>for you meditating souls...from the great Swami
>
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>
>Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its
>place was a golden screw. All the doctors told his mother that there
>was nothing they could do. Like it or not, he was stuck with it.
>
>All the years of growing up was real tough on him, as all who saw the
>screw made fun of him. He avoided ever leaving his house and thus,
>never made any friends.
>
>One day, a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a swami
in
>Tibet that could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The
>next day he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to
>Nepal.
>
>After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant
>monastery. The swami knew exactly why he had come. He was told to
sleep
>in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day when he
>awoke, the screw would have been removed.
>
>The man immediately went to the room and fell asleep. During the night
>while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window, bearing in its
>mist, a golden screwdriver. In just moments, the screw-driver removed
>the screw and disappeared out of the window.
>
>
>The next morning when the boy woke, he saw the golden screw laying on
>the pillow next to him. Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there
was
>no screw there!
>
>
>Jubilant, he leaped out of bed, but in seconds, his butt fell off.
>
>The moral to this is: Don't screw around with things you don't
>
>understand or you'll lose your ass.
>
