"Well, ****!
I know more now than I did five minutes ago.
I like that."

"I can understand the reservations
some of us obviously have
when it comes to turning attention inwards:

it takes great courage to face those inner Beasts
from which we've all run and hidden;
but just imagine the crazy freedom
were they to be tamed and ridden."

Edification and Profanity
are not mutually ******* exclusive.

Some people just aren't happy
unless they have something to be unhappy about.

I acquiesce
not because I must,
but because *I love you.

A weapon of the imagination;
the largest enemy of ignorance.

Therefore, it must be stopped.

Spiritually speaking,
though a hole can be dug for thee,
the only one who can force you into it
is you.
Once therein,
only you can climb back out.

No assistance
will do the work for thee.
Though much of it may help,
if only you'd remember
how to make yourself climb.

Simplicity is not stupidity.
Simplicity seems to be wisdom
that is not so well understood.

The only difference
between an Adventure and an Ordeal
is your attitude.

For One to be Open,
all One must do
is not be Closed.

Aye; indeed t'is the rub
that such is so much easier said
than t'is done.

Yea, tho that be true;
t'is but the knowledge thereof, itself,
that arms the worthy Ones with the potential
to be Aware,
and thus
to overcome.

T'is not a matter of innate ability:
t'is rather a matter of choice;
of practice;
of attention:
of Openness.

Seek that you may become Open
(not that you aren't,
but I know I  so often forget
and thus I assume
that others must as well!)
by attempting to train yourself
not to be Closed;
try to remember
to not be Closed.

It only shrinks your world.
Trust me: I've been there.

I sometimes forget to leave.


Moral of the story:
Seek to be an Open Person
rather than a Closed one.
I don't mean extroverted or introverted,
I don't mean monogamous or polyamorous,
I don't mean liberal or conservative,
I don't mean religious of atheist,
I don't mean anything like that;
It's much deeper:
more fundamental to your Self:

*Do not close yourself off.
That is damnation.

Remain in pursuit of Openness.
It is the best path to Awakening.