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99015-1
THE NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 1, 1999
WHILE OBSERVING SOME CURTAINS BY A FURNACE VENT WHOSE BOTTOMS WERE BEING
BOUNCED ABOUT BY THE BLOW, A MAN SAID TO HIMSELF:
“SINCE HOT AIR IS KNOWN TO MAKE THINGS RISE,
WHY DOESN’T MY TALK TO MYSELF REGARDING RAISING MY CONSCIOUSNESS HAVE MORE EFFECT?”
THINKING ABOUT BEING CLEAR-HEADED IS AKIN TO TRYING TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU’VE PUT YOUR FOOT ON.
…FOR THE SUPER PERCEPTIVE, I’LL FURTHER POINT OUT THIS:
THINKING ABOUT BEING AWAKENED IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS IS “AKIN” TO EVERYTHING —
EVERYTHING ELSE POSSIBLE IN THE REALM OF THOUGHT, THAT IS
SINCE ALL THOUGHTS ARE EQUAL IN THEIR SUBSTANCE, THAT IS
IN THE ACTUAL MATTER OF THEIR REALITY AS OPPOSED TO THEIR ACCEPTED APPEARANCE.
IF THERE DID EXIST, SOME “THOUGHT” THAT WAS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE AWAKENING OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS,
THEN SUCH A “THOUGHT” WOULD, BY ITS VERY, NON-MENTAL ESSENCE:
BE TOTALLY OUTSIDE ANY POSSIBLE DEFINITION OR CONCEPTION OF, “THOUGHT”.
YOU SEE, ULTIMATELY THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE EFFORT TO ACHIEVE SO-CALLED, AWAKENING, OR ENLIGHTENMENT, ETC., SO FASCINATING
FOR IT IS A GAME THAT CAN ONLY BE PLAYED ON ITS OWN HOME FIELD,
THE DOING OF WHICH LITERALLY PRECLUDES ANY CHANCE FOR A WIN.
…IF SUCH A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES DOESN’T HAVE, “SPELLBINDING” WRITTEN ALL OVER IT, THEN I’LL EAT A FOOTBALL FOR LUNCH.
I CAN ONLY SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE NORMALLY UNRECOGNIZED BASIS FOR CALLING EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE AN ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS BY THE SUCH NAMES AS:
“THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM” ,
IS BECAUSE NO SUCH THING AS TRUE FREEDOM ACTUALLY EXISTS IN THE REALITY IN WHICH MEN, IN THIS PARTICULAR UNIVERSE, PERCEIVE THEMSELVES TO LIVE
THAT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY REAL AND :[N PLAIN SIGHT,
ORDINARY MEN FIND BORING AND OF NO SIGNIFICANCE,
WHILE IMAGINARY THINGS THEIR OWN THOUGHTS HAVE TOTALLY CREATED,
THEY FIND CAPTIVATING AND ASCRIBE TO THEM AN ENDLESS STRING OF EQUALLY,
ILLUSIONARY, EXTRA-ORDINARY POWERS AND ATTRIBUTES.
IT REQUIRES AN AWAKENED CONSCIOUS OF LIFE TO AGAIN BE ASTOUNDED THEREBY.
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QUERY: HAVE YOU EVER PERSONALLY LOOKED AT IT LIKE THIS:
THAT DURING THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU ARE NOT IN A WILLFULLY PRODUCED STATE OF AWARENESS.
THAT YOU LIVE TWO SEPARATE LIVES:
YOU LIVE THE LIFE THAT YOU ARE PHYSICALLY LIVING AT THE MOMENT,
AND ALSO LIVE A LIFE THAT EXISTS ONLY IN YOUR THOUGHTS,
WHICH CAN BE TOTALLY UNRELATED TO THE PHYSICAL REALITY OF THE MOMENT.
SUCH IS ORDINARY MEN’S NORMAL STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
AND IN SUCH A CONDITION DO MEN PURSUE PROFESSIONS,
EXECUTE OFFICIAL DUTIES, DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY AND GIVE BIRTH TO THE ARTS —
— ALL IN ALL, THEY LIVE OUT THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES WITH A
CONSCIOUSNESS OF — THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS
THAT IS NO WHERE NEAR COMPLETE.
YOU SEE, THE “PROBLEM” (IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT),
WITH THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES IS NOT THAT THINGS_.7- ARE-AS,-THEY-ARE —
NO, THE”TROUBLES”EXPERIENCED BY THE FEW IS CAUSED BY ONE NOT FULLY RECOGNIZING THAT THESE CIRCUMSTANCES UNALTERABLY, FOREVER CAUSE THINGS TO — BE-AS-THEY-ARE.
…PUT AT A CRUDER LEVEL YOU COULD SAY THAT:
BEING IGNORANT IS NOT A HINDRANCE
AS LONG AS YOU’RE FULLY AWARE OF THE IGNORANCE.
…AT THE ORDINARY MENTAL LEVEL, THIS IS ILLOGICAL AND SENSELESS,
BUT AT A LEVEL KNOWN TO THE AWAKENED,
IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE POSSIBLE IN THIS WORLD.
AS HE ONCE AGAIN, MOMENTARILY WATCHED HIS FEATHERED FRIENDS, ONE MAN MUSED: “IF I’M NOT FEELING AWAKENED — AT LEAST DON’T LET THE BIRDS LAND.”
I HEREBY NOMINATE AS THE WORST ALLEGORY EVER CONCEIVED BY MAN
THE ONE THAT SAYS MAN LIVES OUT HIS ROUTINE LIFE BURIED UNDERGROUND,
FROM THE NECK DOWN,
WITH ONLY HIS HEAD EXPOSED-TO THE LIGHT.
(UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THE DESCRIPTION OF, “WORST” BEING STRICTLY METAPHORICAL)
ON ONE WORLD, WHEN ANGER AND SARCASM QUIT FALLING, IT WOULD BEGIN TO RAIN IRONY.
:..AND THEREON WAS ONE MAN WHO MUTTERED:
“I’M STILL PISSED — THEREFORE I MANAGE TO REMAIN SOME SORT OF, ‘AM’
….(A ‘PISSED AM’, I GUESS….BUT HEY, IT’S GOTTA BE BETTER THAN NOTHING —
— RIGHT?!”)
99015-3
IN A CONVERSATION WITH A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, A MAN ASKED HIM:
“IS ALL THAT STUFF YOU DO – FAKE?”,
AND THE GRAPPER COCKED HIS HEAD, SQUINTED AN EYE AT THE MAN; AND SAID:
“I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE OF YOUR APPARENT INTELLIGENCE
COULD EVEN ASK SUCH A QUESTION!”,
AND A CHAP WHO OVERHEARD THIS, SAID TO HIMSELF:
“WHY DOES NO ONE WHO ATTEMPTS TO AWAKEN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS
EVER ASK THEM SELF SUCH A QUESTION?’
AND AFTER PONDERING THIS FOR A MOMENT, INQUIRED OF HIMSELF FURTHER:
“AND IF THEY DID — WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THEIR ‘INTELLIGENT’ RESPONSE?”
DICTUM # 38/SR-6:
DON”T PICK ON THOSE TRYING TO AWAKEN —
— ONLY ON THOSE WHO’VE HAD SOME SUCCESS
….AND WHO BY NOW SHOULD — “KNOW BETTER”!!
(WHICH MOTIVATES ME TO ASK:MYSELF:
“JUST WHAT THE HELL DO I MEAN BY, ‘KNOW BETTER’?”,
AND THE ANSWER OF COURSE IS THAT:
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY, “KNOW BETTER” — NO ONE DOES
…OR ELSE THEY’D NEVER SAY ANYTHING LIKE, “KNOW BETTER”
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS, “KNOWING BETTER” EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO DON’T
— KNOW ANY BETTER.)
WHAT A WASTE TO,”BE IN THE DARK” AND NEVER BE AWARE OF IT. …(A “WASTE”, I MIGHT ADD, THAT CAN BE DISPENSED WITH.)
….SEND IN THE NEXT DISPENSER.