Here Come Da Mind

Another singularity of the mind is in its easy ability to confound certain of man’s most cherished truisms – (for instance):  The mind can run – and hide!  In fact, the more it runs – the more it hides.  (And a man near a hitching post, dreams that his dreamed-of consciousness says, “That’s not funny.  But hey, that’s how dreams go.”)

A viewer says:

“I think I’ve got it figured out – This Thing you’re up to is just talk – but, a kind of talk that intentionally doesn’t mean anything – nothing!”

(What do you think – might be more than just “a viewer”?)

Here Come Da Mind – Here Come Da Mind:

Whenever people don’t know what to “call” something –
they’ll call it something.

(Dar Go Da Mind – Dar Go Da Mind.)

Life has arranged that most men take civilization “most seriously,” by telling them that everything will fall apart if they don’t.

There’s a difference in just, “being alive,”
and knowing that you’re alive.

J.

Things We Think We Are

One man made a list of all the things men believe they are – but aren’t – but that life itself is.  Originally the list was extensive, but he finally narrowed it down to just three items.  Bet you wish you knew what they are.

If the mind can’t truly do what it claims to do, that means whatever it does is a prelude to something else…does it not!?

Whenever he felt like tripping, this one man would, and whenever life felt like tripping him, he would.  He later called out to us, “Hey, what’re you all waiting on?”

What might be society’s view, if society ever knew…what is actually “going on” as exemplified by one of their member’s comment:  “Anyone who’s not as sick as us sane people – is really sick!”

And now – in spite of a complete and total lack of popular, (or any other kind) of demand, this – your new and favorite homey, Transcendental Notation:

The “Ultimate Insult” is, perhaps,
in putting a name on that higher,
stilled state of consciousness,
and thus, disturbing it.

J.

Earthly Distinctions and Universal News

Mortal, Earthly Distinctions:

Knowledge comes from thinking,
thinking from words;
understanding comes from a consciousness
not dependent on thinking and words.

Yes, I know, any rational creature easily perceives the absurdity of the idea of an intellectual activity that is not verbal.  But, I can make it even worse by adding the proposition that all routine thinking is a form of criticism, and thus this non-verbal form of consciousness to which I refer, would operate beyond any realm of subjective comment, or trashing of life – and that, (to everyday minds), is even spookier!  Knowledge comes from thinking, which comes from words.  True understanding arises from a new consciousness not based on talk – but on independent experience.

Metaphors: Metaphors are only for children…and grownups.

Local, Universal News:

A point-blank man is a dead man…if he’s lucky.

The Mind, It’s Glory and Limitations, Fully Revealed In The Following Conversation Between One Mind and an Unidentified Voice:
 

The Voice asks the Mind:  “Would you like a drink?”
The mind:  “Yes, thank you.”
Voice:  “Would you like a hot or a cold drink?”
Mind:  “Oh, I don’t care, just as long as it’s hot or cold.”

J.

When Neurons Met Hormones

The illustrious belief that a normal feeding of the mind can lead to an expansion of one’s consciousness, is akin to believing that chipmunks grow up to be squirrels.

Some neurons told some hormones,
“Don’t wait too long,”
and hormones said they wouldn’t.

The desire to be part of some aspect of the collective’s activities is not a desire for something, but simply the desire to have a desire.

Any time anyone offers any reason as to the “Purpose of Life,” it may be their reason, but it won’t be The reason.

If you talk about someone else – they become your hero.

J.

The Private Voice

Talk, of any sort, can serve both ordinary men and those with an Aim that is not quite ordinary.  This could be summed up thus:  “If I talk about it, I don’t have to think about it.”

First, consider some examples of this phenomenon, per the general population.  Consider how this explains why people so want to talk about their problems.  In speaking aloud to others about them, they keep themselves from the worse torment of having to privately listen alone, to the voice in their own head endlessly detailing their problems.

With no specific knowledge or planning involved, men simply have learned from experience that if they talk to another person about unpleasant things that are “on their mind,” their mind is, during the time of their talking, relieved.  As long as they speak aloud they are rendered deaf to the private voice in their head.

In line with this aspect of my model would be a fresh view of people who walk along the streets, talking to themselves, and who are considered to be crazy.  But engaging in such behavior may be what is keeping them from going crazy…it could be that if they weren’t turning their inner voice into overt speech, the voice would truly be driving them insane.

From another perspective, other facets of this model appear.  Men like to give advice, because it offers a generally acceptable excuse to talk for a reason that seems honest and admirable.  Also explains why preaching is popular; you talk and the excuse is that your words are about the supreme being.  Who can object to talk being so employed?!

J.

Gossip and Daydreams (Holiday Edition)

People’s love of gossip and “bad news” can also be seen as a “teaching tool”; as a reflection of emotions attempting to learn from the missteps and tragedies of others.

Further Note from the Perspective of this Model:

“Daydreaming,” the totally uncontrolled flow of apparently random and meaningless thoughts through the mind – the very and exact thing against which the “Great Struggle to Awaken” is waged – is constant, common-to and enjoyed by all men.  But note specifically – men only “daydream” of matters and events about which they have feelings.  Thus, in truth: “daydreams” are not actually “random” or “meaningless.”  They come-to-mind, then connect to other dreams, via association with feelings.

What a man daydreams about pleases him emotionally,
either by making him angry, or causing him to feel joy.

Feelings reflected in consciousness as “thoughts” can also be seen as “aids to survival.”  Consider, for instance, that we hate to catch ourselves engaged in some small, stupid behavior like misplacing keys, because our awareness thereof can serve as a caution to us of much greater danger should we be so “inattentive,” so “asleep,” in situations of greater consequence.

Ordinary people certainly can be momentarily annoyed at small lapses of carelessness.  But, this also gives a new view of why the Few so despise what mystics are want to call “being asleep.”  From one angle you might conclude that the Few simply sense, to a more acute pitch, how inattention to the here and now provides small, instant examples of what can happen to them if they remain so distracted in more serious circumstances.

 J.

Consciousness Knows the Answer

One kid, (at the agitated behest of a step brother), bought his father for his birthday an unrequested set of matching modifiers.

Near the edge of the city, one man began to wonder; “Laying aside for the moment, the question of whether it is actually desirable or not – is it even possible to wear down a natural merry-go- round to the point that it stops!?”

Remember:

There’s one thing consciousness knows the answer to and it’s this – EVERY thing!

There are those who enjoy a man who knows what’s going on – so long as he doesn’t insist on telling them.

One man said to the representatives life sent around to see him, “I don’t do ‘Chit-Chat.’”

J.

A Calm Morning

“Just Consciousness” is like a calm morning –
with unexpected blue skies.

From The Literary Supplement of today’s City Paper, this quote from a review:

“In his latest book, ‘The Addictive Nature of Modern Life,’ the author talks about stuff.” 

(Well, hey folks, that’s how it’s supposed to be around here.)

There is no shame in “Being Alive” – but there is in just “Being Alive.”

Assuming his sage like position, the intellect guru told his young followers:

“The mind is capable of two types of thoughts; thought that is incorrect, and thought that is really incorrect.”

You should never totally dismiss another man’s transcendent path, for even if he doesn’t understand what he is doing, therein still lies a trick you can somehow use.

J.

It's So Easy...

Don’t You See – It’s Just as Easy as One, Two, Three:

1:  Without a mind, no creature can engage in self-condemnation.

2.  Engaged in self-condemnation, no creature can ever escape the mind.

3.  Well – three should be obvious as hell.

For punishment, when he got to heaven, God made this one guy tell his life story.

All creatures feel a positive response to that to which they submit; dogs, wolves, chimps, man, the spirit-of-man, the mind-of-mind.  A more conscious person recognizes only one dominant force – life itself, and thus has but one love interest.

Insider’s Practical Tip:

Critics are never creative.

(See, the useful aspect of this is that they’re never expected to be.)

Some neurons said to some hormones, “Well, it looks like it’s just the two of us – in this alone.”  And the hormones just shook their head and laughed.

J.

The Civilized and The Conscious

Question:

Does the normal chronological progression of everyday life do to an ordinary man, in sixty years, what one in a closed environment might do to himself in less?

You could consider the possibility of two approaches:

One a private, monastic approach of meditation and reflection, whereby a man attempts to calm the mind before the natural aging process does it for him; and secondly, a public one of collective rituals, social programs and the like, possibility for change.

Conclusion:

If you ain’t your own, secret-garden-monastery – forget it!

The Civilized and The Conscious:

The Civilized treat one another nicely –
The Conscious pretend to.

This leads a man to inquire: 
“Is there a difference between being ‘conscious’ and being ‘more conscious’?”

And this latter seemed to prompt him to ask:
“Even if you’re not more conscious, can you be conscious of the fact that you’re not?”

J.

Energy-Saving Tips

When a group of those with similar interests gather about a magnetic core, they tend to become a cult, with each member acting as an apologist for their leader.  So, too, is it with a man’s own mental personality.

The kids were talking and the first one said, “It sure is easy to laugh at other people.” 
And the second one replied, “Yeah, I guess that’s why god made other people.” 
And the first one said, “Yeah-h-h.”

Lots of people pretend “not to care” who, in truth, are simply too dumb to know how to care even if they wanted to. 
And the second kid said, “I guess this is why ‘caring’ means so little.” 
And the first one said, “Yeah-h-h.”

Another Time and Energy Saving Tip:

If you ride the bus, don’t sweat worrying about your reputation and image – everyone on here’s a two-bit whore.

Whenever this one man would become aware that his mind had just said something cynical or sarcastic about someone, for his own advantage, he’d immediately add one the line to himself:  “Right – you can ‘count’ on it!”

J.

Life Don't Jive

A certain parent told its kids:

“The more you shut up – the better you look.”

Some grey cells asked their pink and blue ones:

“Why don’t you take a lesson from certain humans?”

And Now for an Update on the NBA Draft:

“Although silence, without any doubt, offers unique, specific benefits to any intelligent man or woman, it is nonetheless true that if you shut up TOO soon…”  “What the hell you talkin’ about, you can’t shut up ‘too soon’!”  “Well, Commissioner Coligliani, for our third round choice, can we have the 7 foot 3 astro-chemist there in the corner.”  (“Si,” said the Commish.)

As Per Consciousness and Comprehension:

A man with heroes – is a dead man.

An official looking and sounding person suddenly appeared high atop city hall and sang out this declaration to all the people:   

“Life don’t jive,
And Life don’t play,

And for saying this,
I’m paid by the day.”

J.

The Out-of-Work Priest

Some neurons told some hormones, “Hey, pick up after yourself!” 
And consciousness told the mind, “Hey, same for you!”

The Royal Priest quit, explaining to the King:
“We’ve finally talked ‘God’ into the ground, and it’s time to move on. Bye!”

A man walked into a village and asked the proprietor:

“Do you have rope?”

“Si,” he replied.

“Do you have lumber and nails?”

“Si,” he replied.

“Can you do basic carpentry work?”

“Si,” he replied.

“So,” asked the man, “Why don’t you build a scaffold and hang yourself?”

“Si,” said the man.

The now out-of-work priest later wrote a book entitled:

“The Very Reason That Traditional Stories are Ancient and Old, Is Just So You Won’t Try To Update Them, But Would You Listen!?”  (“Si,” said the man.)

A man who don’t rightly care exactly who he is, might actually be somebody!

J.

Culinary Corner

The Mind:

A function provided to man, by local conditions, so he would be able to make full use of clichés.

One man says, “I am not as dumb as I look.  I do, however, have tentative future plans to either change the way I look, or else how dumb I am, so you could ‘stay tuned.’”

Systems for “The Expansion of Consciousness,” which are systematic, probably won’t expand yours.

Some Employment News:

Everyone works for Life, and many believe they’re not paid enough…if at all.

The Culinary Corner:

The “Invisible Ingredient” that makes civilization properly blend, cook and rise is speech.

J.

Just a Matter of Taste

One guy told his son:  “Take as long as you need, and make a list of all the things that ordinary people think and talk about; then, forget about the son-of-a-bitch and everything on it!”

One man found it easier to get through life after he’d decided that everyone’s individual tastes are just a matter of taste.

A man’s mind said to him:  “Say, if you’re not going all the way with this thing you keep thinking about, and you stay right here, then you oughta adopt and use this maxim, ‘A one-sided man is a happy man.’  Get my point!?”

And now another episode of “Familial Conversations”:

“Daddy, why do old people get so serious?”
“Well son, what else are they going to do!?”

(Be sure and tune in again next generation to see:  “WHA-A-T’s NEW?”…if anything.)

If you live in your mind,
your time is never your own.

J.

A Second Hand System

One man looked at the bouncy ship of life, then at himself, then thought:

“As long as my head’s ‘screwed-on,’ I’m screwed on.”

A second hand system
is no system at all.

If you don’t get it from the horse’s mouth, it’ll never lead you to ride.

Not many care for a mystic – but everyone loves him if he’s dead.

P.S. A second hand system
is no system.

J.

That's What They All Say

One guy’s motto: 
“So much to think – so little time.”

Note, to you guys who got up this morning with your real head screwed on:

That’s what they all say!
And if not them all,
Then far too many for you
to want to have anything to do with it!

“Hey sir, you can’t go in there!”
“I stumble – therefore I am.”

Two guys were talking, and the first one said:  “My mind is my hobby.”
And the second one asked:  “Does it cost much?”

A New, Free-Neuron Theory:

If men knew the actual expense of being in the dark, would they still so willingly pay it?

J.

Speaking-as-Though

“You see,” said the wise old conductor to the new, young band member, “If you play the bagpipes then you can laugh at a man with an accordion.”  And a man who only recently has sat down on his very last Stradivarius believe that the conductor’s words were intended for any usage beyond a musical one…like, intellectually, for instance.

Tattooed on his upper neck, one ma had these words:  “When at first, I came down the streets, I laughed at the sight of myself.”  (He’s saving up to have it copyrighted as a song…or something.)

The King’s Urban Planner addressed the mixed crowd of urbans and planners with these words:

“Civilization, my friends, will either walk through you, with you, or over you.”  He concluded with a closing comment, given to him by the Royal Priest:  “Yes, my friends, it is your choice, speaking-as-though and in-the-sense that you actually have one.”  And as the band played “Lady of Spain – Go to Hell,” they danced the night away.

As she left the house each morning, her mother would remind her, “Don’t forget to whine and you might get on television.”

One man put all of his adult ideas into a bouquet and mailed them to his mother, but she didn’t want them either.

J.

Too Early in the Morning

So mused one fellow:  “One nice thing about being dead is that at least you don’t have to talk anymore.”

One mind wondered:  “Is there a danger in knowing so much about it that you never actually do it?  Is there a danger in being so alive that you’re actually dead?  I asked if you couldn’t speak a little faster!!”

One man discovered that just a change in his diet would make him more conscious…well…not really…but almost!  (Cause that’s how this kinda thing goes.)

A certain king instructed the prince:  “Never use the word, ‘can’t’!  Go ahead and shoot ‘em, or hang ‘em, or otherwise be done with it, but don’t be yammerin’ on about your capacity to do so!” (Cause that ain’t how this kinda thing goes!)

Too early in the morning, many men suffer from an overabundance of modifiers.
WARNING:  “Too-Early-In-The-Morning” can occur at any time.

J.

The City of Man

One man thought, “At those times when I can seem to make myself more conscious, at least it’s neat having a mind I can have so much fun with.”  Our resident alertness analyst responds, “Although the gentleman’s comment is quite understandable, and almost charming, I personally do not agree with your decision to air such observations, in as much as I feel they can offer support to those making less than their full-time, absolute best-efforts.”  (You know, he could be correct – and indeed, we might even hope so.)

It’s tricky to speak “absolutely” about matters so downright not so.  Still, after all is said and conjectured about, it’s still kinda neat at least to have the kind of mind you can have a lot of fun with…don’t you think!?

Those with no control, oftimes, like to speak of the need to have control.

Many different sounds arise
from the intellectual City of Man.

The Physician of the Planet announced, “We are all sick.”
Then Life pointed out to him, “Invalid Diagnosis – you’re one of them.”

J.