*image by Ben Harubin

 

There was once a man who had a container that he thought he carried things in, but any time he'd look to see what was in there it'd be empty -- yet,
just as soon as he'd look and find it empty he'd immediately forget what had just occurred and go back to believing that he was carrying something in it.
This scene replayed itself millions, perhaps billions, of times, until one day he looked in a particular way, only to see that the container itself did not exist.

From our "Randy Dandy, Ain't It Handy" handbook of thumbnail guides, this:
The way to tell that you're taking the mind too seriously is if you're --
taking it seriously.

A man struggling for the awakening,
fighting-the-good-fight
and getting close,
has been described as someone
who's swallowed a hairball and got it halfway down.

To himself, one man said, "Okay, let me see if I've go this straight:
First you're unaware, then you're aware -- and then you're unaware again?"

Someone asked a mystic if he was enlightened.
"Certainly not," he replied, "I'd be ashamed to say such a thing."

Be clear regarding directions:
The way of reason is the way of confusion.