11-24-2004, 08:57 PM
>, he asks the barman do you have any peanuts? the
>barman says no so the duck goes away. The next day the duck comes in again
>and asks do you have any peanuts? the barman says no and the duck goes away
>again. The next day the duck comes in again do you have any peanuts? the
>barman says no and the duck goes away again. The next day the duck comes in
>again the barman getting angry by now says look if you come in here asking
>for bloody peanuts again I'm going to chop your bloody head off with an
>axe! The duck says ok and goes away. The next day the duck comes in again
>and says do you have an axe?
>the barman sighs and says no
>good says the duck do you have any peanuts?
>barman says no so the duck goes away. The next day the duck comes in again
>and asks do you have any peanuts? the barman says no and the duck goes away
>again. The next day the duck comes in again do you have any peanuts? the
>barman says no and the duck goes away again. The next day the duck comes in
>again the barman getting angry by now says look if you come in here asking
>for bloody peanuts again I'm going to chop your bloody head off with an
>axe! The duck says ok and goes away. The next day the duck comes in again
>and says do you have an axe?
>the barman sighs and says no
>good says the duck do you have any peanuts?
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