Monday, you say?! --
the day developed by the early alabamians to keep
sunday & tuesday from gettin' all jammed up, and
too incestuous by twice.
                           
                 What a day!

           
                 *
 
 

One man carried dual citizenship  --
living in two separate places simultaneously.  
In so doing he was obliged to give 
allegiance to both equally  -- 
yet he found himself favoring one of them, 
in the sense of thinking about it more than the other.
Note: This weighted mental attraction did not alter his
living in them both equally --  it merely 
altered his subjective perception of the situation.
 

For many years did one man in search of 
              the understanding
see the entire affair as being one of the mind,
with manifestations of unprofitable behavior
being a problem for children,
and unsophisticated seekers.

Over time and experience,
an unexpected possibility began to periodically,
and subtly creep up to the periphery of his campfire,
and on some nights would  whisper:
”What if it IS all just a matter of --  behavior?!”

     Note: The opposite of every enlightening idea is 
               equally enlightening.
 
 
 
 

Ultimately, the most direct way to get to 
the understanding is to  --  ACT NATURALLY, 
and you know when you are not doing so 
by the fact that the voice-over to your life will be talking about what you are doing 
when you are NOT  --  acting naturally.

…(What indeed if it does turn out to be 
all a matter of behavior?! --  
but with a whole new, expanded view 
of the terrain where lies & meets 
the twin territories of: Doing, and Thinking?! 
 
 
 

                                         *
 
 
 

The difference between those with 
the understanding, and those without it is that 
those without it think they know something.
 
 
 

                                          *
 
 

                 The knowledge you think you have now 
                   is not the real thing if you feel you are 
                           something special by having it.
 
 
 
 

                                                   *
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                               
        At odd times, one man would periodically 
        declare aloud to his troops: 
        “We’re gettin’ some where now, boys --
        only problem is --  I’m not sure WHERE?!?”
 
 
 
 

                                            *
 
 
 
 

And dipping again into the still-opened case file
of that previously noted: alleged-crime, 
along with the: difficult-to-identify-culprit,
(if in fact there be one), there is to be found
yet another useful technique in unraveling this mystery:  THE DISAPPEARING ACT  approach -- 
whereby the investigator himself pulls a:
Judge Hoffa,  a Jimmy Crater,  a Camelia Airhead --
and thus are the facts of the case laid bare by 
the disappearance of the illusionary investigation itself
which was what was keeping it from plain view 
                               all along.

                                    J
 
 
 
 

To himself, one man thought of his attempts to
       GET AND HOLD THE UNDERSTANDING as:
       ”Absolutely --  NO Refunds!”


(also known as the, infinitely cognizant country song:
"I'll Never Take Me Back No Matter WHAT I Do.")