As long as we are here in Converse, Nebraska
a couple of related matters could be noted,
(okay --  one matter):
        1. You’re as stupid as who you talk to.
 

Man’s ability to live more efficiently by going beyond the confines of purely instinctive behavior 
is due in large part to his singular talent for 
verbal communication.
Each man does not have to reinvent the water wheel, or automatic transmission for himself, 
but can be told how to produce one by somebody who already knows how; 
men can also reveal to one another, 
improvements they have discovered. 
Thus is useful knowledge collectively shared,
expanded, and preserved.
 

Ergo, regarding physical matters: 
You’re as smart as those you talk to --  and
only a fool doesn’t discuss things with others --  but
when it comes to things non tangible:
You’re as stupid as who you talk to --  and; 
only fools discuss things.
 

A man with a faulty faucet is smart to talk to someone expert in plumbing, and would be a fool not to discuss with him, the best possible ways of repairing same,
but a man with unworkable ideas & attitude is stupid to talk to anyone about it,
(rabbi, guru, psychiatrist, etc), 
and is a fool to discuss possible causes, and cures with anyone.

As always, in these daily reports:
my words are addressed to a self-selected few,
and have no relevance to ordinary people, 
and their ordinary lives;
to them  --   obviously  --
what I just said is insane, and simply not so.
The seeking of advice and instruction,
and the discussion of personal problems is a vital adhesive to binding together the herd of humanity,
but for the few with the irrepressible taste for 
freedom, and inner individuality,
it’s another story, (the one we cover here).

Facts:
1. The world you can’t touch --  man’s mind made up.
2.  Any problem had therewith is also --  made up.
3.  Any solution any man has to any such problems 
     is perforce  --  made up;
there may be nothing wrong with his solution,
it’s simply made up --
how can there be anything "wrong" with something that is --  MADE UP?!

     ”I say there: I don’t particularly care for 
      Prince Charming’s attitude, or 
      Snow White’s political views, or 
      Muhammad’s description of God.” 
What are you  --   nuts?!….are you this stupid?!,
or do you just pretend to be, 
like all the ordinary cows?!

Fact: In the realm of imaginary matters, 
there are no experts --  and even if there were
their expertise would be in matters imaginary.

Senior Fact: No one is an expert in altering consciousness.
Believe me when I tell you this
for I am an expert in the matter.

If you seek someone to tell you how to free your automatic and constricted thinking,
and you find someone who will give such instruction, 
you will have found someone whose automatic, 
and constricted thinking at least matches yours 
in degree.

For example, let us say that you have a,
Consciousness I.Q. of 90,
the only people you will ever find who will apparently
talk to you seriously about raising your C.I.Q.
will be those whose level of consciousness is as
low as yours.

Fact:
Only cows will hold meaningful conversations with cows.
Advanced Version: 
Only the thoroughly bovine-brained
will engage in serious conversations with 
other bovines regarding how to stop being a cow.

It would be an entirely different matter if one cow encouraged another to stop dreaming that it was 
not a cow.

No one can tell you how to stop being you --
the you with whom you are dissatisfied;
no one can tell you how to stop being you 
since no one knows how you came to BE you.
The person who will so offer to instruct you
does not even know how HE came to be who he is,
...much less you, so --  forget about it,
unless you want to become even more confused
than you are already  from 
having such conversations with yourself.

     See  --   NOW we’re getting to the gristle.

You’re as stupid as who you talk to -- 
and who do you converse with more than anyone in the world? --   yourself  --
that running commentary in your head that consists of
a voice in consciousness  --   doing the talking,
and an ear therein doing the  --   taking-it-all-in.

You don’t have to worry over being “conned” by some
slick, sham guru, who will mislead you, 
and  mis-instruct you for god knows what 
nefarious reason;
forget about such nightmares --
you’re already living one involving just you, and the automatic ideas that life has so thoughtfully provided.

A man who says: ”I am asleep, and need someone to tell me how to awaken” is ultimately an idiot;
a man who says: “I am asleep, and I 
KNOW that I am asleep, and from this knowledge 
will teach myself how to awaken” will prove to be a
twice fried idiot if he does not ultimately cease listening to the thoughts in his head saying this,
and turn what un-entangled attention he may have
to the investigation of the thoughts’ parentage.
 

So ‘tis true for the few:
Being engaged in the inner conversation
is to be involved with the world’s dumbest activity.

If you are seriously listening to what is being said 
in your head --  regardless of the non tangible subject --  you are not only normal, ordinary and sane,
but also an idiot, a moron and a fool,
and you will not find how to satisfy that 
delightfully tantalizing hunger that is the 
driving force in the lives of a few.

If you want an entirely new, and unobstructed view of what life is about
then don’t listen to anyone else 
TELL you what life is about ,
and finally  --  and  above all  --
stop listening to what’s being said in your own head
regarding what life is or is not about.
 

             …(if you’re gonna listen to anybody,
             listen to your stomach…or your hands.)

                                      JAN
 

How curious it is to be a creature who can say:
"It is me," and not know who says it,
nor how it occurs.
 
 

  ...curiouser still is to not be aware this is so,
  and not be looking into the matter for yourself.
 

     Why waste your life on other people's say so.
 
 

The one who might know what it is that you want to know
is the one who does not respond to your questions.