*image by Ben Harubin

 

(Just the) Holiday Fax:

Enlightenment is an experience -- not a condition.
The condition you're in is your condition.

A certain man (working near the MIT Physics Lab) has (through his research)
come to this conclusion (to wit) that the human mind is tripartite in nature,
consisting of one part imagination, and two parts bullshit.

(Also, only several blocks away is where the Nobel Prize Nomination Committee
sometimes has lunch...you know, like whenever they're in the Northeast area.)

Allegation seen on a billboard on another planet:
"As Long As The Mind Believes That It Is Examining Itself,
No Change-Of-Mind Is Possible."

(It's nice to have truth-in-advertising laws on this world.)

One father so advised a son, "Always be tempted, if not prepared,
to think something totally astounding and surprising."

Charge made on a handbill distributed in another atmosphere:
"The notion of 'being prepared' is a completely illusionary concept."

One mother said to a daughter, "Never listen to anyone whose words are not in the present."
"Which," noted the youngster, "protects me from everyone!"
"Damn-near," added the elder, "damn-near."

Indictment handed down by a grand jury from outer space:
We find all ideas of 'near,' 'damn-near,' and the like to be entirely
without substance. Case dismissed!
Now move on to something pertinent... PARTY!!!!