the prayer of the frog - 9

[Guest guest]

namaste. I continue with the series of excerpts from "The prayer of

the frog" by Anthony de Mello. A slight pause was made in the postings

to receive permission from the Publishers re any possible copyright

infringement. That being satisfactorily received, I continue with

the postings. The publishers informed me that the book is available

and can be obtained from The Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, Post Box 70,

Anand, Gujarat 388001, India.

 

Regards

Gummuluru Murthy

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AWARENESS:

 

Is it reality you are responding to or your assumptions about it?

 

 

A woman in the grocery department of a super-market bent down to pick

up some tomatoes. At that moment she felt a sharp pain shooting down

her back; she became immobilized and let out a shriek.

 

A shopper standing next to her leaned over knowingly and said, "If

you think tomatoes are bad, you should see the price of the fish!"

 

 

 

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A cowboy was riding across the desert when he came upon an Indian

lying on the road with his head and ear to the ground.

 

"How yah doin', chief?" said the cowboy.

 

"Big paleface with red hair driving dark green Mercedes-Benz with

German shepherd dog inside and license plate number SDT965 going

headed west."

 

"Gee, chief, yah mean you hear all that just listening to the ground?"

 

"I'm not listening to the ground. The SOB ran over me."

 

 

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