There is no need to find any esoteric meaning in jokes. They are simple. But it is difficult to accept any simple thing.
Pope John Paul II of Rome is arriving at Heaven's door. St. Peter opens, asks for his name and shakes his head, "Never heard."
'So go to God-father, he will recognize me," the Pope demanded.
Off St. Peter went. "Hey Boss, do you know a man called Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
"Never heard of him," is God-father's answer.
Peter, back at Heaven's door: "He doesn't know you."
"So go and ask Jesus."
St. Peter, already a little impatient, went off again: "Hey Junior, do you know a man called Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
Junior: "Never heard, never seen him."
Off St. Peter went to tell the desperate Pope the message." Do me a last favour," said the Pope, "ask the Holy Ghost."
Peter sighed and back in Heaven he called the Holy Ghost: "Hello Smoky, do you know Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
Smoky, murmuring: "Pope John Paul, Pope John Paul II of Rome... send him to Hell! That's the guy who told that dirty story about Mary and me!"
This was the man who invented the story of how Mary became pregnant -- without ever being in love with any man. There are PUNDITS and scholars, but remember: nobody will recognize you at Heaven's gate.
Theories are just futile, but the mind craves and the mind wants to spin -- around anything!
A man was making love to a woman on the sea beach. And then the policeman came and said, "Are you mad or something? She is dead! What are you doing?"
He said, "My God! I thought she was Indian!"
The Indian woman has to just be there, not doing anything. She has not to show any signs of joy. If a woman really becomes orgasmic she will wake up the whole neighbourhood!
Pope John Paul II of Rome is arriving at Heaven's door. St. Peter opens, asks for his name and shakes his head, "Never heard."
'So go to God-father, he will recognize me," the Pope demanded.
Off St. Peter went. "Hey Boss, do you know a man called Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
"Never heard of him," is God-father's answer.
Peter, back at Heaven's door: "He doesn't know you."
"So go and ask Jesus."
St. Peter, already a little impatient, went off again: "Hey Junior, do you know a man called Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
Junior: "Never heard, never seen him."
Off St. Peter went to tell the desperate Pope the message." Do me a last favour," said the Pope, "ask the Holy Ghost."
Peter sighed and back in Heaven he called the Holy Ghost: "Hello Smoky, do you know Pope John Paul II of Rome?"
Smoky, murmuring: "Pope John Paul, Pope John Paul II of Rome... send him to Hell! That's the guy who told that dirty story about Mary and me!"
This was the man who invented the story of how Mary became pregnant -- without ever being in love with any man. There are PUNDITS and scholars, but remember: nobody will recognize you at Heaven's gate.
Theories are just futile, but the mind craves and the mind wants to spin -- around anything!
A man was making love to a woman on the sea beach. And then the policeman came and said, "Are you mad or something? She is dead! What are you doing?"
He said, "My God! I thought she was Indian!"
The Indian woman has to just be there, not doing anything. She has not to show any signs of joy. If a woman really becomes orgasmic she will wake up the whole neighbourhood!
hans-wolfgang - am Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2006, 00:00
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A small poem (doka, sutra) of the Zen master, Ikkyu:
ALL THE SINS COMMITTED
IN THE THREE WORLDS
WILL FADE AND DISAPPEAR
TOGETHER WITH MYSELF:
The moment you know that you are not, then all that you have done in the past, are doing in the present, or will be doing in the future, has also disappeared. When the doer disappears, the doings have disappeared.
In the East, people have been too much concerned with karmas, actions. They have been very much afraid because whatever bad things they have done in the past, they have to pay for them, they have to suffer for them.
Ikkyu is giving you a great key: Don't be afraid -- because YOU ARE NOT, so you have not done anything! How can you do? Because in the first place you are not. He is taking the very ground from underneath your feet -- with it, all disappears.
ALL THE SINS COMMITTED
IN THE THREE WORLDS
WILL FADE AND DISAPPEAR
TOGETHER WITH MYSELF:
So the only thing is to go deep into yourself and to see your nothingness. You need not do good things to weigh against the bad things that you have done. You are not to go and do good deeds -- because whether you do bad or good, you remain in the illusion of a doer. See the difference!
Ordinary religions teach you to be moral, do good, avoid sins. Remember those Ten Commandments -- they consist of the ordinary religion: Don't do this, do that. The extraordinary religion says: Disappear as a doer -- don't be bothered about doing good or bad. And who knows what is good and what is bad?
In fact, nothing is good and nothing is bad, because existence is one -- how can there be two?
ALL THE SINS COMMITTED
IN THE THREE WORLDS
WILL FADE AND DISAPPEAR
TOGETHER WITH MYSELF:
The moment you know that you are not, then all that you have done in the past, are doing in the present, or will be doing in the future, has also disappeared. When the doer disappears, the doings have disappeared.
In the East, people have been too much concerned with karmas, actions. They have been very much afraid because whatever bad things they have done in the past, they have to pay for them, they have to suffer for them.
Ikkyu is giving you a great key: Don't be afraid -- because YOU ARE NOT, so you have not done anything! How can you do? Because in the first place you are not. He is taking the very ground from underneath your feet -- with it, all disappears.
ALL THE SINS COMMITTED
IN THE THREE WORLDS
WILL FADE AND DISAPPEAR
TOGETHER WITH MYSELF:
So the only thing is to go deep into yourself and to see your nothingness. You need not do good things to weigh against the bad things that you have done. You are not to go and do good deeds -- because whether you do bad or good, you remain in the illusion of a doer. See the difference!
Ordinary religions teach you to be moral, do good, avoid sins. Remember those Ten Commandments -- they consist of the ordinary religion: Don't do this, do that. The extraordinary religion says: Disappear as a doer -- don't be bothered about doing good or bad. And who knows what is good and what is bad?
In fact, nothing is good and nothing is bad, because existence is one -- how can there be two?
hans-wolfgang - am Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2006, 16:22
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The positive is also part of the mind, just as negativity is, and slowly, slowly, you have to learn how not to be part of the mind. You have not only to go beyond the negative; you have to go beyond the positive too. Only with that transcendence that is beyond both does life have serenity; otherwise it is tiring, it can be very tiring. And when you are too tired you have to lean to the other pole, otherwise you will not be rejuvenated. So these are the two possibilities: one is, don't impose your positivism too much. Remain in the middle, and then you will not need the negative. The negative comes only via the positive and the positive comes only via the negative. They are partners: they do business together and you become the victim; you become a battlefield between these two polarities. So the first thing is... one alternative, the best, is to remain in the middle. Or the second thing, which is second best, is to go on moving from the positive to the negative. Then allow both, don't repress the negative; allow both. The second best is what Western psychotherapeutic groups are based on. The first is the best, but if you cannot do it, then the second. So choose. First try the first. If it is very difficult... because to be cool is very difficult; the mind likes to be hot and cold, because of the excitement. The hot is exciting and the very cold is also exciting; love is exciting and hate is exciting. Compassion has no excitement in it. It is just a cool lake, a calm lake, reflecting the whole firmament with all its beauty, but there is no excitement, not even a ripple. And the mind lives out of excitement; it is a constant search for sensation, entertainment. But you have to be aware: if the first can be done then do the first; otherwise the second is good. Then don't be worried: go on moving from one to the other. And make it easy; the movement should not be hampered, stopped, should not be done in a reluctant way. Go very easily from one to the other, just like the pendulum of the clock, with no problem; don't make a problem out of it. In the West, particularly in these fifty years, much positivism has been taught, even in the name of religion. Vincent Peale and people like that, have always been teaching the positive philosophy, not being aware at all that the more positive you make the man, the more negative his unconscious becomes. And you are creating a rift in a man; rather than helping him, you are poisoning his being. It appeals to people, but you cannot be absolutely positive.
hans-wolfgang - am Sonntag, 9. Juli 2006, 00:25
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Vorbilder… die Bewahrung vor sich selbst… Wenn man sich zu tief in irgendwelche Ideale reinsteigert, diese dann aber nicht erfüllen kann, fühlt man sich nur schlecht, darum lebe wie es gerade passt.^^ Opfer der Sehnsucht haben es nicht leicht. immer ein Ideal in der Seele, gegen das die Wirklichkeit allzu oft enttäuscht, immer auf der Suche nach einer Faszination, die so stark ist, dass es die Angst nimmt, die Langeweile vertreibt und das Vertrauen weckt aus dem Schlaf der sogenannten Realität. Every man dies, not every man really lives... und die Ideale haben sich im Laufe der Dekaden immer gewandelt......eine Grundlinie konnte man zwar finden "Ehrlichkeit, Gerechtigkeit und liebe", aber mit extremen Abzweigungen und Schattierungen......heute vertiefen und festigen sich eigentlich nur noch die Anlagen. Vorbilder begrenzen nur die Möglichkeiten. Möglichkeiten werden durch Unsicherheit beschränkt, gewisse Festlegungen, die die selbstständige Entfaltung des Charakters beeinträchtigen/bremsen, da man gewisse Möglichkeiten von "der Liste streichen muss". Wäre es nicht besser, wenn jeder von uns selbst ein Vorbild für andere wird, anstatt immer nur anderen Vorbildern hinterherzulaufen? Das Ideal ist nichts als die Wahrheit von weitem.
Hier nun einige Fakten über ein Vorbild, dem niemand gerecht werden kann: Solid Snake!
Solid Snake ist zu 1/8 Cherokee. Das hat allerdings nichts mit seinen Vorfahren zu tun, der Mann hat, als ihm in der Tundra die Vorräte ausgingen, einen Indianer gefangen und gegessen. Auf der letzten Seite des Guinness-Weltrekord-Buches steht in kleingedruckten Buchstaben, dass alle Rekorde auf diesem Planeten von Solid Snake gehalten werden. Die restlichen Angaben sind lediglich nur jene, die diesen am nächsten kamen. Die meisten Menschen haben 23 Chromosome. Solid Snake hat 72, und sie sind alle giftig. Der schnellste Weg zum Herzen eines Menschen ist Solid Snake's Faust. Solid Snake hat zwei Bewegungsarten, Laufen und Töten. Solid Snake wechselt seine Haut zwei Mal im Jahr. Solid Snake schreibt keine Bücher, die Worte fügen sich von selbst zusammen, aus Angst. Solid Snake kann Null teilen. Solid Snake's Urin verschweißt Titan. Solid Snake rasiert sich nicht, er schlägt sich selbst ins Gesicht. Das Einzige das einen Solid Snake schneiden kann ist ein Solid Snake. Solid Snake kann nicht lieben, er nimmt sich nur ne Pause vom Töten.
Hier nun einige Fakten über ein Vorbild, dem niemand gerecht werden kann: Solid Snake!
Solid Snake ist zu 1/8 Cherokee. Das hat allerdings nichts mit seinen Vorfahren zu tun, der Mann hat, als ihm in der Tundra die Vorräte ausgingen, einen Indianer gefangen und gegessen. Auf der letzten Seite des Guinness-Weltrekord-Buches steht in kleingedruckten Buchstaben, dass alle Rekorde auf diesem Planeten von Solid Snake gehalten werden. Die restlichen Angaben sind lediglich nur jene, die diesen am nächsten kamen. Die meisten Menschen haben 23 Chromosome. Solid Snake hat 72, und sie sind alle giftig. Der schnellste Weg zum Herzen eines Menschen ist Solid Snake's Faust. Solid Snake hat zwei Bewegungsarten, Laufen und Töten. Solid Snake wechselt seine Haut zwei Mal im Jahr. Solid Snake schreibt keine Bücher, die Worte fügen sich von selbst zusammen, aus Angst. Solid Snake kann Null teilen. Solid Snake's Urin verschweißt Titan. Solid Snake rasiert sich nicht, er schlägt sich selbst ins Gesicht. Das Einzige das einen Solid Snake schneiden kann ist ein Solid Snake. Solid Snake kann nicht lieben, er nimmt sich nur ne Pause vom Töten.
hans-wolfgang - am Samstag, 8. Juli 2006, 22:27
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For centuries man has been told all kinds of life-negative things. Even to torture your body has been a spiritual discipline. Up to now science has been accidental. People have stumbled upon some discoveries, inventions. Even discoveries were made for which they were not looking, but just groping in the dark with no sense of direction. And obviously the politicians of the world -- who liked more and more destructive power in their hands -- immediately got the idea to enslave scientists. Now every scientist is a slave to some nation, to some government and he functions only for purposes which are anti-life, destructive. The more destructive things he can find, the more he is praised by the governments, the more he is avoided. Creative science will consciously avoid anything that destroys life and will seek and search only for that which enhances life. Science is only a part of human reality. The most fundamental thing will be creating methods, techniques, ways of raising human consciousness, and certainly, this consciousness cannot be against the body; this consciousness is residing in the body. They cannot be seen as inimical to each other; in every way, they are supportive. You walk, you eat, you drink and all these things indicate that you are a body and consciousness as an organic whole. You cannot torture the body and raise your consciousness. The body has to be loved -- you have to be a great friend. It is your home, you have to clean it of all junk, and you have to remember that it is in your service continuously, day in, day out. Even when you are asleep, your body is continuously working for you digesting, changing your food into blood, taking out the dead cells from the body, bringing new oxygen, fresh oxygen into the body -- and you are fast asleep! It is doing everything for your survival, for your life, although you are so ungrateful that you have never even thanked your body. On the contrary, your religions have been teaching you to torture it: the body is your enemy and you have to get free from the body, its attachments. You are more than the body and there is no need to have any attachment. But love is not an attachment, compassion is not an attachment. Love and compassion are absolutely needed for your body and its nourishment. And the better body you have, the more is the possibility for growing consciousness. It is an organic unity.
hans-wolfgang - am Freitag, 7. Juli 2006, 02:35
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