Do Cells Have a Sense of Humor?
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MY NEWS FOR OCTOBER 6, 1999 COPYRIGHT 1999 JAN COX
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THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S NEWS CENTERS AROUND THE ALL IMPORTANT QUESTION: “DO CELLS HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?” — BUT FIRST:
HOW FAMILIAR ARE YOU WITH THE FACT THAT WHILE YOU ARE PHYSICALLY ENGAGED IN SOME PERFECTLY NORMAL, MORAL, RATIONAL & SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE ACTIVITY AT THE VERY SAME TIME YOUR THOUGHTS CAN BE OF AN ABNORMAL, IMMORAL, IRRATIONAL & ANTISOCIAL NATURE?! … AND THE SAME WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
YOU CAN NOD YOUR AWARENESS OF THIS HERE, AS IT IS BEING ARTICULATED, BUT THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SOME MATTER WITH ANOTHER PERSON WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF YOU REMEMBERING THAT THE THOUGHTS
PRESENTLY PASSING THRU THEIR BRAIN MAY BEAR NO RELATIONSHIP TO
WHAT THEY MAY BE SAYING OR DOING, AND IN FACT CAN BE
DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED THERETO?!
AND YET…AND YET,
LIFE PROCEEDS JUST AS IT ALWAYS HAS AND DOES IN SPITE OF THIS LITERAL,
AND GLARING ANOMALY:
THE PERSON STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU,
LOOKING YOU SQUARELY IN THE EYE,
CAN BE SAYING WORDS TO YOU, AND PHYSICALLY BEHAVING IN A MANNER THAT
CAN BE TOTALLY UNRELATED-TO,
AND EVEN THE OPPOSITE-OF
THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE IN THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS AT THAT VERY MOMENT.
ON WHAT SENSIBLE BASIS DO MEN HAVE ANY TRUST IN THE IDEAS THAT
ROUTINELY FILL THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS UNDER MOST CONDITIONS?!
SOME TIMES THE THOUGHTS HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THEIR INSTANT ACTIONS — AND SOME TIMES THEY DO NOT.
…DO CELLS HAVE A SENSE OF “THE FUNNY” OR NOT?!,
AND HOW CAN A MAN BELIEVE THAT HE SEEKS NON-ROUTINE KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS WITHOUT BEING CONSISTENTLY SMITTEN BY THE ENORMOUS & USEFUL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT I HAVE JUST NOTED?!
AND HERE IS ONE WAY YOU COULD LOOK AT A CERTAIN MATTER: LIFE ITSELF IS ALIVE — BIG TIME!,
WHILE WE ARE INDIVIDUALLY — SMALL TIME.
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MORE: “SMART-ASS, UNFUNNY: DEFINITIONS”:
A PHILOSOPHER: A MYSTIC WHO DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING.
A MYSTIC: A PHILOSOPHER, TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL,
…ALSO NOTE: EVERYTHING SAID OR WRITTEN CONCERNING THE “MYSTICAL ACHIEVEMENT
OF ANOTHER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS”
IS ACTUALLY PHILOSOPHY-IN-DISGUISE.
BUT FURTHER NOTE: EVERYTHING SAID OR WRITTEN ABOUT ANYTHING
IS ACTUALLY COMMENTARY ABOUT ONE THING.– DISGUISED AS
COMMENTARY ABOUT ANOTHER,
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LEGEND TELLS OF A MAN WHO ONCE SHRUNK HIMSELF DOWN TO CELLULAR SIZE,
AND VISITED THAT MINUSCULE WORLD, AND WHO’S MOST STARTLING DISCOVERY WAS
THAT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL
EVERYTHING IS — HUMORLESS!
…ALL IS DEADLY SERIOUS BUSINESS!
BUT, JEEZE!, I THOUGHT EVERYONE ALREADY REALIZED THIS 919
…”OKAY, MR. WISE-GUY”, SEZ ME TO MYSELF, “THEN ANSWER ME THIS:
SINCE EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN OUR THINKING IS PRODUCED BY OUR CELLS, AND IF AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL THERE IS NO HUMOR,
THEN HOW DO MEN COME UP WITH HUMOR? ANSWER ME THAT!”, SNARLS I TO ME,
BUT, HEY — WHAT CAN I SAY?!,
I CAN’T TAKE A JOKE AS WELL AS THE NEXT TWO MEN WHO WALK BY,
BUT YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS RELATED NOTE:
A MAN WITH “MANY QUESTIONS” IS A MAN OF — DEEP HUMOR!,
(ASSUMING HE UNDERSTANDS THE ACTUAL NATURE OF QUESTIONS),
AND YEP, IF HE DOESN’T,
THEN THE WHOLE MATTER OF HAVING QUESTIONS IS JUST AS FUNNY AS
YOUR FLOOR BEING ROOFED, OR YOU BEING MISTAKENLY SENTENCED TO DEATH.
THERE IS ALSO A SECRET MEDICAL LEGEND THAT SAYS SOME SUB-CORTICAL CELLS
IN ONE POOR MAN ONCE MIGRATED FROM THEIR LOWER POSITION AND TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN HIS CEREBRAL CORTEX, (WHERE THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT BELONG), FUNNY THING WAS THOUGH, IT WAS MANY YEARS BEFORE HE, THE DOCTOR, OR ANYONE ELSE
BECAME AWARE OF WHAT HAD OCCURRED.
….OKAY, TRUTH IS: NO ONE EVER DID BECOME COGNIZANT OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BUT MAY I ASK: IF SUCH A THING OCCURRED IN YOU, ARE YOU SURE YOU COULD TELL?!
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AND ONE NEO-PHILOSOPHICAL SORT SAYS:
“HAVING THOUGHTS IN MY BRAIN CREATES A ‘ME’ IN ME — BUT:
MOST OF THE THOUGHTS THAT APPEAR THERE DO NOT, TO ME
ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE ‘ME’ THAT I FEEL ME TO BE.”,
…AND ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE BEFORE US A DESCRIBED SITUATION
WHICH I CANNOT FATHOM A MORE ALERT MAN NOT TAKING UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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A SO-CALLED, “MYSTICAL COMMENTATOR” WITH A SMART-ASS ATTITUDE,
AND A BITING-EDGE TO HIS COMMENTS
CAN GET MORE ACCOMPLISHED THAN ONE WITH A SUBDUED, NON-ABRASIVE APPROACH. ..”MAY-BEE!”, SAYS MY OWN BITING-EDGE TO ME, “BUT WHERE’D BE THE FUN IN THAT?!” …AM I REALLY EXPECTED TO RESPOND TO THAT?!,
;INASMUCH AS IT WAS SOME SMART-ASS CORTICAL CELLS WHO MADE MY SAY THAT TO ME?!
…AND I’VE GOT ANOTHER AREA TO INVESTIGATE FOR YOU:
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DO CELLS IN OUR OWN BRAINS THAT MANUFACTURE “THOUGHTS & WORDS” MOTIVATE US TO DIRECT SUCH THOUGHTS TOWARD OURSELVES?!,
…AFTER ALL, WE ARE, FOR THIS LIFE TIME, THEIR OWN CONGENIAL HOSTS, ARE WE NOT?!
WHICH RAISES AN INTERESTING NOTION: WHAT IF THE REAL DISTINCTION IS THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE QUITE CONTENT TO BE CONVIVIAL HOSTS TO THIS
CELLULAR ACTIVITY IN THEIR BRAIN, AND PEOPLE LIKE US ARE ANYTHING BUT?!
HOW WOULD THIS DIFFER FROM A MAN WHO BELIEVES HE IS ILL, AND IS TRYING TO EFFECT A CURE FOR THE ILL
WHEN IN FACT “THE ILL” IS MERELY HIS ATTEMPT TO CURE IT — IN DISGUISE!
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ONE MAN PRIVATELY REVISED THE PROVERB: “LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP”, TO: “LAUGH BEFORE YOU LEAP,
OR TAKE ANY ACTION.”
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* THE WAY TO TELL THAT YOU ARE DETERIORATING AT THE NORMAL SPEED
IS BY THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A MENTAL SINCERITY AND EARNESTNESS ABOUT LIFE,
I REMIND YOU: THE TERM, “BEING SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE” DOES NOT COVEY WHAT I MEAN, BUT NEITHER DOES ANY OTHER WORDS OR PHRASES: LET ME PRESENT A NEGATIVE PICTURE OF WHAT I INTEND: TO NOT BE, “SERIOUS ABOUT LIFE” IN THIS CERTAIN WAY WOULD BE IF YOU DO NOT SEE & ACCEPT LIFE TO BE AS THE THOUGHTS IN YOU & EVERYONE ELSE
SAYS THAT IT IS.
* SOMEONE ASKED A MAN WHO WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS VOLUMINOUS WRITINGS REGARDING
THE COMPLEX SUBJECT OF TRYING TO CHANGE ONE’S CONDITION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
HOW HE MANAGED TO COME UP WITH SUCH AN ENDLESS STREAM OF IDEAS
IN SUCH A DIFFICULT AREA, AND THE AUTHOR REPLIED:
“ONCE I REALIZED THAT I NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT,
WRITING BECAME CHILD’S PLAY:
I JUST TURN ON MY TYPEWRITER: PUT IN SOME PAPER, AND – START A’WRITIN’!
MY ONLY PROBLEM IS IN STOPPIN’,”,
AND UPON HEARING THIS, THE QUESTIONER’S FACE LIT UP,
AND HE LET OUT A WHEEZY WHISTLE, SIGNIFYING HOW IMPRESSED HE WAS.
THE AUTHOR STARED AT HIM FOR A MOMENT, THEN SAID:
“IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE QUITE FAVORABLY STRUCK BY WHAT I DESCRIBED.”,
(AND THE MAN NODDED THAT HE WAS, BUT THE WRITER CONTINUED),
BUT I SAY TO YOU THAT THE NEAR-AUTOMATIC WRITING PROCESS I DETAILED
DOES NOT DESERVE SUCH RECOGNITION:
ONLY LOWLY LITTLE, INSIGNIFICANT CELLS ARE IMPRESSED BY
THAT WHICH IS MECHANICAL:
A MAN — A REAL MAN — SHOULD DO BETTER THAN THAT. WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?!”
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* ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE “SERIOUS” ARE DANGEROUS, BUT: QUEERY: HOW CAN THIS BE SINCE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL,
(WHICH IS THE SUSTENANCE OF OUR EXISTANCE) — EVERYTHING IS SERIOUS?!
ANOTHER QUESTION: IS THE DESIRE TO “AWAKEN” A “SERIOUS” MATTER?!, DRIVEN LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN A MAN’S LIFE, BY CELLULAR ACTIVITY?’ …OR SHOULD WE SAY: DRIVEN BY NORMAL CELLULAR ACTIVITY?!
IS ADDING. THE WORD, “NORMAL” NECESSSARY?!: DOES DOING SO CHANGE THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION?, OR IS THE INSERTION OF THE CONCEPT OF,
“NORMAL CELLULAR ACTIVITY” JUST A TRANSPARENT PLOY”‘ AND IF SO,
(JUST FOR MY RECORDS): WHAT MIGHT BE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLOY?!
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FACT: A QUESTION WITHOUT AN ANSWER IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS:
ONIONS WITHOUT HEARTBURN: DEBT WITHOUT PAYMENTS, OR
TERMITES WITHOUT ACCESS TO A VENTRILOQUIST’S DUMMY.
…”SAY, CAN YOUR THOUGHTS ALSO BE MANIPULATED THRU THAT HOLE IN YOUR BACK?”
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THE WAY YOU CAN TELL AN ORDINARY, INTELLIGENT MAN FROM A MAN WHO
KNOWS ABOUT THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY IS THAT
NEITHER ONE TALKS ABOUT IT, BUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
IF THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO YOU
THEN YOU ARE OF ONE OF THESE TWO CLASSES OF MEN.
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ONE FELLOW HAS A NEW THEORY: HE SAYS. THAT
SOME OF OUR CELLS ARE SERIOUS, AND,
SOME ARE NOT,
AND THAT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN ENLIGHTENMENT, AND WHO WANT TO ALTER THE
WORKINGS OF THEIR THINKING MECHAINISM
HAVE SOME OF THESE TWO TYPES OF CELLS MISPLACED,
SO THAT SOME NON-SERIOUS CELLS ARE IN AREAS WHERE SERIOUS ONES SHOULD BE,
AND SOME SERIOUS CELLS IN AREAS WHERE THERE SHOULD BE ONLY NON-SERIOUS ONES.
HE INSISTS THAT THIS MODEL TOTALLY EXPLAINS THE APPEARANCE OF PEOPLE LIKE US….AND….WELL, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT — I LIKE IT I REALLY, REALLY LIKE)
I IN FACT ADORE IT!
…HOW ABOUT YOU?!
AND DON’T FORGET, ALWAYS –” LAUGH BEFORE YOU DO OR DECIDE ANYTHING.”
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AND PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF ONE MAN MUSED
“EVEN THOUGH I REALIZE THE FOLLY OF AN EYE ATTEMPTING TO SEE ITSELF, I NONETHELESS CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT A SIMILAR FEAT CONCERNING
MY THOUGHTFUL ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND MY CONSCIOUSNESS.
HUMMM
PERHAPS WHAT IS DESIRABLE ABOUT BEING IN THE ‘AWAKENED STATE’ IS THAT AT LEAST FOR THE TIME YOU’RE THERE
IT STOPS YOU FROM TRYING TO WAKE UP.”
…AND ONE LAST REMINDER: ALWAYS — LAUGH — BEFORE DOING ANYTHING. (AND IN SOME. CASES: LAUGH INSTEAD OF.
…OH YEAH: THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY:”IN MANY CASES.”)