*image by Ben Harubin

 

A man asked a mystic, "How is everyday life like mediation?"
“Can you talk and meditate at the same time?” he replied.

There is no such animal as "enlightened information" -- only enlightened inquiries.
...(And for those of you who in fact have benefited from enlightened information,
just go along with this, 'cause you know what I mean, and you know why I said it.)

And a certain gentleman (upon hearing that last item) immediately rushed out into his yard
as he asked himself, "Why is it that you can't talk and meditate at the same time?"

And the bushes knew,
and the sparrows knew,
if your sky was clear,
you'd know too.

No child of man is a man's true child
and this is the key that unlocks the mind.
The body gives birth to bodies,
and the clouds just smile at the upstart dew.

When one man first began his mystical quest he heard many about him express fear that they might fall into the hands of someone who'd hypnotize them and drag them forcibly deep into the exotic activity…but, after some years of struggle on his own, he began to wish that he WOULD meet someone who'd hypnotize and drag him forcibly deep into it all.
Another proffered definition of a more conscious person is a baby-sitter who's become indifferent to their responsibilities.

Though with no suicidal desires, one man would sometimes think that it might be nice to know that you had an illness from which you'd soon be dead.
"Then perhaps," he thought, "I could turn loose and start to live."

The danger (if you wanna call it that) in being intellectually clever
is the same as the attraction in being intellectually clever.
...(And one guy says, "I don't wanna call it that!")

From Our Health Beat:
One man used to have these little mini-strokes, just for fun –
until he discovered what real adult fun is all about.

Another way to look at all the attempts to awaken and escape is as attempts
to shed the name you were given upon being born in this reality.

There's still this one rumor that says Istanbul actually once existed --
back before people started talking about it.
...(That's the great thing about rumors -- you can make 'em up as fast as you can listen to 'em.)