A Thing in Search of Itself–Who Has Never Seen Itself–Cannot, of Course –Describe Itself…
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COPYRIGHT 2000: JAN COX
2033-1″
AT THE GRADUATION REHEARSAL, THE VALID-DICTORIAN SAID THESE WORDS: “I HAVE A “STRANGER” LIVING IN MY HEAD,
AND IT IS THE STRANGER WHO JUST SPOKE THE WORD, “I” IN THE SENTENCE: “I HAVE A STRANGER IN MY HEAD”.”
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHAT HIS CLASSMATE’S REACTIONS WERE TO THIS STATEMENT
IN THAT HE AND HIS CLASSMATES ARE ALL THE SAME PERSON — AND
IF HE WAS LIVING-THE-REALITY OF WHAT HE SAID — AS HE WAS SAYING IT,
THEN HE WAS AWAKE AND NOT ACTUALLY THERE,
AND IF HE WAS NOT AT THE MOMENT, EXPERIENCING THE REALITY BEHIND HIS WORDS,
THEN HE WAS STILL JUST ANOTHER, “SLEEPING STIFF”
DESERVING OF NO PARTICULAR NOTICE.
…BUT YET! — WHAT A SPEECH, SURELY WORTHY OF A RE-RUN, (SAID HE): “I HAVE A “STRANGER” LIVING IN MY HEAD,
AND IT IS THE STRANGER WHO JUST SPOKE THE WORD, “I” IN THE SENTENCE: “I HAVE A STRANGER IN MY HEAD”.”,
…(AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS: WHEN THE INSTANT REALITY OF WHAT HE JUST SAID -“HITS YOU!” —
— YOU’VE JUST GRADUATED.)
2033-2
A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“WHICH IS THE GREATER INTERFERENCE IN THE REALIZATION OF OUR GOAL….”,
AND THE FATHER SAID: “THE LACK OF CLEARLY. UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE GOAL IS.”,
AND THE LAD SAID: “No, NO, YOU DIDN’T LET ME FINISH.
WHICH IS THE GREATER INTERFERENCE TO THE REALIZATION OF OUR GOAL:
THE WORDS OF OTHERS, OR OUR OWN WORDS?”
THE ELDER SEEMED TO PONDER THIS QUESTION FOR A BIT, THEN SAID: “DOES IT REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?”
THEN IT WAS THE KID’S TURN TO FALL SILENT AND APPARENTLY REFLECT
AND FINALLY REPLIED: “No-o-o I GUESS ULTIMATELY IT DOESN’T —
— BUT RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS TO.”, TO WHICH HIS FATHER RESPONDED:
“IN THAT CASE:IT CAN PRESENTLY BE A MATTER OF POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE TO YOU, AND YOU SHOULD THEN PURSUE THE QUESTION YOURSELF TO A PROFITABLE END.
TAKE IT AS YOUR NEW LINE OF INVESTIGATION: WHY DOES THERE SEEM TO BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EFFECT OTHER PEOPLE’S WORDS HAVE ON ME, AND THE EFFECT ON ME OF MY OWN?
FOR A MAN WITH A TRUE PASSION FOR THE GOAL,
ANY QUESTION THAT STRIKES HIM AS PERSONALLY INTERESTING IS WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION ….AND, (I MIGHT ADD): THE FURTHER THE MATTER IS FROM THE CURRENT QUESTIONS COMMON TO MAN, THE MORE PROMISING THEY ARE FOR THE FEW.”
“GOT IT. THANKS.”, SAID THE KID.
2033-3
AN AREA WORTHY OF A LIVELY INVESTIGATOR’S ATTENTION IS HOW
NORMAL, IN-LINE, ONE-AT-A-TIME SEQUENTIAL THINKING GIVES MEN A MENTAL PICTURE OF LIFE THAT IS SEQUENTIAL
WHEREAS MOMENTARILY REFLECTION ON THE MATTER MAKES ANY REASONABLE PERSON
AWARE OF THE FACT-THAT LIFE IS NOT SEQUENTIAL;
EVERYTHING IS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME.
THE BRAIN’S SEQUENTIAL PRODUCTION OF THOUGHTS SERVE WELL, SCIENCE,
AND MAN’S BENEFICIAL MANIPULATION OF HIS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT,
BUT BEYOND THESE INARGUABLE IMPORTANT BASIC ASPECTS,
(SUCH AS IN THOUGHTS ATTEMPTING TO COMPREHEND AND MANIPULATE THEMSELVES),
SEQUENTIAL THINKING IS A BUST.
OH, IT CAN TURN OUT VERBALLY LOGICAL BOOKS ON THE MATTER,.
AND COMPILE ENDLESS STATISTICS AND CASE STUDIES ON THE SUBJECT,
BUT ANY EVEN SEMI OBJECTIVE VIEW OF THIS ACTIVITY MAKES PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT
NOTHING RESEMBLING SUCCESS HAS EVER BEEN ACHIEVED,
NOR IN FACT, HAS ANY PROGRESS BEEN MADE.
WITHOUT QUESTION, SEQUENTIAL THINKING HAS LEAD TO AN EVER INCREASING,
“SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING” OF THE BRAIN’S ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY,
BUT NEVER DO EVEN THE CONTEMPORARY EXPERTS IN THIS AREA UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN MIND, (NOT THAT SUCH IS THEIR ACTUAL INTEREST, BUT I NOTE THIS TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN
THE MIND’S NATIVE DISABILITY TO LOOK-AT, AND COMPREHEND-DIRECTLY ITS OWN ESSENCE, AND ITS INHERENT LACK OF CURIOSITY AS TO WHY THIS BE SO.
THIS ENTIRE MATTER RESTS SOLELY IN THE HANDS OF THE FEW,SECRET INVESTIGATORS WHO, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF “CONSCIOUS MAN” HAVE BEEN INTERNALLY ENGAGED IN A RELENTLESS AND PASSIONATE STUDY OF THE CASE.
__(AND THE GUILTY WILL BE ARRESTED, WHEN APPROPRIATE.”)
2033’4
ONE DAY A FATHER SAID TO HIS MOMENTARILY FRUSTRATED OFF SPRING:
“IT IS THE NATURE OF A DOG TO CHASE AFTER ANYTHING THAT MOVES.”,
AND AFTER A SLIGHT PAUSE, THE LAD REPLIED: “BUT I STILL DON’T LIKE IT!”,
AND HIS ELDER SAID:
“AND IT IS YOUR NATURE — NOT TO LIKE IT.”
THEN THERE WAS A LONGER PAUSE….UNTIL THE BOY FINALLY SAID:
“I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING: YOU’VE NOW GOT MY DOG CHASING THE WORDS OF
YOUR COMMENT CONCERNING HOW DOGS BY NATURE CHASE ANYTHING THAT MOVES.”,
AND THE OLD MAN CLAPPED HIS HANDS WITH GLEE, EXCLAIMING: “WELL IF YOU SEE THAT THEN
— WHY AREN’T YOU AWAKE?!”,
A MOST DISTURBING QUESTION WHICH,
AS THE BOY BEGAN PONDERING IT
ASSURED HIS CONTINUING INCAPACITATION.
A CERTAIN INVESTIGATOR RAN A KENNEL ON THE SIDE,
AND HIS CHAMPION DOG WENT BY THE NAME OF: “LANCELOT’S GRAND INDIFFERENCE”
ASK YOURSELF: WHAT TYPE OF SPECIAL MORON HOLDS PERSONAL OPINIONS REGARDING THE INHERENT NATURE OF THINGS?!..
DOES ANY REASONABLY INTELLIGENT HOMOSAPIEN HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE FACT THAT TREES PUT OUT LEAVES?, OR THAT WATER IS OFTEN WET?, OR THAT THE EARTH SPINS THERE IS A STRANGER IN EVERYONE’S HEAD WHO LONGS TO RECOGNIZE HIMSELF,
AND UNTIL HE DOES, HE IS NOTHING BUT A MAD,’ Opinionated DOG CHASING HIS OWN.TAIL.
* 2033-5
TO HIS FATHER, SO SAID ONE LAD:
“As REGARDS THE CONTINUING CLAIM BY MANY THAT THE LIFE OF MAN IS AN ILLUSION,
WHAT SAY YE?”, AND HIS ELDER REPLIED:
“MAN’S PHYSICAL LIFE IS REAL ENOUGH, BUT BEYOND THAT”, HE SHRUGGED,
“WHAT CAN I TELL YA?!”
2033-6
QUESTION: WHY IS THERE NO TOTALLY SATISFYING DESCRIPTION OF EXACTLY WHAT “THE GOAL” OF THIS ACTIVITY IS?
ONE VALID RESPONSE: BECAUSE–
A THING IN SEARCH OF ITSELF — WHO HAS NEVER SEEN ITSELF
CANNOT OF COURSE — DESCRIBE ITSELF.
WHAT A GREAT QUESTION!,
THE VERY KIND WHOSE OWN INTERNAL ESSENCE HAS THE POWER TO: ANSWER ITSELF — AND
AWAKEN THE INVESTIGATOR OF THE QUESTION.
2033-7
IF YOU DON’T DO SOMETHING NEW YOU CAN’T THINK SOMETHING NEW)
AND IF YOU DON’T THINK SOMETHING NEW YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING NEW.
2033-8
ONE INVESTIGATOR’S BUSINESS SLOGAN IS:
“I WILL POINT OUT THINGS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND THAT YOUR OWN WON’T TALK TO YOU ABOUT.”
2033-9
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A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“To A COMMON EAR: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SOUND LIKE — YOU’RE AWAKE?”
AND HE REPLIED: “TALK LIKE YOU’RE AWAKE;
USE WORDS THAT MAKE YOU SEEM SO.”,
AND MOMENTARILY THE LAD ASKED:
“I’LL JUST BET THAT YOU INTEND FOR ME TO SEE HOW THIS MIGHT APPLY TO MY OWN
PERSONAL, IN-HEAD EFFORTS TO GET MY MIND TO AWAKEN MY MIND.”,
(AND AS YOU COULD PROBABLY PREDICT,
THE OLD MAN JUST SMEELED I GUESS THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE,”JUST SMILED”?!)
2033-10
ONE DAY AS THEY WERE AGAIN DISCUSSING THE MATTER OF, “THE GREAT INVESTIGATION”,
A FATHER SAID TO HIS SON:
“JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PHONE DOESN’T MEAN YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT.”
AND THE BOY SAID:
“I BET YOU’RE SAYING THAT JUST BECAUSE THOUGHTS COME CALLING IN MY MIND,
DOESN’T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND THINK THEM.”,
TO WHICH THE ELDER RESPONDED:
“No, I JUST MEAN THAT HAVING A PHONE DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT.”
THE YOUNGER PONDERED HIS FATHER’S RESPONSE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THEN SAID: “OKAY, BUT IT’S OBVIOUS TO ANYONE THAT JUST HAVING A PHONE DOESN’T REQUIRE THAT YOU ANSWER IT EVERY TIME IT RINGS — ANYONE KNOWS THAT —
YOU ARE SURELY SAYING SOMETHING ELSE.(?!?)”, AND HIS FATHER SAID:
“WORDS ARE WORDS ARE WORDS;
WHY SHOULD MY SAYING THAT JUST HAVING A PHONE DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT
CAUSE YOU TO ANSWER THE COMMENT BY EITHER AGREEING TO IT, DISAGREEING TO IT, BELIEVING IT WAS METAPHORICAL, OR WHAT EVER.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE WITHOUT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MIND TO REALIZE THAT: WORDS ARE JUST WORDS.
“WORDS ARE WORDS ARE WORDS ARE WORDS”, INFINITUM
I’LL TELL YOU NOW THAT THAT IS WHAT THE GREAT INVESTIGATION ULTIMATELY REVEALS.
SO! — DO YOU REALIZE HOW FOOLISH THAT MAKES ANYTHING PRESENTLY SAID ABOUT
THE ENDEAVOR’1 AND IF NOT, UNTIL YOU DO, HERE’S MY CLUE:
JUST HAVING A PHONE DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ITS RINGING AS EITHER A POSITIVE, OR NEGATIVE OCCURRENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
WORDS ARE JUST WORDS; RINGING IS JUST RINGING, AND THOUGHTS ARE JUST THOUGHTS, AND ANYTHING THE SKY MIGHT SAY ABOUT CLOUDS IS AT BEST, POETIC MINUTIA.
LOOK TO THE sKY. MY BOY — NOT AT CLOUDS.”
2033-11
A PROMINENT, PECULIAR FACT THAT SHOULD CLUE MEN IN, (BUT SELDOM DOES),
IS THAT WHENEVER THOUGHTS THINK & SPEAK ABOUT THEMSELVES IT IS NEVER DIRECTLY, BUT ALWAYS A STEP REMOVED;
CONSIDER AS AN EXAMPLE WHAT AN EMINENT NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST SAYS ABOUT HIS
LATEST BOOK: “I HAVE COVERED THE FULL WRITTEN HISTORY OF MAN’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND HIS OWN MIND, FROM THE EARLIEST KNOWN MYTHS WHICH MAKE METAPHORICAL COMMENT ON HIS CONSCIOUSNESS OF LIFE, TO THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES CONCERNING THE APPARENT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MIND AND THE BRAIN, AND TAKING INTO FULL ACCOUNT THE WIDE RANGE OF VARYING VIEWS, THEORIES AND SUPPOSITIONS REGARDING WHAT THE MIND ACTUALLY IS.AND DOES FROM THE VANTAGE POINTS OF: PHILOSOPHERS, THEOLOGIANS, ARTISTS, POETS, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS VERBALLY CONTRIBUTED IN A PROFITABLE WAY TO OUR ON-GOING STUDY — OR RATHER I SHOULD SAY: OUR ON-GOING ATTEMPT TO STUDY
THAT MOST FASCINATING AND ELUSIVE OF CREATURES: MAN’S MIND.”
— THIS IS NOT ONE MAN’S MIND “STUDYING THE MIND”, BUT RATHER
A MIND STUDYING THE WORDS THAT OTHER MENS’ MINDS SPOKE REGARDING THEIR INTEREST IN — “STUDYING THE MIND”.
You LOSE THE THREAD OF THE INVESTIGATION IF YOU MERELY PASS THIS OFF AS STUPIDITY, OR “EFFORT GONE ERRANT”, FOR AS COMMON AS IT IS,
WHAT IT UNNOTED REVEALS IS THE MIND’S INHERENT DISABILITY TO LOOK AT ITSELF
AT SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO EVER RECOGNIZE ITSELF FOR WHAT IT IS. :
THE AREAS OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF FEET & FINGERS ARE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THEY DO: NOT SO WITH THE AREAS OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THOUGHTS IT HAS ABOUT THINKING. “LEAVE IT TO THE FEW./ THIS ARRANGEMENT TO UN-DO.”
2033-12
WHILE THE BRAIN’S MENTAL MEMORY IS OF BENEFIT TO ORDINARY LIFE, FOR THOSE SEEKING THE GOAL IT IS OTHERWISE
IN THAT IT ENABLES WORDS TO CLING TO YOUR MIND
AS THE SMELL OF DEATH DOES TO A CORPSE.
IT’S NOT ENOUGH THAT YOUR THOUGHTS CAN GET STUCK TO AN ENDLESS. NUMBER OF OTHER THOUGHTS AND BE DRAGGED ALL AROUND THE UNIVERSE,
BUT ON TOP OF THAT YOU’RE URGED TO CONSTANTLY RECALL THE INCIDENTS.
AND HERE IS A SIMPLE FACT, (PERHAPS OF LITTLE PRACTICAL USE INITIALLY, BUT HERE IT IS NONETHELESS): No MEMORY — NO SLEEP.
2033-13
WHEN ONE MAN BEGAN TO SEE THE LIFE HE LEAD IN HIS HEAD
AS BEING A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE ONE HE ACTUALLY LEAD;-HE WAS INITIALLY PLEASED AT HOW NOURISHED HE WAS BY THE NOTION;
BUT LATER :HE REFINED THE PICTURE AND BEGAN TO SEE THE AFFAIR AS A KIND OF, “CONTRAIUS ROMAN A CLEF” — THE REVERSE OF A ROMAN A CLEF,
(THAT LITERARY DEVICE OF PRESENTING REAL EVENTS ,AND CHARACTERS IN THE GUISE OF FICTION ,
FOR IN THE INSTANT CASE REGARDING THE STORY OF HIMSELF THAT RUNS IN HIS HEAD: ‘TIS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER AND EVENTS PRESENTED AS REAL.
HE SAYS THAT HE ALSO FOUND IT OF INTEREST THAT IN THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD OF MAN THERE IS NO WORD FOR THIS IDEA! —
AND IF FACT OF EVEN GREATER CURIOSITY IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOT EVEN AN IDEA OF THIS IDEA.
2033-14
I WOULD SAY THAT THE HISTORICAL FREQUENCY OF THOSE SEEKING THE GOAL TO WITHDRAW FROM LIFE AND TO PHYSICALLY:– LIVE ALONE —
IS A REFLECTION, (NOT NECESSARILY UNDERSTOOD.BY THEM),
OF THE DESIRE TO) INTERNALLY — IN THEIR HEAD — LIVE ALONE.
No LONGER UNDER THE SHADOWY, “ILLUSION-OF-TWO”, BUT IN THE LIGHTED REALITY OF “ONE”.
BACK IN YOUR HEAD ALONE — JUST YOU.. AND NO BODY ELSE BUT YOU.
2033-15
THE CURIOUS STORY OF A CURIOUS ENTERPRISE
SPEAKING TO THE BUSINESS REPORTER OF AN UNNAMED PUBLICATION THE MAN SAID; “OUR COMPANY’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IS THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF US,
AND YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE ACCOMPLISH NOTHING.”
IS THIS NOT A “CURIOUS” STORY?! —
AND IF YOU AGREE, THAT’S PROOF THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO “WAKE UP”.
2033-16
THE ODD STORY OF A CERTAIN MAN
ONE CERTAIN MAN SPENT A SMALL FORTUNE HIRING VARIOUS SUBCONTRACTORS
TO FIND AND ELIMINATE A NOISE IN HIS HOUSE THAT WAS DRIVING HIM TO DISTRACTION; — BUT WITH NO SUCCESS.
HE FINALLY REALIZED THAT WHAT HE WAS HEARING WAS A NOISE IN HIS OWN EAR,
IS THIS NOT AN “ODD” STORY?! —
AND IF YOU THINK SO IT SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE NEVER TRIED TO ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT,
2033-17
HEADLINE: “LIFE ^
DATELINE: CHARLESTON: WHEN ASKED WHY HE LAUGHS) HE REPLIED:
“BECAUSE IT’S THERE.”