A Mind –If Not Seen To–Will Fatten up Its Ideas with the Flesh of Others…
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COPYRIGHT 1999: JAN Cox
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* ONE MAN OPINED: “IT’S WEIRD TO –BE ALIVE!”, AND HIS FRIEND MITERED:
“No, THE MATTER YOU BRING UP IS ACTUALLY A TWO-PARTER:
IT’S WEIRD TO BE ALIVE AND TO BE CONSCIOUS —
‘CAUSE THE CONSCIOUSNESS PART CAN BE SO DISTRACTING THAT WE SELDOM FOCUS
COMPLETELY ON THE ‘BEING-ALIVE’ PART, Now THAT’S WHAT’S WEIRD ,”
* BEING “ASLEEP’ IS LIKE “LIVING-WITH-A-STRANGER” — AND HATING IT BEING “AWAKE” IS LEARNING TO LIVE WITH THE SITUATION.
* A MAN FACED WITH A SANITY HEARING WAS ASKED IF HE WANTED HIS CASE
HEARD BY A JUDGE OR A JURY OF HIS PEERS, AND HE ASKED: “WHAT ARE PEERS?”,
AND WHEN TOLD THAT: “PEERS ARE PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU.”, HE SAID:
“GIMMIE A JUDGE — HELL, I DON’T WANT MY FATE DECIDED BY A BUNCH OF CRACKPOTS!”,
AND I SAY THE SAME SITUATION EXISTS IF A MAN LISTENS TO HIS THOUGHTS TELL HIM
WHETHER HE IS AWAKE OR ASLEEP, ENLIGHTENED OR DELUDED,
FOR WHATEVER DETERMINATION IS MADE, HE HAS BEEN JUDGED BY A BUNCH OF CRACKPOTS, A MAN’S IN BAD SHAPE IF HE TAKES HIS THOUGHTS TO BE HIS PEERS,
SOMEONE HE IS ASLEEP IF HE DOESN’T EVENTUALLY REALIZE THAT THEY ARE THAT,…AND MORE
SOMEONE ASKED A MYSTIC: -ARE YOU AWAKE. AND HE REPLIED:
“YOU’D DO BETTER TO ASK ME IF’I KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON?’,,
AND I MIGHT REPLY, “MAYBE,”, AND YOU COULD TAKE IT FROM THERE.
* WHEN QUERIED ABOUT A CERTAIN ATHLETIC MATTER, ONE COACH SAID:
“IT’S NOT THE. SEX BEFORE A GAME THAT’S THE PROBLEM,
IT’S THE STAVIN’ UP ALL NIGHT•– RUNNIN’ “ROUND’ LOOKIN’ FOR IT THAT IS.”,
AND I SAY’S THE SAME STICKING POINT WITH ENLIGHTENMENT:
IT’S THE CONSTANT_SEARCHING FOR IT AT ODD HOURS, IN ODD LOCATIONS
THAT IS THE PROBLEM — NOT THE EXPERIENCE.ITSELF,.
..,WHICH AS ALWAYS*AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME..„RIGHT AT HOME,
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A FATHER SAID TO HIS SON: “WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU THAT ‘BEING AWAKE’ IS SIMPLY BEING ‘SATISFIED’?”, AND THE LAD REPLIED,”NO”, AND THE ELDER SAID: “AND THAT’S WHY I’M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU.THAT.”
CONVERSATION: FIRST MAN: “I’D LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS ON A MATTER.”,
SECOND MAN: “I DON’T HAVE ANY.”,
FIRST MAN: “BUT YOU HAVEN’T HEARD WHAT THE MATTER IS.”,
SECOND MAN: “No NEED TO – I HAVE NO THOUGHTS ON ANY MATTER YOU MIGHT MENTION.”
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT THEY HAVE ANYTHING IMPORTANT TO SAY,
IS ASLEEP — PLAIN AND SIMPLE! ….OH YEAH, AND ANOTHER THING:
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE’S ANYTHING IMPORTANT YOU NEED TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ELSE, YOU’RE ASLEEP ALSO.
A MAN MUSED: “IN STRUGGLING TO AVOID DEATH DO WE NOT IN FACT
WORK. AGAINST-THE ‘CURING -‘0F OUR OWN ILLS? ! . .
FOR IS NOT DEATH THE ULTIMATE RESOLUTION OF ALL THAT AFFLICTS US?!”,
AND I HAIL THIS AS POINTEDLY PERTINENT TO A MAN’S EFFORTS ._TO
“CURE” THE PERCEIVED PRESENT ILLS OF HIS MIND AND “AWAKEN” TO A NEW CONDITION,
BUT THAT IN HIS DOING-SO
HE WILL UNWITTINGLY. TRY, TO AVOID THE DIRECT DEATH OF HIS MIND —
–, WHICH IS TO. REALLY SAY THAT HE WILL AUTOMATICALLY
AVOID A HEAD-ON CONFRONTATION WITH THE FACT THAT HIS_UNDERSTANDING OF. THE MIND
IS NIL —
HENCE, SUCH A REALIZATION WOULD RESULT IN A DEATH: THE DEATH OF A MAN’S IGNORANCE
AND ILLUSIONS.
To CARRY THIS INVESTIGATION FOREVER ONWARD,
A MAN CAN HAVE NO FEAR OR HESITATION REGARDING ANYTHING APPEARING IN THE MIND.
ANYONE WHO PREDICTS THE FUTURE IS ASLEEP —
….IN FACT, SO’S ANYONE WHO’S EVEN INTERESTED IN SUCH PREDICTIONS.
IN A WAY THAT DEFIES ALL LOGIC, THOSE WHO SEEK ENLIGHTENMENT ARE. LIKE. MEN.
WHO ARE BORN IN PRISON — AND DO NOT REALIZE IT — THEN COME TO REALIZE IT,
AND ARE FREE!…EVEN THOUGH STILL IN PRISON.
YOU’RE A PRISONER IN AND OF THE MIND WITHOUT REALIZING IT, BUT ONCE YOU DO —
— YOU’RE FREE…EVEN THOUGH YOUR “YOU” REMAINS TRAPPED THEREIN.
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IT IS NOT ACCURATE TO DIVIDE MEN INTO TWO GROUPS, OF THE AWAKE & THE ASLEEP,
FOR THERE ARE IN TRUTH, THREE IDENTIFIABLE CATEGORIES:
THOSE WHO THINK THEY’RE ASLEEP AND WHO WANT TO AWAKEN, (MYSTICS),
AND THOSE WHO DO NOT THINK THAT THEY’RE ASLEEP, (ORDINARY HUMANITY),
AND A THIRD CATEGORY WHICH CANNOT BE DESCRIBED.
ALSO.NOTE: ANYONE WHO CARES , OR IS EVEN INTERESTED IN
WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE ARE AWAKE OR NOT IS THEMSELF STILL NOT AWAKE.
A FATHER SAID TO HIS SON: “WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU THAT,
‘BEING ENLIGHTENED’ IS SIMPLY — ‘BEING SATISFIED’?”, AND THE LAD REPLIED:
°No — AND WE’VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS.”,
“I KNOW”, SAID HIS OLD MAN, “AND THAT WHY I’M STILL NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT.”
NOTE-UPON-NOTE: NOT ONLY I.S SOMEONE NOT AWAKE IF THEY’RE INTERESTED IN
WHETHER OTHER PEOPLE ARE AWAKE OR NOT,
YOU’RE NOT FULLY AWAKE IF YOU’RE _STILL INTERESTED WHETHER YOU ARE. OR NOT..,.
WITHIN WHAT I AM SAYING HERE, I USE THE TERM, “INTERESTED-IN”
AS A SYNONYM FOR, “IGNORANCE-OF”.
WHEN A CRY IS HEARD, SOLICITING THE ATTENTION OF THE STUPID,
WHO BUT THE DULL WITTED WILL PAUSE TO PONDER: “ARE THEY TALKING TO MP’
SO A FATHER SAID TO HIS SON: “WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU THAT, ‘BEING AWAKE’ IS SIMPLY BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR OWN STUPIDITY?!, AND THE BOY REPLIED/ “No.” AND AGAIN HIS OLD MAN SAID:
“OKAY, THEN I WON’T TELL YOU THAT EITHER.”
AFTER A LENGTHY WALK, AS THEY SAT HIGH UP ON A BLUFF LOOKING OUT OVER THE ‘LAND BELOW,..- ONE TREKKER SAID TO HIS:FRIEND.: “WHY IS MAN SO AGITATED BY DESIRES TO CHANGE
HIMSELF? — CROWS ARE SATISFIED TO BE CROWS, AND WOLVES, SATISFIED TO BE WOLVES?” AND HIS FRIEND REPLIED: “WELL FOR ONE THING: CROWS & WOLVES AREN’T AWARE THAT THEY ARE: CROWS & WOLVES, WHEREAS MAN IS AWARE OF WHAT HE IS.”
THEY THEN BOTH SAT QUIETLY FOR A BIT, REFLECTING ON THIS IDEA,
THEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, BOTH SHOOK THEIR HEADS AND SAID: “BUT THAT MAKES NO SENSE!”?!
…SO! – THAT FATHER SAID TO THAT SON: “OKAY, WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU
THAT, ‘BEING AWAKE”. IS SIMPLY BEING “UNINTERESTED’ IN MOST THINGS?’.-
. AND THE BOY SAID THAT HE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO BELIEVE THAT EITHER, AND THE OLD MAN GOT UP AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM.
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AND ONE MAN COMPOSED A PRIVATE POEM
WHOSE TITLE HE THOUGHT OF AS BEING: “ME AND THEM”.
I’M THEW– THEY’RE ME —
THAT’S ALL I AM — THEM.
THEY’RE NOTHING BUT ME, AND I’M NOTHING BUT THEM.
DID I COME TO REALIZE THAT THEY’RE ME,
OR DID THEY FINALLY REALIZE THAT I’M THEM?
THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOOK FOR; NOTHING LEFT TO STUDY,
FOR I CAN HARDLY STUDY THE VERY ACTIVITY THAT
PRODUCES MY THINKING THAT I AM LOOKING AND STUDYING —
— I CANNOT STUDY THE ACTIVITY
FOR I AM THE ACTIVITY.
THIS MEANS THAT THE TOTALITY OF THE ACTIVITY IS SOMEHOW “DIFFERENT” THAN ITS INDIVIDUAL PARTS,— WHICH NEVER REALIZED THAT THEY IN TOTO & SOLELY CONSTITUTE THE FEEL OF A “ME”
IN ME.
WHAT THIS ALSO MEANS IS THAT WHAT I HAVE TAKEN TO BE THE “ME” IN ME IS, FROM. NE VIEW.
MORE INTELLIGENT THAN THE NEURAL ACTIVITY PRODUCING IT.
THIS MAKES NO LINEAR SENSE, AND I AM LEFT TO FALL BACK ON THE IDEA THAT THE WHOLE OF A THING CAN BE “GREATER THAN ITS PARTS”.
….STILL, ‘TIS STRANGE — THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THE “I” PRODUCED BY MY NEURAL ACTIVITY HAS
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN MY BRAIN
THAN DO THE NEURONS THEMSELVES.
JUST LOOK AT IT: MY NEURAL ACTIVITY ITSELF FAILED TO REALIZE THAT IT IS MY “I”!
ASTOUNDING!, WHEN PUT IN WORDS SO PLAIN.
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ONE OF THE STRANGEST CASES IN THE ANNALS OF MEDICAL CURIOSITIES
IS THE ONE OF THE MAN WHO MISTOOK THE FRONT OF HIS HOUSE FOR HIMSELF,
SO — WHEN THE FATHER CAME BACK FROM THE BATHROOM HE SAID TO THE SON:
“ALRIGHT, WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE, “GREAT, FINAL LIBERATION’
AMOUNTS TO — /NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING?”, AND THE BOY REPLIED:
“MOST DEFINITELY NOT!’, AND FINALLY THE OLD MAN LEANED OVER AND
LOOKING AT THE KID INTENTLY, SAID: “ARE YOU SURE THAT YOU’RE A SON OF MINE?”