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Robert Harrison
Guest
THE DEVIL MADE ME
SUBMIT IT
ASK YOURSELF,
IS THERE SUCH A TIME AS THE PRESENT?
IF THERE IS THEN IT CAN ONLY BE OF
INFINITESIMAL DURATION, IT IS HERE
AND GONE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
THE PRESENT IS ONLY REAL BECAUSE
WE GIVE TO IT TIME, WHETHER IT BE A SECOND,
A MINUTE, AN HOUR, OR A DAY. WE SAY,
“AT THIS PRESENT TIME”, WHICH IN REALITY
CAN MEAN OF ANY DURATION TO SUIT OUR NEEDS.
THE TIME IT TOOK FOR THE “S” IN THE WORD “NEEDS”
TOOK A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO APPEAR
ON THIS COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT THAT INSTANT
IS NOW GONE, IT IS IN THE PAST AND IT’S FUTURE
CAN BE ERRASED AT THE TOUCH OF A KEY,
THEREBY GIVING IT NO PRESENT, NOR FUTURE.
ONLY A “ONCE WAS”.
IF I TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I MEAN BY ALL
OF THIS, I WOULD DRAW A HORIZANTAL LINE
AND CROSS IT AT SOME POINT ALONG ITS
LENGTH WITH A VERTICAL LINE, BUT THE LINE
WOULD BE SO THIN IT WOULD BE BARELY SEEABLE.
SO, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR ALL OF THIS
USELESS INFORMATION? NOTHING, TO THE
UNENQUIRING MIND, SO LET US CALL IT
AN EXERCISE IN HELPING US TO DEVELOP
AN ENQUIRING MIND. THINK OF SOMETHING,
AND ASK YOURSELF HOW OR WHY, THEN
CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE HOW OR WHY’S,
THEN LET YOUR MIND DO THE REST.
Well now, yum be fair flumuxed,
that yum be.
so oi be a gooin ter tell
granfayther an’ ee
cun expain it to
ee.
SUBMIT IT
ASK YOURSELF,
IS THERE SUCH A TIME AS THE PRESENT?
IF THERE IS THEN IT CAN ONLY BE OF
INFINITESIMAL DURATION, IT IS HERE
AND GONE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
THE PRESENT IS ONLY REAL BECAUSE
WE GIVE TO IT TIME, WHETHER IT BE A SECOND,
A MINUTE, AN HOUR, OR A DAY. WE SAY,
“AT THIS PRESENT TIME”, WHICH IN REALITY
CAN MEAN OF ANY DURATION TO SUIT OUR NEEDS.
THE TIME IT TOOK FOR THE “S” IN THE WORD “NEEDS”
TOOK A MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO APPEAR
ON THIS COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT THAT INSTANT
IS NOW GONE, IT IS IN THE PAST AND IT’S FUTURE
CAN BE ERRASED AT THE TOUCH OF A KEY,
THEREBY GIVING IT NO PRESENT, NOR FUTURE.
ONLY A “ONCE WAS”.
IF I TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I MEAN BY ALL
OF THIS, I WOULD DRAW A HORIZANTAL LINE
AND CROSS IT AT SOME POINT ALONG ITS
LENGTH WITH A VERTICAL LINE, BUT THE LINE
WOULD BE SO THIN IT WOULD BE BARELY SEEABLE.
SO, WHAT IS THE REASON FOR ALL OF THIS
USELESS INFORMATION? NOTHING, TO THE
UNENQUIRING MIND, SO LET US CALL IT
AN EXERCISE IN HELPING US TO DEVELOP
AN ENQUIRING MIND. THINK OF SOMETHING,
AND ASK YOURSELF HOW OR WHY, THEN
CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE HOW OR WHY’S,
THEN LET YOUR MIND DO THE REST.
Well now, yum be fair flumuxed,
that yum be.
so oi be a gooin ter tell
granfayther an’ ee
cun expain it to
ee.
