The Way The Mind Works: Another Brief Essay:
If you don't ask ordinary people for something,
they don't believe you ever think about them.
One man never asked people for anything.

One man asked himself, "Do I find it interesting that there are more books written about mystics than there are books written by mystics?"

One guy's motto was, "Who gives a rat's ass?"
While his pet rat had an alternative version.

One man has presently come to this point, "If I am to get anywhere new with my thinking, I must take it outside the confines of my head."

Activity Report:
The body is indeed a busy place
but not the busiest in town.

 

According to legend, a guy once asked a mystic,
"If you're awake to the point of realizing that there's no one else more awake than you are, is that as awake as you're gonna get?"
But the mystic said he didn't answer questions like that.

The only worthwhile prophet is one who can prophesy his own demise.
Now, for "prophet" substitute the word "mind."
Now, that makes the information worthwhile.

In yet another untold version of the creation myth:
Life did not drive Adam from Paradise but the other way around when Adam discovered that life had let the drugs run out.
Or (as he brushed the dust from his wings) said Wrong Way Corrigan, "Sometimes it doesn't seem to matter which way you turn."

And a reader emails:
"Would you please repeat the one you read about a man who named his thoughts:, 'Yeah, yeah'?" Yeah, yeah.