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MY NEWS FOR APRIL 17, 1999
A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“WHY DO YOU TALK ABOUT AWAKENING \WHEN YOU YOURSELF. HAVE SAID THAT IT CANNOT BE TALKED ABOUT.”, AND THE MYSTIC REPLIED:
“TO MOMENTARILY SETTLE THE MINDS OF THOSE WITH UNSETTLED MINDS.”, AND UPON HEARING THIS RESPONSE THE MAN INSTANTLY SAID TO HIMSELF: “IS THAT WHAT I AM DOING IN MY OWN EFFORTS TO AWAKEN?”
A MAN IN A DISTRACTED MENTAL, STATE LIVES IN A 2-D WORLD:
REEL IN THE MIND AND YOUR ENVIRONMENT SPRINGS TO LIFE IN FULL 3 DIMENSIONS. DON’T DECEIVE YOURSELF: ALL TALK IS DISTRACTION.
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“WHAT IS AWAKENING OTHER THAN, ‘EXTREME CONCENTRATION’?!”, AND THE MYSTIC JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
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WE’RE ALL BORN WITH OUR MIND, RUNNY: TO AWAKEN IS TO SOLIDIFY IT.
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COMPLAINTS, CRITICISM, CONDEMNATIONS & WARNINGS:
THESE ARE THE MOUTH, LIPS, TEETH & TONGUE OF MOST HUMAN SPEECH.
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A MAN ASKED AN OLDER MYSTIC IF HE WAS ANY MORE AWAKE NOW THAN WHEN HE BEGAN HIS EFFORTS, AND THE MYSTIC JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
PROVERB UPDATE: THERE ARE NO “DUMB QUESTIONS”, ONLY SUPER DUMB ONES. …(AND TRIPLE DUMB PEOPLE WHO WILL RESPOND TO THEM.)
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IN HIS DIARY ONE MYSTIC WROTE:
“TO PROPERLY SPEAK ABOUT THIS EXTRAORDINARY MATTER YOU SHOULD EITHER
SAY THE EXACT SAME THING, DAY AFTER DAY FOR A LIFE TIME,
OR ELSE SAY SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT EVERY DAY.”,
AND ON THE PAGE RIGHT BELOW THIS ENTRY WAS A STA[N THAT WAS A COMBINATION OF:
TEARS, A SMILE, AND A SHRUG OF THE OLD MYSTICAL SHOULDERS
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AN EXCELLENT APPROACH TO SETTING LIP OPPOSITE MENTAL ACTION TO OPPOSE THE RESTLESS WAVES OF COMPLAINING AND CRITICIZING THOUGHTS THAT
STREAM THRU YOUR HEAD IS TO PRACTICE:– UNABATING “CHARITY-IN-YOUR-MIND” TOWARD OTHER MEN’S DEEDS & WORDS.
PRACTICING THIS IN REGARD TO SPEECH AMOUNTS TO YOU ALWAYS TELLING OTHER PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT & EXPECT TO HEAR.
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“WHAT IS ‘BEING AWAKE’ OTHER THAN — ALWAYS-WATCHING-WHAT-YOU’RE-DOING?!”
AND THE MYSTIC JUST SHRUGGED HIS_SHOULDERS.
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QUESTION: HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT YOU’RE DYING? ANSWER: YOU STARE A LOT.
…(GLAD I COULD BE OF ENCOURAGEMENT.)
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“CAN YOU MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE AWAKE WHEN YOU’RE NOT?”,
AND THE MYSTIC REPLIED: “NO, BUT YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU’RE ASLEEP WHEN YOU’RE NOT.”, AND THE MAN WALKED AWAY SEMI-SATISFIED, AND STRANGELY -‘EXCITED & CURIOUS AS TO HOW HE MIGHT USE THIS UNEXPECTED REPLY IN HIS OWN EFFORTS TO GET OUT OF THIS MESS.
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ALTHOUGH EVERYONE IS ON THEIR WAY TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE,ONCE IN THEIR LIFE , THOSE DOING COMBAT WITH THEIR MIND ARE ON THE KILLING FLOOR EVERY FEW SECONDS, (OR AT LEAST AS OFTEN AS THEY RETURN TO THEIR IMMEDIATE MENTAL SENSES)
THUS, THE ORDINARY DIE BUT ONCE
WHILE THOSE STRUGGLING TO AWAKE DO SO EVERY TIME THEY SLIP FROM A STATE OF CONTROLLED ATTENTION, BUT TO THE ORDINARY, DISTRACTED ONE.
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A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“YOU SOME TIMES WRITE A LENGTHY PIECE REGARDING THIS AFFAIR,
AND AT OTHER TIMES, WRITE A SHORT ONE? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?”
AND THE MYSTIC REPLIED:
“SOME OF THEM ARE LENGTHY, AND SOME OF THEM ARE SHORT.”,
UPON RECEIVING THIS UNANTICIPATED REPLY, THE MAN INSTANTLY RECEIVED HIS
TAX REFUND.
AND ANOTHER MAN ASKED HIS ATTORNEY IF HE WAS AWAKE, AND THE BARRISTER REPLIED: “I DON’T HAVE TO BE — I’M A ‘PROFESSIONAL MAN’.”
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IN HIS STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND & GET THRU THIS UNUSUAL UNDERTAKING,
ONE MAN WOULD FREQUENTLY, (IN REFERENCE THERETO) SAY TO HIMSELF:
“WHAT A — ‘STICKY AFFAIR’.”,
BUT AS HIS COMPREHENSION EXTENDED, HE CHANGED THIS LITTLE NOTION BY ADDING
THE WORD, “THOROUGHLY” TO THE WORDS, “STICKY AFFAIR” YOU SEE:
HE OBVIOUS BECAME AWARE THAT IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHT
THERE IS NO SUCH THINGS AS BEING, “PARTIALLY MISTAKEN”, OR, “HALF RIGHT”:
WITH MENTAL AFFAIRS IT IS ALWAYS A CASE OF: “ALL OR NOTHING”,
(AT LEAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE, FLEETING MOMENT).
“SO”, MUSED ONE MAN,” DOES THAT MEAN THAT AT ANY GIVEN INSTANT I AM EITHER: TOTALLY ASLEEP & DELUDED — OR:
TOTALLY DELUDED IN MY BELIEF THAT I AM ASLEEP & DELUDED?”
…”HAH!”, ADDS HE, “BET YOU DIDN’T EXPECT THAT, DID YOU?!”,
AND SOME OF HIS SLOWER WITTED BRAIN CELLS SAID: “WELL-L-L…SORT OF.”,
AND ONCE AGAIN THE ILLUSION-OF-ESCAPE-THRU-MENTAL & ‘VERBAL HEDGING MAKES ITS APPEARANCE. (WAS NOT THE FIRST MAN CORRECT: “WHAT A THOROUGHLY — STICKY AFFAIR” ?!)
A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC: “WHAT IS,’BEING AWAKE’ OTHER THAN BEING, 99055-4
‘PROFOUNDLY DILBERT’?!”, AND THE MYSTIC JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
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ONE GUY FINDS. IT HUMOROUS THAT SOME PEOPLE DENOUNCE TELEVISION
WHILE PRAISING BOOKS, AND DISMISS MOVIES WHILE APPLAUDING LIVE.DRAMA.
HE SAYS HE FINDS IT CURIOUS WHY MEN ARE SELECTIVE REGARDING WHICH PARTICULAR CARS THEY DON’T WANT THEIR DOGS TO CHASE.
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AND ONE MAN MUSED: “PERHAPS I WOULDN’T BE BOTHERED SO MUCH BY MY ORDINARY MENTAL STATE IF IT DIDN’T, SO MANY TIMES PER MINUTE, IN MY CONSCIOUSNESS
CAUSE ME, IN MY THOUGHTS, TO GO AGAIN AND AGAIN
THRU THE ENDLESS AND MEANINGLESS CYCLE OF: BIRTH, DEATH, BIRTH DEATH, AND SOON
WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOT PHYSICALLY PAINFUL PERHAPS,
STILL CAUSES ME GREAT DISTRESS.”,
HERE HE PAUSED AND SEEM TO REFLECT ON THE MATTER FURTHER, THEN ADDED:
“I SUSPECT THAT ONE OF THE SUPREME JOYS THAT GOES WITH YOUR ULTIMATE AWAKENING
IS THAT YOU HAVE THEN GONE THRU YOUR LAST SUCH CYCLE,
AND HAVE DIED YOUR LAST,
‘LIVING DEATH’.”
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ONLY UNCLEAR PEOPLE SERIOUSLY EMPLOY THE WORD, “UNKNOWN”
FOR THE INSIGHTFUL REALIZE THAT THE “UNKNOWN” HAS NO ACTUAL SUBSTANCE, FOR ALL IT TAKES TO HAVE IT REMOVED AND REPLACE BY THE “KNOWN”
IS FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE LIP THE APPROPRIATE, “KNOWN”.
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ONE MAN SAYS: “TRYING TO DO THIS, ‘AWAKENING THING’ IN MY MIND
IS LIKE BEING THE SHUTTLECOCK IN SOME UNIDENTIFIED BADMINTON GAME.”
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TO TRY & PROMOTE HIS ENLIGHTENMENT, ONE MAN LIVED PERMANENTLY IN A CAVE. ALONE,
…HE DID HOWEVER, (IN SPITE OF WHAT I JUST SAID), LEAVE — SOME TIMES
…WELL…ACTUALLY: QUITE OFTEN…IN FACT, EVERY FEW SECONDS, ALTHOUGH, (PLEASE UNDERSTAND), STILL THERE HE SAT — IN THE CAVE.
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“I HATE IT WHEN MY MIND DOES THAT.” SAID ANOTHER MAN, NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS HIS MIND THAT SAID IT. —
WHICH CAUSED YET ANOTHER MAN TO SAY:
“WHAT I REALLY HATE IS WHEN MY MIND SPEAKS AND I,
(NOW HAVING BECOME THE WORDS OF MY MIND),
DO NOT FOR THE MOMENT, REALIZE THAT WE HAVE SWITCHED PLACES —
….NO, WAIT, WHAT I MEAN IS THAT I DON’T THEN REALIZE THAT ‘I’ AM NOTHING BUT
MY MIND HOLD IT, THAT’S STILL NOT RIGHT: I MEAN THAT I DON’T
RECOGNIZE THAT MY MIND HAS MOMENTARILY ABSORBED ME TOTALLY IN ITS WORDS,
AND THOUGHTS NO, THAT’S STILL NOT IT! —
…WELL, I GUESS I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT — DO YOU?
…YOU SURELY KNOW WHAT I’M REFERRING TO AND WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY,
….OR AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT I THINK THAT IT IS ‘I’ DOING THE TALKING…OR
IS IT MY MIND MAKING ME BELIEVE THAT IT IS ME?! NO, MAYBE IT’S JUST ME
GETTING ALL TANGLED UP AGAIN IN THE SWITCHING BACK & FORTH BETWEEN US AH,
FORGET IT — I GIVE UP ON IT — YET AGAIN.”
AMONGST THE ORDINARY: “A CONFUSED MAN IS AN UNHAPPY MAN.”,
WHILE AMONG THE ENLIGHTENED:”AN UNCERTAIN MAN IS — ON THE RIGHT SCENT.”
“YEP.”, SAYS ONE OLD TIMER, “A GREAT THING ABOUT MENTALLY WAKING UP TO LIFE
IS THAT YOU’RE NOT REQUIRED TO — KNOW NOTHIN’.”
…(A STATEMENT WHICH
THOSE WHO WEAR WOOL TROUSERS SHOULD NOT CARRY BETWEEN THEIR THIGHS
IN PROXIMITY TO A FLINT.)
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ONE MYSTICAL TEACHER HAD BUT A SINGLE THEME, WHICH WAS PRESENTED IN BUT A SINGLE WORD, “FUTILITY”, AND NOT A NEGATIVE FUTILITY, BUT RATHER THE OBJECTIVE REALIZATION OF THE FUTILITY OF COMMON MENTAL ACTIVITY:
I.E.: THE FUTILITY INHERENT IN THE ENDLESS STREAM OF THOUGHTS THAT RUN THRU
A MAN AND WHICH GO NO WHERE: WHICH PROVE NOTHING, AND NEVER ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING
MEANINGFUL.
THAT’S THE “FUTILITY” TO WHICH THE MYSTIC REFERRED.
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THE FEW ARE, MINUTE-BY-MINUTE, LED TO THE MENTAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE
BY ALLOWING THEIR ATTENTION TO TRAIL AFTER ILLUSIONARY DESIRES & INTERESTS.
ONE MAN’S METHOD TO COMBAT THIS IS TO: “INTERRUPT THE STREAM OF THOUGHT, WITH A THOUGHT, SO THAT NONE APPEAR AFTER THAT TO WHICH THE MIND MIGHT CLING.”
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A SPEAKER ADDRESSED A CROWD:”THE ONLY WORD NEEDED TO PROPERLY DESCRIBE THE COMMON WORKINGS OF THE MIND IS, ‘ABSURD’.”, AND A VOICE FROM THE THRONG HOLLERED OUT: “BUT SOME GUY BEFORE YOU IDENTIFIED THE MIND SOLELY BY THE WORD, ‘FUTILE'”?!, TO WHICH THE SPEAKER RESPONDED:
“FUTILE, ABSURD — WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?!”,
AND WITH ONE VOICE THE ENTIRE CROWD SHOUTED BACK:
“NONE, EL CAPITAN, WHY NONE, OF COURSE.”
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IT’S TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER:
IF DONE DELIBERATELY — THE SLOWEST MAN IN THE WORLD
IS THE AWAKEST.
…(I DON’T GUESS WE CAN WAIT AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR HIM TO COME GET HIS PRIZE.)
AND A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC: “DOES KNOWING WHAT TO DO CAUSE YOU TO DO IT?”, AND THE MYSTIC GRABBED THE MAN AND SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS.
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A MAN CALLED A “SPECIAL” EXTERMINATOR WITH THE COMPLAINT THAT HE HAD,
“RATS IN HIS ATTIC”,AND THE EXTERMINATOR REPLIED: “ALL ATTICS HAVE RATS.”,
BUT THE MAN INSISTED THAT HE DIDN’T FIND IT ACCEPTABLE.”, AND THE EXTERMINATOR SAID THAT A FEW PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT, THEN THE MAN DEMANDED TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE SITUATION, AND THE EXTERMINATOR REPLIED:”YOU’RE DOING IT NOW.”
..:AND LISTENING IN ON AN EXTENSION PHONE, THE MAN’S BROTHER’S BROW BROKE OUT IN A BLOODY SWEAT AS HE EXCLAIMED TO HIMSELF: “WOW! — IS THAT REALLY IT?
IS JUST TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT YOUR ,’THINKING-AND-TALKING-CONDITION’ ALL YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO ABOUT THAT CONDITION?
….WOW!, WOULDN’T THAT BE SOMETHIN’ IF IT WERE TRUE.
(HE THEN CALMED HIMSELF DOWN ENOUGH TO HANG UP THE SECOND PHONE, UNDETECTED.)
ONE MAN WHO’D TRAVELED AROUND QUITE ..A BIT AND GAINED SOME INSIGHT, WAS ONE DAY
STRUCK BY AN UNEXPECTED ‘REALIZATION: “THE-ONLY PEOPLE WORTH TALKING TO
WON’T TALK. TO YOU. NEAT,’HUH?!”
FOR A MAN SEEKING FREEDOM FROM THE GREAT DISTRACTION THERE IS NOTHENGQUITELIKE
QUIET — — BOTH OUTSIDE HIS EARS, AND INSIDE HIS EARS .
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AFTER HAVING HEARD HIM EXPOUND AT LENGTH ON THE MATTER OF ENLIGHTENMENT, A MAN CONFRONTED THE SPEAKER WITH THIS QUESTION:
“I HEARD YOU SAY THAT ALTHOUGH YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING —
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. HOW CAN THIS BE?”,
“OH THAT’S SIMPLE.”, THE EXPOUNDER REPLIED,
“I UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT WHILE I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING, I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT.’ …AND THE QUESTIONER WALKED AWAY NOT AT ALL SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE…. ….WHICH SHOWS HOW FAR HE IS FROM COMPREHENDING THE NATURE OF THE MIND.
THERE WAS ONCE A SCHOOL WHICH PRESENTED A COURSE IN, “SPECIAL EXTERMINATION”, SAID COURSE CONSISTING OF THESE EIGHT WORDS: “EVERYTHING YOU THINK IS — JUST IN YOUR MIND.”
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A YONG MONK SAID TO THE HEAD OF HIS MONASTERY,WHO’D BEEN ACTIVE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT ALL OF HIS LIFE:
“I GUESS WHAT YOU KNOW NOW MAKES WHAT YOU KNEW YEARS AGO SEEM WRONG.”,
“NO”, REPLIED THE ELDER, “JUST SUPERFLUOUS.”
HERE”S THE KIND OF EFFECT THAT ROUTINE THINKING HAS ON THE MIND :[F THE MIND
IS TOTALLY CAUGHT UP IN THE THINKING: MEN WILL INTENSELY STUDY WHAT HAS BEEN
WRITTEN AND SAID ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT, (LET’S SAY, RELIGION FOR INSTANCE),
BELIEVING THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A MISSION OF “DISCOVERY”,
AND WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT MATTERS PREVIOUS UNKNOWN TO THEM
NOT UNLIKE PHYSICAL EXPLORERS WHO DISCOVERY TERRITORY THEY’VE NEVER VISITED
AND WHO GAIN NEW INFORMATION THERE FORM — BUT — THERE IS A GRAVE DIFFERENCE
THOSE PURSUING MATTERS WHOSE ORIGINS ARE IN THE MIND OF MAN
DO NOT EVER ACTUALLY “DISCOVER” ANYTHING REAL, SUCH AS A NEW RIVER,
BUT RATHER ONLY GIVE OVER THEIR ATTENTION AND MENTAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE
EXPRESSED DREAMS AND DELUSIONS OF OTHER MEN, ALL OPERATING IN A WORLD WITHOUT
A TRUE NORTH, WITHOUT ESTABLISHED TIME, WITHOUT CONCLUSIVE & DEFINITE LAWS.
ALL THAT DREAMERS,(LIVING IN THE MIND),CAN EVER “DISCOVER” ARE SIMPLY:
ADDITIONAL DREAMS.
…DON’T FORGET THAT NINE WORD COURSE IN “SPECIAL EXTERMINATING” THAT I MENTIONED: “EVERYTHING YOU THINK ABOUT IS — JUST IN YOUR MIND.”
“HEY — YOU ADDED A WORD!”
“THAT’S OKAY, REMEMBER: IT’S ALL JUST IN YOUR MIND.”
“OH YEAH YOU’RE RIGHT.”