Something You Can Count On:
After a mystic dies,
if his words are translated, the translator,
when he encounters ideas totally beyond his comprehension and ability to convey,
will cover same by putting into the dead mystic's mouth talk of God.

 

It might be said that the more alert are those
Who don't have to be forced to face the obvious.

Artists come and go -- but critics are forever.

Further Verbal Comparisons Of Things Ultimately Indivisible & Incomparable But Nonetheless Here It Is:
If we were to say that man's original nature is mostly physical,
and his mind mostly mental,
then what the hell does that leave left to work with?
Huh, tell me that.

From The Mailbag:
"I continue to find myself much confused at times regarding the actual difference between talking about the effort to center, calm, then expand one's consciousness beyond the confines of the mind, and whatever might be actual efforts to do it. Can you, pray tell, explain?"
It is the difference between the reading of a map, and the actual going on a journey. The inherent subtle snare being that the mind can engage in the former and fully believe that it is also engaged in the latter. This is the mind's prime, routine, "star quality" characteristic and ability, though something a bit less, from the view of a few.

Some believe in Karma,
since all believe in genes.

Some believe in reincarnation,
since all believe in genes.

Some believe in the power of dead ancestors,
since all believe in the power of genes.

 

 

From Wednesday's Facts File:
Fact -- Life gives everyone a choice.
Fact -- In another life, life was known as The Grand Illusionist.

Things incomprehensible in 3-D
may be otherwise, given more dimensions.