Everything that has no physical existence
also has no objective standards, 
thus about them, 
men have a multitude of conflicting opinions.
   Everything that exists only as a concept 
   is forever subject to unending criticism.

To be ordinary is to not only have a brain
pre-programmed to be full of criticism of the world of concepts created by man’s brain,
but to also accept them as naturally valid. 
The few, on the other hand,
are distinguished by the fact that
another part of their brain’s conscious activity
simultaneously finds something unignoreably peculiar, and questionable about this species-wide phenomenon.

To be an ordinary, sane, sophisticated, 
and well-informed human being is to have a mind full
of thoughts concerning how the lives of human beings could be undoubtedly made better if certain changes,
quite obvious to your thoughts, were implemented.

From each man’s individual view,
and from that of humanity’s collective one,
the veracity of this is beyond question;
the mind of every normal man of this planet easily sees ways in which life would be improved for everyone if but certain changes were made in the way men run their lives.
Via this inherent mental position are beneficial alterations gradually affected in mortal affairs,
but such is not occurring in the manner conceived of by ordinary minds.

What troubles a few men and women, 
here and there throughout human history, 
(even should it not be so understood),
is that their brain is not completely sold on the critical
ideas that it itself naturally produces.
To be human & ordinary is to have thoughts that say --   something is not right;
to be one of the few is to have thoughts that say something is not right about the thoughts you have that say something is not right. 

Ordinary minds cannot satisfactorily explain exactly why things seem inherently --  “not right,”
and why all attempts to correct things 
never conclusively do so,
nor can the thoughts of the few explain exactly,
(even to themselves),
why they are unable to fully embrace this 
majority view of things.

(Although the ordinary do not notice it thus), it could be said in their regard that: 
“Being constantly critical of things is hell,”
but then for the few you would have to say:
”Being uncomfortable as an unwitting host for unrelenting criticism of things, and not understanding what any of it is really about
is doubly hellish, (or at least, extremely annoying)".

(In case you have not noticed),
there are a lot more people who claim to be seriously interested in being enlightened, and awakened than pragmatically are;
for every thousand who wave a map,
one actually making the journey is surprising.
The rest are satisfied with just having acquired a new,
somewhat exclusive basis for an additional feeling that --  “something is not right!”
but they never seek to get to the bottom of 
that very sensation.

Saying: “I am intelligently dissatisfied with life”
is proof of no intelligence;
saying: “I am dissatisfied with my views of life”
is the initial distinction of the few,
but without a person eventually realize that they
do not personally understand the nature of their dissatisfaction, 
no change within them is possible;
the furniture in their dream rooms can be rearranged,
but escape from the rooms themselves will forever evade them.

Hearing that, “Nothing is wrong in life”
will accomplish nothing;
what will produce results is a full bore investigation of what is behind yours & man’s natural belief thus.
Without a comprehension of the machinery,
no pondering of the intangible products coming off the assembly line will ever reveal anything useful.

Being ordinary is having a necessary, mental illness;
the belief that something is wrong,
and everyone has treatments to suggest,
but no one even has the right diagnosis! --
want to know why? --
because there is no “right diagnosis.”
The proper diagnosis would be your personal diagnosis of what causes you to make such diagnoses.
A man on the way to awakening is a doctor amidst his routine diagnosing who is suddenly thus struck:
“What am I doing here in this phony white coat making these meaningless diagnoses?

The time when useful advice about a matter 
would in fact  -- be useful
would be before the matter occurs,
but since this is not how life works --
everyone ends up in a dream world, 
one fractured with faults.
It then is a question of whether a man can,
after-the-deed-is-done, 
properly diagnose the basis of the initial 
MIS-diagnosis that brought him to where he is now.
The "basis of" --  not whatever verbal, mumbo-jumbo
made up the misdiagnosis.

The continual bouncing back & forth between
being in your old, natural and unwitting mental state,
and momentarily in one wherein you see the folly of the old one, and to which you long to never return,
but without ever understanding what is going on,
is like having a doctor visit you,  time and time again,
after you have just died, again and again and again.

 All right boys & girls: can we all spell,
”world class frustration”?……………..okay then,
can any of you see a narrow side street named:
”Not at all necessary”?
and do you recognize that street as being your 
brain’s own ability to damn near conceive of what it is
doing by way of its self-reflections,
spelled out in YOUR mind as --  thoughts,
thoughts with an overall sensation that,
--  something is not right. 

To be without an individual understanding of what life, and being a human alive is about 
is to be in the position whereby the 
automatic thoughts endlessly passing thru your head
act as a doctor,
standing beside your bed,
offering a never ending stream of useless diagnoses,
and meaningless advice,
as you lay there passively nodding your head as though you appreciate the efficacy and insight of his idiotic comments.

Which is the greater idiocy: 
the voice-over in your head to your life --  or
your taking it seriously?
 

    One ruler’s position:
“Assurances to all  --  security for none.
Men should be constantly assured,
but yet should never FEEL secure.
This is what makes them --  REAL men.”

    You should be such a ruler to your own domain.
 
 

              JAN 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

P.S.  We are starting a new feature for our readers: 
the establishment of: “J.C.’s Inner Circle,”
whereby, if you are a member, for $9.95 per month,
I will not tell you what is going on in my private life,
nor anything about me.
 
 

Those who do not understand a matter
will offer endless examples of it.

   No one understands what "being asleep" is,
   thus they offer endless examples of it.
 
      The correct understanding of "being asleep"
      is understanding that it only exists in examples of it.