The 95% solution

95% of what I do during any day (as one who is quite aware of the concept of Waking Up) can be done in total esoteric sleep, consciousness above the minimal level is not necessary for any of it. (For those who are quite unaware of the concept of Waking Up (esoterically speaking), the number is 99.99+% or more.)

I can roll out of bed on time, get dressed for the day, complete 8 hours at my boring job, and get home in time for dinner without running over pedestrians and street signs on the way. I can check out my fridge for what's needed on the next grocery visit, compose a grammatically correct shopping list, acquire all of those items and then some, refill my fridge, and get back for my conference call. I can find TV shows to watch from a variety of sources, drink lots of tea or water while watching, take a piss or two, and then write a couple or more paragraphs on what I thought about the show, edit it all up, and send it out to my supposed "followers" (blog, twitter, yahoo, facebook, etc.) who obviously (yuk, yuk) can't wait for my next review. And all throughout the day, I can carry on short and long, even quite detailed conversations with myself and others without sounding like a "mentally challenged" bozo, while not remembering a damn thing about them 5 or 15 minutes after they occur. I can do all of that in my sleep, and much more than that. Fully 95% and closer to 99% of any day is passed in total esoteric sleep.

Now if one can read all of that and not agree wholeheartedly, while simultaneously being quite horrified if not infuriated at this state of affairs, then, simply, one has NOT even begun to discover the "work", let alone do the "work", let alone achieve any damn thing at all about it.

The missing 5% of this little piece is that special part of the day that actually requires rising above ordinary somnambulistic consciousness, and when that 5% is entered, it is usually on purpose combined with an intention to extend the time and deepen the quality. It is not unlike a writer who moves to his desk at 4pm everyday to write for at least an hour, and never misses a day, period, no discussion. (The "writer" is simply a euphemism for the "observer" and the "desk" is simply the "day" and the time "4pm" is as soon as possible after one awakens in the morning, and the actual "writing" is The Work, and "the hour plus" is "for as long and deep as possible".)

If anyone supposes that "work" can be done in sleep, then let them speak up and explain themselves. If anyone imagines that higher knowledge may be accessible while asleep, then let them speak up and explain themselves. If anyone believes that any particular form of "bad mechanics" can ever be discovered on one's own while quite asleep, then let them speak up and without the use of any "bad mechanics" demonstrate their understanding.

One final note: on the objective scale of appropriate or inappropriate - 99% of red circuit activity, for everyone, is "good mechanics"; 99% of blue circuit activity is "bad mechanics"; 99% of yellow circuit activity is "bad mechanics". Your numbers will certainly differ, but I can live with that as I can also explain myself. What this means should be obvious. Leave the body alone, "honor thy father and mother" (heart and lungs and all their organic and glandular children and their particular functions). But pay close, close attention to the Daughters and Sons (feelings and thoughts and all their bio-chemical hormonal and electro-chemical neural transmissions) that continuously act "out of line", not in keeping with the Family, and if successful, the Mind will emerge Conscious and Awakened in due time, perhaps even in one's twenties or thirties while there's still time to Enjoy It.