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Jan 4, 2010

The Dog & The Donkey



There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke in to the house, the washer man was fast asleep too but the donkey and the dog were awake.


The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson.


The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly.


Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.


Moral of the story:
" One must not engage in duties other than his own"


Now take a new look at the same story...


The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute. He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box.


He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night. He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it.


Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going Beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay & other perks and became his favourite pet.


The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dog's duties as well.


In the annual appraisal the dog managed "ME" (Met Expectations) . Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.


The donkey was rated as " star performer".


The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a NEW JOB ...


Disclaimer:
All characters in the story are not at all imaginary. Any resemblance to person living or dying of work is purely intentional.

Neck Exercizes..........




In my continual thought for my fellow computer friends, I offer......

Neck Exercises to do at the computer



 

CYCLONE








A cyclone hit a Kansas farmhouse just before dawn one morning.


It tore off the roof, and picked up the beds on which the farmer and his wife slept were sleeping. By some miracle, the cyclone set them down unharmed the next county over.


The wife was sobbing uncontrollably.


"Don't be scared, Mary," her husband said.
"We're not hurt."


Mary continued to cry. "I'm not scared,"


She said between sobs. "I'm happy... This is the first time in 14 years we've been out together."

did U knOw ??? ``...Increase ur little knowledge

1 MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.
2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.
3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.
4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).
5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was dropped..
6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S..
7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.
8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.
9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the comment Queen's Quest..
10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn, travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom of Tips.
11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named 'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.
12.. Coca-Cola was originally green.
13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed..
14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row ! of the keyboard.
17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
19. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
20.. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
o Spades - King David
o Clubs - Alexander the Great,
o Hearts – Charlemagne
o Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
24. Horse Statue in a Park…
• If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
• If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle
• If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women.
26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
27. A snail can sleep for three years.
28. All polar bears are left handed.
29. Butterflies taste with their feet.
30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
34. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
40. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
41. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

SHER & SHAIRI WITH COMPUTER LINGO!



Jo muddat se hota aaya hai,
woh repeat kar doonga...


Tu naa mili to apni zindagi
ctrl+alt+delete kar doonga...
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Shayad mere pyar ko
taste karna bhool gaye...


Dil sey aisa cut kiya
ke paste karna bhool gaye...
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Laakhon honge nigaah mein
kabhi mujhe bhi pick karo...


Mere pyaar ke icon pe
kabhi to double-click karo...
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Kal jab mile thhe
to dil mein hua ek sound.


Aur aaj mile to kehte hain
your file not found!
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Aisa bhi nahin hai ke
I don't like your face.


Par dil ke storage mein
no more disk space.
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Ghar se jab tum nikle
pehen ke reshmi gown.


Jaane kitne dilon ka
ho gaya server down.
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Jabse meri zindagi mein,
aayi hai ek female.


Bhool gaya hai sab kuchh
kya mailbox, kya e-mail.
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Dil se ek ishq ki
application create kar raha hoon.


Pyaar se debug karna
mein wait kar raha hoon.
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Tumhaare intezaar mein
neend aayee so gaya.


Yeh dekho mera isp connection
time out ho gaya..

Monday's Smiles



It was a weekend morning and Jake, an avid hunter, woke up ready to go bag the first deer of the season. He walks down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, and to his surprise he finds his wife,  Alice  sitting there fully dressed in camouflage.
Jake asks her, "What are you up to?"
Alice smiles, "I'm going hunting with you!"
Jake, though he has many reservations, reluctantly decides to take her along.
They arrive at the hunting site. Jake sets his wife up in a tree stand and tells her, "If you see a deer, take careful aim on it and I'll come running back as soon as I hear the shot.”
Jake walks away with a smile on his face knowing that Alice couldn't bag an elephant, much less a deer. But not 10 minutes pass when he is startled as he hears an array of gunshots. Quickly, Jake starts running back. As Jake gets closer to her stand, he hears Alice screaming, "Get away from my deer!"
Confused, Jake races faster towards his screaming wife. Once again he hears her yell, "Get away from my deer!" followed by a volley of gunfire.
Now within sight of where he had left his wife, Jake is surprised to see a cowboy with his hands high in the air.
The cowboy, obviously distraught, says, "Okay lady, okay! You can have your deer! Just let me get my saddle off it!”

Last week my boss said he was going to garnish my wages.
Call me dense, but I fail to see how a sprig of parsley in my paycheck will make it any more attractive.

One day God was looking down to earth and saw all the evil going on. He decided to send an angel down to earth to check it out. So, He called  on a female angel and sent her to earth for a time.
When she returned, she told God that yes, it is bad on earth, 95% is bad and 5% is good.
Well, He thought for a moment and said maybe I had better send down a male angel, so I can both points of view. God called a male angel and sent him to earth for a time.
When the male angel returned, he went to God and told Him that the earth was in decline, 95% was bad and 5% was good.
God said this was not good. He would send a letter to the 5% that was good and encourage them and provide something to help them keep going.
Do you know what that letter said?
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Oh, so you didn't get one either?


Scratch Ticket 911:

As an assistant high school track coach, I recorded the results of each home meet and made copies for all the coaches. But because our track shed did not have electricity, I had to use carbon paper.
A freshman team member offered to help, and I showed her how to place the carbon paper shiny side down so that the image would transfer to the sheet beneath it.
"What will they think of next?" she said in astonishment. "Pretty soon we won't need copy machines anymore.”

A woman goes to the police station to report that her husband was missing.
"Can you give me a description of him?" asked the officer.
"He's short and bald and skinny and wrinkled and wears dentures," answered the woman. "Come to think of it, most of him was missing before he was!”






15 Ultimate PJ’s

Q1. Ram Sita hai, toh ram kaun hai?
Ans :- Tailor (darzi)


Q2. Sita RAM hai to Sita kaun hai?
Ans :- Sita MEMORY hai (RAM: Random Access Memory)


Q3. Dhoni ask’s Yuvraj to bring a Cold Drink. Yuvraj brings a bottle of Cold drink but goes directly to Tendulkar. Why?
Ans:- Because, Tendulkar is an opener


Q4. A person from Banglore said, I want to see the movie ‘Heart is Umbrella’. Which movie did he really want to see?
Ans:- Dil Chhata Hai


Q5. Woh kya hai jo Dil main hain, Mann main hai par Dhadkan main nahi?
Ans:- Aamir Khan, Simple, Ain’t it.


Q6. What will you call a person who is leaving India?
Ans:- Hindustan Lever (Leaver)


Q7. Luv and Kush are going to a village & in between comes a well. Luv falls into the well. Why ?
Ans:- Because Luv is blind.


Q8. Now Kush also jumps inside. Why?
Ans:- Because, Luv ke liye saala kuch bhi karega


Q9. Jackie Chan ki saas(Mother in law) ka naam kya hai?
Ans:- D’Cold – chain ki saans


Q10. Jackie Chan ki bahu ka naam kya hai?
Ans:- D’Cold again, kyunki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi


Q11. Jugal Hansraj and Mayuri Kango bus stop par khade the. Bus aayi, Mayuri gayi, magar Jugal nahin gaya, kyon?
Ans:- Because Mayuri ‘can – go’.


Q12. Kamal ,Vimal do bhai they,dono bus stop pe khade the. Bus aai vimal chad jata hai per kamal nahin jata hai. Why?
Ans :- Beacuse, bus per likha tha ONLY VIMAL


Q13. Amitabh aur Pran dono bus estop pe khade the. Bus aai aur Pran chad jata hai per Amitabh nahin jata. Why?
Ans :- Pran jaye per Bacchan(Vachan) na jaye.


Q14..Kapil Dev goes to Echo point and shouts loudly “Pamolive” But there dont come any echo sound. Why ?
Ans:- Because Palmolive ka jawab nahi.


Q15. Kalidas ka ek bhai joote(Shoes) banata tha, us ka naam kya tha?
Ans:- Adidas.

21st Century Bride

A newly wed girl was being welcomed at the husband’s home in a traditional manner.


She was asked to give a little speech. She addressed as follows:


“My dear family members, I thank you for welcoming me in my new home and family“,


she said “Firstly, with my presence I would not want to create any inconveniences by my being here. I mean that I don’t want you all to change your way of life, your routine.“


“What do you mean my child?” asked the father


What I mean dad is:


Those who used to wash dishes must carry on washing them.
Those who used to do the laundry must carry on doing it.
Those who cooked shouldn’t stop on my account.
Those who used to clean should clean.


As for me, I am here just to control your son!

A very serious concern

NOT CELL  PHONES...
OR THE  RADIO...

OR THE GPS  MONITOR.....
NOT  TALKING...

NOT  TEXTING
OR WATCHING  A CAR VIDEO....
OR CHANGING  CD's... 

  
 THE  MOST FREQUENT CAUSES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS  ARE:  
  



I'm applying  for a government grant to study this problem more closely.  
 
Wish me  luck
 
"If I can only  save one life..."

after 50 years

An older couple was lying in bed one night. The husband was falling a sleep, but the wife felt romantic and wanted to talk.


She said, "You use to hold my hand when we were courting."


Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second, and tried to get back to sleep. A few moments later she said, "Then you used to kiss me."


Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.


Thirty seconds later she said. "Then you use to bite my neck.


"Angrily, he threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed.


"Where are you going ?" she asked.


"To get my teeth!"

dreams of parents



A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight, brought emotions and made him realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.




My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same.




In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on Flight.




The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see that I had booked them by air.








The excitement was very apparent on his face, waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen.




He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things.




As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me. He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him.




When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me.




But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life.




As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for football, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have satisfied to all our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes?




Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?




Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete.




Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.




Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children,the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders.




Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes.




Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.




Take care of ur parents.




pls share this to every child who loves parents and want to love them more......

January 4th Stolen Jokes


What Makes South Africans, South Africans?

 Barack Obama was sitting in his office wondering which country to stop Invading next, when his telephone rang.

"Howzit, Barack!" a voice in an Afrikaans accent said. "This is Koos Vannermerwe here from the Doringboom Bar in Welkom , South Africa I am Ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you,boet!"

"Well, Koos," Barack replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now," said Koos, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, My cousin Jan, my next-door neighbour Lang Hannes, and the entire Jukskei team from the pub. That makes eight of us!"

Barack paused. "I must tell you, Koos, that I have one million men in my Army waiting to move on my command."

"Blikkiesfontein!" said Koos. "I'll have to ring you back!"

Sure enough, the next day, Koos called again.

"Barack, my China, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some Infantry equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be, Koos?" Barack asked.

"Well, we have four Hilux double-cabs, two kombis, an old Case Bulldozer, and Vet Gert's John Deere tractor".

Barack sighed. "I must tell you, Koos, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to 1,5 Million since we last spoke."

"Liewe erdvark!" said Koos. "I'll have to get back to you..."

Sure enough, Koos rang again the next day.

"Barack, ou swaer, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves Airborne! We've modified Doepie's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns In the cockpit, and four okes from the Virginia Hengelklub have joined Us as well!"

Barack was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell You, Koos, I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military Complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And Since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"

"Slaat my dood!", said Koos, "I'll have to ring you back."

Sure enough, Koos called again the next day.

"Jis, jis, jis, Barack! I am sorry to tell you that we've had to call Off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Barack. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," said Koos, "we've all had a long chat over some Klippies and Coke, and decided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners of War."

Rosemary

bar

John gets a distressed phone call from his very blonde girlfriend Buffy.

"I've got a problem," says Buffy.

"What's the matter?" asks John.

"Well, I bought this jigsaw puzzle, but it's too hard. None of the pieces fit together and I can't find any edges."

"What's the picture of?" asks John.

"It's of a big rooster," replies Buffy.

"All right," says John. "I'll come over and have a look."

So he goes over to Buffy's house and she greets him by saying, "Thanks for coming over." Buffy leads John into her kitchen and shows him the jigsaw puzzle on the kitchen table.

John looks at the puzzle and then turns to her and says, "For heaven's sake, Buffy, put the cornflakes back in the box."


Grandma and Grandpa

A friend, who worked away from home all week, always made a special effort with his family on the weekends.

Every Saturday morning he would take his 7-year old granddaughter out for a drive in the car for some bonding time.  Just he and his granddaughter.

One particular Sunday however, he had a bad cold and really didn't feel like being up at all.  Luckily, his wife came to the rescue and said that she would take their granddaughter out.

When they returned, the little girl anxiously ran upstairs to see her grandfather.

"Well, did you enjoy your ride with grandma ?"

"Oh yes, PaPa" the girl replied, "and do you know what ?  We didn't see a single dumb bastard or lousy shithead anywhere we went today !"

Brings a tear to your eye doesn't it.

Jeaneoe

Hot Pick Up Line: You remind me of a championship bass, I don't know whether to mount you or eat you!

When two jerks meet, the conversation can lead to anything. "Fine thing," said one irately. "I ask you for the phone number of a woman, and she turns out to be a lady taxi-driver." "A lady taxi-driver!" the second echoed. "Whatever gave you that idea?" "Well, all night long she kept going out on calls."

Two urchins stole a sign from a local department store and placed it conspicuously in front of a brothel. The sign? It read: TRY OUR LAY- AWAY PLAN

Two call girls were discussing their financial status: "When I get paid, I always put my money in my stocking. It's bound to draw interest there." "Not me. My night's receipts go right into my bra. There's gold in them thar hills."

Reflection in a side-view mirror: "I just passed a red light and it cost me fifteen dollars. It would have been cheaper if I had stopped at one."

"It was awful," lamented one madam to another. "I had a fire at my place." "Didn't you call the firemen?" asked the other. "That's what made it so awful," groaned the first. "It took the firemen two hours to put the fire out, and it took my girls two days to put the firemen
put!"

What does a 72-year-old snatch taste like? Depends...

What is a Yankee? The same as a quickie, but a guy can do it alone.

bar

A cow suddenly jumps out into the road, they hit it full on, and the car comes to a stop.  Nancy, in her usual charming manner, says to the chauffeur: 'You get out and check - you were driving.' The chauffeur gets out, checks, and reports that the animal is dead but it was old.

'You were driving; go and tell the farmer,' says Nancy.

Two hours later, the chauffeur returns totally plastered, hair ruffled with a big grin on his face.

'My God, what happened to you?' asks Nancy.

The chauffeur replies: 'When I got there, the farmer opened his best bottle of malt whisky, the wife gave me a slap-up meal and the daughter made love to me.' 'What on earth did you say?' asks Nancy. 'I just knocked on the door and when it was answered, I said to them: 'I'm Nancy Pelosi's chauffeur, and I've just killed the old cow.'

Gordon


Trivia

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

 A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile.

In the world's oceans, there are: 58 species of sea grasses. Less than 1,000 species of cephalopods - squids, octopi, & pearly nautiluses. 1,000 species of sea anemones. 1,500 species of brown algae. 7,000 species of echinoderms - starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sea lilies. 13,000 species of fishes. 50,000 species of molluscs.

US presidents who served an entire term without a vice president: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur.

US presidents who were survived by their fathers: John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding.

US Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. Senate on August 19, 1957. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes.

While sleeping, one man in eight snores, and one in ten grinds his teeth.

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the first US president to die in office. At 32 days, he also had the shortest term in office.

A study at the University of Nebraska Medical Center suggests that chicken soup can put the kibosh on coughing, sore throat, and stuffy nose. When you get a cold, white blood cells called neutrophils migrate to the airways, where they fight infection. Chicken soup inhibits neutrophil migration, reducing symptoms while still fighting the cold.

The Master

When one Guru was dying, one of his deciple asked him "Guruji, who was your master?"He said, "I had thousands of masters. If I just relate their names it will take months, years and it is too late. But three masters I will certainly tell you about.


One was a thief. Once I got lost in the desert, and when I reached a village it was very late, everything was closed. But at last I found one man who was trying to make a hole in t he wall of a house. I asked him where I could stay and he said 'At this time of night it will be difficult, but you can say with me - if you can stay with a thief'.And the man was so beautiful. I stayed for one month! And each night he would say to me, 'Now I am going to my work. You rest, you pray.' When he came back I would ask 'Could you get anything?' He would say, 'Not tonight. But tomorrow I will try again, God willing.' He was never in a state of hopelessness, he was always happy.


When I was meditating and meditating for years on end and nothing was happening, many times the moment came when I was so desperate, so hopeless,that I thought to stop all this nonsense. And suddenly I would remember the thief who would say every night, 'God willing, tomorrow it is going to happen.'


And my second master was a dog. I was going to the river, thirsty and a dog came. He was also thirsty. He looked into the river, he saw another dog there -- his own image -- and became afraid. He would bard and run away, but his thirst was so much that he would come back. Finally, despite his fear, he just jumped into the water, and the image disappeared. And I knew that a message had come to me from God: one has to jump in spite of all fears.


And the third master was a small child. I entered a town and a child was carrying a lit candle. He was going to the mosque to put the candle there.


'Just joking,' I asked the boy, 'Have you lit the candle yourself?' He said,


'Yes sir.' And I asked, 'There was a moment when the candle was unlit, then there was a moment when the candle was lit. Can you show me the source from which the light came?' And the boy laughed, blew out the candle, and said, 'Now you have seen the light going. Where has it gone? You will tell me!'


My ego was shattered, my whole knowledge was shattered. And that moment I felt my own stupidity. Since then I dropped all my knowledgeability.




It is true that I had no master. That does not mean that I was not a disciple


-- I accepted the whole existence as my master. My Disciplehood was a greater involvement than yours is. I trusted the clouds, the trees. I trusted existence as such. I had no master because I had millions of masters I learned from every possible source. To be a disciple is a must on the path. What does it mean to be a disciple? It means to be able to learn. To be available to learn to be vulnerable to existence. With a master you start learning to learn.




The master is a swimming pool where you can learn how to swim. Once you have learned, all the oceans are yours."