*image by Ben Harubin

As Further Regards Mystical Ideas
Of What is What:
If you believe you have a reputation to "uphold,"
then you deserve a reputation.

(Okay, until he finally learns better, here's how it is:
A mystic is someone who believes he'll eventually run across or conjure up,
himself, a certain combination of words that will instantly free him from
the grip of words.)

One boy stopped his scooter long enough to contemplate this possibility:
"Might the true goal be not to be rid of thought but of useless thought?"
He thought about this...then back went the foot to the pavement and out of
sight he flew.

One guy said, "If I was enlightened enough to start my own mystical system,
I'd call it 'Same Old Story -- New Reality, New Reality -- Same Old Story.'
(Prob'ly just as well, I ain't in the biz.)"

The easiest way to tell if you're ignorant is whether you seek help or not.

To try and cut down on meaningless uncertainties (which he had recently
begun to perceive as being the only type extant), one son forbade his father
to say the word "ostensibly" in his presence.