February 2, 2004 ©2004: JAN COX
Noted
a father to a son: “There are only two things the mind can talk about:
physical
things, and feelings -- that’s it:
men
act
as though there are countless other subjects,
some
of them metaphysical and quite other-worldly -- but:
everything
men can talk about falls into one of those two categories.
This
may at first sound simple and useless, but be assured little one
--
it
certainly is not;
just
remembering this constantly can change your perception of man’s
entire
game, from bottom to top.
Think
about it: there are only two things you and your thoughts can talk about:
stuff
and feelings: actual physical things, and your own feelings,
and
ordinary minds switch from one to another in an ongoing,
seamless
and unnoticed segue: an arrangement natural to man,
but
one that throws buffaloes in the rebel’s blender.
So
no matter what the subject sounds to be about from the collective’s perspective
of
reality, you should always be aware that what’s being talked about falls
into
one
of the two categories:
when
you hear men talking, or your own mind thinking, whatever's being
yacked
about it is either some physical something, or else the speaker’s feelings.
You
know, in a meaningless fashion it’s sort of a shame that all those who
are
initially
attracted to the idea of achieving another state of consciousness and thinking,
fail to ride the bus to the end of the line -- for only
then can a man suddenly become fully aware of what the bus was --
which is the major hoot of the trip. ”
Men
looking
for their self love to talk about
their self.
Ask yourself: who doesn’t
enjoy talking about their self?
The defining factor of the few is never stated.
Only
the non famous begrudge the famous their fame.
(“I take it I should consider this a metaphor?”)
Some
Timely Definitions.
Wednesday:
A wrap up of Tuesday.
Thursday:
A wrap up of Wednesday.
Friday:
A wrap up of Thursday, and so on.
The
collective consciousness of man wants you to think what it thinks
--
and
it thinks what life wants it to -- so there you are.
(Historical
Footsore: On a planet in another galaxy,
the end of a recent war that
racked
their world was announced with the words: “So THERE!”
Only
aliens can come to firm conclusions.)
(“And by: ‘aliens’ you refer to certain unconventional synapses in the
brain, correct?!”)
In
city nervous systems: struggling to stay hip and trendy is either most
tiring,
or
quite rewarding.
The end of your beginning is the beginning of someone else.
This
email just in:
“I
read you frequently -- but:
are
you aware that in your Daily News
you never talk about the popular subjects like: sex, politics, money and
revenge!
I
have no idea why I read you -- but I do. Yours....” etc.
The
Justice Of It All (Example R-419).
Those
living in city lofts do not take wolves seriously,
nor
those on dairy farms, Coleridge.
(And the
supreme justice is that neither of them get such descriptions as these
of them.)
Man
lives in 2 worlds: an objective & subjective;
objective
from the toes to the cortex; subjective from there up;
the
talk in one is all about stuff; in the other, about feelings;
one
makes-sense
to the senses; the other is outside their reality;
the
two together comprise a civilized man’s reality;
for
a few, this is insufficient.
One
man says his motto is: “If you can’t sing -- don’t
sing.”
(Which he says
he privately takes as a metaphor for something else he shouldn't
do.)
While not a member of the Motion Picture Academy (and thus not entitled to do so) one man nevertheless nominated himself for an Oscar for his portrayal of himself.
Said
a comedian on another world (in a different kind of club,
doing
an unconventional act): “You gotta feel sorry for the enlightened (just
think): when they wake up in the morning -- that’s as bad as
they’re going to feel all day.”
If you’re ordinary: other people’s endings are your beginnings.
Mused
one man: “Once you get a whiff of TheThing,
a
warning should appear on the side of the can: ‘Prolonged
exposure can cause.’”
Said
a father to a son: “If you can turn your thinking loose enough,
you
can figure out things (at least to your satisfaction)
that
probably can’t BE figured out.”
A
sure sign that a person doesn’t know what is going on is if they’re too
aggressive;
another
one is if they’re too sweet.
Holding
high a dictionary, so said one man:
“In
this book is everything you need to know
to awaken.”
If
you know what’s going on: the endings and beginnings in the collective
world
have
no effect on you.
A
man exploring a river has no interest in dams nor the theories behind them.
Men
who seriously say: “Well -- that
surely
covers it” --
can
put the cat to bed -- before it does them.
Being-confident in city affairs is like weather-forecasts for the mind.
Cliché
Refurbishment.
There
is no winter (or even summer) of our discontent --
only
man’s natural state of having a mind:
a
collection of thoughts that know no seasons, and are always on-the-job:
rain
or shine -- hot or cold:
always
seeing to it that things keep a'jumpin' -- and man keeps
a'musin' --
and
that all his words reflect the camouflage of his inner life.
The
Bard
said
to Dante:
“That really takes some of the spirit out of what we’ve done,” and from
a car carrying Jesus and
Muhammad that went whizzing by,
a
voice yelled out: “A lot you
guys have to bitch about!”
The
area of the nervous system that talks about feelings harbors certain complaints
against
logicians and mining engineers.
One
guy says that his first thought on a subject is usually his best one,
(and
while he was momentarily distracted his partner whispered that
it
was usually his only one.
“A partnership [it seems to me] -- with promise.”)
Any
time a man can get the two sides of his mind directly communicating
We
conclude today's news with this inspirational thought:
There
is a company of crazed bagpipers awaiting us all.
(Praise
be to Cicero that all disturbing
ideas can be considered metaphors.
“May be,” notes
one man, “but is an allegorical bagpipe any less punishing than a literal
one!”)
J
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