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If you are a fool, life has everyone pretend to be serious about what they are saying whenever you come around.
Better
to never see a strong man once than to see him then a second time --
-- after he has weakened.
How
sad the struggle to think you are somebody -- special,
(well,
that and mildly humorous).
Mental self is a verb dressed in a noun’s clothes.
.........................(P.S.
to make it even more interesting: nouns
don’t have clothes.)
Being-asleep is mentally just -- stumbling-through-each-day -- just barely getting by;
depending
constantly on outside sources to trigger the thoughts that mechanically,
and
dully pass through your mind.
The Totally Secret Rules Of The Totally Secret, Mirrored-Few
Never
do anything you do not have
to do,
and
never do anything until you absolutely must
do it,
and
never
tell anyone, (including yourself),
why
you did anything in the manner you did.
....................................................(No
humor here,
for sure!)
ORDINARY MEN & THE ETERNAL BALANCE
Every earth has a moon,
The
Punchline:
“No, contrary to popular belief, mules can be trained,
but
first you have to hit them in the head with the 2 x 4 to get their attention.”
The
Question:
Where is man’s 2 x 4?
He who sees paradoxes
If an enlightening experience results in a man becoming an Enlightened Teacher
Mind
looks for and produces an endless stream of thoughts that furnish
a
satisfying though meaningless sense of accomplishment via -- bad
news --
e.g.
hearing that vitamin pills do not actually provide proper nutrition,
so
that mind can say: “Well that’s some bad news that is good and useful to
know." Thus are all mortally uncovered plots & conspiracies.
It
is a stupid worm who heeds the advice of a slug,
or
a sleeping man, that of another sleeper.
Slopes to inclines are drawn,
Thought
is either consciousness-taut,
(when at its best),
or:
consciousness-lax,
(when at its worst -- asleep, distracted and routine).
As
a ruler once said when his grammar was corrected:
“I
am a king -- I am beyond grammar!” --
so
too is the new mind beyond having to answer to the original one.
That which an awakened man knows now
A
man wholly
engrossed in himself is never a danger to you --
since
he never thinks of you, (if by, “himself” is meant, his
thoughts).
You understand what thinking really is
From
yet another view, being awake is
merely living just your own life -- if
you
ever realize exactly what that entails.
One
man said: “I believe that to offend grammar is to offend God,”
and
a second man said: “But I do not believe in
God,”
and
a third man said: “And I do not believe in
grammar,”
and
to himself a fourth mused:
“Pa
pa -- what would you say is the most crucial thing to awakening?”
“Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“Not when you‘re far enough along to know more or less what it’s all really
about.”
CONCLUDING CONVERSATIONAL BIT
“The
feet carry the brain -- but not the other way around.”
..................................................."I
knew that."
J
*fill
in the missing pieces in your own head, of course, and you have
-- Awakening!
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