08-25-2004, 01:04 AM
A circus owner runs an ad for a lion tamer and two people show up. One is
a
good looking older man in his mid-sixties and the other is a gorgeous
blonde
in her mid-twenties.
The circus owner tells them, "I'm not going to sugar coat it.
This is one ferocious lion. He ate my last tamer so you guys better be
good
or you're history. Here's your equipment -- chair, whip and a gun.
Who wants to try out first?"
The girl says, "I'll go first." She walks past the chair, the whip and the
gun and steps right into the lion's cage. The lion starts to snarl and
pant
and begins to charge her. About half way there, she throws open her coat
revealing her beautiful naked body.
The lion stops dead in his tracks, sheepishly crawls up to her and starts
licking her ankles. He continues to lick her calves, kisses them, licks
and
kisses her privates for several minutes and rests his head at her feet.
The circus owner's mouth is on the floor. He says, "I've never seen a
display like that in my life." He then turns to the older man and asks,
"Can
you top that?"
The older man replies, "No problem, just get that damn lion out of the
way."
a
good looking older man in his mid-sixties and the other is a gorgeous
blonde
in her mid-twenties.
The circus owner tells them, "I'm not going to sugar coat it.
This is one ferocious lion. He ate my last tamer so you guys better be
good
or you're history. Here's your equipment -- chair, whip and a gun.
Who wants to try out first?"
The girl says, "I'll go first." She walks past the chair, the whip and the
gun and steps right into the lion's cage. The lion starts to snarl and
pant
and begins to charge her. About half way there, she throws open her coat
revealing her beautiful naked body.
The lion stops dead in his tracks, sheepishly crawls up to her and starts
licking her ankles. He continues to lick her calves, kisses them, licks
and
kisses her privates for several minutes and rests his head at her feet.
The circus owner's mouth is on the floor. He says, "I've never seen a
display like that in my life." He then turns to the older man and asks,
"Can
you top that?"
The older man replies, "No problem, just get that damn lion out of the
way."
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
