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September
5, 2002
©
2002: JAN COX
Serious,
steady drinkers say that the problem with teetotalers is:
when
they wake up in the morning, that is as good as they are going to feel
all day,
and
something similar goes on between a man-who-knows and everyone else
-- but, the latter are not aware of it -- and the former
won’t tell about it.
Men who say that they know The
Truth
-- and will agree to describe it,
climb trees wearing no underwear.
In the head of one who really knows what is going on,
there are no supporting undergarments (such as:
talking-about-it).
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Humanity
has spread out, a map the size of Earth (and then some)
over
which they constantly squabble concerning destinations they have penciled
in.
While
this is going on, a man who knows is over by the water cooler.
Moral:
It’s great to finally be where you are going -- once you know where
that
is.
Moral
Moral: The sure fire way to never get
there is:
haggling
over man’s jerry rigged map.
In the zoo on one planet, animals are kept confined by drawings of bars.
Nibber's Tip: Nothing is so tasty as
mental addiction.
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One
man says that compared to the rest of the body’s operations,
the
electrical activity responsible for thought is not substantial enough
to
be classified as actually molecular:
he
further notes that this insight --
as
significant as it seems to him --
also
feels a bit shaky -- since it came to him in the form of a
thought.
When there’s nothing left to say
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If
what troubles you, eating & exercise cures -- it cannot
be
cured -- only understood.
“But Paw, I’m still sunburned.”
“But now you know the cause.”
“Wow! -- you’re right! Now I feel much
better.”
Note: People whose eyes cannot tolerate
looking at a factual map
will pretend what that they see is a parody of some actual place.
All stubbed neural toes are avoided by inner sedentarism
(seasoned by liberal doses of righteous irritation with the status quo).
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On
one planet is a runaway train that chases down and barrels through everyone;
most
of the creatures there do not notice it --
they
stay way too busy thinking & talking about the train under a different
name.
In
your own, inner solar system, calling Mercury, Pluto will keep it far from
the Sun --
(only
in the crass, material world outside of you are things too dumb to play
this game.)
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Men
have long held that: Good medicine
tastes bitter --
but
this only holds true for inner-reality ills;
when
something cannot be cured, the frustration of trying
is
worse than the original something.
“Paw:
if I understood that fully, would I be fully enlightened?”
“Hell! -- you wouldn’t even be here.”
Thinking that you are struggling to solve
an inner-reality problem
is like believing you are playing with an always hungry tiger:
hungry
tigers don’t play.
Water can both hold up a ship and sink it too;
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“What
is the funniest thing you have ever seen?”
“A man addressing a crowd asked them to divide themselves into two groups:
those who felt they had some control over their thoughts, and those who
did not feel they did, and he specifically instructed everyone to stop
all movement –
to
be perfectly still and quiet,
and
for each person, in their mind to ask their self:
‘At
this very moment: do I or do I not have any control over my thoughts?’
--
why
I laughed so hard I split my pants!"
When the joke’s on humanity,
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Just
as hormones fill teenagers’ heads with the idea of love,
so
too do they fill everyone's head with the idea of ideas.
At
the beginning of every sentence he uttered, one man inserted the word,
“Lo”
--
until
he got so sick of hearing it that he stopped talking.
“Son, whenever you find anything that works for you --
use
it ‘til you wear the bastard plumb out! --
-- then immediately start looking for something to replace it.”
To
be fulfilled, ordinary people must feel themselves part of a tradition;
to
ever see what is going on, the certain man must create his own.
Humanity
is a herd of animals, the only ones harboring shattered dreams –
yet
living lives all other creatures would die for.
One
man deliberately TERRIFIES himself
mentally -- “Hey,” says he,
“Can’t
find anyone else to do it right.”
Stupidity
has three abodes: where you say it is in others;
where
you believe it is in you,
and
where it really is -- (which is nadawhere).
Skinny
children reflect badly on their parents;
wanting
minds, on real men.
(One
man says: "I can't bear to be licked!"
[Should it be assumed he makes reference to the lizard
story circa 9/4/02.])
People
enjoy conveying bad news because it is one of the only times in their lives
when
they can even appear to have anything important to say.
One
man suddenly asked himself: “Who died and left me in charge?!
Hey!
-- me -- that’s who.”
Those
with nothing worthwhile to talk about,
always
want to talk about something specific,
while
a man who knows something worthwhile he could talk about,
will
talk about anything....................................(or either will
not at all).
"Being
dramatic is the sign of a dunce."
(“How about: acting passionate?”
“Same deal.”)
Only
at night does some men’s true self emerge;
others
during the day -- dream theirs does.
“Those
who look
intelligent -- are
intelligent.”
“Really?!”
“Well
-- as intelligent as everyone else.”
No feast lasts forever but death.....no, that should say: "but recycling"...
....what the hell -- take your pick.
You
are able to do more if you never mention what you have already done.
Wishing
others ill puts the wisher in a dream.
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It
doesn’t matter what you know
if
you don’t know what you’re doing.
One
man says: “I used to have a name for what I am doing --
now
I do not, and I can do it much better.”
All
lost men have/clutch maps.
If
there really is
nothing you can do,
then a man who understands this can at least do something.
“Why
do you never mock what other people think?”
“You
can’t parody satire.”
J
JAN'S
FRESH
REAL
NEWS
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