*image by Ben Harubin

The distinction between thought and all descriptions of life and the clear, silent,
direct perception of it is that the former is so...piddling...mediocre...and shabby.

At the briefing each morning, before the humans were sent out on the streets,
local conditions would always conclude his comments by saying to them,
"Okay, let's do it, but remember, it's a strange universe out there,
and by you believing that it is, you help make it so. Now, let's go!"

While visiting a mystical lodge, a man asked the head master, "What are your beliefs?"
At which the mystic became miffed, feeling insulted that he was mistaken to be dead.

Fable For The Day:
Before man came along, no one had any questions, and now that he is here
(with all his damn questions) no one has any answers.
...Thanks, man!

And a fan reacted to the tale thusly: "In that it had no animal characters
nor any clear moral, I believe you are unjustified in calling this a fable."
...Thanks, fan.

The oft expressed idea in the mystical literature that "I will not have achieved
supreme enlightenment until all men are enlightened" is in truth a noting that
you are not fully enlightened until everyone seems to you to be enlightened.
Which is to say that you no longer have any complaint with any man, and that
everyone seems to you to be fully realized, without flaws, and lacking nothing.
(Neat, huh?)

Okay, how do you explain this?
There once existed two equally valid schools devoted to activity such as
this, who had two quite apparently conflicting names to describe their
approach. One was called Be Quiet, and the other was known as
Make Your Talking To Yourself Profitable.
...How do you explain this?