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MY NEWS FOR MAY 17, 1999
A SPEAKER WHOSE SOLE INTEREST WAS IN THAT OTHER-STATE-OF-MIND
IN ADDRESSING AN AUDIENCE, SPOKE THESE WORDS:
“TO HE WHO AWAITS IMPROVEMENT — NO IMPROVEMENT EVER COMES.”,
AND FROM THE CROWD A VOICE CRIED OUT: “BUT THAT’S NOT REASONABLE.”,
AND THE SPEAKER RESPONDED:
“TO HE WHO EXPECTS ‘REASON’ IN THIS AFFAIR — NOTHING EVER CHANGES.
…IN BLUNT OF FACT:
NO IMPROVEMENT WILL EVER OCCUR WHILE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WHAT A FAILURE YOU ARE AT IMPROVING YOURSELF.”
THE ROOM FELL SILENT AS THE ASSEMBLED SEEMED TO WRESTLE WITH WHAT HAD
BEEN SAID, ‘TIL FINALLY THE SPEAKER ADDED THIS:
” A RESOLUTION TO THIS VEXATION IS SIMPLE AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE:
‘ALWAYS THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE.’,
FOR IF YOU ARE SO DOING, ALL USELESS, INHIBITING NOTIONS REGARDING
YOUR FAILURE TO ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENT IN YOURSELF ARE VAPORIZED,
FOR BY — ‘ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE’ — YOU ARE IMPROVED.”
THE SPEAKER AGAIN HALTED HIS COMMENTS WHILE THE AUDIENCE ATTEMPTED TO DIGEST HIS ADDITIONAL WORDS, BUT THEN THE SPEAKER SERVED UP
A FINAL SPOONFUL:
“CONSIDER: WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE AFTER IN ACTIVITY SUCH AS THIS IS: ‘A-NEW-STATE-OF-MIND’, AND THE DIRECT, IMMEDIATE WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS PURSUIT IS TO KEEP YOUR MIND ENGAGED IN AN: ‘ENDLESS CHANGE OF MIND’ — — (THAT IS): ‘ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE’.”
BY NOW, MANY IN THE CROWD WERE HAVING NOTICEABLE DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING,
AND THE SPEAKER CONCLUDED BY SAYING:
“IN THAT SPECIALIZED AREA OF: ‘THOUGHT-&-SPEECH’ IN WHICH WE ARE HEREIN
OPERATING, CONSIDER FINALLY THIS:
THE CLOSEST THING TO ‘SUCCESS’ IN YOUR ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE YOURSELF
IS WHEN YOU CATCH YOURSELF FEELING A FAILURE AT IMPROVING YOURSELF,
AND BASED ON WHAT I HAVE NOTED TONIGHT, YOU: ‘SNAP-OUT-OF-IT’–
YOU ARE AWARE OF THE ABSOLUTE CONFINES OF THE MIND,
AND OF ITS FINITE RESOURCES, AND REALIZE THAT NOT ONLY IS
NO IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE THEREIN, BUT THAT THE IDEA THAT A
FAILURE TO IMPROVE IS POSSIBLE IS AN EVEN MORE GRANDIOSE ILLUSION.”
OUTSIDE THE LECTURE HALL, AS THE AUDIENCE WAS DISPERSING,
ONE MAN WAS HEARD TO COMMENT: “I’M OPPOSED TO EVERYTHING THAV”S’
AUTOMATIC EXCEPT: BREATHING, DIGESTION AND MY CAR STARTING EVERY MORNING.”
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AND ONE MAN OFFERS THIS POETICALLY PRECLUDED OBSERVATION:
“DRUGS, DRUGS,
THEY’RE NOT JUST FOR THUGS.
I LIKE COFFEE BECAUSE IT MAKES ME MORE DISTRACTED WHILE MAKING ME FEEL MORE FOCUSED,
AND I LIKE ALCOHOL BECAUSE IT MAKES ME DUMBER WHILE MAKING TO BELIEVER I’M SMARTER.
WHERE OH WHERE WOULD I BE WID OUT ME — DEAR, DEAR DRUGS?’ ….(ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT PASSES ITSELF OFF AS: ‘THINKING”… …WHICH MAKES POSSIBLE BOTH THE JUST NOTED DELUSIONS
WITH A SINGLE DOSE.)”
ONE MAN CALLED HIS METHOD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF IMPROVED CONSCIOUSNESS BY THE NAME: “NOTHING HELPS.”,
AND WHENEVER SOMEONE WOULD SAY TO HIM THAT IT MADE NO SENSE,
HE’D IMMEDIATELY WHIP OUT A NOTEBOOK AND WRITE DOWN THEIR COMMENT, AND SAY: “HEY THANKS — THAT’S REALLY HELPFUL.”
AND ONE MAN NAMED THE VEHICLE THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO
CRANK UP EACH MORNING: “THE DESTROYER OF: THE-DUAL-DELUSIONS.”,
(MORE SPECIFICALLY: THE DUAL DELUSIONS OF BELIEVING THAT THRU
ANY_FORM OF AUTOMATIC THINKING THAT YOU ARE SMARTER AND MORE FOCUSED. [WITH THE COROLLARY BENEFIT OF BEING FREED FROM ANY SENSE OF FAILURE WHEN THESE DELUSIONS ARE NOT ARE REALIZED].)
XXX
ONE MAN REALLY ENJOYED MAKING UP STUFF:
HIS. MIND ALSO SEEMED TO ENJOY DOING THIS, BUT WHEN HIS MIND DID IT, AND HE WAS THE LISTENER TO IT, IT WASN’T THE SAME FUN AS IT WAS WHEN HE, NOT HIS MIND, DID THE MAKING LIP OF THE STUFF.
IF IT’S AUTOMATIC, IT’S NEVER FUN FOR THE FEW:
IF IT’S AUTOMATIC, ANY IDEA OF IT BRING ABOUT “IMPROVEMENT” IS PURELY IMAGINARY.
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ONE MAN CALLED HIS SCHOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
“INCREASED” CONSCIOUSNESS: “IT’S ALL AN ILLUSION.”,
AND YOUR REWARD FOR COMPLETING THE COURSE WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT FAILURE-TO-DO-SO HAD BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.
EXTRACURRICULAR NOTE: THE ONLY WAY TO PERMANENTLY KEEP FROM,
“MAKING-A-FOOL-OF-YOURSELF”,
SEEMS TO ME TO BE OBVIOUS: STOP FOOLING YOURSELF:
DON’T CONTINUE TO MENTALLY LIVE IN THE EASY-TO-SEE-THROUGH-DREAM THAT THE M[ND IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A COMPLETELY CLOSED & FINITE SYSTEM WITH IN WHICH ALL IDEAS OF SOME SORT OF “IMPROVEMENT” THEREIN
ARE TOTAL FOOLISHNESS,
THUS RENDERING ALL IDEAS THAT YOU ARE FAILING IN YOUR EFFORTS TO
ACHIEVE SUCH NON-EXISTENT IMPROVEMENT,
ALSO TRANSPARENTLY NONSENSICAL.
ONLY MEN, (INCLUDING, UNENLIGHTENED MYSTICS), WHO ARE BEREFT OF UNDERSTANDING THE MIND
LIVE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, “BEING ALIVE” EITHER
LEADS SOME WHERE OR DOESN’T.
SLEEPERS ALWAYS AWAIT FOR — “TOMORROW TO COME.”.
AND BY LABORING UNDER SUCH A MEANINGLESS & DISTRACTING EXPECTATION SUCH PEOPLE ALSO BECOME SADDLED WITH THE ANKLE WEIGHTS OF
LOOKING FOR EITHER “IMPROVEMENT” , OR ADDITIONAL SIGNS OF FAILURE.
…AND I REMIND YOU THAT THE SURE & INSTANT CURE FOR THIS IS TO
ALWAYS IMMEDIATELY BRING TO YOUR MIND &THUS INTO FACT THE REALITY THAT
BY SIMPLY RECOGNIZING THE ILLUSION THAT YOU CAN MENTALLY
“IMPROVE YOURSELF” FOR WHAT IT IS, INSTANTLY FREES YOU FROM IT,
AND INDEED THEREBY,
YOUR CONDITION IS IMPROVED.
ONE MAN REFERRED TO HIS APPROACH TO GAINING A NEW STATE OF MIND AS:
“GIVE IT UP!”, AND WHEN SOMEONE WOULD ASK: “GIVE UP WHAT, SPECIFICALLY?” HE’D REPLY: “THAT, FOR STARTERS.”
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UPON CERTAIN REFLECTION, ONE MAN SAID TO HIMSELF:
“WHAT IS MORE PATHETIC THAN A PHYSICIAN FACED WITH AN INCURABLE ILL?”,
BUT BEING CAPABLE OF FORMING SUCH A QUESTION,
HE ALSO KNEW ITS ANSWER:
“AN UNENLIGHTENED MAN LOOKING AT HIS MEND’S UNWAVERING FAILURES
TO IMPROVE ITS OWN HEALTH.”
ABOVE HIS DOOR, ONE MAN PLACED A SIGN THAT SAID:
“SCHOOL FOR THOSE LONGING TO ACHIEVE A GREATER STATE OF MIND.”,
AND OF EACH APPLICANT HE’D ASK:
“ARE YOU SINCERE IN YOUR LONGING?”,
AND IF THEY REPLIED, “YES” THEY WERE, HE”D SAY:
“THAT’S NOT SUFFICIENT.”, AND TURN THEM AWAY SO THAT THE
TRULY-SINCERE-AND-THEN-SOME
MIGHT HAVE A NEW OPPORTUNITY OF ASSESSING THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF
THE “LONGING” AS IT BE PICTURED BY THEIR MIND.
EVERY TIME YOU “THINK-ABOUT-IT” — YOU FAIL:
AND EVERY TIME YOU REMEMBER TO SEE THIS KIND OF “FAILURE” FOR WHAT IT IS — YOU’VE SUCCEEDED:
I KNOW IT’S ILLOGICAL, UNREASONABLE IMPOSSIBLE, AND SO ON —
BUT NEVERTHELESS – “THERE IT IS” FOR THOSE WHO CAN HEAR.
X X X
A MAN ASKS A MYSTIC: “CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME IN DETAIL WHAT ALL OF THE PAST ENLIGHTENED ONES HAVE MEANT BY SUCH TERMS AS, ‘BEING ASLEEP’?”, “YES.”, REPLIED THE MYSTIC, “IT MEANS, ‘TOLERANCE’ —
TOLERANCE OF THE AUTOMATIC THINKING THAT OCCURS IN MAN.
…AND I MIGHT ALSO ADD, A BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY: ‘BEING ASLEEP’ IS YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR ‘THINKING-IMPRESSION’ THAT YOU LIVE IN AN
IMPERFECT WORLD: ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE AND THAT CAN BE ‘IMPROVED’
AND MADE PERFECT. THAT IS: ‘BEING ASLEEP’.”
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BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS: THERE IS ONLY ONE IRONY:
THE SENSE OF FAILURE THAT INEVITABLY FOLLOWS ALL ATTEMPTED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MIND.
AND A BIT OF MODERN DAY, BUMPER STICKER WISDOM BUMPED LIP A LEVEL: “LIVING IS WHAT YOU DO WHILE THINKING ABOUT IT.”
XXX
AFTER A PARTICULARLY NASTY :=BIT:. OF INSIGHT,
ONE MAN BEGAN CARRYING AROUND A CIGAR BOX .WITH A MARBLE INSIDE ,- WHICH HE CONSTANTLY SHOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS .CAUSING-THE. MARBLE TO NOISILY BOUNCE AROUND IN A MEANINGLESS FASHION—. AN ACT HE CONSIDERED EXEMPLARY OF THE CONDITIONS IN HIS MIND, AND WHICH HE HOPED IT MIGHT EVENTUALLY REPLACE.
AGAIN, BACK IN THAT SPECIAL, LIMITED LAND OF WORDS-&-IDEAS:
IT COULD BE SAID THAT THE NEAREST THING THERE IS TO “FAILURE”
IN THE REALM OF THE MIND IS IN TOLERATING THE THOUGHTS AUTOMATICALLY RUNNING THROUGH IT.
NEVER ACCEPT OR TOLERATE WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND. . . .UNLESS OF COURSE YOU ARE ENGAGED IN THE:”ALWAYS THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE.”
…AND A MAN ASKED A MYSTIC:
“IS THERE ANY PROBLEM OR DANGER FROM WHICH THAT APPROACH
WILL NOT SAVE ME?”, AND THE ENLIGHTENED ONE JUST LAUGHED IN SERIOUS RESPONSE.