To sleep, perhaps to dream... But while you dream someone has already made their mind. So be careful stay awake, be aware an ofcourse dream the dreams that you dare to dream :-)
One day, three farmers took their grain to the windmill up in the mountain. Tired and hungry after the journey they sat under the thick shade of an oak tree to rest and eat. Hungry as they were, the farmers thought that the appealing roasted chicken that they have brought looks too good to share. After some deliberation the three friends reached the following wise decision: They will all have a nap under the cool shade and whoever dreams the most wonderful dream will have the chicken all for himself. Said and done. Heroic snoring resounded through the trees and even the birds stopped singing for a while, wandering: where did that horrible sound come from.
After a while still drowsy they started telling their dreams.
"Oh, I had the most wonderful dream!" said the first one. 'I dreamt that I was on the Moon exploring mysterious places and enjoying the sight of the Earth."
"That's nothing!"; said the second one. "I dreamt that I was in Heaven enjoying the angelic singing, heavenly flowers and feeling unexplainable happiness as if I was out of this world."
"That's amazing!" said the third one. "As for me, I couldn't sleep, and when I saw that one of you is on the Moon and the other in Heaven, I thought that you would never come back from such wonderful places. That's why I ate the chicken myself."
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The Greek Philosopher
Once upon a time, there was a Greek Philosopher. He wanted to study the world.
So he wandered around thinking and looking at the sky. As he was walking he fell into a hole. The angry philosopher climbed out of it and continued on his way eyes still glued to the sky, but soon he fell into another hole.
“These people,” he thought. “Can’t they see that I want to study the world? Why do they keep digging holes on my way to the truth?”
No sir, if you want to find the truth, you must look in front of you not up.
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Who Are You?
There are three types of women in this world (and three types of men). But I will talk about the women and men are often just the same.
Noah had a beautiful daughter. One day three candidates came for the hand of Noah's daughter. All three of them loved her a lot and wouldn't agree to step down so someone of the other two could marry her.
Noah was in trouble. In order to satisfy all three candidates he turned his cat and his donkey in beautiful women, identical to his own daughter and married them to the three young men.
A year passed and Noah wanted to see how his daughter lived. Unfortunately he forgot who of the neigboring princes married the real woman. So he went to his first son-in-law and asked him:
“How is my daughter? Do you live well together?”
“Yes,” answered the young man. “We are quite happy together, but sometimes she scratches me with her nails, but that's OK. I guess that's in her nature.”
Noah smiled understandingly and went to his second son-in-law and asked him the same question.
“Oh, I like her,” answered the young man. “ But sometimes she kicks me. I guess that's her nature.”
“Yes, indeed,” said Noah and continued his journey towards his third daughter where he asked his third son-in-law the same question.
“She is and angel!” said the prince.
“That is my real daughter!” thought Noah.
To be a true daughter of God, you must not kick, bite or scratch anybody. Christ's teaching is: don't bite, don't kick but think as a human being and fulfull your duty on Earth: Wherever you enter bring joy and happiness with you.
The Angel of Desire
/the meaning of Freedom/
Once upon a time, in a happy kingdom was born the most beautiful princess in the world. When she grew up she fell in love with a handsome young man and they promised to marry each other. This couple was so dear to God that an angel was sent to honor their wedding.
The princess was so beautiful that the angel too fell in love with her. That made God sad and instantly the angel was turned into a beautiful bird which sang beautifully but everyone avoided the poor thing.
The angel couldn’t understand the reason for that suffering. One day as the angel-bird perched on a big tree standing on a hill in the middle of a field and lamented its fate four criminals came under the tree to divide their loot. Then they decided to send two of them to buy some food and drink to have a feast. As they were coming back from the city the two criminals decided to put poison in the food so they can divide the loot of the other two criminals between themselves. Coincidentally the other two criminals decided to kill the food bearing crooks and grab their loot too. So they shot them. After that they ate the food and drank the wine and died in pain soon after that.
That’s when the angel understood the consequences of improper, illegal desires. They bring suffering, sorrow and death. God sent us to this Earth to live by the law of this freedom.
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