04-18-2005, 01:50 PM
A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day.
He was playing with his toys in her bedroom, while grandma was
dusting.
He looked up and said, "Grandma, how come you don't have a
boyfriend?"
Grandma replied, "Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my
bedroom and watch it all day long. The TV evangelists keep me company
and make me feel so good. The comedies make me laugh. I'm very happy
with my TV as my boyfriend."
Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible. She
started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus.
Frustrated, she started hitting the backside of the TV hoping to fix
the problem.
The grandson heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the
door, and
there stood Grandma's minister.
The minister said, "Hello, son, is your grandma home?"
The little boy replied, "Yeah, she's in the bedroom bangin' her
boyfriend."
The minister fainted.
He was playing with his toys in her bedroom, while grandma was
dusting.
He looked up and said, "Grandma, how come you don't have a
boyfriend?"
Grandma replied, "Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my
bedroom and watch it all day long. The TV evangelists keep me company
and make me feel so good. The comedies make me laugh. I'm very happy
with my TV as my boyfriend."
Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible. She
started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus.
Frustrated, she started hitting the backside of the TV hoping to fix
the problem.
The grandson heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the
door, and
there stood Grandma's minister.
The minister said, "Hello, son, is your grandma home?"
The little boy replied, "Yeah, she's in the bedroom bangin' her
boyfriend."
The minister fainted.
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

