*image by Ben Harubin

One man stayed so busy thinking about awakening that he didn't have time to.

There was once a set of Siamese twins, one of whom sang songs,
while the other one would listen to them.
This worked out okay, since technically they were two separate people...
but such an arrangement under different physical conditions
will not necessarily have such pleasing results.
(If you get my old drift-ola!)

First there was the first thought, and this gave rise to the second thought,
which gave rise to the third one (and so on), and now there's no-o-o stopping them!
That is, there's no stopping them past the first one.

Geese set free will always follow the leader,
and shooting any but him has no effect on the flock.

A man stopped his car and asked a man by the side of the road
how to get to the destination he had in mind,
and the man replied that destinations of one's mind can never be reached,
which is why those attempting such are always stopping to ask directions.
...You ever think how much mystics-with-their-eyes-open save on mystical instructions?

One everyday man thought:
"There could be no better model than to mentally live-the-life-of-a-warrior -- ever alert." This he was thinking when he missed his footing and fell down the stairs. As entertaining as you may find this little episode, I wish I could tell you that irony perceived has value but it does not. It is merely a concept to camouflage an absence of understanding.

A man is either mentally present where he is, or he is not,
and no amount or type of thinking has anything to do with it.
...(Not unlike that super state of alertness.)