One great philosopher, Maulingaputta, had come to Buddha, and he was asking great philosophical questions. Buddha listened -- he was very famous, he was well-known all over the country. He had not come alone, he had come with five hundred of his own disciples. They were sitting behind him. Buddha listened patiently. For one hour he was asking this question and that -- very complicated questions, complex questions, subtle questions. Then he said, "I have asked so many questions, but you have not answered." Buddha said, "My way of answering is that you will have to wait for two years with me. These are the questions you have asked of many people. Have you asked them or not before asking me?" Maulingaputta said, "That's true. I have asked Mahavira and he immediately answered. I have asked Sanjay Vilethiputta" -- he was another famous teacher of those days- "and he immediately answered. I have asked Ajit Keshkambli" -- he was a very sceptical philosopher "and he was very much interested in my questions. And I have asked so many others. We have been travelling all over the country." Buddha said, "You have asked so many people and they have all answered, but have you got the answers? If you have got the answers, then why waste my time?" Maulingaputta said, "They have answered, but I have not got the answers yet. My questions remain the same untouched. Their answers have not satisfied me." Then Buddha said, "I can also answer right now as they have answered -- it will not satisfy you either. Now you have to decide. If you really are interested then risk two years' time and sit silently by my side." Before Maulingaputta said, "Yes, I am ready to wait", one of Buddha's great disciples, Manjushri, started laughing. Maulingaputta said, "Why is this man laughing like mad?" Buddha said, "He is not mad -- he is my first disciple who has become enlightened. And I know why he is laughing -- you can ask him yourself." Maulingaputta asked Manjushri, "Why are you laughing?" He said, "I am laughing because this Gautam Buddha is tricky! He tricked me the same way. Listening to what he is saying to you I remembered my own journey to him. Twenty years have passed; suddenly I remembered -- I had completely forgotten -- that these were my questions too. It is as if history is repeating itself. And it is strange that I came with five hundred disciples of my own just as you have come, and I asked Buddha and the same reply was given to me: 'Wait for two years.' I waited for two years, and I am laughing! I would like to say this to you as a warning: if you want to ask this man, ask right now, because after two years you will not ask and he will not answer." Buddha said, "I will be ready to answer, but if you yourself refuse to ask, what can I do? My promise will stand -- I am a man of my word." And it happened the same way that Manjushri had predicted. Two years passed. Maulingaputta had completely forgotten, because who remembers time when one is with a man like Buddha? Two years passed. Maulingaputta had forgotten, but Buddha reminded him. Suddenly one day he said, "Maulingaputta, two years have passed. It is time now that you should ask your questions. And I am ready to answer." And Maulingaputta laughed. Buddha said, "You are laughing like mad! What has happened? Do you remember Manjushri's laughter that day?" Maulingaputta said, "My questions have fallen. I have nothing to ask. I have become utterly silent. You have not answered and yet you have answered."

Westhampton/USA - Witwer Howard Taylor ist sich sicher, dass seine Frau ihn aus dem Grab heraus beschützt und über ihn wacht.
Mehr als einen Monat war vergangen, als der 73-Jährige seine Frau verlor und zu dem kleinen Mausoleum in den Westhampton Memorial Park ging, um seine verstorbene Frau zu besuchen. "Als ich vor der Marmorwand des Grabmals stand, wollte ich meinen Augen nicht trauen. Virginias Gesicht kristallisierte sich aus dem gräulichen Marmor heraus", erzählte der perplexe Rentner. Er dachte zuerst, dass er einer Sinnestäuschung zum Opfer gefallen sei und wäre nach Hause gegangen, doch als auch beim zweiten Besuch der Begräbnisstätte das Gesicht in der marmorierten Wand zu sehen war, kam er zu der Überzeugung, dass ihm die Verblichene ein Zeichen geben wollte. "Sie weiß, dass ich sie sehr vermisse und spendet mir dadurch Trost", ist er überzeugt. "Ich habe ihr zu Lebzeiten jeden Tag gesagt, wie sehr ich sie liebe und seitdem sie mir ihr Antlitz in der Wand zeigt, komme ich täglich zum Mausoleum und spreche hier mit ihr." "Howard Taylor ist keineswegs senil oder verrückt. Ich habe das Gesicht auch gesehen", berichtete der herbeigerufene Friedhofswächter Dean Bruce. Mittlerweile scheint das steinerne Gesicht der 84-jährigen Virgina Taylor eine Art Touristen-Attraktion zu sein. Dutzende Friedhofsangestellte und Besucher besuchen das Mausoleum und wollen sich die mysteriöse Marmorwand anschauen, berichtete Dean Bruce.
Im Jahr 2002 soll Verschwörungstheoretikern zufolge in Alabama eine einmotorige Cessna mit einer fliegenden Untertasse zusammengestoßen sein. Gutachter der Regierung wollen diese Theorie nun durch eine erneute Untersuchung des Vorfalls endgültig widerlegt haben.
Am 23. Oktober 2002 um 19:46 Uhr stürzte eine Cessna 208B Caravan aus einer Flughöhe von 820 Metern, kurze Zeit nach ihrem Start vom Mobile Downtown Airport in Alabama, in einen Sumpf in der Big Bateau Bay. Bei dem verheerenden Absturz kam der damals 54-jährige Pilot Thomas J. Preziose ums Leben. Doch schon kurz nach dem Fund der Maschine wurde der zunächst normal erscheinende Absturz zum Gegenstand von skurrilen Spekulationen und haarsträubenden Verschwörungstheorien. Auslöser für diese waren mehrere Kratzer und rotfarbene Spuren an der Front der Cessna, welche auf einen Zusammenstoß des Flugzeugs vor dem eigentlichen Absturz hinwiesen. So wurde spekuliert, dass die Cessna mit einer fliegenden Untertasse oder aber einem geheimen Testflugzeug der Airforce zusammengestoßen wäre und man dieses nun vertuschen wolle. Aufgrund vieler abstruser Hypothesen hat sich das US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB – US-Behörde, die für die Sicherheit von Verkehrsmitteln zuständig ist) im Oktober letzten Jahres dazu entschlossen, den Fall erneut zu untersuchen. Nach einer ausführlichen Rekonstruktion des Flugzeugwracks und der gegebenen Umstände des Vorfalls hat das NTSB festgestellt, dass es keinen Zusammenstoß mit einem Fremdkörper oder gar einer fliegenden Untertasse vor dem Absturz gegeben hat. Jedoch bieten auch die erneute Untersuchung und der veröffentlichte Bericht hierzu wieder viel Material für Verschwörungstheoretiker und UFO-Gläubige. Denn bei einer Untersuchung der roten Materialablagerungen an der Front des Flugzeuges konnten sowohl FBI-Experten als auch unabhängige Labors nur 21 von 34 der darin enthaltenen Substanzen analysieren und identifizieren. Trotz allem erklärten die Sachverständigen, dass es keine Hinweise auf einen Einschlag eines fremden Objekts auf die Cessna gab. Für die Rechtsanwälte, welche die Interessen des verstorbenen Piloten Thomas J. Preziose und dessen Familie vertreten, ist der Fall mit dem neuen Bericht jedoch noch nicht abgeschlossen. Sie fordern eine erneute Untersuchung, bei der Informationen des Militärs und der Regierung miteinbezogen werden müssen. Unter anderem sollen auch gemeldete UFOs und zur damaligen Zeit aktive Aufklärungsdrohnen und Testflugzeuge in die Rekonstruktion des Vorfalls integriert werden.

A well known Sufi was asked, 'What is invisibility?' And he said, 'I shall answer that when an opportunity for a demonstration occurs.' They believe in demonstrations and they believe in opportunities. They will not say a single word if the opportunity has not occurred, if the right situation is not there. You can ask the Master a question and he will say, 'Wait, when the right opportunity occurs then I will show you' -- because he does not believe in saying, he believes in showing. Some time later, the man and the one who had asked him the question were stopped by a band of soldiers. And the soldiers said, 'We have orders to take all dervishes into custody -- for the king of this country says that they will not obey his commands and that they say things which are not welcome to the tranquillity of the thought of the populace.' And the Sufi said, 'And so you should, for you must do your duty.' 'But are you not Sufis?' said the soldiers. 'Test us,' said the Sufi. The officer took out a Sufi book -- a book that is tremendously respected by the Sufis. It is called „the book of the books". It has only a few sentences written in it, otherwise it is empty. 'What is this?' the Sufi Master said -- as if he had not even recognised the Book. The soldiers had brought the Book which will be a sign of a Sufi -- the moment the Sufi sees the Book of the Books he will bow down. It is a great treasure. The Sufi Master said, 'What is this?' -- as if he did not recognise the Book. The Sufi looked at the title page. 'It is something which I will burn in front of you,' said the Master, 'since you have not already done so.' He set light to the Book and the soldiers rode away satisfied. The Sufi's companion asked, 'What was the purpose of that action?' 'To make us invisible,' said the sufi. 'For to the man of the world, visibility means that you look like something or someone he expects you to resemble. If you look different your true nature becomes invisible to him.' The Sufi Master is saying, 'I have become invisible to these soldiers because they could not believe that a Sufi could burn the Book. They have a certain expectation -- that the Sufis revere the Book. The moment I burned the Book we were no longer Sufis. I had become invisible to him. ' And that's how Sufis become invisible to people. You can't expect the things that they do. Sufis live a very, very hidden life, for a certain reason -- because they only want to live the essential religion. If you want to become visible you have to do many things. Sufis are not interested in the mass. No Master has ever been interested in the mass. Masters are only interested in individuals, and only in those individuals who are really in search, in authentic search. It is simple to avoid the unnecessary people and it is simple to attract the necessary people who need help... with just a few things. People are so insensitive -- with just a small thing you can become invisible because they don't look deep, they only look on the surface.