Mystical Fact on Record:
You can cut an apple into eight pieces,
And a cantaloupe into twelve,
But all your hair'll fall out, and you'll die before
You can count it regarding thought.

Regarding The Matter Of Knowledge & The Awakening:
The awakening tells you all you need to know
except how to stay awake.
Well oh sure, it does but a lot of good it is
when you're back in your old normal state.

Prayer & Meditation:
What some in the past did while awaiting the arrival of television and the movies.

In simpler days physical men were entertained by watching Christians thrown to lions;
Now it's by having recycled thoughts tossed at their minds.

The simple are concerned with behavior,
The more sophisticated are concerned
with the behavior of the simple.
In a make-believe "better world" those of enlarged awareness
Would simply prefer to retire (maybe) to Key Largo,
Or do (perhaps) a transcendental version of "head hermiting."
(Look--I said "maybe" and "perhaps.")

The colossal voice proclaimed,
"Stand back! Coming through!"
And each of the few alert truly hoped it was them.

Those who say that life is going "down hill"
Are themselves headed in such a direction.

Street-Level Definition:
An optimist -- a pessimist suffering a mini-stroke.