Men wired with an inherent hunger for thought
feed it through the acquisition of facts.
Mankind’s dominant desire however,
is to, “feel better,”
which comes in two varieties:
the physical “feel better”,
and the less specific inner, “feel better.”

The first I will but note then discard 
since it entails matters of a strictly instinctive nature,
not subject to positive change by man,
(nor the subject of wanted change by any 
reasonably well wrapped person.)
Physical “feel good” consists of all the 
natural pleasures available to the body: 
sex, food, exertion & relaxation;
tactile delights that are common to all animals.
That’s the name of that tune,
and the fully satisfying extent of its verses.

The non tangible, inner “feel good” is unique to man,
and exists only by virtue of 
his brain producing thought.
The brain does not experience physical sensation,
and thus cannot itself, “feel”,
but via the thoughts it churns out,
it can talk about feeling.

Men go to houses of worship,
to psychiatrists, voodoo priests, palmists, astrologers,
to movies, sporting events, libraries, lectures, 
and go window shopping,
and engage in social conversation
all for the purpose of intangibly, “feeling better.”
Not to eat food at the mall,
nor to get laid at the library,
but to “feel better” inside,
in some hard to define area, 
but certainly not in the stomach, or genitalia.

People do not attend religious services to 
“talk to god”, or to pay him homage,
but to “feel better” inside,
which is accomplished through thoughts,
(which obviously are expressed in words).
A man will approve of a minister’s story telling 
when the thoughts he enunciates lead the listener’s thoughts
into neural activity that gives him pleasure –
--  which makes him “feel better.”
Not  feel more religious,
not feel closer to a deity.
The thoughts & related pictures stirred up in him
during the service simply make him
“feel better” somewhere inside in a way that
no physical activity can produce.
Contrary to what I have just said,
men certainly do attribute the good feelings
they experience in such circumstances to 
supernatural intervention,
which is valid in the same way that a man’s claim 
that he goes to a nightclub to hear the band
is bona fide when the real purpose of him going is to  pick up a woman.
It doesn’t preclude him from enjoying the music 
while there,
but the music was not the primary attraction,
just as the worshiping of a god is not the true
motivating factor in church attendance.

Men most commonly refer to this inner feeling as,
“spiritual” which is sufficiently vague to 
sufficiently reflect the vagueness of what it purports to define.
But the plain fact is that this inner feeling exists totally
in the area of the brain wherein conscious thought exists.
Facing this fact does not diminish one’s inner,
“feeling good,”
but it will directly assist an interested person in,
getting-to-the-bottom-of-what’s-going-on.
 
 

Most people who hear-about, 
and adopt the notion that, 
“man is asleep & in the dark, 
but through certain efforts can 
Wake-Up & be Enlightened”
are not really interested in being, “Enlightened,”
(whatever the hell that might be!),
they simply want to, “feel better,”
and they were not able to accomplish same through
ordinary religious channels,
nor through psychological counseling,
nor by way of drugs, or occult diviners.

There is nothing wrong with wanting to 
feel better inside and using the 
struggle to awaken as a potential method,
and you can certainly experience the same 
ephemeral “good feeling” in a School For Enlightenment
that you can in a synagogue,
and if such fits a person’s needs
then nothing I say should be taken as
a criticism of same.
(Expect no cry from me of, “Gardyloo!” 
Madame Byrne).

But in case you would like to know: 
there is something well beyond the “feeling better” 
that is possible from simply the social contact
with others who share your interest in the idea of 
another state of consciousness,
and there is something quite beyond your enjoyable
discussions of the matter,
and something totally beyond anything the
thoughts now in your head say about it. 

I now refer back to my opening:
To get to the essence of the pleasure available in
this sort of activity
your interest must go beyond the,
“sell me a voodoo trinket that  will cause me to
win the lottery," (that is), to “feel better,”
and move your attention into a study of the actual 
physics & mathematics of the game.

The prize of, “feeling better” is one thing –
discovering for yourself the science behind it
is something so much more pleasurable,
and extraordinary for the few who do it
that attempted descriptions are foolish.

If you find just thinking about getting free of your
ordinary, dull, whiney state of mind exciting,
just imagine the thrills inherent in seeing for yourself
the mechanics running this and all other conditions
of life.

     Why settle for a glimpse of her shadow 
     when you can catch up to Beatrice herself?!
 
 

Everyone wants to feel good,
and everyone would like to feel better,
but the overall tenor of your physical temperament
was laid down deep inside your DNA
long before you took your first breath.
(Such changes are the domain solely of 
dreamers, and those too loosely wrapped.)

It is up to each person with sufficient interest
in this affair to see for himself whether his
basic temperament --  the way he generally “feels”
is subject to alteration;
nothing is accomplished by someone else telling
you yea, or nay,
for indeed the only way that you can ever
know for a fact if the way you habitually feel about 
life and yourself can be radically changed
is to learn it for yourself.
(Which is sort of a trick, in that accomplishing this
is the same thing as, “waking up,”
…so don’t say I didn’t warn you.)

What can be changed is your state of ignorance 
regarding the mechanics behind your thoughts saying that 
they want to feel better,  wake up,and be enlightened.

Understand that --  and you understand everything.
 

       Ignore the message --  study the medium.
 
 

The truth is,
people who want to awaken are about the only people 
in the world who can change the way they were 
born feeling about life. 

     And that my friends, is quite a possibility,
     and more fun than an orgy at a gourmet’s house
     with a bevy of mattress makers.
 
 

Well, they just announced today’s winning number,
which I see you have in your hand.
So while you go upstairs to collect your prize
I’ll be warming up the ole seaplane,
and we’ll soon be on our way to that 
who-knows-where  music festival.
And don’t forget,
the only way to get there is to:

      Ignore the noise --  investigate the instrument.
 
 

                                   JAN
 
 
 
 

The study of oneself is preschool;
the real education is in the investigation of
the thing that attempts to study oneself.
 
 
 
 
 

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