JAN’S DAILY FRESH NEWS

                      © 2001: Jan Cox
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September 15, 2001.
 
 
 
 
 

                 THE MOOT QUESTION OF PRODUCT QUALITY

On one world is a machine that has only two positions:
it is either endlessly producing meaningless nick knacks,
or is in idle;
some people try to take control of what products it produces,
and others try to shut it off --  both chase unicorns;
a few (with no taste for Atlantis architecture) opt for accepting the idle position, but find that it can only be maintained
by holding constantly, the position lever;
let go for a moment -- and the machine is instantly back to producing the ceaseless stream of,  who-knows-whats.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                      THE OUTSIDER

There was an orphan who lived amidst a large number of
other people with whom he had so little in common
that he never felt even any figurative kinship with them.

He found, trying to fit in, impossible,
and same so, attempting to change them.
He eventually decided to abandon them,
realizing that he only, truly felt like himself --  and,
only enjoyed himself --  when
he was by himself;
but no matter where he went, they always tagged along.

After many years of frustrating tries & failures
he stumbled upon the consolatory course:
as long as he did not think about them --
he did not think about them  --   and was by himself  --
                    --  and was then  --  himself.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 THE MESSENGER’S PRESUMPTUOUS SELF-IMPORTANCE, OR:
            THE IMPOTENCY OF BEING A DELIVERYMAN

Back when communication depended on foot travel,
messengers were assigned to bring news from battlefields,
and foreign lands, back to the city,
and one man, after having several times delivered
news of momentous importance from afar back to the people,
began to assume an air of pompous gravitas,
and behind his back, became the laughingstock of the city.

His mouth being the medium for words of significance,
his mind began believing it, the author.

This remains true today, both in broadcast journalism,
                                  and in your head.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                      SELF-KIDNAPPING
 

While you remain victim of the: “I-am-trying-to-change-I” ill,
you attempt to affect something that is not there.

It is the: “There-is-more-than-the-one-of-me-saying-this” disease,
for which there is no cure  --
other than realizing that all you are is
whatever is going on in your consciousness at this very moment as you are hearing this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                             NEVER MIND
 

It does not matter what you complain about  --
--  only that you complain;
as with many things done by consciousness:
it is the process that is important  --   not its apparent target.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    Any words which help a man see through words are useful --
         --  in helping him eventually see through everything.
 

                                                   J