Eye on the Ball

There are two possibilities:  You can either be confused or enlightened.  And when you are enlightened, there are two more possibilities.  You can either be enlightened about enlightenment, or else confused as to what it actually is.  (Isn’t that scrumptious?!)

If the goal is to “find yourself,” you will never do so while saying any more than is called for.  If there is anything other than man’s “illusionery self,” it is hidden behind the din of excessive speech.  It is easier to be “plain thinking” when you are not drunk on words.

Verbal descriptions are not without value, for they may faithfully correspond to physical reality– but, they never do so regarding man’s internal reality.

It’s not enough to want to awaken,
It’s not enough to be told how to awaken,
It’s not enough for you to believe that you know how to awaken,

For unless you get to the bottom of what “Awakening” is,
You’ll never really get on top of it.

One mystic told a man that the way to awaken is to “Keep your eye on the ball,” and after years of trying, he returned and told the mystic that he had come to the conclusion that he didn’t have a ball.  And the mystic said:  “Now you’re beginning to see it.”

Only a man fully awake, fully understands what he says.
And only a man totally free is free to say whatever he wants.

J.