*image by Ben Harubin

 

Special States Of Consciousness & The Matter Of Knowledge:
That which the awakened know is something different from knowledge.

And Now This Late-Breaking Story Regarding "Discovery":
One man made the same discovery over and over again.
This eventually effected the value of either the discovery or of him.

And Now This Discovery Regarding "Late Breaking":
Forget it! It's all the same thing! Everything comes around just once,
then comes around as many more times as you need.

Upon hearing it said, one man wandered about for many days, slightly dazed repeating
to himself quizzically: "Knowing something that is different from knowledge..."

A father said, "Everyone wants to find a way out of themselves."
And his son said, "Does that include the mind?"
"What else would we be taking about?"

A man who'd been studying with a mystical teacher for many years finally asked him:
"Are you awake and enlightened?"
And the teacher said:
"I am ashamed to answer that."
And at first the man was disturbed, believing that he'd understood the reply.
Then later, he was not so sure. Then sometime after that he had to completely revise
his initial conception of what the teacher's response represented.