Jan Cox Talk 2398

Trapped in Consciousness–One Who Thinks He Wants to ‘Awaken…’

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07/23/1999
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The News

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MY NEWS FOR JULY 23, 1999 COPYRIGHT 1999 JAN COX
TRYING TO MAKE FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS YIELD TO”YOUR”CONTROL,
OR TO MAKE IT AN IMPARTIAL OBSERVER
IS AN IMPOSSIBLE UNDERTAKING,
AND CONTINUED TRYING JUST MAKES YOU A SLAVE TO FUTILITY AND FRUSTRATION,
WHAT YOU NEED IS TO HAVE A “SECRET”:
A PRIVATE SECRET OF YOUR OWN DISCOVERY,
THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE WAY OUT OF YOUR IMPASSE,
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ONE MAN DISCOVERED THAT DRIVING HIS HERD UP THE MOUNTAIN INSTEAD OF DOWN, (AS WAS HIS NORM),
MADE THEM MORE ALERT, FULFILLED, AND SATISFIED IN BEING THE CREATURES THAT THEY WERE,
NOTE: WHAT’S GOOD FOR CATTLE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A MYSTIC IN A HURRY,
YOU GOTTA HAVE A SECRET…A SECRET OF YOUR OWN… .AND IT IS TO BE FOUND IN YOUR PHYSIQUE,
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LATE. BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN A CERTAIN NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY REVEAL A HERETOFORE UNKNOWN AREA OF THE BRAIN THAT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, “SERIOUSNESS”.
(ALTHOUGH I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SCIENTIFICALLY TRAINED INVESTIGATORS WASTE THEIR TIME IN SUCH AN ACTIVITY WHEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN
WE HAVE SHOWN, HERE ON THIS PROGRAM,
THE USELESSNESS OF SERIOUSNESS,
WHAT’S THE POINT IN GIVING ATTENTION TO THE ONLY OPERATION IN THE BRAIN THAT’S OF NO PRACTICAL VALUE?!
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ONE MAN TRADED IN HIS STRAIGHT EDGE FOR A CANOE. …(SHHH, DON’T TELL ANYONE — IT’S HIS LITTLE SECRET.)
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NOTE: FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS IS CONTINUALLY COMMENTING ON THE CONDITION OF THE TOTAL ORGANISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT,
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CERTAIN SECRETS MAKE THE BRAIN TINGLE:
WOULDN’T YOU LIKE FOR YOUR BRAIN TO TINGLE?!
YOU COULD AT LEAST HAVE THIS UNTIL YOU FINALLY GET A BETTER HANDLE ON EXACTLY WHAT “BEING ENLIGHTENED” IS REALLY ALL ABOUT,
AND TAKE NOTE: HAVING A PERSONAL SECRET HELPS MAKE YOU IMMUNE TO A WHOLE VARIETY OF MISFORTUNES AND ILLS,
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AS LONG AS YOU TAKE THE IDEA OF “WAKING UP” TO BE A METAPHYSICAL AFFAIR THEN WHAT YOU SEEM TO BE UP AGAINST FEELS MUCH MORE ELUSIVE, VAGUE AND HARD TO PIN DOWN THAN IT ACTUALLY IS,
THE SIMPLEST VIEW IS ALWAYS THE MOST PROFITABLE,
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A MAN WITH HIS OWN PRIVATE BRAIN SECRET HAS A CONSTANT PLACE OF REFUGE TO WHICH TO RETURN:
A PLACE OF ENDLESS REFRESHMENT AND ENLIGHTENMENT,
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DON’T BE USELESSLY TRAPPED IN, “FEELING BAD” EMOTIONS:
SUCH ARE NOT PERSONAL, ANY MORE THAN WAS THE SPICY MEAL YOU HAD LAST NIGHT,
ONE MAN’S POETIC OFFERING: (
TOO LITTLE SLEEP,
TOO MUCH WINE,
MONDAY WAS AWFUL BUT,
TUESDAY WAS FINE.
.LIFE SURE I-S-A DICEY & UNPREDICTABLE AFFAIR, NO?
OR IS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT I’M NOT HIP TO?’
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UN-REALIZED MYSTICS BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO, “KNOW A SECRET”:
FINALIZED ONES KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO “HAVE” A SECRET,
AND RIGHT THERE IS YOUR BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO:
MYSTICS WHO NEVER QUITE MAKE IT STAY TIED TO THE NOTION THAT THERE IS
A SECRET THAT THEY MUST KNOW TO EVER ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL,
WHILE THOSE WHO ACTUALLY GET THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE A SECRET,
HINT: EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK THAT YOU PRESENTLY UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M
TALKING ABOUT, IF JUST HEARING ME SAY IT — MAKES YOU SMILE —
THEN EVERYTHING IS STILL ON COURSE FOR THE GOAL,
BETWEEN OUR CRADLES AND OUR GRAVES,
SOME ARE KNIGHTS — SOME ARE KNAVES,
SOME ARE PLEASED, JUST TO LIVE,
WHILE A FEW FEEL, SOME SPECIAL PURPOSE EXISTS,
WHILE WE’RE ALIVE — WHILE WE’RE ALIVE,
THE FIRST THING IS — TO SURVIVE,
BUT OVER-RIDING THAT, THE FEW BELIEVE,
IS SOMETHING MUCH GREATER — BUT THEY ARE MISTAKEN.
FOR THOSE WHO THINK — LIFE IS SOLEMN,
A CONSTANT CHALLENGE — A PUZZLE TO SOLVE, BUT THOSE WHO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON,
HAVE A SECRET — THE KEY TO IT ALL.
“HEY STELLA: OPEN THE DOOR AND LET ME IN.”,
“HEY STANLEY, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE ON. THE OUTSIDE ANY WAY?”, “COME ON STELLA, ME WRESTLIN’ WITH STUPID QUESTIONS LIKE THAT IS WHAT GOT ME OUT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE,
HEY STELLA, COME ON, OPEN DA DOOR.”….Knock, KNOCK, KNOCK —
“000H, IS THAT REALIZATION I HEAR A’RAPPIN’91”
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IN HIS ATTEMPT TO LOSE WEIGHT,
ONE MAN RESTRICTED HIMSELF TO BUT TWO FOODS: A & B. BOTH LOW IN CALORIES AND FAT.
TO HIM, FOOD-A TASTED BLAND, WHILE FOOD-B WAS SWEET AND ENJOYABLE, HE CONSTANTLY ATE MORE OF FOOD-A THAN FOOD-B.
FOOD B, (THE TASTY ONE), ACTUALLY HAD FEWER CALORIES & FAT THAN FOOD A, (THE TASTELESS ONE),
BUT HE STILL “FELT BEST” — EATING FOOD A.
QUESTION: WHAT D’YA MAKE OF THIS IN SOME SENSE PERTINENT TO OUR ACTIVITY?!
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ONE GUY GROUSES: “ONE OF THE THINGS I HATE MOST IN LIFE IS THAT THE TOP ROW ON MY TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD HAS 2 DIFFERENT SYMBOLS ON EACH KEY, EITHER ONE OF WHICH I CAN CHOOSE BY PRESSING THE SHIFT KEY OR NOT, ALL THIS DOES IS ADD TO THE ALREADY GENERAL CONFUSION OF THINGS.”
DIG THIS: INSTEAD OF ACHIEVING WHAT IS ACCEPTED AS THE USUAL STANDARD FOR “BEING ENLIGHTENED”,
ONE MAN SIMPLY WENT FROM BEING A LOWER CASE LETTER TO BEING A CAPITAL,
AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER: “JUST WHAT DOES THAT LAST STATEMENT ACTUALLY MEAN?”,
“NOTHING, IT’S JUST THE KIND OF THING THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO
BACKWARD MYSTICS.” THE OLD MAN REPLIED.
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FORGET SHARKS: FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CREATURE WHICH MUST CONTINUALLY”STAY-ON-THE-MOVE” TO STAY ALIVE,
NOTE: EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER EXPERIENCED THE SO-CALLED,
“STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT”WOULD STILL BE THEREIN WERE IT NOT FOR THIS QUIRK OF FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS TO ALWAYS BE ON THE MOVE.
AND A LAD ASKED HIS DAD: “DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION?”, AND HIS FATHER REPLIED: “IF THEY DO, THEY’RE NOT TALKING.”,
“HUH!”, MUSED THE KID: “ALMOST AS THOUGH IT’S – SOME KINDA SECRET?!”, “HUMPH”, MUTTERED THE ELDER, ENIGMATICALLY.
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ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY,
ONE MAN WOULD TRY TO THINK ABOUT LIFE-&-THINGS,LITERALLY:
THEN ON TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, HE’D PONDER IT ALL FROM AN ALLEGORICAL VIEW,
AND ON SUNDAY HE’D METHODICALLY TRIM HIS TOE NAILS WHILE REFLECTING ON GOD KNOWS WHAT (?!?)
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THEOREM 68: ALL THE BEST MYSTICAL TRICKS AND METHODS ARE THE ONES YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT.
ERGO: THE NECESSITY OF DEVELOPING YOUR OWN,
USEFUL TIP # 104: LOOK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT WHERE FAMOUS ENLIGHTENED MEN HAVE SAT BEFORE AND YOU MAY FIND THE DRIED-UP-CHEWING-GUM-OF-THEIR-SECRET
STILL STUCK THERE,
AND A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER: “BUT WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO ME?”,
AND HE REPLIED: “WHY, NONE OF COURSE,
WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING ME THAT SAME USELESS QUESTION AGAIN & AGAIN?!
IT IS A POSER THAT NO ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS CAN EVER ANSWER:
ALL WE DO IS GO, ROUND AND ROUND WITH IT,
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
IT WAS JUST A MINUTE AGO NOTED HOW FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS STAYS, ‘FOREVER ON THE MOVE’ — TO SOME WHERE —
EVEN IF IT IS TO — NO WHERE,
JUST: ROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND: FOREVER ON THE MOVE TO NO WHERE.”
AND A MAN STOPPED THE CONDUCTOR AND ASKED: “IS THERE EVER GONNA COME A TIME WHEN I CAN GET OFF OF THIS DAMN TRAIN?”, AND THE TICKET TAKER REPLIED: “YOU’RE ASKING THE WRONG PERSON.”, WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN THE VOICE OF FRONTAL LOBE CONSCIOUSNESS INQUIRES AS TO WHAT MAY BE ITS ULTIMATE INTENTIONS,
ANY PROPERLY DRAWN MAP WILL SHOW THE AREA MARKED AS: “CONSCIOUSNESS” TO BE A PLACE THAT IS: “FOREVER ON THE MOVE”, AND AN ALERT SOJOURNER WILL EVENTUALLY CONCLUDE THAT THE THING TO DO IS STOP WORRYING ABOUT HIS CONSCIOUSNESS ALWAYS MOVING — TO JUST, “LET IT BE” AND FOR HIM,( IF THERE IS A ‘HIM’ LEFT AFTER THAT) AND FOR HIM TO BE STILL,

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A MAN WHO THINKS THAT HE “WANTS TO AWAKEN” IS —
TRAPPED IN CONSCIOUSNESS:
EVEN A MAN WHO HAS BEEN AWAKE
BUT STILL THINKS THAT HE WANTS TO AWAKEN
IS — TRAPPED IN CONSCIOUSNESS,
A SAD, SAD STORY,
BUT ONE, FAR TOO OFTEN — TRUE
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ONE MAN, IN ADDITION TO HIM CEASING TO THINK OF HIMSELF AS THE “I”
PRODUCED AS A BY PRODUCT OF THE NEVER ENDING ACTIVITY EN HIS FRONTAL LOBES,
HAS EXTENDED THIS VIEW INTO OTHER NEURAL OPERATIONS,
AND NO LONGER THINKS OF HIMSELF AS BEING ANGRY (WHEN HE IS),
BUT RATHER SAYS:
“MY HYPOTHALAMUS SURE IS ACTIVE,”
AND A CERTAIN FATHER SAID TO HIS SON:
“THE MORE SERIOUS DOES YOUR FRONTAL LOBES TAKE A MATTER TO BE, THE MORE NEEDLESS AND RIDICULOUS IT ACTUALLY IS
ASSURE YOU OF THIS.”
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ONE MAN HAD A MILL THAT WAS POWERED BY A STEAM ENGINE,
AND WHOSE PROCEEDS KEPT HIM ALIVE:
NOW A CURIOUS THING: THE MAN ACTED AS THOUGH HE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS THE STEAM THAT ISSUED FROM THE ENGINE DURING ITS OPERATION THAT WAS THE SOURCE OF ITS POWER, AND ALTHOUGH HE WAS MISTAKEN,
THE ENGINE DID ITS JOB AS INTENDED,
IN HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE TWO WORD NAME, “STEAM ENGINE”, THE MAN ERRONEOUSLY PLACED THE PREVAILING EMPHASIS ON THE WRONG WORD: ON, “STEAM”, RATHER THAN ON, “ENGINE”.
REMEMBER: THE ENGINE STILL WORKED JUST FINE; THE MAN, IN HIS THINKING, SIMPLY CONFUSED THE BY PRODUCT OF “STEAM” FOR THE “ENGINE”, THE ACTUAL
SOURCE OF THE POWER. …BUT: NO HARM DONE, RIGHT?!,(OTHER THAN FOR
HIS MISTAKEN PERCEPTION…BUT, IF HE BECOMES AWARE OF HIS ERROR, THEN:
L AT ALL RIGHT?! )

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IF THE “MYSTICAL SEARCH” IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MYSTERIES-OF-LIFE
ARE TO BE HAD OTHER THAN THROUGH SENSORY MEANS,
THE COMPLETION OF THE SEARCH COMES FROM THE CONSCIOUSNESS IN YOUR FRONTAL LOBES ACQUIRING DIRECT INSIGHT INTO ITSELF,
WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY OF THE FIVE SENSES OR DOES IT?!
TO BECOME FULLY REALIZED,
EVERY MYSTIC TRAVELER NEEDS TO HAVE HIS OWN PERSONAL, AND PRIVATE
SECRET.
…OH, ALL RIGHT; A FINAL HINT:
ACCORDING TO LEGEND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SERIOUS “SECRET”, NOT OF THE SORT WE’RE REFERRING. TO HERE..