by don the story teller.
November 11, 1999
There once a Body, which had a hand, The Hand. The Stomach of the Body sent a directive out that it was hungry. The Eyes of this Body were attracted to a shiny red Apple and sent a message to The Hand to grab the Apple and bring it to the Mouth so that the Stomach could have Food to nourish the Body. The Hand grabbed the shiny red Apple. At this point if the Hand had just done its automatic thing of raising the Apple to the mouth to eat, then this story would have no meaning. However at this point the Brain interrupted the progress of the Hand to do some talking. The Hand heard these words. ÒThere is nothing more important than Freedom for self-realization and enlightenment.Ó
During this pause between grasping the Apple and bringing it the Mouth, the Hand with its Palm began to really Feel the Apple. While the shiny red of the Apple had attracted the Eye, it was the cool, smoothly rounded feel of this Apple that appealed to The Hand. The Apple fit perfectly into the Palm of The Hand. Normally the Hand just gripped food with its Fingers, but today, for some reason, maybe because of the Pause to Talk, maybe because the Palm itself had been attracted to the smooth rounded coolness of the AppleÕs Skin, maybe the frayed nerve endings of the Palm were craving a smoothing out, a rounding, as it were, from the marvelous smoothness of the Apple, or maybe it was one of those Divine Accidents, we donÕt really know, but today the Hand gripped the Apple with its Palm. Immediately the Hand began to enjoy the marvelous smooth, curvy, cool feel of the shiny red apple in its Palm. The Brain had been talking thruÕ the Mouth c 3e45454b424842404448445459374f574243513f3c554c4651443b4c4b3e47503a424f494b3f42454742352f2a1b161e181a201712141b1d1c150f0c140f1a16 1b201a11121d28413636343b1b120d141429363b3d1d1c1b1820121e3b4d44524832221e141d1b213a3e40211916182014161e3c3b2819131612191a191f150d 1b1c1d242e36433623fe1415171a101a11151a0e14140e191217100f150f15170f10fe17581b201c1a11191810233d3c3c403650363e33222c1f1412201d1511 221d191c181510141d18201e1c1a1b201a1c1f1e1d222c38373437373e49414346434d413944444b483e291d191c1417171b1918181a1d18242646606065fe60 797064686e61673a192026274561696c6e656a70685c6e61646356241f281e2e6665706a542a211d1e1d1d1619405d616a717a54292024406c67687a68607968 6c747965696a666879656875634d3320232c222a5b67686d6763635e645b2d231f17171816191824222125294f9da6a2a8aaa8a6a3a3a7a9acaba5fea2169fa1 9796a39d9a949392989d979196978d8c8a8aa4a191fefd70fcfbfaf8f8f4f6ede7dfcd71525d7b8585878185928d92959695908f95979c9ba3a69a9699949ba1 a3a09d98948f9a93979d999a98959c969489682e271d20201c1c2d5c5a665a5d64666461675d555e685b61636564676a6664616c6569705d65706565685e6351 221715191820161624fe502e31221d1c191c1a181914191a151f2b5953402117171e23171316121e2c3d5f6c5a522d1a1d271616142223366d6f7dfd807f7a91 7d808e7b6c2f1415161c1125416c71706f542a221e2d5f666a736d676e4c2a170b16152252696d6e6c6a5d2f231a261a1a303b3340331716161a151519110b1a 211e131517151b190e151a0c0b11140e1722282e45391d0c0e1719121b2e3c3a1f11191918191d150d1f1b15111a15141011131216130c0e171713140f0c7f13 0d190f1514100d0f130f17141f19211f29474b35231e29140b1317121910110f141714191e2b443e1d1a16111e15191f3940433f42231e161d1f131712233e43 4f342017140e17201a2e473b3d4b2c1d141113111a160e11150f0c11141d35363f3c2f161a190a09181a15140b1b2930393b4a3b221a18131815150f191b360d 49384053433f534f3d47453d3f4afe3e7f454b4846444a495047444d4743494c3e45454b424842404448445459374f574243513f3c554c4651443b4c4b3e4750 3a424f494b3f42454742352f2a1b161e181a201712141b1d1c150f0c140f1a161b201a11121d28413636343b1b120d141429363b3d1d1c1b1820121e3b4d4452 4832221e141d1b213a3e40211916182014161e3c3b2819131612191a191f150d1b1c1d242e36433623fe1415171a101a11151a0e14140e191217100f150f1517 0f10fe17581b201c1a11191810233d3c3c403650363e33222c1f1412201d1511221d191c181510141d18201e1c1a1b201a1c1f1e1d222c38373437373e494143 46434d413944444b483e291d191c1417171b1918181a1d18242646606065fe60797064686e61673a192026274561696c6e656a70685c6e61646356241f281e2e 6665706a542a211d1e1d1d1619405d616a717a54292024406c67687a686079686c747965696a666879656875634d3320232c222a5b67686d6763635e645b2d23 1f17171816191824222125294f9da6a2a8aaa8a6a3a3a7a9acaba5fea2169fa19796a39d9a949392989d979196978d8c8a8aa4a1910a26fefd7ffcfbfaf8f8f1 f5eee7ddc970555b70818f918a8a8c89929695928c8d969ca09e9aa1a2999796969596999d9e9d92a49c9ca39d9e9d9e98979a8c622a211e23161e1d25485e57 5b5d66625d645e5f5e5e60586563636462686b73666068686062675f64685d64675d4a2b1f1a1912161a1a252a2319171b131b14131916171d215c201e223740 5836231a1e21171d1d1a17162744586154291813171718121b20306672777b74768080828d8b78816e361e261b1916265d706e6a5e42222922476d6c74726b72 74683e171615171641666a6d736a4d1c15171917111c2928fe18711a1b1c2421232e221c1f1e1012141e15111b130b1b151e1614191f221627311e17140f190e 2b3a3f413d221e11190d1719101915200d1916120a130d0d150f11130f0e0f0d14181713171411120f0c141a13180e1c1b252b424a40210e110f0e12071017