Secrets of a Monk

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Secrets of a Monk

Postby Brujah » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:57 am

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, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. A sound unlike 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 travelled 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…


But, of course, I can’t tell you what it is because you’re not a monk.
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Postby Weasel » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:21 pm

lol you bugger.
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Postby Yasik2 » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:40 pm

[color=red:1elvif76]I'll try to bring some meaning in this thread.[/color:1elvif76]

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Postby Rovena » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:32 pm

Maybe these guys can help

http://www.diamond-doors.com/
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Postby threadtroll » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:11 pm

we have a thread for this already, a$$h0l3. it's called post a random joke.
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Postby Yasik2 » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:59 pm

[color=red:3exqmqri]GTFO ! This is MY domain ![/color:3exqmqri]

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Postby threadtroll » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:23 pm

epic fail. the spray didn't work on you, either. try again. oh and btw, there is a thread for posting pics here as well. it's called post a random pic. or should i start a new thread called RTFM?
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Postby Yasik2 » Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:55 pm

[quote="threadtroll":1rknrpgc]epic fail. the spray didn't work on you, either. try again. oh and btw, there is a thread for posting pics here as well. it's called post a random pic. or should i start a new thread called RTFM?[/quote:1rknrpgc]

You're a fake.
True trolls never create threads, they reuse existing ones.
Sad, i thought i finally found a decent opponent...
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Postby threadtroll » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:16 am

[quote="Yasik2":103tzio1]You're a fake.[/quote:103tzio1]

wow. i must have touched a nerve there. apparently you're not as secure with your position as the only troll in town as you would have everyone believe. let's see if i stick around to bother with "challenging" you. as if. let's see if you're worth my time.

picking your nose and studying the results does not count as thinking, btw. and just who are you calling decent, you wannabe?

p.s. i didn't START the thread. i just threatened to.
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Postby Yasik2 » Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:29 am

[quote="threadtroll":9d4uz2vv]wow. i must have touched a nerve there. apparently you're not as secure with your position as the only troll in town as you would have everyone believe. let's see if i stick around to bother with "challenging" you. as if. let's see if you're worth my time.

picking your nose and studying the results does not count as thinking, btw. and just who are you calling decent, you wannabe?

p.s. i didn't START the thread. i just threatened to.[/quote:9d4uz2vv]

Wow! An challenger appears! :D

You must be truly new here. I never said that i am the only one on this phorum with "above average communication temper feature", so-called "trolling".
We have Jezer and Tap, lots of minor ones and of course Weasel in Shining Armor!
Feel free to tag along few years, then *maybe* i'll see if you're worthy.
For now, a first test: try to get banned and only if you'll succeed i will continue to participate in this so-called "challenge".
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Postby Yasik2 » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:37 am

[color=red:1fhqmhas]Oh, almost forgot ![/color:1fhqmhas]

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