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THE NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 1999
REGARDING WHAT ORDINARY MEN CALL: “BEING EMOTIONALLY TOUCHED”:
[F WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU SAY IS “EMOTIONALLY TOUCHING” YOU
IS NOT PHYSICALLY TOUCHING YOU
THEN IT IS NOT TRULY EMOTIONAL,
IN THE SENSE OF IT BEING PURE PASSION,
BUT IS RATHER, JUST ANOTHER “THROW-AWAY” PRODUCT OF THOUGHT — NOT REAL FEELING
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WHAT ALL OF THOSE WHO’VE EVER SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE THE “AWAKENING, ENLIGHTENMENT, LIBERATION” ETC.,ARE ACTUALLY AFTER IS A CHANGE IN THEIR BRAIN CHEMISTRY:
TO BE ORDINARY IN YOUR BRAIN IS TO FOREVER BE OF: ORDINARY VIEWS,
ORDINARY THOUGHTS, ORDINARY EMOTIONS AND ORDINARY CONSCIOUSNESS,
WHICH TO THE FEW IS NO CONSCIOUSNESS AT ALL
…LEAST WISE NO CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS EVEN MINIMALLY ACCEPTABLE. (THE FEW SURE ARE A PICKY BUNCH, HUH?!)
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AS LONG AS YOU KEEP-IN-MIND, AND UNDERSTAND FOR YOURSELF THAT
NO ONE WHO SPEAKS ON MATTERS MORTAL, SERIOUSLY OR AUTHORITATIVELY
HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT — YOU’LL DO,
JUST FINE,
AND YOU’LL
HOLD YOUR ATTENTION
PROPERLY IN LINE.
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FROM THE VIEW-OF-THE-FEW:
THE PROBLEM WITH BEING ONLY EDUCATED AND INTELLECTUAL IS THAT, ALL YOU KNOW IS SIMPLY,
WHAT-YOU-KNOW
WITHOUT ANY “KNOWING” OF WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON IN LIFE.
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FOR THE MIND TO BE OF ANY ASSISTANCE AT ALL IN YOUR EFFORTS TO FREE YOURSELF FROM ITS BASER, MECHANICAL AND DISTRACTING ACTIVITIES
YOU MUST NOT BE CONFUSED BY HOLDING TO SOME QUESTION REGARDING THE SOURCE
OF SUCH HELP, FOR IF YOU READ SOMETHING THAT MOMENTARILY SEEMS OF
ASSISTANCE IN YOUR ENDEAVOR, IT IS YOUR MIND THAT THEREFROM HAS EXTRACTED THE USEFUL INFORMATION, AND ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING HOW ENLIGHTENED WAS THE SOURCE ARE ENTIRELY MEANINGLESS:
THUS IT CAN BE SAID THAT THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION DOESN’T MATTER — EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF FINDING AND HOLDING-TO A LIVING SOURCE WHO MIGHT,
THROUGH WHAT HE KNOWS FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE, ASSIST YOU IN REACHING YOUR GOAL–….THEN IT MATTERS MORE THAN ANY ONE CAN SAY.
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EVERY TIME YOU TALK-ABOUT-YOURSELF
YOU ADD ANOTHER “Z” TO YOUR SNORING….ANOTHER MINUTE TO YOUR SLEEP.
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THERE IS ONLY ONE ACTUAL “DISSATISFACTION” IN MAN’S LIFE,
(FORGET ABOUT ANY PHYSICAL DISSATISFACTION,
ALL OF THOSE CAN BE EASILY CURED)
THE ONLY DISSATISFACTION MAN EXPERIENCES WHICH CANNOT BE — MADE-CONTENT IS,
(UNRECOGNIZED BY MOST),
THE DISSATISFACTION OF ONE’S — STATE-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS —
— THE FACT THAT HE IS MENTALLY: ASLEEP, IN THE DARK, AND CAPTIVE.
IN THE BEGINNING, JUST KNOWING THIS IS “HELPFUL”
—
— LATER ON, IT IS NOT ENOUGH.–
ONE TENDS TO GET FRUSTRATINGLY ENTANGLED IN A SEVERE,
“DISSATISFACTION WITH BEING DISSATISFIED”,
THE ONLY CURE FROM WHICH IS TO FINALLY
FACE UP TO WHAT YOU’VE ALWAYS KNOWN, LIFE IS REALLY ALL ABOUT,
(WHICH IS THAT): LIFE IS SIMPLY ABOUT “BEING ALIVE”,
KNOWING AND NEVER-FORGETTING THIS IS TO — BE AWAKE, ENLIGHTENED AND FREE.
BY-THE-BY: WHEN I SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN PHYSICALLY DO THAT WELL CAUSE AWAKENING, THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION: BE GENETICALLY PREDISPOSED THERETO. ….SIMPLE, HUH?!
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FROM ONE OF OUR CORRESPONDENTS WE RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING MUSING:
“I PERCEIVE MY PRESENT PROBLEM AND CHALLENGE TO BE REFLECTED IN THESE WORDS:
‘ I WOULD BE DOING MUCH, MUCH BETTER IF I COULD JUST:
PREDICT, PREPARE-FOR, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INVOLVED WITH ME CONTINUALLY:
“GETTING-BACK-ON-THE-FREEWAY”, (IT GOES LIKE THIS):
I FREQUENTLY, PULL-OFF-THE-ROAD,
I STOP, I SIT QUIETLY, (ENGINE IDLING, VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL),
AND OBSERVE THE PASSING PARADE, AND AM DOING QUITE FINE,
THEN THE NEXT TIME I AM AWARE-OF-MYSELF I FIND THAT SOMEHOW —
— COMPLETELY OUTSIDE OF MY AWARENESS —
I HAVE PULLED ONTO THE FREEWAY AND INTO THE FLOW, AND AM ONCE AGAIN,
DAZED & DISTRACTED AMIDST THE NOISE & BUSYNESS OF EVERYDAY TRAFFIC —
— AND WITHOUT ANY CLEAR KNOWLEDGE OF EXACTLY WHAT JUST OCCURRED,
AND NO UNDERSTANDING OF HOW I COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE IT AGAIN.” (END QUOTE),
…AND I MUST SAY THAT THE MAN’S PICTURIZATION OF THE PROBLEM AND CHALLENGE
IS INDEED APT AND DESCRIPTIVE, (WOULDN’T YOU SAY?!)…. …”GETTING-BACK-ON-THE-FREEWAY-OF-THOUGHT ” …(HEY, HELP ME WATCH FOR THE NEXT EXIT.)
MAY I REMIND YOU OF THAT NEW “TOOL” OFFERED TO YOU RECENTLY
WHICH INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF,.”STANDING BEHIND YOURSELF —
— WATCHING, ALMOST AS IF A DISINTERESTED, OBJECTIVE OBSERVER, THE LIFE YOU LEAD (AS WITH ALL POTENTIALLY USEFUL TOOLS, I SINCERELY COMMEND IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION WILL MOST ASSUREDLY MAKE MUCH MORE CUMBERSOME YOUR: “GETTING-BACK-ON-THE-MENTAL-FREEWAY TO — NO WHERE”
“STANDING-BEHIND-YOURSELF” AS A DISINTERESTED OBSERVER OF THE LIFE YOU LIVE BECOMES THE MUCH NEEDED, “OFF RAMP” —
TAKING YOU OUT OF THE FRANTIC FLOW OF INTERNAL TRAFFIC.
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AT THE OUTSET OF THIS STRANGE & MARVELOUS JOURNEY,
THE MAPS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE PROMISE ARE ALL EXTREMELY COMPLEX & ARCANE: BUT THOSE TOOLS, HINTS, APPROACHES & INFO THAT EVENTUALLY
CARRY-YOU-TO THE DESTINATION ITSELF, ARE ALL PATENTLY SIMPLE & UNCONCEALED.
MANY ARE THOSE WHO BEGIN THE ADVENTURE ONLY TO FALL AWAY WHEN ITS REALITY BEGINS TO BE UNAVOIDABLY MANIFEST.
DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU: THE TREASURE IS JUST BEHIND THAT CAR THAT JUST WHIZZED BY YOU.
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AS CONCERNS THE MATTER OF: “KNOWING THY SELF”:
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE & DISTINCT ASPECTS INVOLVED WITH THIS:
IF YOU SAY THAT YOU, “KNOW YOURSELF” — YOU DO NOT,
AND IF YOU SAY NOTHING REGARDING THE MATTER
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER YOU KNOW YOURSELF OR NOT.
…(I GUESS I SHOULD SAY THAT THIS ITEM CONCERNS THE HUMOR fNHERENT
IN THE MATTER OF: “KNOWING THY SELF”, HUH?! YOU RECKON?’
…SEE, WE’RE BACK AGAIN TO THAT OTHER MATTER I EARLIER MENTIONED,
[THAT BEING THAT]:
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THOSE WISHING TO GET-OFF AND STAY-OFF THE FREEWAY,
“KNOWING” STUFF IS OF NO VALUE IF:
ALL-YOU-KNOW IS,
WHAT-YOU-KNOW,
AND WHAT-YOU-KNOW IS ALL IN “VERBALIZATION”.
IF TO “BE ENLIGHTENED” IS TO, “KNOW THE SECRET OF LIFE”,
THEN THE SECRET OF LIFE IS BEYOND ANYONE’S ABILITY TO RELATE —
— INCLUDING THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS,
FOR SHOULD THEY TRY 10 DIRECTLY SPEAK-OF-IT,
THEY WOULD, FOR THE MOMENT, NO LONGER KNOW IT.
…(NEAT AND NICELY PACKAGED, HUH?!.
[MIGHT I HERE MAKE NOTE FOR YOU THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT CORRECTLY, ‘STAND-BEHIND-YOURSELF” AS AN OBJECTIVE OBSERVER OF THE LIFE YOU LIVE IF YOU ARE
TALKING. EVEN NEATER, HUH, HUH,HUH?!
NOW SHUT UP, AND GET OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT… …THE ONE THAT IS ALWAYS PRESENT
AT EVERY MOMENT.)]