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THE NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 26,1999
WE OPEN WITH A NEW DEFINITION FOR GOSSIP:
GOSSIP: A REFLECTION OF MAN’S TWIN HOPES THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE AWAKE THAN HE IS, AND SOME WHO ARE MORE ASLEEP.
…THAT’S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE MIND:
IT ALWAYS PRODUCES AT LEAST TWO OF EVERYTHING THAT INTERESTS IT.
…WELL, IT’S “GREAT” IF YOU’RE NOT TRYING TO FIND YOUR WAY OUT OF ITS
CONCOCTED MORASS,
“HELP”, CRIED ONE MAN, “I’M SEEING DOUBLE PLUS — NOT SEEING AT ALL.” TO EXAMINE ANYTHING, THE MIND MUST MAKE COMPARISONS,
WHILE TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS IS TO SIMPLY BE AWARE OF EACH THING AS IT IS
“HOORAY”, CRIED ONE MAN, “I’M SEEING SINGLE AND HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.”
GOSSIP, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY & MYTHOLOGY: ALL REFLECTIONS OF MAN’S TWIN HOPES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE MORE DELUDED THAN HIMSELF, PLUS SOME WHO WERE MORE ENLIGHTENED.
…I GUESS IT’S NICE TO HAVE HOPES
…THAT’S IF YOU’RE SATISFIED TO TRADE IN DREAMS FOR ILLUSION;
AND RIGHT THERE AGAIN IS REVEALED THE STARK DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE FEW WHO
STRUGGLE FOR ANOTHER STATE OF HUMAN AWARENESS AND THE ORDINARY:1
THE ORDINARY FIND
THAT WHAT AUTOMATICALLY GOES ON IN THEIR M[ND
RANGES FROM: ACCEPTABLE TO DOWNRIGHT PLEASURABLE,
AND UNDERSTOOD FOR WHAT IT IS, THE FEW ALSO TAKE THE MIND FOR WHAT IT IS,
BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM IS THAT THOSE ACHING FOR LIBERATED AWARENESS
HAVE AN OVERLOOKED KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THE MIND’S EVERYDAY, instant POTENTIAL
TO BE MORE THAN IT IS ROUTINELY.
IT IS ON THIS BASIS THAT “HOPES”,(FOR THE FEW) – JUST WON’T DO: ANY TIME THAT YOUR MIND IS SWEPT AWAY WITH: DREAMS, GOSSIP & HOPES,
IT HAS TURNED ITS BACK ON THE EVERY-PRESENT POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING AND
FREEING ITS ATTENTION FROM THE COMMON, COLLECTION MENTAL FLOW.
STAND ON YOUR OWN TWO FEET OF LOOSENED ATTENTION,
AND EXPERIENCE THE EXHILARATION OF SEEING LIFE SIMPLY AS IT IS.
ONE MAN HAD SUCH AN EXTREME CASE OF THE FLU THAT HE WAS,”COUGHING UP BODY PARTS” AND HE MUSED: “IF I CAN JUST MOVE THE OPERATION A BIT HIGHER THEN YET ANOTHER ‘PROBLEM’ WOULD BECOME A CONFEDERATE.”
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ONCE HE GOT TO “THINKIN’ REAL GOOD” — THIS ONE MAN COULDN’T STOP.
..(HMMM, I WONDER WHAT THE SOLUTION MIGHT BE?’ HUMMMM
SINCE THE MIND IS INCAPABLE, UNDER ORDINARY CONDITIONS,
OF PERCEIVING ITS ORIGINS,
YOU MUST MAKE EXTRA-ORDINARY EFFORTS ALONG THIS LINE
…AND BY “EXTRA-ORDINARY” IS MEANT NO MORE AND NO LESS THAN:
MAKING ATTENTION THE FOCUS OF YOUR ATTENTION.
EVERYONE CAN BLINDLY SURVIVE IN THE MENTAL WORLD, TOTALLY OVERWHELMED BY THE CONSTANT FLOW OF THOUGHTS,
BUT THRU EASILY EXECUTED, “EXTRA-ORDINARY” ATTENTION PAID TO ATTENTION,
YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF SUDDENLY “POPPING UP ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THIS
MEANINGLESS, MECHANICAL DELUGE,
AND MENTALLY, BREATHING FREELY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS NO WHERE IN PARTICULAR IS CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS AWAKE.
* * *
BEGINNERS IN THIS ACTIVITY ASK:”WHAT CAN I DO?”:
THEN AS THEY BECOME ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IN THE STRUGGLE,
THEY THINK TO THEMSELVES: “WHAT CAN I REFRAIN FROM DOING?”,
BUT THEN ONCE A MORE ADVANCED STAGE IS ACHIEVED,
ALL NOTIONS OF “DOING” AND”NOT DOING” DROP FROM THEIR VOCABULARY
THOUGHTS ARE THE WEIGHTS THAT DROWN CONSCIOUSNESS,
AND ATTENTION TO ATTENTION IS THE KNIFE THAT CUTS IT FREE.
MEN NOW A DAYS LIKE TO SPEAK OF, “PUSHING THE ENVELOPE”
WHICH HAS TWO POSSIBILITIES:
ONE IS IN PHYSICAL “RISK TAKING”,
WHILE THE OTHER IS IN A MENTAL FORM THEREOF, AND NOTE:
MENTAL “RISK TAKING” IS DAMN-NEAR — DAMN-NEAR — IM-POSSIBLE,
AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHY? — WELL, “WHY” IS BECAUSE OF YOUR UNFAMILIARITY WITH
THE NATURE OF THE MIND
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT: THE ACTUAL “RISK TAKING” AVAILABLE TO THE MIND IS IN OPERATING ATTENTION FROM THOUGHT.
.NOW THERE IS THE ENVELOPE PUSHED TO ITS PROPER EXTREME.
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I ENCOURAGE YOU AGAIN TO PICTURE ATTENTION AS THE “TWO FEET” UPON WHICH YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS STANDS,
AND THEN PICTURE ATTENTION ENGAGED IN A RELENTLESS, “TAP DANCING”
BY WHICH ITS FEET ARE NEVER ON ANY PARTICULAR SPOT FOR MORE THAN A MOMENT.
AND IN THAT OTHER SCENE OF A BLIND MAN HAVING A FALCON,
AND WHATEVER THE BIRD SEES REGISTERS IN THE MAN’S MIND,
THEN WHAT WE’RE DISCUSSING HERE REGARDING AN ENDLESS TAP DANCING
IS THE ATTENTION & EFFORT REQUIRED TO KEEP THE FALCON FROM LIGHTING ANY WHERE —
— TO FOREVER:”KEEP-THE-BIRD-IN-THE-AIR’.
NOW THERE IS HOW
TO KEEP YOURSELF CONSTANTLY AROUSED FROM YOUR SLEEP.
TO “BE ASLEEP” IS SIMPLY TO HAVE YOUR ATTENTION SETTLE ON SOMETHING LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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ONE MAN PONDERED:
“WOULD IT BE GOOD FOR ME TO ABANDON EVEN THE IDEAS OF ME,
‘BEING AWAKE’, OR, ‘BEING SLEEP’?”,
AND HE KNEW THE ANSWER WAS THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ABANDON ALL IDEAS,
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BELIEVING THAT THEY ARE ANYTHING MORE THAN
WHAT THEY CLAIM TO BE,
WHICH IS A WORLD PART FROM THAT OF, TANGIBLE REALITY,
…WHICH IS THE WORLD TO WHICH ENLIGHTENMENT LEADS ONE.
PUT BLUNTLY & ANNOYINGLY:
TO “BE ASLEEP” IS TO THINK THAT YOU’RE ASLEEP,
AND TO ALLOW THINKING TO TAKE UP ALL OF THE ROOM IN CONSCIOUSNESS IS TO BE CAPTIVE AND FOREVER DELUDED.
“THANK GOD.”, SIGHED ONE MAN,
“I USED TO, ‘KNOW-IT-ALL’, BUT NOW —
– I’VE TOTALLY ‘LOST-IT’.”
TAKE JOY — THE FALCON FLIES FREE.