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MY NEWS FOR MARCH 26, 1999
IN PROVERBIAL TERMS: IT IS AS THOUGH WE ARE BORN INTO THE PRIMARY WORLD AS SILK PURSES,
BUT THEN THROUGH OUR GRADUAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECONDARY ONE WE BEGIN TO SEE OURSELVES AS SOWS’ EARS.
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UNDER ROUTINE CONDITIONS:
WHEN WHAT WE POSSESS BEGINS TO
OUTSTRIP OUR NEEDS
WHAT WE POSSESS BECOMES A BURDEN.
…(DO PLEASE SHIFT THIS FROM MENTAL PICTURES OF MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
AND RIGHTFULLY APPLY IT TO THE MATTER OF THE THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD WHICH YOU
TAKE TO BE YOURS.)
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IN THE MENTAL WORLD, THINGS THAT ARE ORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO DO, ARE SO
BECAUSE OF SOME INHERENT DIFFICULTY IN THE THING BEING ATTEMPTED,
BUT NOT SO REGARDING THE EFFORT TO STAY AWAKE,
FOR THE REALITY OF WHAT IT IS IS SIMPLE,
BUT ITS EXECUTION IS UNGODLY DIFFICULT.
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WHEN ONE MAN HEARD THE MAXIM THAT SAYS: ” HE WHO REALIZES A NEED,
AND WAITS TO BE ASKED FOR HELP IS AS UNMERCIFUL AS IF HE HAD REFUSED TO HELP”,
HE INSTANTLY SAID TO HIMSELF:
“THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF SITUATION THAT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN A MAN I
MUCH ADMIRED TOLD ME THAT HE WAS BORN IN 1969
WHEN IN FACT THE REAL DATE OF HIS BIRTH WAS 1939.
I SEE ALL OF THIS AS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF….OH, WHAT SHALL WE CALL IT?…
I KNOW: ‘MENTAL PITFALLS’, INTO WHICH THOUGHTS,
WHICH INITIALLY SEEM TO BE LEADING YOU SOME PLACE PROFITABLE,
SUDDENLY DUMP YOU AND LEAVE YOU STRANDED IN A MENTAL, “NO-MAN’S-LAND”.
…(DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS MAN IS TALKING ABOUT?’ )
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RIGHT-THINKING DOGS WOULD NOT CHASE AFTER PASSING CARS,
JUST AS YOUR ATTENTION SHOULDN’T BE CHASING AFTER PASSING THOUGHTS.
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ONLY AN AWAKE MAN CAN, WITH AUTHENTICITY SAY THAT HE DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER HE IS AWAKE OR NOT.
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YOU MAY BE REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE SOMEWHERE,AHEAD-OF-THE-GAME IF WHAT JUST NORMALLY GOES ON EN YOUR HEAD MAKES ALL OF MEN’S ROUTINE CREATIVE & ARTISTIC ENDEAVORS SUPREMELY BORING.
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PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PERMANENT NOTE OF THIS…(OR, PERHAPS NOT… I GUESS WE’LL SEE):
YOU WILL NEVER BRING THE MIND YOU WERE BORN WITH — UNDER CONTROL SO:
FORGET ABOUT ITS
AND MOVE ON TO MORE PROFITABLE PURSUITS.
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AS YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS EXPANDS, THE RELEVANCE OF THE SECONDARY WORLD CONTRACTS: …IN FACT IT MAY SAFELY BE ASSUMED THAT TO A FULLY AWAKENED MAN
THE SECONDARY REALITY, (ASIDE FROM ITS, PERHAPS,
ABILITY TO EPHEMERALLY ENTERTAIN),IS SIMPLY — IRRELEVANT.
ONLY TO A GULLIVER ARE THE RESTRAINTS OF THE LILLIPUTIANS SIGNIFICANT.
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IN HIS EFFORTS TO STAY MORE ALERT AND IN THE MOMENT,
ONE MAN ADOPTED A METHOD OF CONTINUALLY Asking HIMSELF: “WHERE AM I?”,
THE QUESTION BEING A CHALLENGE FOR HIM TO CONSIDER WHERE HE WAS INTERNALLY,
AT THAT INSTANT, RATHER THAN HIS ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATION.
AND TO YOU ALL, I RECOMMEND THIS LITTLE, POTENTIALLY USEFUL DEVICE:
SIMPLY ASK YOURSELF, AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN REMEMBER TO DO SO: “WHERE AM I?”
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THE PRIMARY REALITY RESTRAINS MEN BY THE, “NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS” – BY NATURE
WHILE THE SECONDARY REALITY RESTRAINS MEN VIA WHAT SEEMS TO BE,THEIR,
“COMMON AGREEMENT” — CIVILIZATION.
NOW — WHAT SPECIFICALLY
RESTRAINS YOU FROM BEING CONSTANTLY CONSCIOUS OF YOURSELF,
OF THE TIME, AND OF
WHERE YOU ARE??
ONLY A CINDERELLA CANNOT GO TO THE BALL BECAUSE OF A MISSING GLASS SLIPPER. …WHAT IS IT SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU ARE MISSING — RIGHT THIS INSTANT -THAT KEEPS YOU TIED DOWN AT HOME AND AWAY FROM THE FESTIVITIES?!
(HINT: THE ONLY AUTHORITATIVE ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION REGARDING MATTERS THAT EXIST ONLY IN MAN’S MENTALLY-CONCEIVED, SECONDARY WORLD IS — NO RESPONSE.)
ONLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE TALE
WILL A GOLDILOCKS RESPOND TO THE INQUIRIES OF THE BEARS.
…FOR THOSE WHO CONDEMN SEXUAL SELF-STIMULATION,
LET THEM TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO HOW MAN’S MIND KEEPS ITSELF ENTERTAINED, AND
ACTIVE.
EXTERNAL TO MAN, THE PRIMARY WORLD PROVIDES ALL NEEDED STIMULATION: INTERNAL TO MAN, THE MIND MUST CONTINUALLY CREATE AND RE-CREATE ITS OWN. THIS IS SIMPLY HOW THINGS ARE, AND AN AWAKENED MAN SIMPLY REALIZES IT.
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ONE MAN WOULD PERIODICALLY HAVE THIS PICTURE OF THINGS: THAT THOUGHTS ARE LIKE A HALF-COOKED, RUNNY PUDDING, AND THE MIND LIKE A PERMANENT, UNMOVABLE BOWL WHICH, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS,
IS AT THE MERCY OF THE UN-STABLE PUDDING.
…(UMMM, JUST HEARING ABOUT IT MAKES ME HUNGRY — HOW ABOUT YOU?!
…NO – WAIT….SHOULD THAT BE THAT:”JUST HEARING ABOUT
TOTALLY TAKES MY APPETITE AWAY”‘ HUMMM….INTEREST[NG QUESTION,
WOULDN’T YOU SAY?!)
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MEN LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER (AND OTHER PHENOMENA IN THE PRIMARY REALM) BECAUSE THEY PATENTLY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT,
AS OPPOSED TO THEIR DREAMY, SELF-DECEPTIVE BELIEF THAT THEY CAN DO SO
IN THEIR SECONDARY ONE.
IT’S LIKE A DICKENS,
(WHEN DESIROUS OF A MOMENTARY RESPITE FROM HIS LABOR),
PREFERS TO DISCUSS THE FOG RATHER THAN WHAT FAGEN MAY BE UP TO
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
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AWAKENED MEN TEND TO, “SPEAK IN ALLEGORIES”:
SLEEPING MEN TEND TO LIVE IN THEM.
…(I REMIND YOU AGAIN: LIFE AS LIVED IN THE SECONDARY REALM MAKES EVERYONE AN “ALLEGED” VERSION OF;
WHAT-THEY-REALLY-ARE. …AND A VOICE SAID:
“NO, I AM NOT ACTUALLY,’SHAKESPEARE-THE-AUTHOR’,
I AM SIMPLY THE LITERARY CREATOR OF THIS FICTIONAL FIGURE.”
HOW LONG BEFORE YOUR OWN UNENCUMBERED UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR MIND
REACHES THE PLACE WHEREBY YOU CAN CLEARLY, AND INSTANTLY COMPREHEND WHAT THAT TOTALLY INSANE,QUOTED COMMENT REGARDING THE BARD HAD AS ITS, “QUITE SANE” INTENTION?!
FROM AN UN-CLEAR, AS YET NOT, “FULLY-FORMED VIEW”,
THE MIND NOT ONLY, “MAKES UP THE THOUGHTS IT HAS”,
BUT MAKES LIP ITSELF AS WELL.
THUS, WHILE AN ORDINARY MAN MIGHT — COULD — SAY THAT:
“I AM THE ‘AUTHOR’ OF MYSELF.”,
ONLY AN AWAKENED ONE REALIZES THAT THE VOICE SAYING THIS IS ALSO A
FIGMENT OF SOME OTHER CREATIVE SOURCE.
ALL-IN-ALL: THE ROUTINE, MENTALLY-BASED, SECONDARY REALITY [NWHICH MEN
INCREASINGLY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE, AND PROPERLY, “AT-HOME”
IS A LAND CONSTRUCTED OF NAUGHT BUT MIRRORS — AND IN WHICH IS
NOTHING TO BE FOUND BUT MIRRORS, (AND MOREOVER):
MIRRORS DOING NOTHING BUT CONTINUALLY— REFLECTING THEMSELVES.
THUS THERE TRULY IS NO: SHAKESPEARE, DICKENS OR SWIFT SAVE IN THE SECONDARY REALITY, WHEREIN THEY ARE AS FICTIONAL AS THE CHARACTERS THEY CREATE.
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TO, “BE ASLEEP” IS NO MORE THAN TO ACCEPT THE”ALLEGED VERSION” OF YOURSELF AS DEFINITIVE, WHILE TO, “BE AWAKE” IS TO SEE —
— AND BE SATISFIED WITH — WHAT YOU TANGIBLY ARE.
JUST THINK, (ALL YOU DREAMERS OF ISTANBUL), HOW NICE, AND WHAT A RELIEF IT WILL BE
WHEN YOU FINALLY REALIZE THAT:
PARIS IS WHERE YOU REALLY BELONG.
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ONCE, (WHILE GIVING SOME MOMENTARY NOTICE TO THE MATTERS OF
COMMERCE & FINANCING),
ONE MAN SUDDENLY PICTURED, “CASH PAYMENTS” AS BEING LIKE, “REAL TIME”
IN THE PRIMARY WORLD, AND, “CREDIT” BEING “IMAGINARY TIME” IN THE SECONDARY ONE –
— AND THAT HIS EFFORTS TO,”HOLD-HIS-ATTENTION-IN-HIS-OWN-HANDS” WAS LIKE,
“CASH PAYMENTS”,
AND HIS LAPSES IN DOING SO WERE LIKE EXTENDING UNLIMITED “CREDIT” TO:
UNCERTAIN, AND TOTALLY, “UNSECURED” DEBTORS.
…”WHAT A THOROUGHLY FOOLISH WAY IN WHICH TO TRANSACT BUSINESS.” HE MUSED.
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SIN RE: IMAGINARY-CERTAINTY, REALITY, AND THE PLACE OF THE MIND:
IN THE SECONDARY WORLD YOU CAN NEVER BE “CORRECT” WITHOUT THE USE OF THOUGHT, WHILE IN THE REAL WORLD YOU CAN NEVER BE CORRECT WHILE THOUGHT IS PRESENT.
…AND ONE MAN TURNED TO THE FIGURE NEXT TO HIM AND ASKED: “HOW DO YOU — GET OUT OF HERE?”, AND THE FIGURE REPLIED:
“DON’T ASK ME — I’M A MIRROR BORN AND — STUCK HERE.”
YOU GOING ALONG WITH THE NATURAL SENSATION THAT, “YOU” ARE STRUGGLING TO
AWAKEN YOUR “CONSCIOUS” AND THAT THEY, (BY DEFINITION OF WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED) ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS,
IS WHAT WILL KEEP YOU FEELING AS THOUGH, “PROGRESS” IN THIS ENDEAVOR IS THE, “MOTHER OF ALL” — SLIPPERY SLOPES.
A MAN ENLIGHTENED, AND, “OUT IN THE OPEN” WILL DEMAND OF ALL INTERNAL MIRRORS THAT THEY BE ABLE TO:”KICK THEIR OWN ASS”, AND ONLY WHEN THEY CAN DO SO HAVE THEY PAID THE FAIR RENT DUE HIM FOR THEIR RESIDENCE WITHIN HIM.
PROVERB CORRECTION FOR THOSE:”COMING-OUT-OF-THE-FOG”:
THE “KNOWING MAN” NOT ONLY INTENDS-TO, “THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER BUT ALSO WISHES TO DISPOSE OF THE BASIN WHICH HELD THEM, AS WELL.
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THE UN-FAIRNESS, (OR SHOULD THAT BE: FAIRNESS), OF IT ALL (?!?):
IN THE SECONDARY WORLD ARE ALWAYS, SECOND, THIRD,FOURTH-&-MORE, “CHANCES”, WHILE IN THE PR[MARY REALM, EVEN SECOND ONES ARE A RARITY.
…(OKAY, I ASK YOU: SHOULD THIS BE LISTED UNDER: FAIRNESS, OR: UN-FAIRNESS, [YOUR ANSWER OF COURSE, WILL DEPEND ON HOW AWAKE YOU ARE].)
EVERYTHING THAT PRESENTS ITSELF IN THE WORLD OF SECONDARY REALITY IS A PRETEXT FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS.
ONE MAN MUSED:
“WHERE OTHERS SEE: GODS, DEMONS AND GHOSTS,
I SEE THE HUMAN MIND AT WORK
…WHAT IS IT THAT STOPS THEM FROM A LIKEWISE, TRUTHFUL VIEW?!”, AND AS HE PONDERS THIS SEEMINGLY, SIMPLE QUESTION,
HE UNKNOWINGLY MEASURES THE EXTENT OF HIS OWN SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS.
TO BELIEVE THAT YOU,”WEIGH SERIOUSLY” THE STUPIDITY OF OTHERS
IS TO UNWITTINGLY “PUT A THUMB” ON YOUR OWN SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE.
ONLY FOOLS CRITICIZE OTHER FOOLS: …ONLY FOOLS CRITICIZE.
(IN AN ENLIGHTENED MAN’S DICTIONARY, “CRITICISM” IS NOTED AS A SYNONYM FOR, “LACK-OF-UNDERSTANDING”.
…AND IN A TOTALLY UNRELATED WAY: WHAT EXPLANATION HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN TO YOUR MOTHER ABOUT CONCERNING YOUR CRITICISM OF YOURSELF?!)
A MAN, WHO DURING A ROUTINE EXAMINATION WAS FOUND TO HAVE A POTENTIALLY FATAL ILLNESS, AND WHO, WHEN HE NOTED THAT HE’D HAD NO DISCOMFORTING SYMPTOMS WAS TOLD THAT SUCH WAS THE NATURE OF THE ILLNESS, THOUGHT TO HIMSELF: “HOW MUCH THIS IS LIKE HOW IT IS WHEN YOU’RE ASLEEP AND NOT AWARE OF IT.”
QUESTION: EXACTLY WHAT DOES THE TERM — AND THE REALITY OF, “BEING ASLEEP” MEAN TO YOU PERSONALLY AT THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU’RE NOT AWAKE?!
WHEN ONE MAN WOULD LOOK AT HIMSELF — IN THE “RIGHT LIGHT” —
HE WOULD FEEL THAT: “ALTHOUGH I AM AS ASLEEP AS THOSE MOST ASLEEP, AND AM ALSO AS AWAKE AS SEEMS POSSIBLE FOR ME
EACH TIME I AROUSE MYSELF.”
ONLY A LIBERATED MAN GENUINELY DOES NOT NOT WHETHER HE IS — FREE OR NOT. …(DOES ANYONE FINALLY SEE HOW SUCH A NOTION IS TRYING ITS DAMNEDEST TO POINT
YOU TO A DIRECT VIEWING OF THE MIND?!)