March 22, 2003                                                                       © 2003: JAN COX
 
 
 
 

Just as the elderly have nothing socially (hormonally) in common with the young,
as far removed also are the certain man’s natural born thoughts from his
later-life, cultivated ones.
 

In return for a good turn done, a genie said to a man:
“Today I can grant you one of two wishes: that you be rich, or from another world; which will it be?”
and the mortal pondered for a moment, then asked:
“Does the latter apply to me physically, or mentally?”
 

One mother so cautioned her son:
“Don’t ever be part of a cult, so that someone else runs your mind!” and the lad mused: “What the hell does she think’s going on now.”
 

This item in from an unusually radical travel agent:
There are as many places to go as there are people to go to ‘em.
(The mental implications of this are far too explosive to exploit at this time
[pursue them on your own  --  away from exposed city structures.])
 

One correspondent sends in this definition of: Civilization:
the dumbing down of men under the clever disguise of raising them up.
(You know, if that wasn’t so totally off base  --  it’d be dead on the mark.

Metaphysical News.
The only way you can become a solid follower of any teaching or tradition
is to delude yourself regarding it.
 

Have you yet to notice that bad news does not need to be sheltered and cared-for
as does good?
An ugly woman can only be loved if you think pretty thoughts about her;
the naturally alluring one doesn’t require any of your mental gymnastics.
“Say pa pa, might that have pertinence beyond physical appearances  --   say,
in the area of the mind?”
 

A Royalty Based Quiz:
What is more pathetic than a king acting like he understands what his reign is about?
Putting a name on the wind doesn’t reveal its source.
("May be, but putting a name on something makes the dumb feel less stupid!"

And now another: Self-Evaluation-Test that you can take at home.
You can determine precisely how dumb you are by how seriously you take
other dumb people’s warnings and predictions.

Recently, so was one man struck:
“What is there for my mind to dread –
since without thought  --  there is no future to come?!”
And another chap reflects: “Putting a name on something DOES increase its cost.”
 
 

There is much to recommend the S.S. (symmetrical spoonerism, e.g. “dazzling day”):
the unexpected repositioning of familiarly placed symbols while yet maintaining a perfect balance;
this is quite similar to what the certain man does in his efforts to assist his consciousness
in bringing itself under its control.