Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00121)

povers@enterprise.net wrote:
>
> A story.
> A wounded man lay, arrow-struck upon the ground. " Ho ho what have we
> here said one to another". Said the first man, "I could make a good
> profit writing an erudite study upon arrows, the make of arrow the
> manufacture...and so he mused on .Lost in conjecture.
> The wounded man bled on.
> "I the big ego, could like you brother, make a wonderful erudite
> study upon the history of warfare, how many warriors fell in battle,
> from which  country the Chief came, perhaps find out who shot the
> arrow.  and so he mused on, oblivious lost in thought, he wandered
> away.
> The wounded man bled on.
>
> "Pull out first the arrow" said the Enlighten One as he Stood By.
>
> So the arrow-struck man was relieved of his sorrow  and lived happily
> everafter.
> Project question: What happened to the two "brothers"?
> Answer maximum 5 words.

Answer #1:  They missed the experience

Answer #2:  1st Scientist, 2nd Politician

Answer #3:  They lived "happily" ever after


Questions:
I'm confused...who pulled out the arrow?  The two brothers had wandered
away and were not aware of the Enlightened One being there and did not
hear what he said?  If the arrow-struck man pulled out his own arrow and
found everlasting life, like Bhudda, why would the two brothers know
anything other than their own reality until they too were arrow struck?

Corollary project question:  What has to happen to human-kind?
AR