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the jewels?"
Coughing and spluttering, Kowalski replies drunkenly, "You guys better find yourselves another diver because I can't find anything!"
Pierre, a Frenchman, Tonio, an Italian, and Kowalski, the Polack, are driving through the countryside when their car breaks down. They find lodging at a farm, and during the night, Pierre decides to sneak into the farmer's daughter's room.
The farmer hears him walking up the stairs and calls out, "Who is it?"
Thinking quickly, Pierre whispers, "Meow, meow," like a cat, and then goes into the girl's room.
Half an hour later, Tonio has the same idea. But as he nears the room, her father shouts, "Who is there?"
Tonio also makes the sound, "Meow, meow," and then sneaks into the girl's room.
Later on, Kowalski decides that he, too, should have some fun. Just as he gets to the girl's room, the father shouts, "Okay, who is it?"
Kowalski replies, "It is me, the cat."
Now, Nivedano, give the first drum and everybody goes into absolute craziness, in gibberish -- shouting, speaking Chinese, Japanese, any language that you don't know. Do your best.
(Drumbeat)
(Gibberish)
(Drumbeat)
No movement.
Close your eyes, just be in.
Deeper and deeper, fearlessly, because it is your own being. You are not going to meet anyone, you are going to disappear in a universal rhythm.
This is the staff Ummon was talking about.
And this is the Bird's Way, the solitary cuckoo in the forest.
Allow the obvious and drop the mind.
See directly into yourself.
This is the very secret of the buddhas, of the awakened ones.
Nivedano ...
(Drumbeat)
Everybody dies ...
Die completely -- let the body breathe, but you go on and on and on inwards. Don't leave any space unexplored.
This moment you are the most blessed, touching the very eternity of your life, allowing the lotus of your being to open its petals.
There is no need of any organized religion. Every individual is entitled to find within himself the buddha.
Nivedano ...
(Drumbeat)
The buddhas can come back and
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