*image by Ben Harubin

First voice: "I hear a noise."
Second voice: "It's the computer."
First voice: "No, I hear another noise."
Second voice: "It's the washing machine."
First voice: "No, I hear another noise."
Second voice: "It's the refrigerator."
First voice: "No, I hear another noise."
And on it went like that.

The more civilized you are, the more concerned you are about conditions,
and the less civilized you are, the less concerned you are about conditions,
and the more awake you are, the less captive you are of the illusion that
conditions exist.

Regarding This Whole Thing About The Mind...And Attention:
If your ship's not in port, then (when noticed) your port seems unseemly.

And remember:
Geography is irrelevant to a dead man...unless he's going somewhere.

Ponder on this one:
A person's "favorite vice" is that nonessential activity they engage in
which is the thing they both enjoy and dislike most.
Now -- figure out how to apply this to your thinking.

Another Visit To "The Garden Of What-Should-By-Now Be Obvious":
Those who want to tell how they believe things are
don't know
how things are.

(For those of you in a hurry, who can't stick around for the after-tour lecture,
let me note for you things aren't any way!
Which simple fact renders all comments and beliefs thereabout el moot-o.)

Flowers know, but they don't tell...('cause flowers don't know -- only men know.
Then they muck it up by saying that they do).