The Sirens
> >>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
> >>not like 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 an intriguing and 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 grey-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 traveled
> >>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- it is 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 I can't tell you what it is because you're not a Monk.
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