Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 02, 2023

The parachute is still the original. Nobody has managed to grab it yet. There’s your adrenaline….. all over the valley floor.

So, does he make it or not? Meaning, survived or dead?

The enlightenment part is when they realize that the back of each cave connects to an elevator that connects to the condominium complex where the gurus all live.

Step VI has it backwards. You go to heaven (Nirvana) if you fail to get the parachute.

If the first guy reaches the parachute, everyone after him is doomed. Namaste.

Oh well, getting there is half the fun.

I think l’ll just stay home and read GoComics, that’s enough enlightenment for me.

Do you guru?

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” – French philosopher Blaise Pascal

On the way down, they gain enlightenment. “I should have stayed in bed.”

If Dante had written “The Divine Comedy” in Buddhist terms …

Enlightenment achieved without Haagen Dazs Coffee ice cream is not worth the attempt.

Actually, who would make it past the Wiley Bear in the first place???

Brilliant artwork!

Om Olympics.

Apparently the Buddha remarked “Before enlightenment, draw water, chop wood; after enlightenment, draw water, chop wood.” No mention of jumping through hoops, walking tightropes, negotiating WILEY BEARS (WOOHOO) and so forth. Nirvana, as far as I can understand it, comes of its own accord; much like grace, which can only be given by God.

This strip is a reincarnation of a previous strip. It hasn’t achieved enlightenment yet.

In contrast, the six-step Nap Junkie Path includes lots of couches and recliners! That’s my enlightenment!!!

Training for going to the DMV?

This was published in 2019 but it also is a good depiction of people who are trying to make sense of current news from US politics or the Ukraine or Paris or the Pacific or um . . . er . . . well, you get the idea.

Envisioned by the Wise Sage Cooperative. Motto: Sharing the charitable offerings, and the risk.

This one is just great.

that’s quite an obstacle course for enlightenment… :\

They took down the Free Fall ride in Orlando. We dont hear about ride accidents at the “attractions”.

Enlightenment is a difficult road to travel.

Yowzaa!

Do you want enlightenment? Look back, then ask, “Why did fate (or God, if you prefer) put me through that experience.” Sometimes it takes me decades to come up with an answer. Sometimes I come up with multiple answers.

This one made me nervous.

lots of hoops, steps and hurdles to get there. most of us declined such enlightenment

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” [traditionally credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson; definitely sung by Aerosmith, “Amazing,” 1973]

Survived in their bodies? Maybe not, but consciousness is eternal so it doesn’t matter. Enlightened while in the body is another whole subject. The Nirvana Theme Park sounds like a lucrative idea. Maybe for a New Age hotspot like Sedona?

The bear…

It’s not the fall that kills you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.

On some of these Wiley strips, I appreciate the effort more than the actual joke.

Reach, man, reach!

Seems more attainable than the Monks who mummify themselves, I learned about on YouTube.

Achieving oneness with the bottom of the cliff.

Anybody remember Rube Goldberg?

He is only showing 6 parts of the 8 fold path to enlightenment. Must be the condensed version. The Buddha approves.

Adrenaline junkies are headed in the opposite direction of Nirvana. They just get harder to scare until they die.

Wiley, you remain the GOAT for me.

The Great Guru Holdmibir.

Actually, if they want “enlightenment” all they really need to do is walk over and “thump” the bear’s head after “step I”… they’ll be “enlightened” really, really fast.

The “Ninja Warrior” path to enlightenment. That salmon ladder is the killer.

You are one sick puppy, Wiley. hee-hee. :)

The bear at the top was a nice touch.

I think “someone” watches too much junk TV!!

Clever and profound, who woulda believed it of this comic, but not funny…

Well, the parachute jump thingy DID work for James Bond. Twice, I believe…

Don’t ignore the title “NON SEQUITUR”.

Learning the meaning of life is dangerous to your wealth, i.e., life is not materialism.

The last parachute to Nirvana is about to be taken.

Got it! Now, where’s that ripcooooooooooo…..?

I think the bear is just having fun watching.

Nirvana the center of the Wheel of Incarnations. Their version of heaven where you have reached the epidemy of enlightenment and goodness.

Who restocks the parachute hook?

I’ve noticed Miller seems to think that humans are just bear food. He needs the kind of shrink that most people can’t afford.

Nope!!

Reading this felt like playing Marble Madness.

I’ll take DRAGON’S LAIR for a better chance at the odds