JAN’S
FRESH
REAL NEWS
© 2001: Jan
Cox
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October
26, 2001.
There
are parallel universes:
one
of motion and noise; the other of stillness and silence;
a
combination of the two produces man's reality.
Men
live in parallel worlds;
one,
the size of the universe; the other, the size of their head,
a
combination of the two produces each man's reality.
The
universe is run by life;
no
one knows what runs life.
Man
specifically is run by two things:
a
Verbal-Thing and a Silent-Thing;
a
combination of the two produces his sense of self.
A
man’s sense of self looks in two directions:
outward
to things, and inward toward itself;
a
combination of the two produces his conception of life.
A
man’s conception of life has twin features:
accuracy
and uncertainty;
a
combination of the two produces all of his questions
and
complaints about life --
due
to his difficulty in distinguishing between the two features.
Look
at the universe outside your head;
in
some areas it is active and noisy;
in
other areas it is still and silent.
Where
do the two areas meet?
And
where they do, are they discretely separated,
or
do they bleed over into one another and partially merge?
Look
at the universe inside your head;
there
is an area of constant noise and activity,
but
another of stillness and silence;
where
do the two meet?
Are
you even aware of the dual existences?
There
are goods made in Bedlam that are unknown in Elysium.
Measure
the size difference between the universe outside your head and the one
inside your head, (something men never do);
calculate
how much more should be going on in the larger one
than
in the smaller one;
then
ponder reality being the opposite;
schematicize
how it is possible for the universe inside your head to contain more than
the universe outside your head --
which
is the one in which the one inside your head exists.
How
can a room be larger than the house it is in?*
A
clear look outside shows that life runs everything;
a
clear look inside shows that you do not know what runs life;
a
calm inquiry into what runs you reveals
a
Verbal-Thing and a Silent-Thing;
the
Verbal-Thing says it knows what runs you,
(and
hints strongly at its preeminence therein);
the
Silent-Thing of course, says nothing.
Consider
the twin features of your conception of life:
accuracy
and uncertainty;
one
is noisy and jumpy; the other, calm and quiet.
What
shows on your screen as a result of their parallel existence?
How
do they simultaneously inhabit the same space?
What
does their juncture point look like?..........what?! --
In
the universe inside your head: motion is always noisy;
the
Verbal-Thing that partially runs your life is constantly moving;
it
must stay on the run to compensate for its uncertainty
and
lack of accurate sight,
which
results in its continually glancing-at-itself
as
it attempts to keep itself from straying too far from
the
reality of things outside your head;
the
Silent-Thing also involved with running your life,
due
to its inherent accurate sight of the world outside,
goes
about its work in silence;
if
you know what you are doing -- what is there to talk about?!
A
noisy, ever-active universe-in-the-head is the sign of
a
fully functioning human being of this planet;
those
over-developed experience private signs-in-their-head
which
point to an un activated function: a potential new star;
a
latent fresh world; an inchoate black hole with the ability to swallow
up all useless noise and motion, and make a man look in the direction,
either inward or outward,
that
is appropriate to the situation.
When
you look at the universe outside -- you do not stare;
when
you socialize with the Silent-Thing --
you
have nothing to say,
and
when you reach over and touch the unused function –
all
universes become calm, quiet and comprehensible.
J
*(Bonus
question: How can a room be larger than itself?)