A poem of love

Read his Watermana, Jess also produced a youtube on it. Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask. Like your story... I have one too. It's called the Tenth Man The 'Tenth Man' Story http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/tmstory.html You know the quaint story of the ten monks travelling together from one Master to another, in search of the enlightenment they had failed to obtain? Crossing a river in flood, they were separated by the swift current, and when they reached the other shore, they reassembled and one counted the others to make sure that all were safely across. Alas, he was only able to count nine brothers. Each in turn counted the others, and each could only count nine. As they were weeping and bewailing their drowned brother, a passing traveller on his way to the nearest town, asked what their trouble was and, having counted them, assured them that all ten were present. But each counted again, and the traveller being unable to persuade them, left them and went on this way. Let us continue the story: Then one monk went to the river-side in order to wash his tear-stained face. As he leant over a rock above a clear pool he started back and, rushing to his nine fellow-monks, he announced that he had found their poor drowned brother at the bottom of a pool. So each in turn went over to the rock in question and, leaning over, looked into the depths of the pool. When all had seen their poor drowned brother, whom, owing to the depth of the pool, they could not reach, they celebrated a funeral service in his memory. The passing traveller, returning from the town, asked them what they were doing and, when he was told, pointed out to them, and assured them, that since each had celebrated his own decease, and since all had celebrated the decease of each, one and all they were well and truly dead. On learning this each monk was instantly awakened, and ten fully enlightened monks returned to their monastery to the intense delight of their grandmotherly old Master. Note: Each monk found the answer to the Open Secret, which the Traveller had missed because he did not know that it was a secret. The Tenth Man is the only man: there is no other. ________________

Fault? Is that a victimless crime? There's at least 2 sides to every story. The grunts often are those who *see* no option in life except to *serve & fight* and so often are maimed mentally or physically if they do not die for their country. However, even though generational poverty and/or lack of education seem to set up the individual to make that life choice, it is the individual who takes that journey. Is it a choice? Is there really free will? ~A

some of us were born *strange* the outer fringe, always out on a limb... and ahead of the curve.... our hearts beating to a different drum, as it were. I never knew about the ethnic *cleansing* practice of taking *darkies* children away from parents..until I saw the movie, *Rabbit-Proof Fence*. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence Here's some info for others. http://www.janesoceania.com/australia_aborigines_children/index1.htm

Moonman I might have known you were a natureman too. Like to have that grand view in the scheme of things... ~A

Lol! I do EXACTLY the same thing. Those little creatures in my head hijack and otherwise move the furniture on me from time to time. Nice to meet you! This property Is Protected By Rott and Weiler