Ahh --  Friday:
the time each week we pay titular tribute to the 
celtic god of:  mistaken identity & being over-charged.
 
 
 
 
 

You can try to change your thinking,
or try to change how you’re feeling;
one can’t be done, but seems like it can,
while the other seems like it can’t, but 
could be otherwise.
 

If a foot wants to pick itself up, 
what will it stand on while doing it?

              Can an eye/I ever see an eye/I?
 
 

The same mood when you finish;
the same mood when you start.
        What do you think of your mood now?

               Can a mood ever feel a mood?
               Can a thought ever pick itself up?
 
 

By comparing one thing to another 
                                does the mind
keep a man blind.
 

        In the empty room such a thing is not possible.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

When you understand how things work,
you know that it is foolish  to describe it to others…..
…but it can be fun. 

What is your comprehension of this: 
If a lecture is announced regarding,
getting the understanding,
and 100 people show up, 86 of them will be hopeless, (soreheads, smart-asses, know-it-alls, & flame-outs). 
    What do you make of this?

Erratum:
The Tower Of Babel came before 
The Expulsion From The Garden.
   Do you grasp this?

               Clarity is one tongue --  uncertainty, many.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The difference between those who know,
and those who don’t 
                       is that 
those who don’t some times think they do.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
On the way to the understanding
you go thru endless mountains, 
and even after you have reached it -- 
--  endless mountains stretch out after that,
…………(if you decide to keep going).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

             The Case Of The Great Investigation.

To get the understanding
requires a thorough investigation;
first a survey of circumstances, 
then a scrutiny of the surveyor,
finally, reflection on the question: 
What IS this “investigation”?

Few drawn to it, ever see it through,
the reason being:
It is an investigation which,
if successfully concluded --  proves nothing.
     (Triple dipped chocolate 
            ne’er tasted as sweet.)

Life does not need to be proved --  only does mind,
but most men never get past the mind as a prove-ER,
and subject it to being proved.
  But such is how you solve the case and --
               --  get the understanding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

When you’re in the receptive-state,
(the empty room),
life is clear, immediate & complete, 
and when you’re not, 
everything seems tentative, fuzzy & unfinished. 
Like the difference between a sharp photo 
you’re looking at right now, 
and a blurry one you’re recalling 
of some other time, some other place.
 

That which is clear, immediate & complete 
is formless, 
and mind imposing form where none exists 
is what keeps one from the direct understanding of 
what is going on.
 

A mind that does not know 
continually looks for – purpose;
a man with the understanding --  knows better.
 

The master key is  -  BE CAREFUL  --
always be -- extremely careful  --
 and you will not be fooled by the mental illusion of there being form to life where there is none; 
you will thus see everything 
instantly & completely,
where before you were hesitant & uncertain.
 
 

Only this exact moment has any purpose --
         --   all else is inner illusion.
 
 

In the empty room you realize that mind is nothing other than you  --   and yet --
                                  --   you are not it.
 

 
           Be careful  -- that’s all --  
                     
                                            ....just be careful.
 

                                                J