“The only thing one can do to be in control in any way, shape, or form is to stick with merely describing what happened. For any event in the world that any human being participates in, there are always at least three levels from which to report the event, one level of description alone and two levels of abstraction from experience. There is what occurred, the story made about what occurred, and the meaning made out of the story about what occurred. The most abstract level, the meaning made out of the story that occurred, is the sales pitch that most of us are calling reality. What most of us call reality is just a story about reality or a story we have about the story.” - Practicing Radical Honesty, by Brad Blanton
“In this riddle, the lily pond has a potentially virulent lily that apparently will double in size each day. If the lily grows unchecked it will cover the entire pond in 30 days, choking off all other forms of life in the water by the time it covers the entire pond. If a skeptic waited until 50% of the pond was covered before taking any remedial action to save the pond, when would he act? The answer: on the 29th day of the month! But by then, it would be too late.” - Kaffir Lily Riddle
Joe Friscoe once gambled he could sneak a girl up to his room and avoid the double rate. We all got on the house phones to listen. ‘Mr. Frisco’ the night clerk said: ‘I noticed you have a companion this evening. The hotel will have to charge you the rate for a double room.’ There was a long pause. We were all trying to keep from laughing. Then Joe says, ‘In that c-c-case, you’d better send up another g-g-Gideon Bible.’” + “Horses don't bet on people, Horses have too much sense. Horses don't have no remorses. Pulling wagons without recompense, People who wager on horses See their castles go up in smoke. But horses don't bet on people And thats why they never go broke.” = Call on Sixes: Wild Bill Hickock once announced Aces full on sixes. “Hold on,” his opponent said, “I see only one six.” “Hickock pulled his six-shooter and said, “Here's the other six.” “Take the pot,” said the gambler. [Gamblers Digest, Edited by Clement McQuaid]
Sufi Levels of Consciousness: Saint Ego Level: “Another example of someone who spent time in the Saint Ego level is General George Patton. The movie Patton has a scene where, after successfully invading Sicily, Patton is giving a press conference as he's walking through a field. He uses some profanity, and a lower-ranking reporter, trailing along in a carefully pressed uniform, comments on the general's language. George C. Scott, as Patton, delivers this line: “If I want it to stick, I give it to 'em loud and dirty, and then they remember it.”” - Radical Honesty About Anger and Forgiveness :: Pop. Policy Common Sense Social Contract
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