01-29-2005, 06:29 AM
I can't understand how the cat came to have kittens," an old lady said to the vet.
"I never let her out and no other cats are allowed near her." The vet looked around and saw a large tom sitting by the fireplace.
"What about him? He asked.
"Oh, don't be silly," said the old lady. "That's her brother."
"I never let her out and no other cats are allowed near her." The vet looked around and saw a large tom sitting by the fireplace.
"What about him? He asked.
"Oh, don't be silly," said the old lady. "That's her brother."
I realise that I have a past to break with--an accumulation of inertia, wrong, foolishness, rot, junk. A great need of clarification, of mindfulness, or rather, of no mind. A need to return to genuine practice, right effort. Need to push on the great doubt. Need for the spirit. Hang on to the clear light.
Thomas Merton