On first look, the scattered bits and pieces of disjointed and rather mundane "notes to self" scribbled on this sheet of paper would seem more logically suited to "A Day In The Life" than to any of Lennon's other works. However, the seemingly unremarkable notations have a world of meaning in two words at the top of the sheet -- "Sampaku (Aisumasen)" -- since one of the cuts on his 1973 solo LP "Mind Games" was "Aisumasen (I'm Sorry"), which used the word "sampaku" in it. There is also in these notations the germ of Lennon's songwriting process, as he derived inspiration and revelation from both the commonplace and the metaphysical, looking for ways to combine the two by jotting down whatever he saw and then finding a hidden philosophical meaning. It all made sense to John, who famously sang "There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be." And so while the rest of the notations are all over the map -- "Red/Blue/Green/Bulbs", "Cows tan catapilla", "a small compass (pocket size)", "Make sure have at least small towels in bathroom in studio/office/area", "Rodney Hughes (survivor of ship H.M.S. Hood sunk by German Bismark [sic] in War" -- who knows what part they may have played in getting his head where it was meant to be in "Sampaku (Aisumasen)," a love token to Yoko, whose support he sings can always lift him up. "Sampaku", a Japanese term meaning spiritual imbalance, or being out of touch with the forces of the universe, is used in the last verse, in the line "When I'm down real sampaku." Perhaps there is meaning in another graffito -- "fools and fanatics" -- from the Bertrand Russell quote: "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Think about that one. John did. Sheet is 8 x 12" with Lennon's writing in brown pencil. EX-NRMT with a small tear in the lower left corner and the residue of a coffee cup on the lower right. An extraordinarily important item that just may leave true Lennon avatars and students speechless.