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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (13072)	7/23/2002 6:14:59 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 28931

"...a roaring trade in rosary beads and hamburgers" A really good hamburger is proof enough for me of course really good whiskey is another matter entirely.

To: Solon who wrote (13072)	7/23/2002 7:46:23 PM
From: James Calladine	Respond to of 28931

ONE OF ADI DA'S FAVORITE STORIES: I don't exactly know why you, Solon, but here is one of Adi Da's favorite stories, told to him by a devotee: A couple are driving out in the green countryside on a fine summer's day, taking in the wonderful scenery, and the wife shouts out: "Stop, back up, I can't believe it.....!" The husband does so, and there, just inside the fence they see, to their amazement, a three-legged pig! Two front legs, 1 rear leg, otherwise seemingly absolutely normal. They are very curious about this, so they drive up to the lane leading to the farm house and drive in. They knock on the door, which is answered by a burly, but good-natured farmer. The wife says: "Mr farmer-man, we were just driving by and we noticed in your field, a three-legged pig. What can you tell us about it.......?" The farmer says, "c'mon in, let me tell you the story. That pig saved our LIFE!" They enter and sit down in a simple but inviting dining room, are offered a beverage, and then the farmer begins: "Yes, you're talking about Wilber, and yes, he saved our lives, all of us. Here's what happened. It was a cold night in February and we went to bed early. Banked up the stove real good, and climbed under the covers and went to sleep. It was about two in the morning and we heard this big racket. The stove had overheated, and it was just about ready to set the whole house on fire. Wilber somehow got wind of this, broke into the kitchen from outside and made so much noise that he woke us up. Just in time, too, five minutes later and the whole house would have been in flames. He saved our lives, that Wilber...." "Well" said the husband, "that's really quite amazing, but tell us, was he born with only three legs........?" "Oh, that's easy to explain" said the farmer "you just don't eat an animal of that caliber all in one setting......" Namaste! Jim