Your Mind Does Not Have to Be There
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COPYRIGHT 2000: JAN COX 2050 – 1
A MAN ASKED A CERTAIN MYSTIC:
“Do YOU SAY THAT BEING ASLEEP IS BELIEVING YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL
OVER YOUR LIFE?”, AND THE SAGE REPLIED; “YES.”, THEN THE MAN ASKED:
“SO IS BELIEVING THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE, BEING AWAKE?”,
“No.”, HE REPLIED.
EXTENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS INTO”THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE” ARE PROPER WHEN A MAN BEGINS THIS JOURNEY, BUT
ONCE HE IS WITHIN SIGHT OF SEEING WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON FOR HIMSELF FURTHER DISCOURSE IS NOT THE ORDER-OF-THE-DAY.
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REGARDING THE DIAGNOSIS
HAVING A NAME FOR YOUR CONDITION DOESN’T MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS,
IN FACT: ONE FLIABLE DEFINITION OF, “BEING ASLEEP” IS:
“NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TERM, “BEING ASLEEP” ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZES”.
COROLLARY: AN ALCOHOLIC IS SOMEONE WHO DRINKS MORE THAN THE PERSON DEFINING THE WORD, “ALCOHOLIC”.
I ASK YOU: IN WHAT OTHER AREA OF MENTAL ACTIVITY BESIDES THIS DOES EVERYTHING COMES IN SUCH, TIDY, SELF-CONSUMING, AND CLEAN-UP-AFTER-ITSELF PACKETS?!
You EITHER — GET IT,
OR YOU DON’T!
….AND ANYTHING IN BETWEEN EQUALS, “You DON’T”.
NOTHING COULD BE PLAINER THAN THE BOTTOM OF THIS MOST COMPLEX-SEEMING BARREL.
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To BE AN ORDINARY, ROUTINELY INTELLIGENT HUMAN BEING YOU MUST THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE,
To THINK THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE
DISPLAYS A GROSS LACK OF INTELLIGENCE —
FLYING DIRECTLY IN THE FACE OF_EASILY OBSERVABLE, ALWAYS PRESENT EVIDENCE TO THE BLATANT CONTRARY.
I ASK YOU: IS NOT THE SITUATION SCRUMPTIOUS BEYOND COMPARE?!
TO LIVE A SANE, ACCEPTABLE LIFE YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT YOU
HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE,
BUT DOING SO ALSO PUTS YOU IN THE CAMP OF THE RADICALLY DELUDED,
IS THAT NEAT OR WHAT?!
(‘COURSE THE SAVING GRACE IS THAT NO ROUTINE PERSON REALIZES IT.)
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A MAN ASKED A SAGE:
“WHAT METHOD WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS?”,
AND THE WISE ONE REPLIED:
“MY APPROACH WAS TO CONTINUALLY TRY AND PICTURE WHAT A MIND WOULD BE LIKE
THAT HAD NO THOUGHTS.
CARRYING THAT WITH ME AT ALL TIMES FINALLY DID THE TRICK, AND PUT MY HEAD AT EASE.”
WHEN ONE MAN WAS COMPLIMENTED ON HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK ON COMPLEX SUBJECTS AT GREAT LENGTH — “SPONTANEOUSLY”, HE REPLIED: “EVERY ONE DOES IT.”
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WHEN ONE RABBIT WAS COMPLIMENTED ON HIS ABILITY TO EAT GRASS, AND SEE BEHIND HIM, HE REPLIED: “EVERY ONE DOES IT.”
AND NOW SOME: INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEFICIT NEWS
SINCE NOTHING YOU CAN THINK OR SAY HAS ANY EFFECT ON WHETHER YOU ARE FULLY AWAKE OR NOT,
WHY DO YOU STILL BOTHER WITH EITHER?
…,(ARGENTINA REQUESTS ADDITIONAL TIME IN WHICH TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION.)
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SOME LANDFILL NEWS
A MAN ASTOUNDED AT MANKIND’S STUPIDITY I S ASTOUNDINGLY STUPID.
WHEN YOU SPOT A MIND WITH A CRITICAL CARE YOU’VE FOUND A MIND BOGGED IN DESPAIR.
A MAN WHO HAS BROKEN FREE AND REALIZES WHAT’S GOING ON
DOES NOT ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS, PRO OR CON REGARDING ANY MATTER, (OTHER THAN:
“I’D RATHER — EAT THAN BE HUNGRY;
BE DRY THAN WET,
FUCK THAN BE HORNY.”
A MAN BEFUDDLED BY MANKIND’S ODD SECONDARY ACTIVITIES IS ODDLY BEFUDDLED.
FOR A MAN OF MENTAL EASE
THERE IS ULTIMATELY BUT ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT, (AND THAT IS THAT): THERE IS NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT. (WHICH OBVIOUSLY SUCH A MAN
SHOULDN’T BE THINKING.)
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A BOY ASKED HIS FATHER:
“WHAT D’YA FIGURE IT’S LIKE TO BE COMPLETELY AWAKE, ENLIGHTENED & LIBERATED?”,
AND THE ELDER REPLIED:
“LIKE ASKING YOURSELF
WHAT WOULD YOU BE LIKE IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE YOUR “YOU” IN YOU.”
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ANOTHER MAN RECENTLY VISITED ANOTHER SAGE AND ASKED HIM WHAT SPECIFIC APPROACH OR METHOD HE HAD USED IN ACHIEVING THE FINAL REALIZATION, AND THE EXPERIENCED ONE REPLIED:
“FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I LIVED IN A MONASTERY AND MEDITATED ON -“THE GREAT QUESTIONS”.
THEN I LEFT AND STAYED HOME MOSTLY, JUST SITTIN’ AND WATCHIN’ TV WHILE CONSTANTLY ASKING MYSELF AS I SURFED THE CHANNELS:
“How DO I “KNOW” THAT I DON’T LIKE THE SHOWS. I DON’T LIKE?,’ AND HOW DO I KNOW THE EXACT RIGHT.MOMENT-10 HIT THE REMOTE?
SUCH BECAME MY PERSONAL MEDITATION THAT LEAD TO THE PREPOSTEROUS PAY OFF.”
A FERTILIZER UPDATE
JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR NAME AND A FEW FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE,
ONLY DREAMERS KNOW WHO THEY ARE — AND THEY HAVEN’T A CLUE.
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RULES
THE CARDINAL RULE OF ROCK CLIMBING IS
NEVER LET GO OF WHAT YOU’RE HOLDING TO UNTIL YOU’RE HOLDING TO SOMETHING ELSE,
THE RULE FOR WISING UP IS JUST THE OPPOSITE.
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A MAN WHO KNOWS DOES NOT EVEN SAY TO HIMSELF: “I HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER MY LIFE.” — NOR; “I DO NOT HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER MY LEFE.”
THINKING THAT ONE OF THE TWO MUST BE TRUE IS THE SIGN OF A MAN WHO DOES NOT KNOW,
A RELIGIOUS MAN AWAITS A WORD FROM ALLAH;
A PHILOSOPHER LOOKS FOR AN E-MAIL FROM ARISTOTLE, AND A MYSTIC LONGS FOR A MESSAGE FROM BUDDHA.
THEY ARE ALL PLAYING IN THE LEAVES WHEN THEY SHOULD BE “TRACING-THE-TRUNK-TO-THE-ROOTS.”
AS YOU SIT IN MEDITATION BEFORE THE TV
KEEP TURNING THIS PICTURE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN YOUR PRACTICE:
A MAN WHO KNOWS DOES NOT EVEN SAY TO HIMSELF:
“I HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER MY LIFE” — NOR:
“I DO NOT HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER MY LIFE.”
MEDITATING ON THE MIND WITHOUT MEDITATING ON WHERE THE MIND COMES FROM
IS LIKE WAKING UP IN THE BUS STATION WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT BROUGHT YOU THERE, DON’T JUST PLAY IN THE LEAVES — TRACE THE TRUCK DOWN TO ITS ROOTS.
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A SHAMAN TOLD A MAN: “FOR ME TO HEAL SOMEONE I MUST TAKE ON THEIR ILLNESS.”, TO WHICH THE MAN REPLIED: “WHEN YOU CLEAN OFF ONE AREA THE DUST JUST
SETTLES SOME PLACE ELSE.”, TO WHICH THE WITCH DOCTOR REPLIED:
“ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME?”, AND THE MAN SAID: “WHY WOULD I BOTHER DOING THAT WHEN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS OCCURRING IN MY MIND REGARDING THE MATTER OF MY MIND THINKING THAT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE ITS OWN HEALTH.
HOW WOULD RIDICULING MY MIND BE ANY MORE BENEFICIAL THAN SLAVISHLY ACCEPTING ITS UNWARRANTED SELF CONCEIT?!
WHEN IT COMES TO ITS VIEW OF ITSELF,
THE MIND IS NEITHER CORRECT NOR INCORRECT — IT JUST IS WHAT IT LS.
AN INTRINSIC PART OF THE MIND IS WHATEVER IT SAYS ABOUT ITSELF;
SUCH HAS NO OBJECTIVE VALUE — BUT THERE IT IS —
AN INESCAPABLE ASPECT OF THE MIND THAT
THE MINDS OF ORDINARY MEN NEVER TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
IN THEIR CALCULATIONS OF THEMSELF.”
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A MAN ASKED A GUY WHO SPECIALIZES IN ROOT MEDICINE:
“IF YOU ARE NO LONGER CAPTURED BY ILLUSIONS OF GODS, DEMONS, EVIL-FORCES-OF-FATE,
OR THE-POWER-OF-OTHER-PEOPLE-OVER-YOUR-LIFE,
THEN WHAT CAN YOU BLAME FOR YOUR STATE OF DISTRACTED CONSCIOUSNESS?”,
AND THE
DOWN-INTO-THE-EARTHY-GUY REPLIED:
“THE BLAME RESTS ON ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY — CONSCIOUSNESS.”
THE MAN THOUGHT ABOUT THIS RESPONSE FOR A BIT, THEN SAID:
“BUT THAT CAN’T BE CORRECT —
WHY WOULD CONSCIOUSNESS ACT IN ANY MANNER DETRIMENTAL TO ITSELF?”,
AND THE SAGE REPLIED:
“IT IS YOUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THE MIND THAT LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
CONSCIOUSNESS IS CAPABLE OF DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN WHAT IS IN ITS INTEREST,
AND WHAT IS NOT.”,
AND THE MAN PROTESTED:
“BUT SURELY CONSCIOUSNESS, AMONG ALL HUMAN CAPACITIES,
MUST KNOW WHAT IS TO ITS BENEFIT, AND WHAT IS NOT.”,
TO WHICH THE MYSTIC CALMLY RESPONDED: “Do YOU KNOW?”, AND THE MAN DID NOT KNOW FOR HE DID NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS CONSCIOUSNESS AND HIMSELF.
ONLY WHILE ASLEEP AND DREAMING DOES A MAN KNOW WHAT’S BEST FOR HIM; ONLY WHILE DAZED AND STAGGERING WILL A MAN LOOK UP AT THE ARCH OF THE MIND AND BELIEVE THAT HE CAN IDENTIFY THE KEYSTONE.
REMEMBER: NOTHING HOLDS EVERYTHING TOGETHER: EVERYTHING DOES.