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THE NEWS FOR MARCH 19, 1999
SO CALLED, “FATALISM” IS THE SAME SORT OF VERBAL REFUGE AS, “CYNICISM”, TO WHICH MEN WHO MERELY SUSPECT WHAT’S GOING ON, TEND TO RETREAT.
THE REALITY THAT GIVES RISE TO THE CONCEPT OF FATALISM, (AS ALWAYS), IS NOT HE SAME AS THE DEFINITION MEN APPLY TO THE NOTION.
IN OTHER WORDS: IF THERE IS ANY TANGIBLE REALITY BEHIND THE MENTAL PERCEPTION OF “FATALISM”, IT IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE WORDS THAT MEN HAVE APPOINTED TO SUPPORT, AND DEFINE IT.
FROM ONE VIEW: IT IS A REASONABLE ATTEMPT BY THOSE WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND, TO TRY AND DESCRIBE TO THEMSELVES A REALITY THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO
DIRECTLY CONFRONT DUE TO THE NATURAL INTERFERENCE OF THE MIND’S DESCRIPTIONS.
ONE MAN GAVE LIFE, (AS HE KNEW AND LIVED IT), TWO NAMES: HABIT, &, MAYBE.
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PRIMARY REALITY CONTINUALLY SPEAKS PLAINLY & SIMPLY TO MAN:
IT IS THE INTERPRETATIONS OF HIS SECONDARY REALITY THAT EMBROILS THEM IN
COMPLEXITY AND CONFUSION. AND TWO GUYS STANDING JUST OVER THERE,BEGAN TO SING
“OH IT’S — DRUGS. DRUGS, DRUGS, THAT MAKES US SAINTS & THUGS, AND THESE– DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, COME TO US WITH BIRTH.”
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IT SEVERELY INTERFERES WITH ACCOMPLISHING, (AT THE MOMENT),
WHATEVER “SMALL” POSSIBILITIES SEEM PRESENT
IF YOUR ATTENTION IS CONTINUALLY ON MATTERS WHICH ARE FAR, FAR AWAY: ON FAR FETCHED DREAMS OF WHAT THE M[ND CAN IMAGINE ARE
SUPERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS COMPARED TO WHAT IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO DO AT THIS VERY INSTANT.
ONE OF THE SIGNS OF UNFULFILLED CONSCIOUSNESS IS THAT ITS NATURAL TENDENCY IS TO MENTALLY DEAL IN POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE HERE & NOW:
THUS A WOULD-BE TRAVELER CAN FOREVER ENTERTAIN & DISTRACT HIMSELF WITH THE PLEASURE OF IMAGINING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE IN THE AWAKENED CITY OF ISTANBUL, WHILE NEVER MAKING ANY EFFORT TO ACTUALLY LEAVE PARIS.
A FACT THAT ONLY PRACTICED TRAVELERS KNOW IS THAT THERE IS THE FUN IN DREAMING ABOUT “BEING AWAKE”, AND THEN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ENJOYMENT IN
ACCOMPLISHING IT. NOTE: MOST PEOPLE ULTIMATELY SETTLE FOR THE FORMER.
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SIMPLE FACT, HARD TO KEEP IN MIND:
FOR THE FEW: THERE IS NOTHING WORTH PURSUING THAT CANNOT BE REALIZED, RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND:
…A REALITY, SEEMINGLY NOT AS EXOTIC AS DREAMS OF THE VAGUE & FAR AWAY, BUT THE GROUND-OF-FINAL-RELIEF ON WHICH ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS STANDS.
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THERE IS A SUGAR SUBSTITUTE WHICH,
THE LESS YOU USE, THE SWEETER IT SEEMS,
AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO SEE HOW A SIMILAR SITUATION EXISTS REGARDING ONE’S EFFORTS TO BRING ATTENTION UNDER CONTROL.
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ORDINARY MEN WHO ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR “INSIGHTFUL WITTICISMS” WOULD NOT BE HELD IN SUCH HIGH ESTEEM WERE IT KNOWN, THE OTHER IDEAS THAT PASS THRU THEIR MIND.
HABIT, CONSISTENCY, SELF-PROMOTION & SELF-DECEPTION ARE ALL EGGS FROM THE SAME DUCK.
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LEAST YOU GET OVERLY DISTRACTED IN YOUR THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE MATTERS,
DO REMEMBER THAT:
DREAMS HAVE AS MUCH INFLUENCE ON ORDINARY MEN AS DOES THE
TANGIBLE REALITY OF LIFE.
…(I FEEL SURE THAT SOMEONE OF YOUR OBVIOUS ABILITY
WOULD NEVER FORGET SUCH AN OBVIOUS FACT, RIGHT?!
….[THANK GOD,(EH WHAT), FOR THESE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS?!, (EH WHAT?!)]
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THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT THEY CLEARLY SEE, “LIFE GOING DOWN HILL ARE NOT SO CLEARLY AWARE OF THEIR OWN DETERIORATION AND DECLINE:
— “SLIDING DOWN THAT OLD SLIPPERY SLOPE OF SLEEP”.
FACT: IF ALL YOU’RE CONSCIOUS OF IS THE THOUGHTS PASSING THRU YOU —
— YOU AREN’T, “CONSCIOUS”! — YOU’RE JUST — ORDINARY.
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ONE GUY SO PONDERED: “IF MAN IS IN THE CONDITION HE IS NOW BECAUSE OF AN EARLIER BITE OF A FORBIDDEN APPLE, JUST THINK HOW THINGS MIGHT BE HAD THERE BEEN AVAILABLE, A FULL BUFFET.
THOSE WHO EMBRACE APPROVAL THEY MAY RECEIVE IN THE SECONDARY WORLD WILL BE ETERNALLY CAPTIVE OF THAT TRIVIAL REALM.
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A HISTORIAN IS JUST A GOSSIP MONGER — ALL DUDED UP.
(JUST AS THE SECONDARY REALITY IS THE PRIMARY ONE — DISHEVELED.
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PARALLEL TO THE COMMON CLAIM THAT:
“HE WHO SAYS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN, ‘HONEST MAN’ IS HIMSELF, A KNAVE.” IS THAT WHICH MIGHT PROFESS:
“HE WHO SAYS THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE “TO AWAKEN”, IS HIMSELF, FAST ASLEEP.
…(THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVADES ME…HOW ABOUT YOUR )
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‘TIS LIVING THAT MATTERS — NOT YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SOME INVIOLATE, SELF-MADE RULES THAT YOU VIOLATE THEN YOU HAVE NO “RULES” OF ANY WORTH WHATSOEVER. ….(WHO FINDS THIS ONE, SUPER EVASIVE?!)
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EVERYONE WHO PARTAKES OF THE COLLECTIVE CACHE OF HUMAN THOUGHTS
COMMONLY AVAILABLE TO MAN,
SHOULD BE LIKE THE CAPTAIN OF A MIGHT SHIP: ALWAYS PREPARED TO — SINK!
….(JUST A LITTLE HUMOR AT THE NON-COSTLY, EXPENSE OF THE MIND….
…I’M SURE IT UNDERSTANDS AND IS NOT OFFENDED…WOULDN’T YOU THINK?!)
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OUT IN THE ROUTINE WORLD, THERE IS PROBABLY NOTHING MORE ENCOURAGING THAN
TO FIND A MAN WITH A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF YEARS ON HIM WHO IS NOT PISSED —
— NOT ANGRY OR DISAPPOINTED WITH LIFE …(ARE YOU SUCH A MAN?!)
ONE MAN SAYS HE TRIES TO CONSTANTLY FEEL THE BREATH OF DEATH ON HIS BACK
<99040-4 AND TO SEE AHEAD, A VAST, OPEN EXPANSE OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.
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A KID COMPLAINED:
“IF YOU DON’T EAT ENOUGH, YOUR STOMACH ACHES,
AND IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH, YOUR STOMACH ACHES
….YOU KNOW, I’M GLAD I’M NOT INVOLVED IN THE ATTEMPT TO FREE MY ATTENTION AND WAKE UP.”
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EN HIS YARD,
ONE MAN WOULD ALLOW ONLY TWO TYPES OF ITEMS:
THOSE THAT WERE USEFUL,
AND THOSE HE FOUND ENTERTAINING & ATTRACTIVE —
— BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE IS THAT
HE HAS MADE THIS DECISION CONSCIOUSLY….VIA HIS OWN, EMPTY — YARD ATTENTION.
EQUESTRIAN ALTERNATIVE, (IF YOU INSIST):
BEFORE YOU “SADDLE UP” AND RIDE OFF ON YOUR DREAMS,
INSPECT THAT HORSE CLOSELY….GO OVER THAT MENTAL MOUNT,”IN DETAIL”:
WHAT SORT OF DUNCE WILL GO OFF ON A JAUNT — IGNORANT OF
THE MEANS OF CONVEYANCE?!
AS ALWAYS & FOREVER, (I REMIND YOU YET AGAIN):
IN THE
SECONDARY ACTIVITIES
AVAILABLE TO THE MIND,
IT IS NEVER AN OBJECTIVE MATTER OF SOME OF THEM BEING APPROPRIATE,& OTHERS NOT:
NO, IT IS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF YOU SEEING THEM ALL FOR WHAT THEY ARE, OR NOT.
ADDITIONAL METAPHORICAL SYRUP ON THIS ALLEGORICAL SUNDAE:
THERE ARE WHAT SEEM TO BE, “POISONS” i
WHICH CAN SAFELY BE CONSUMED — IF YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR NATURE & SUBSTANCE.
‘TIS ONLY EN A WORLD AS STRANGE AS MAN’S SECONDARY ONE THAT THE THING THAT IS POISONING YOU
IS ALSO– IN POTENTIAL —
ITS OWN ANTIDOTE.
OH OKAY, IF IT’LL MAKE YOU HAPPY: EVERYONE JOIN HANDS AND WE’LL SING AGAIN: “THOUGHTS GIVETH, AND — THOUGHTS TAKETH AWAY — YES: THOUGHTS GIVETH, AND — THOUGHTS TAKETH AWAY — OH:
THOUGHTS GIVETH, AND — THOUGHTS TAKETH AWAY SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?!”
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AND ONE MAN WROTE TO THE PAPER’S, “MYSTICAL MANNERS” EDITOR AND ASKED: “SHOULD I BE TRYING TO KICK THE MIND OUT OF THE HOUSE,
OR TRYING TO BE RID OF THOUGHTS?! WHICH IS IT?”,
“ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.”, THE COLUMNIST REPLIED.
NOTE: IN AN “IMAGINARY CONFLICT”,ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO SELECT AN – INCORRECT FOE.
NOTE-NOTE: ONCE YOU BEGIN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT “TRYING TO AWAKEN” IS
ACTUALLY ALL ABOUT,
YOU’LL BE PLEASED TO DISCOVER THAT,
IN PURSUING THIS OUT-OF-THE-ORDINARY-AIM”
YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A MIS-STEP:
ONCE YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF, WHERE YOU’RE GOING,
(WHICH IS TO AN INTERNAL PLACE WHEREIN THOUGHTS REALIZE THEMSELVES,
AND THUS, CONSUME THEMSELVES),
YOU FIND THAT ANY MOVE YOU MAKE,
IN ANY DIRECTION, (AWAY FROM WHERE YOU NATURALLY ARE),
IS A — PROPER MOVE.
THERE ARE A MILLION WAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY SLEEP, AND NONE TO AWAKEN WHICH ARE FAILURES.
THE TRULY GREAT THING ABOUT FINALLY UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENCE OF WHAT
THIS SORT OF ACTIVITY IS ACTUALLY ALL ABOUT
IS IN REALIZING THAT,
ONCE YOU’RE IN IT — UP TO YOUR MENTAL EYE BALLS — AND YOU’RE STILL BREATHING, “FAILURE” OF ANY KIND IS NOT POSSIBLE, (TO WIT): IF YOU’RE ALIVE & BREATHING — THEN YOUR LIVING IS A PRESENT SUCCESS, AND IF ALONG WITH THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE MIND, THEN IN THE SECONDARY REALITY, (WHEREIN EXISTS NO OBJECTIVE SUBSTANCE TO NOTIONS OF: “SUCCESS” OR “FAILURE”),
THEN OF COURSE, YOU NO LONGER SUFFER FROM ANY “NOTIONS OF” COMING-UP-SHORT IN THE — THOUGHT DEPARTMENT.
IF OTHER WORDS: ONCE YOU ‘KNOW” WHAT YOU’RE ACTUALLY DOING, ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO — DO IT INCORRECTLY.
–(SOME RELIEF, HUH” YEAH. I KNOW:
ALSO SOME RESPONSIBILITY, HUH 919191)
…(BY-THE-BY: THAT GUY I MENTIONED EARLIER WHO GAVE LIFE, (AS HE KNEW IT),
THE TWIN NAMES OF:”HABIT & MAYBE”, WELL, ON DAYS HE WHEN WAS UNUSUALLY PERCEPTIVE HE MADE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION THERETO, AND PICTURED LI E AS GOING BY THE DUAL, DESCRIPTIVE TITLES OF: “INEVITABLE — AND, MAYBE”. (HE SAYS THIS IS MERELY A REFINEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL.)
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WHO CAN NOW REMEMBER CONSTANTLY THAT
ALL ASPECTS OF, “BEING ASLEEP” ARE
SKETCHY METAPHORS OF, “BEING AWAKE”?!
….”HOW WEIRD CAN THINGS BE?!”– NO, DON’T SAY THAT, SAY: HOW SIMPLE-TO-UNRAVEL” COULD THINGS TURN OUT TO BE?!
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THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THOUGHT IS — THROUGH THOUGHT,
THROUGH FORCING THOUGHT TO — THINK ABOUT ITSELF
UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT ITSELF LEFT TO — THINK ABOUT. THERE IS THE WAY: OUT OF THOUGHT.
…(SO…NOW YOU WANNA ALL SING A VARIATION OF THAT EARLIER DITTY’7′ OKAY:
“THOUGHTS SET ‘EM UP, AND;
THOUGHTS KNOCK ‘EM DOWN — OH:
THOUGHTS SET ‘EM UP, AND,
THOUGHTS KNOCK ‘EM DOWN — YES:
THOUGHTS SET ‘EM UP, AND,
THOUGHTS KNOCK ‘EM DOWN SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?!”
THOUGH NOW LONG FORGOTTEN BY MAN: THE TERM, “SELF REFERENTIAL”
WAS ORIGINALLY COINED TO DESCRIBE SOLELY MAN’S THEN, NEWLY-CONTRIVED, MENTAL WORLD OF A SECONDARY REALITY.
THOUGHTS, “SET ‘EM UP” — THOUGHTS,”KNOCK ‘EM DOWN” —
SUCH IS THE WORLD IN WHICH WORDS & IDEAS REIGN —
— AND NOT THE REAL, TANGIBLE WORLD IN WHICH WE ALL LIVE & DIE,
AND IN WHICH A FEW OF US BECOME AS CONSCIOUS OF WHAT’S GOING ON AS SEEMS POSSIBLE
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AMATEUR DECEIVERS DWELL ON DETAILS,
WHILE THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL,(LIFE),
JUST WHIPS THE SHIT ON YOU CRUDELY, AND ALL-AT-ONCE WITH NO CONCERN AS TO THE
REFINEMENT OF THE.DECEPTION.
…AND DO PLEASE NOTE HOW ORDINARY MINDS LAP IT UP,HAPPILY & GREEDILY.
(AND DO PLEASE ASSURE ME THAT YOU ARE NOT ACTUALLY AS”HUNGRY”AS YOU SOMETIMES SEEM.)