A Man’s 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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A PROVERB SAYS THAT: “THOSE WHO PROFESS THE MOST CONCERN FOR OTHERS
ARE NOT NECESSARY CONCERNED MOST FOR THEIR WELFARE, BUT RATHER THEIR OWN.”,
AND MEN WILL READILY NOD THEIR AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, ….
EVEN WHEN THEY SAY OTHERWISE,
MEN ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN INTERESTS, AND IT LS IN FACT.
NATURAL FOR THEM TO DO SO, EVEN THOUGH THEY SOME TIMES ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL IT,
BUT THEN ASK YOURSELF THIS:
WHO OR WHAT IS IT IN ME THAT CLAMORS FOR ME-TO CHANGE?,
AND WHAT IS THEIR SELF-INTEREST IN THE MATTER?!
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A MAN’S MIND.– IF NOT SEEN TO —
WILL FATTEN UP ITS IDEAS WITH THE FLESH OF OTHER MENS’.
DON’T BULK UP YOUR PRESENT IDEAS — STRIP ‘EM DOWN TO THEIR SINEWS — AND BEYOND, AND START WORKING OUT ALL OVER AGAIN,
BUT THIS TIME, STAY STRICTLY IN YOUR OWN GYM.
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A LOCAL SAGE DECLARED: “MEN LIVE THEIR LIVES LIKE WATERMELONS IN A BOAT; ROWING IN ONE DIRECTION WHILE LOOKING IN ANOTHER.”,
AND A FELLOW SAGE IMMEDIATELY INJECTED: “I BELIEVE YOU MEANT TO SAY, ‘LIKE WATER-MEN ROWING IN ONE DIRECTION’ — NOT WATER-MELONS!”,
AND WITH NO MORE THAN A SECOND’S HESITATION THE FIRST WISE GUY REPLIED: “OKAY, THEN WHY DID MY VERSION STILL MAKE SENSE?!”
THIS IS A QUESTION, UNANSWERABLE BY ANY OF THE. WORLD’S VERBAL BRAINS.
IN THAT NOTHING THAT CAN BE SAID ACTUALLY MAKES ANY”SENSE”
…EXCEPT TO THEM AND ANY WHO LISTEN TO THEM.
AFTER HAVING SEEN A CERTAIN UNEXPECTED THING, EVERY TIME HE’D THEN THINK ABOUT IT, THIS ONE MAN DIDN’T KNOW WHETHER TO — LAUGH — OR TO WONDER WHY HE WASN’T LAUGHING.
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THE MIND’S ETERNAL DISSATISFACTION COMES FROM ITS INFINITE POTENTIAL.
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THE MIND’S ETERNAL DISSATISFACTION IS…DUE TO ITS POTENTIAL GREATNESS.
ONE MAN SAID: “WHEN WARM I’LL SOON THINK THAT I’M TOO WARM,
AND WHEN I’M COOL, I’LL EVENTUALLY THINK THAT I’M TOO COOL,
AND WHEN I’M BORED,I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY THINK THAT I’M WAY TOO BORED, AND WHEN I’M HAPPY I ALWAYS GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH THE MOMENT;
“I”, (IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY REALIZED), AM –‘ ASLEEP’ (AS THE MYSTICS CALL IT)
YEP, THE WAY I SEE IT: IF YOU SUFFER FROM ALL THEM ORDINARY EVERYDAY KINDA THINGS THEN YOU’RE — ‘ASLEEP’
…AIN’T THAT A KOSHER GOAT’S GOLD-PLATED HOOT?!”
SOME SCIENCE & HEALTH NEWS:
CERTAIN BRAIN CELLS ARE THE ONLY KNOWN THINGS, (BESIDES DRUNKS AND DOGS WITH INDISCRIMINATE PALATES) WHO WILL MAKE THEIR OWN SELF SICK.
PONDER ON THE FOLLY OF THAT —
OR .ELSE ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A MISDIAGNOSIS OF THE MATTER AT HAND.
ALMOST AT ANY MOMENT ARE THOUGHTS LIABLE TO OVER-HEAT & CAUSE DELUSIONS IN THE MIND SAME AS PHYSICAL FEVER DOES TO THE BODY.
FROM ONE VIEW; THOSE WHO UNDERTAKE AN INVESTIGATION OF THEIR MIND
ARE THOSE WITH MINDS THAT WILL NOT SATISFACTORILY STICK TO ONE SUBJECT.
SO —
A MAN WHO CAN KEEP HIS THOUGHTS ACCEPTABLY ON ONE THING CAN AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF 1 — “WANTING TO AWAKEN”..OR “BE ENLIGHTENED”….OR “ACHIEVE LIBERATION”, OR WHATEVER ELSE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITHOUT MINDS, “LOCKED-IN-PLACE”.
AS FAR AS THE “OVER-HEATING” AND DELUSIONS ARE CONCERNED:
IF YOUR MIND IS GOING TO BE AGITATED,
LET IT BE SO FROM YOUR OWN ACTIVE USE OF IT —
FROM YOUR AGGRESSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF IT TO INQUIRE INTO ITSELF.
THE.AFFLICTION-OF-THE-MIND, (IF THERE.BE.SUCH), IS IN ITS FASCINATION WITH THE SINGULAR BEAUTY OF THOUGHT.
…(AND, P.S.: WHEN YOU COME TO A FULL REALIZATION CONCERNING THE MIND, YOUR APPRECIATION OF THOUGHT SIMPLY INCREASES.)
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SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EVERYDAY LIFE:
MAKE THE JOB OF FIRE CHIEF AN ELECTED POSITION;
MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO KILL WHOEVER IS THE WORLD’S RICHEST MAN ON THAT DAY, AND IT SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN TO ASK: “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAURS?”, (AND RISK EMBARRASSING THEIR SURVIVING RELATIVES), UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE THEY DIDN’T COMMIT SUICIDE.
..OH YEAH.— ONE MORE THING:
SINCE. IT’S TOO LATE FOR HIM TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT,
EVERYBODY OUTTA QUIT GOING ON ABOUT WHAT A BAD HAIR DO CHARLEMAGNE HAD. …HEY, ETERNITY’S TOO SHORT TO SWEAT MINOR STUFF LIKE THAT!
IN HIS ATTEMPT TO STREAMLINE HIS LIFE AND SHARPEN THE FOCUS OF HIS ATTENTION, ONE MAN NO LONGER READS ANY BOOK WRITTEN AFTER THIRTEEN HUNDRED,
NOR RE-THINKS ANY THOUGHT HE’S ALREADY THOUGHT MORE THAN EIGHTY TIMES.
…OH YEAH, AND ANOTHER THING: HE WON’T NOW DATE ANYONE WHO’S MORE THAN 150% LESS ATTRACTIVE THAN HE IS –
…HE SAYS EVEN HIS PERSONAL”ETERNITY” IS TOO SHORT FOR THAT.
HEY, A QUICK TEST:
IF YOU WANTED TO GET PREGNANT AND PRODUCE AN OFF SPRING WOULD YOU WANT YOU AS THE FATHER?
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A MAN STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE MIND.AND AWAKEN, SEES IMPORTANT METAPHORS EVERY WHERE,
WHILE A MAN WHO HAS REALIZED THE NATURE OF AWAKENING SEES METAPHORS AS MENTAL ENTERTAINMENTS.
HEY, ANOTHER, “ONE SECOND QUIZ”:
IF YOU WERE SCHEDULED TO BE BE-HEADED WOULD YOU WANT YOU TO.WIELD THE AXE?!
A MAN WHO RECOGNIZES THE MIND PERCEIVES. NO ALTERNATIVE.
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SO MUSED ONE MAN: “MY BEST FRIENDS ARE MY
BEST THOUGHTS.”
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WE STRIVE TO AWAKEN, WE FAIL, AND REPENT,
SWEARING NEVER AGAIN TO CONSENT TO SLEEP,
AND WHILST SWEARING — CONSENT.
IF, IN A PERCEIVED CONFLICT, A VICTOR NEVER EMERGES,
AN ALERT MAN WILL EVENTUALLY REEXAMINE HIS PERCEPTION OF THERE BEING TWO ACTUAL COMBATANTS.
ANSWER THIS: IN A FIGHT WITH YOURSELF — WHO CAN POSSIBLY WIN?
Now SOME UPDATED SCIENCE & HEALTH NEWS: ONE MAN THOUGHT THAT HE HAD A RASH, BUT NOT ONLY DID HE NOT HAVE A RASH THE RASH WAS HIM.
NOTE: SUCH A CONDITION IS EXTREMELY — EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE, AND SHOULD BE LEFT ENTIRELY TO EXPERTS —
…AND THERE’S ONLY ONE AVAILABLE —
….AND YOU KNOW WHO HE IS.
YES, COME RIGHT IN AND MEET — DOCTOR RASH.
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WHEN A POET IS NOT IN LOVE,
OR RECENTLY FRIGHTENED BY DEATH, OR SWINDLED,
HE HAS NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT.
WHAT DOES AN ENLIGHTENED MAN HAVE TO?
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AN ALERT MAN SHOULD NEVER USE THE POSSESSIVE PRONOUN, “MY” UNLESS REFERRING TO SOME OBJECT HE HAS OBTAINED, POST NATALLY.
“MY” IS THE MOST DISASTROUS WORD AN AWAKENED MAN CAN USE
PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF REFERRING TO, “MY BODY”,
BUT EVEN MORE PARTICULARLY AND DISASTROUSLY AS IN, “MY MIND”,
FOR THRU SUCH CARELESS MENTAL HABITS DOES A MAN ENCOURAGE THE CLOUDINESS TWIX His
SO-CALLED “MIND” AND HIS SO-CALLED “MY”, (THAT IS, HIS SO-CALLED “I”)
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A BOY CAME INTO HIS FATHER’S STUDY AND SAID:
“I HAVE JUST READ THE MOST ASTOUNDING THING”, WHICH HE COMMENCED TO QUOTE:
“‘PRETENDING TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD WHEN YOU DO NOT IS A HORRID THING TO DO,
BUT EVEN WORSE IS PRETENDING NOT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD WHEN YOU DO!.”,
AND HIS FATHER TURNED ANGRILY TO THE LAD AND DEMANDED:
“WHERE THE HELL DID YOU READ SUCH A THING?”, AND THE BOY SMILED AND SAID:
“I MADE IT
AND HIS OLD MAN BECAME EVEN MORE AGITATED AND BELLOWED:
“WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BOY?!”,
AND HIS SON LOOKED PERPLEXED AND REPLIED:
“I THOUGHT YOU’D SEE THE HUMOR IN IT ONCE YOU KNEW THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.”
….”OH.”, MURMURED HIS EMBARRASSED FATHER.
AND HERE’S THE MORAL OF THE TALE: DON’T LET THOSE ALREADY POSSESSING YOUR GENES,
— WEAR YOUR JEANS –
…UNLESS THEY PROVIDE THEIR OWN BOOTS.
…THAT’S ONE POSSIBLE MORAL,
ANOTHER IS: DON’T LOOK FOR A “MORAL” IN EVERY STORY THAT COMES DOWN THE PIKE —
(BOOTS OR NO BOOTS.)
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ONE MAN SAYS: “I KEEP ALL MY BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,
AND ALL MY MONEY IN FORT KNOX,
THAT WAY I’M NOT TEMPTED TO PURSUE FRIVOLOUS IDEAS,
OR ENGAGE IN NEEDLESS SPENDING.”,
AND MAY THE GODS OF MICROSCOPIC ALERTNESS NUDGE YOU INTO CONSIDERING A WAY
TO USE THIS MAN’S APPROACH IN YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
YOUR “YOU”, AND YOUR “MIND”, (WHICH IS TO SAY):
IN REGARD TO THINGS YOU TEND TO THINK YOU POSSESS.
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THOUGHTS ARE UNABLE TO ULTIMATELY JUDGE — THEY CAN ONLY COMPARE, BUT:
DO NOT DISMISS”ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE” —
EXCEPT FOR MATHEMATICS — THAT’S THE ONLY KIND THERE IS.
AND SPEAKING OF MATTERS OF.A MENTAL NATURE: THERE ARE NO JOYS THE WORLD CAN GIVE THAT EQUALS THOSE IT CAN TAKE AWAY. (I CANNOT IMAGINE OVER A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
ON OUR PLANET CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING THIS.)