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G95champ
Black Belt
Joined: 29 Mar 2002
Posts: 3116
Location: Gilbert WV, USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate (FSKA)
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 Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:49 pm Post subject: Something I just read hope you like it |
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An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one morning, sent him for some salt.
When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the master asked.
"Bitter," spit the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake.
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake, and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked, "How does it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.
"No," said the young man.
At this, the master sat beside this serious young man who so reminded him of himself and took his hands, offering, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
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yellowsnow
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Joined: 05 Jan 2003
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nice... 
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Karateka_latino
Black Belt
Joined: 21 Jun 2001
Posts: 1299
Location: Panama city, Panama
Styles: Goju-Ryu Karate do; Kung Fu.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2003 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| Nice indeed. |
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ramymensa
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Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 1450
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Shotokan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:54 am Post subject: |
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Yep. Cute. So ... traditional 
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Kensai
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Joined: 05 Jul 2002
Posts: 1415
Location: Britain
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:33 am Post subject: |
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| OSU! |
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Shotokan_Fighter
Green Belt
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
Posts: 393
Location: Huron,SD
Styles: Shotokan Karate 4 life
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:44 am Post subject: |
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nice champ
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ZeRo
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Joined: 03 Apr 2002
Posts: 2571
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| i love those kinda things, really make you think |
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SaiFightsMS
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Joined: 28 Oct 2001
Posts: 6397
Location: Ohio
Styles: Shotokan, Shorin Ryu, Shi-to Ryu
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I moved this over to this forum. Buried within this area of the forum are other stories like that that were in the old philosophy area before the forum was upgraded. |
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kle1n
Green Belt
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Posts: 402
Location: Cologne, Germany
Styles: Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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i dont understand the point
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BKJ1216
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Joined: 22 Feb 2003
Posts: 1145
Location: Yakima, Washington
Styles: Shudokan Karate
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| Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Wow man that's deep, you mind if I use it at the club to pick up women? j/k
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