*image by Ben Harubin

 

A Sketch Of Progress, Pertinent To Travel:
Go new places;
go new places in new ways;
don't go anywhere.

A Now this from our Transcendental Field Guide:
How To Spot That A Mystic Is In Trouble:
He's talking.
(Oooh! make that "Serious Trouble.")

And speaking of beneficial change, listen to what one man has to say:
"For a while, if I watched dramas they made me laugh;
now watching comedies doesn't make me laugh."
(Amongst the few on-their-own, progress can assume unexpected forms.)

There was once a prince who went to war against a particular enemy,
and for years therewith struggled.
Then a day came wherein the prince revised his view of his opposition,
and took up arms against a new foe, but (as it turned out) the new enemy
proved to be simply a mouthpiece for the original one.

In one city the most popular brand of intoxicating smokes is:
"Thoughts & Words."

There are two circumstances under which it is futile to try and "study yourself."
One is when there is no self to study, and the other is when there is no self
to do the study.
"Hey, get outta here!"
"Hey, who said that?"
"Hey, we could keep this up forever."
"Hey, I guess you're right."