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In the magical
land of, Metaphor Realized
there is a certain debilitating ill
that can befall a
man, but only -- if he speaks its name.
One of the certain
man’s most important discoveries is the need to be silent.
Today’s Mental
Tip:
When you think -- don’t move your lips.
Additional Hint:
“Lips” could be a metaphor.
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LIFE ON THE WATER
You can live fast
-- or:
you can live slow;
you can float downstream -- or:
try and swim up;
the certain man’s secret is to:
turn into a hovercraft.
Additional Metaphor
Hint:
So could be, “hovercraft”.
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Another Prescription
for: How To Think Better:
Never think about
anything in particular.
If ordinary
minds were rifle sights
the certain
man’s would be starlight.
Foremost in the certain man’s training as a warrior is:
Do not look at the enemy.
Only those with the realization understand that
focus is not the same as staring
--
the certain man pays no attention to noise, garbage and other irrelevance.
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Since ordinary men
do not know what is going on in other people’s heads
they are safe in saying
that they do
(you may have to chew on this
one a bit).
Since ordinary men
do not know what is going on in their head
they are safe in saying
that they do
(not as much effort required
on this one).
Since no one in the
routine world has any real idea of what is going on,
everyone is safe in
claiming that they do
(no sweat at all involved in
this one, huh).
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The Welcoming Brochure
with which everyone is intangibly furnished
when they come into
this life, while not stating so directly,
subtly assures
one and all that they can be perfectly (or at least tolerably)happy
for all of their days
on this orb -- no matter where they are born --
as long as they never
get seriously involved in trying to move.
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Today’s: WHAT IF
What if The-Secret
cannot be told not because of the limitation-of-language,
but rather the limitation
of the machinery that produces language?
A Bonus: WHAT IF
And what if
the real definition of: limitation
is:
The necessary maintenance
of protective illusion.
The certain man would
prefer to see what he alone can see --
if it causes blindness
to other sights
......(make that other:
so-called
sights).
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More Aquatic News:
While everyone appears
to have a different boat
they are all sailing
at the same see level.
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Unrecognized by him,
but in the closet that holds every man’s most prized
mental possessions
are two shelves –
not just the one everybody
is aware of -- but two –
and the realization
of this radically alters how a man judges the value of what he has.
The intent of the
certain man is that every day be house cleaning day.
POEM
‘I
shot myself into the air,
I came to Earth, I know not where.
….(I probably could have found me -- but I didn’t really look.)’
The adopted
motto of one warrior was: “In Silence
Is Strength” --
by which he was able
to strangle the illusory enemy within.
The central question
to education for those on the special prowl is:
“Am I to become
learned with the help of many,
or realized,
on my own?”
.....(For the certain man, once
past a particular grade:
there is no teacher superior
to silence.)
Definition
Bonus: During one semester, the antonym
of, staring is,silence
(glaring comes later).
To the certain man’s
mind: ideas stated are the shakiest.
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So pondered a man:
“If age can pass for
wisdom,
why not death for
enlightenment?!”
and a voice added:
“Who said it doesn’t.”
Each ordinary mind
differentiates between what it labels:
Beliefs, and: Ridiculous
Beliefs -- guess which each mind harbors.
If the certain man
was said to have any belief it would be in the existence of
a place far beyond
beliefs (and then, only because he has been there).
In the dictionary
of one who knows,
“superficial thought”
probably comes as
close as anything to describing normally acceptable thought.
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Bonus Health
Tip:
To see better
-- don’t look at anything in particular.
Double Bonus:
To BE better
-- don’t BE anyone in particular.
The certain man’s
final visible act is him erasing himself --
and once done
-- no one ever remembers him doing it.
J
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