*LIFE PRESERVE* (in progress) mural design by Ben Harubin with artists Nick Anvil, WCool, Pepe Paban, MattG, JohnM, Worth

Consider
What is right at hand.

 

A wandering swami once came by and proclaimed that the secret of
Awakening was to stand on one left foot forever and ever, and a group of
listeners decided he was crazy, and they were right.

Another swami came by and announced that one could Awaken by eating
only camel-burgers. The same group of listeners said he was deluded,
and they were right.

A third swami came to visit and taught that Awakening would result if
only men would rhythmically beat on their temples with large pieces of
broken pottery. The group of listeners went off and discussed the matter,
and decided that the law of averages was bound to catch up with them,
and began breaking up plates and pitchers to get on with the job at hand.

"All hail and greeting, oh great men of earth!
Is it not pleasant to learn that all ideas of Awakening
are far, far away, while the possibility of nothing is
always right at hand?"

There can be no possibility of “self-improvement” without a self,
(And only those tied to an imaginary-self know this.)