The advantage in being of ordinary mind is that you can
think of yourself as being whatever you can think of!
(Without all that nasty effort the more conscious have to go thru.)

One day a fellow so reflected: "Why does man picture himself to consist of two aspects; a physical side, run entirely by preprogrammed, automatic instincts; and an intellectual side which he thinks of as being initially unprogrammed, and operated totally by free choice and decision?"
He rubbed his chin and pondered it deeply, having serious personal questions regarding the validity of the standard view of the intellect, but at least reached a temporary degree of satisfaction by realizing that the whole affair was a product solely of the intellect.

To hide out in prominent hotels,
under what better assumed name could The Secret register than that of "Mr. Simple & Obvious"?

To help discourage potential discoverers,
life displays in all major locations the sign reminding that
"All Shoplifters Will Be Severely Prosecuted."

W.D.Y.M.O.T.F.T.: What Do You Make Of The Fact That:
Men accept that, for a thing to survive, it must change
(as with the law, science, the arts),
in all areas save religion and the mystical.
...Why is this the sole exception?

Seeking enlightenment by way of ordinary thought is not unlike creatures
who have painted themselves purple
now trying to undo it by painting themselves green.

To help focus and control his attention,
one man began to carry a hot coal around in the palm of his hand,
but his body (being no fool),
to protect itself, soon learned to ignore the pain,
so (I ask you) what are'ya gonna do?

One man so ruminated:
"Is it not natural for man's intellectual awareness to be as diffused
as his physical? Huh-h-h?..."