*image by Ben Harubin

 

 

And Human's don't mind being stupid as long as they can believe
that theirs is a stupidity that is unique to them, and that it once again
shows they are special amongst all of the creatures here.

(I would say "think about it," but I fear you might,
and thus magnify the aforementioned condition.)

A conscious man does not comment on the rain,
and even the ordinary, who do, do not actually speak of the wetness,
but rather their relationship thereto.

(I keep tellin' you that it's a matter of verbs -- not nouns.)

Awakening And The Perception Of Distance:
The further away something is thought to be, the less distinct it seems.
(But de' eyes can play devilish tricks.)

There was once a mystic who entitled his daily lectures as "'You Know What I Think?' –
'No, What Do You Think?' -- 'Never Mind.'" (And after each time giving the title,
he'd announce his talk concluded.)

Some of one man's neurons had a song they'd sometimes sing to themselves:
"Oh, drugs make us thugs,
while leaving-us-as-be is even worse!"

Based on our Secret Dictionary, psychiatry and all other forms of
psychological counseling and treatments could be described as attempting
to get a ghost to change clothes.

('Course, goin' from that, you could say that religion is in assuring that
better duds are only available after death. "But, hey," someone injects,
"where does that leave philosophy?" Okay, then it would be in those
"half dressed" debating whether or not nakedness is just an illusion.)

All mental preferences are meaningless...
which is why they must be continually discussed.