Summary = TBD
Condensed News Items = See below
News Item Gallery = jcap 1999-03-10 (99035) -2330
Transcript = None
Key Words =
The News
99035-1
THE NEWS FOR MARCH 10, 1999
THERE WAS ONCE A MAN WHO SPOKE PUBLICLY ON THAT CERTAIN MATTER OF INTEREST
TO US, AND WHENEVER SOMEONE WOULD MAKE REFERENCE TO, “HIS TEACHING”,
THE SHAKER WOULD INTERRUPT THEIR COMMENT TO SAY:
“I HAVE NO ‘TEACHING’ CONCERNING AWAKENING,
FOR THERE ARE NO WORDS WHICH ACTUALLY TELL ABOUT IT:
THE ONLY REAL ‘TEACHING’ THAT MIGHT EXIST REGARDING THIS MATTER WOULD BE THE LIFE THAT IS LIVED BY ONE WHO IS AWAKE.
BUT OTHER THAN FOR THAT POSSIBILITY, DO NOT DECEIVE YOURSELF MENTALLY —
— THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ‘TEACHING’ THAT BEARS DIRECTLY,
AND ADEQUATELY ON THE MATTER OF CLEANING-OUT-ONE’S-CONSCIOUSNESS.
ANY TIME YOU HEAR PROCLAIMED, THAT SUCH-&-SUCH IS THE,
‘TRUE TEACHING OF THE GREAT MYSTERY”
BE ASSURED THAT YOU ARE HEARING BUT THE SOUND OF A MEANINGLESS, CHAOTIC WIND:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE AWAKENED TO THE REALITY OF THE MIND
REALIZE BEYOND ANY QUESTION THAT ALL’TEACHINGS’
BE THEY ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, OR AWAKENING
ARE NOTHING BUT PURE -.PRODUCTS”‘ OF THE MIND — AND AS SUCH,
LACK: ANY ABILITY TO OBJECTIVELY PERCEIVE AND UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL NATURE OF
THEIR APPARENT EXISTENCE.
A GULLIVER CAN NEVER “COMPREHEND HIMSELF, NON-SUBJECTIVELY”,
NOR CORRECTLY PERCEIVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH HE SEEMINGLY LIVES:
ONLY A SWIFT — THE APPARENT CREATOR OF THE GULLIVER
HAS ANY POSSIBILITY OF UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE AREAS JUST MENTIONED,
BUT EVEN THE SWIFT — THE PRESUMED CREATOR OF THE GULLIVER —
CAN NEVER REALIZE THE ESSENCE OF THE WORLDS HE HAS MENTALLY CREATED,
AND THE ONE IN WHICH HE ACTUALLY LIVES
UNLESS IN SOME WAY HE MANAGES TO “STEP-OUTSIDE-OF”, AND SEE OBJECTIVELY
THE NATURE OF THE MENTAL ACTIVITY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS CREATION OF THE
FICTIONAL — GULLIVER.
YOU DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DREAMS & NOTIONS THAT PASS THRU YOUR BRAIN ARE YOUR “GULLIVER”, AND WHAT MEN CALL THEIR “M[ND” IS YOUR JONATHAN SWIFT, WHO IN AWAKENED FACT IS AS FICTIONAL AS IS GULLIVER.
99035-2
ONE MAN WENT OFF ON A GRAND AND PROLONGED PICNIC:
AND FOR MANY INITIAL YEARS, HE DINED ON COMPLEX, SOPHISTICATED, AND DIFFICULT-TO-PREPARE FOODS:
AND FOR QUITE A WHILE, THIS WAS ENJOYABLE, EVEN FASCINATING, AND MANAGED TO KEEP HIM ADEQUATELY PACIFIED.
BUT THE DAY EVENTUALLY ARRIVED WHEREIN HE WAS NO LONGER CONTENT WITH
THE VARIOUS AND INTRICATE FOODS ON WHICH HE HAD BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO DINE:
UP UNTIL THEN, THEY HAD SEEMED TO NOURISH HIM WELL,AND CERTAINLY PROVIDED HIM
WITH MANY PLEASURABLE MOMENTS,
BUT IT WAS AS THOUGH THE ENTIRE MECHANISM OF HIS APPETITE HAD CHANGED,
AND THAT HIS BEING WAS NOW CRYING OUT FOR SOMETHING NEW,
WHICH, (AFTER A BIT OF STUMBLING ABOUT), HE BEGAN TO REALIZE WAS A HUNGER FOR
“FOOD THAT WAS PLAIN AND SIMPLE”–
NOURISHMENT THAT WENT”DIRECTLY-TO-THE-POINT”,
AND HE FINALLY RECOGNIZED THAT WHAT HE SOUGHT WAS NO MORE THAN —
— THE UNDERSTANDING OF HIS OWN MIND.
FACT: YOU CAN NEVER REALIZE THE NATURE OF POTATO SALAD WHILE CONTINUING TO DINE ON POTATO SALAD.
FACT: AN ENLIGHTENED MAN IS AN UNDER-NOURISHED MAN —
— [N TRUTH, DAMN NEAR STARVING.
…SUCH IS THE STATE OF — WIDE-OPEN-AWARENESS.
* # *
THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN, “GREAT TEACHINGS”, AND SYSTEMATIC DISCIPLINES TO AWAKEN, FIND COMFORT AND ASSURANCE IN THE STRENUOUS DEMANDS AND COMPLEXITIES OF THE TEACHINGS & SYSTEMS, BUT UNRECOGNIZED BY THEM IS THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL IMPETUS FOR THEIR INTEREST WAS A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD & WORKINGS OF THEIR MEND, AND THAT BECOMING ENTANGLED IN FABRICATED PRODUCTS OF THE MIND, (“GREAT TEACHINGS” & “SYSTEMS TO AWAKEN”), IS A SPECIFIC HINDRANCE, AND ULTIMATE BAR TO A CLEAR COMPREHENSION OF THE MENTAL REALM.
PONDER THE TOTALLY UNEXPECTED & IRRATIONAL AT THE HEART OF THIS MATTER:
IT WOULD BE LIKE, ACADEMICALLY WANTING TO STUDY A CERTAIN SUBJECT SO AS TO BECOME “MASTER” OF IT, WHEREAS IT PROVES TO BE THAT SUCH “STUDY” WILL ASSURE
THAT YOU REMAIN IGNORANT OF THE SUBJECT. (NEAT, HUH?!)
99035-3
IN THEIR EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH THEIR MENTAL ACTIVITY
TOOK PLACE,
THERE WAS ONCE TWO MEN WHO PURSUED TWO DIFFERENT COURSES:
ONE OF THEM DECIDED THAT HE WOULD ONLY THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS WHICH
GAVE HIM PLEASURE IN THE THINKING,
WHILE THE OTHER MAN RESOLVED TO ALWAYS THINK THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WAS HIS NATURAL
INCLINATION TO THINK ABOUT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE TWO MEN?! ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH THEM?
….DO THEY IN FACT, BOTH EXIST IN YOU? WELL, THEY SHOULD.
* * *
THE “ADVANCED APPROACH”, (FOR THOSE WHO COMPREHEND IT),
COULD BE DESCRIBED AS THE: THE NOT PLUS THE NOT-NOT EQUALS WHAT’S NEEDED.
(SUCH AS IN THIS EXAMPLE):
THE ULTIMATE,EXPERT’S APPROACH TO THINKING IS:
NOT THINKING PLUS NOT NOT THINKING PROVIDES THE PROPER APPROACH TO– THINKING.
…THIS EQUATION IS APPLICABLE TO EVERY ASPECT RELATED TO THE
TALKING PART OF THE BRAIN.
* * *
IN A CERTAIN REALM, THIS UNRECOGNIZED FACT HOLDS TRUE:
WHERE THERE IS — NOTHING-TO-DO — IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW,”WHAT-TO-DO”. (SURELY YOU SUSPECT BY NOW THE “REALM” THIS REFERS TO?!?)
* * *
LIFE FOR MAN IN THIS UNIVERSE, SEEMS ARRANGED SO THAT FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME HE IS PERMITTED TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS PRETTY MUCH AWAKE EVEN WHILE HE IS MOSTLY STILL ASLEEP,
AND WHILE THIS MAY BE THE NATURAL STATE OF CIRCUMSTANCES,
THOSE WHO WOULD SEE THIS THING ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ITS VERY END MUST EVENTUALLY DENY THEM SELF PERMISSION TO BE SO “SELF-DECEIVED”.
SHAKING YOURSELF LOOSE FROM THIS INTERMEDIATE EPISODE IS A DECISIVE STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FINALE.
99035-4
FROM A MORE EXPANSIVE PERSPECTIVE: TO PROPERLY ENJOY WORDS & IDEAS
YOU RUST NEVER TAKE THEM AS BEING IN ANY WAY A MATTER OF SERIOUSNESS.
AWAKENED CONSCIOUSNESS RECOGNIZES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN: NOISE AND SUBSTANCE, AND NEVER IS BLIND TO THE FACT THAT ALL NOISE-OF-THE-MIND IS WITHOUT SUBSTANCE, OR SIGNIFICANCE.
WHEN IT COMES TO, “WHAT YOU THINK”,
THE ENLIGHTENED ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THE FACT THAT THE MATTER OF, “WHAT” HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
WHAT MIGHT BE LOOSELY REFERRED TO AS THEIR, “THINKING”
ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS:
IF IT CAN BE DEFINED — IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING AWAKE.
…WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER THAN THAT?! —
…WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER, MORE ELUSIVE, MORE OBVIOUS, AND MORE SURPRISING THAN THAT?!
…AND, OH YEAH — THAT SECRET YOU’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR — YOU’RE STANDING ON IT.