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       FOR YOUR
       ENLIGHTENMENT
       
       THE PARABLE OF THE BITTER TEA
                                             Rev. Dr. Hypocrates Magoun, P.P.
                                                   POEE PRIEST, Okinawa Cabal
       
       When Hypoc was through meditating with St. Gulik, he went there into 
       the kitchen where he busied himself with preparing the feast and in 
       his endeavor, he found that there was some old tea in a pan left 
       standing from the night before, when he had in his weakness forgot 
       about its making and had let it sit steeping for twenty-four hours.  
       It was dark and murky and it was Hypoc's intention to use this old tea 
       by diluting it with water.  And again in his weakness, chose without 
       further consideration and plunged into the physical labor of the 
       preparations.  It was then when deeply immersed in the pleasure of 
       that trip, he had a sudden loud clear voice in his head, saying, "It 
       is bitter tea that involves you so."  Hypoc heard the voice, but the 
       struggle inside intensified, and the pattern, previously established 
       with the physical laboring and the muscle messages coordinated and 
       unified or perhaps coded, continued to exert their influence and Hypoc 
       succumbed to the pressure and he denied the voice.
       
           And again he plunged into the physical orgy and completed the 
       task, and Lo, as the voice had predicted, the tea was bitter.
       
                                      "The Five Laws have root in awareness."
                                           -- Che Fung (Ezra Pound, Canto 85)
       
       The Hell Law says that Hell is reserved 
       exclusively for them that believe in it.  Further,
       the lowest Rung in Hell is reserved for them
       that believe in it on the supposition that
       they'll go there if they don't.
                   HBT; The Gospel According to Fred, 3:1