Rascal
15th January 2007, 18:42
Top Secret
A man is driving down the road and his car breaks
down near a monastery.
He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and
says, "My car broke down.
Do you think I could stay the night?"
The Monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner,
even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange
sound. A sound not like anything he's ever heard
before.
The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into
crashing his ship comes to his mind.
He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns
trying to figure out what could possibly be making
such a seductive sound.
The next morning, he asks the Monks what the sound
was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a
Monk."
Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that
sound, the man goes back to the monastery and
pleads for the answer again.
The Monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a
Monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what
is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk,
then please, make me a Monk."
The Monks reply, "You must travel the earth and
tell us how many blades of grass there are and the
exact number of grains of sand. When you find these
answers, you will have become a Monk."
The man sets about his task.
After years of searching he returns as a gray
haired old man and knocks on the door of the
monastery. A Monk answers. He is taken before a
gathering of all the Monks.
"In my quest to find what makes that beautiful
sound, I traveled the earth and have found what
you asked for: By design, the world is in a state
of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask.
All a man can know is himself, and only then if
he is honest and reflective and willing to strip
away self deception."
The Monks reply, "Congratulations. You have become
a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the
mystery of the sacred sound."
The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where
the head monk says, "The sound is beyond that
door."
The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone.
The man is given the key to the stone door and he
opens it, only to find a door made of ruby.
And so it went that he needed keys to doors of
emerald, pearl and diamond.
Finally, they come to a door made of solid
gold. The sound has become very clear and
definite. The Monks say, "This is the
last key to the last door."
The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's
wish is behind that door!
With trembling hands, he unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door
open. Falling to his knees, he is utterly
amazed to discover the source of that haunting
and seductive sound......
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But I can't tell you.....you're not a Monk.
A man is driving down the road and his car breaks
down near a monastery.
He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and
says, "My car broke down.
Do you think I could stay the night?"
The Monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner,
even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange
sound. A sound not like anything he's ever heard
before.
The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into
crashing his ship comes to his mind.
He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns
trying to figure out what could possibly be making
such a seductive sound.
The next morning, he asks the Monks what the sound
was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a
Monk."
Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that
sound, the man goes back to the monastery and
pleads for the answer again.
The Monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a
Monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what
is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk,
then please, make me a Monk."
The Monks reply, "You must travel the earth and
tell us how many blades of grass there are and the
exact number of grains of sand. When you find these
answers, you will have become a Monk."
The man sets about his task.
After years of searching he returns as a gray
haired old man and knocks on the door of the
monastery. A Monk answers. He is taken before a
gathering of all the Monks.
"In my quest to find what makes that beautiful
sound, I traveled the earth and have found what
you asked for: By design, the world is in a state
of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask.
All a man can know is himself, and only then if
he is honest and reflective and willing to strip
away self deception."
The Monks reply, "Congratulations. You have become
a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the
mystery of the sacred sound."
The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where
the head monk says, "The sound is beyond that
door."
The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone.
The man is given the key to the stone door and he
opens it, only to find a door made of ruby.
And so it went that he needed keys to doors of
emerald, pearl and diamond.
Finally, they come to a door made of solid
gold. The sound has become very clear and
definite. The Monks say, "This is the
last key to the last door."
The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's
wish is behind that door!
With trembling hands, he unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door
open. Falling to his knees, he is utterly
amazed to discover the source of that haunting
and seductive sound......
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But I can't tell you.....you're not a Monk.