER ABOUT LIFE, OR ITSELF:
IF IT’S “TALKIN’ TO YA” — IT AIN’T REAL CONSCIOUSNESS
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AND JUST IN CASE THIS LITTLE MATTER HAS SLIPPED PAST YOUR ATTENTION,
TAKE NOTE OF TWO THINGS: ONE OBVIOUS, THE OTHER, NOT SO MUCH SO:
(FIRST THE OBVIOUS): MEN OBVIOUSLY “MAKE UP” ALL MYTHS AND WORKS OF FICTION: NOT SO OBVIOUS IS THAT MEN ALSO “MAKE UP” — EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CAN’T BE TIED DOWN OR PICKED LIP.
THAT’S RIGHT: HOW OFTEN DO YOU REMIND YOURSELF THAT THE ENTIRE REALITY OF MAN’S THOUGHT DERIVED WORLDS OF NON-FICTION, “SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY, HISTORY,
AND SO ON, ARE
UN-REAL, TOTALLY FABRICATED, WORKS-OF-FICTION?! …THAT’S RIGHT: YOU NEVER REMIND YOURSELF THERE OF WHEN YOU ARE — THERE IN.
THE REALM OF THOUGHT IS A BATTLEFIELD ON WHICH HAS SETTLED A GAS:
TO SOME IT IS A SEVERE IRRITANT,
BUT ON ALL,IT CASTS A SPELL —
IT PRODUCES A DREAM WORLD IN WHICH NONE OF THE DREAMERS ARE AWARE OF THE DREAMING.
FOR THE FEW: YOU — “CAN’T GO HOME FROM HERE” -FOR THE SIMPLE REASONS THAT — HERE IS HOME —
AND THAT IN SIMPLY, “LIVING LIFE AS LIFE” — THERE IS NO WHERE ELSE TO GO.
HOW PATENTLY TRUE IT IS, (NOW THAT I’VE MENTIONED IT):
IF THE ENLIGHTENED ARE NOT YET TRULY EMPTY,
AT LEAST THEY’RE — SHALLOW AS HELL.
REPEAT AFTER ME: “I HAVE NO MENTAL DEPTH — THEREFORE I FINALLY ‘AM’ AGAIN.”
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ANOTHER WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN AN AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS OF LIFE,
AND THE DOZING PERCEPTION THEREOF
IS THAT THE TYPE OF THOUGHTS THAT ARE NATURAL TO THE SLEEPY STATE
ARE ALL OF A SERIOUS, PASSIONATE, AND OFTEN CRITICAL NATURE,
(WHICH IS -“JUST RIGHT” — FOR THE ORDINARY, SECONDARY REALITY IN WHICH
ORDINARY MEN SPEND MOST OF THEIR NON-ESSENTIAL LIFE),
BUT WITH THOSE SEEKING TO AWAKEN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS,
THEIR THOUGHTS, (SUCH AS THEY MAY STILL BE),
HAVE NO PASSION OR SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THEM,
AND CERTAINLY ARE NOT CRITICAL.
YES, I MUST ADMIT, IT SURE SOUNDS LIKE THAT PEOPLE WITH AN AWAKENED, AND CLEAR AWARENESS OF WHAT, “BEING ALIVE” ENTAILS
ARE PROBABLY, (COMPARED TO EVERYONE ELSE),
PRETTY SHALLOW, FRIVOLOUS AND TOTALLY INSINCERE IN ANY DISPLAYS OF
APPARENT “SERIOUSNESS” ABOUT LIFE.
…ONE CHAP IN FACT, EMBRACES THIS PERSONAL DICTUM:
“MY LIVER’S — SERIOUS-ENOUGH — FOR THE BOTH OF US, (THANK YOU).” …(NOW THERE’S SOME BILE AFTER MY OWN HEART.)
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IF “THINKING ABOUT IT” COULD IN ANYWAY, IMPROVE, OR CHANGE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS
IT WOULD BE SIMPLICITY ITSELF TO GET EVERYONE ON EARTH, SO INVOLVED BUT….
…BUT….HOW EVER, AND, “BUT” AGAIN:
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A MAN — YOU HAVE ASSAULTED HIM & DONE HIM ILL:
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOURSELF….WELL, FOR THE FEW,
SOMETHING EVEN WORSE HAS OCCURRED.
ON ONE WORLD, THERE EXISTS A SALVE — WHICH,
THE INAPPROPRIATE APPLICATION THEREOF
CAUSES A CERTAIN, NON-TANGIBLE RASH
WHICH IS IN FACT, THE “PROBLEM” FOR WHICH THE SALVE WAS ORIGINALLY EMPLOYED.
DO YOU GET IT?’ DO YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON?’ CAN YOU BY PASS THE CONFINES
OF THE MENTALLY CONCEIVED, SEQUENCE-OF-TIME AND EVENTS,
AND REALIZE FOR YOURSELF THE GLARING FACT THAT IN THE REALM OF THOUGHT, AND IMAGINATION,EFFECTS CAN BE THE RESULT OF CAUSES, AND DESTINATIONS CAN COME TO EXIST BY NO MORE THAN SOMEONE’S DESIRE TO TRAVEL?!
DON’T COVER YOURSELF IN THE SALVE OF SELF-DECEIT:
DON’T FOREVER FOOL YOURSELF IN BELIEVING THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE AND
AWAKENING OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAN IS IN TRUTH, THERE. TAKE A BATH -CLEAN YOURSELF OFF