May 16, 2006
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Flied Lice and Gleek Plick
Lu Ting ate at a Greek restaurant because Papadopoulos, the owner, made really good fried rice. Each evening he would come in and order “flied lice.” This always caused Papadopoulos to fall down with laughter. Sometimes he would have two or three friends standing nearby just to hear Lu Ting order his “flied lice.”
Eventually the Chinese’s pride was so hurt that he took a special diction lesson just to be able to say “fried rice” correctly.
The next time he went to the restaurant he said very plainly, “Fried rice, please.”
Unable to believe his ears, Papadopoulos asked, “What did you say?”
Lu Ting shouted, “You heard what I said you Gleek plick!”
Change begins from the root. We can practice dropping our “negative traits” such as anger, greed, ambition, jealously, possessiveness, lust and so on but it will not work. We can practice and pretend all we want. But if the root has not been addressed, it will expresses itself in another form. It won’t make much different from “flied lice” now it is “Gleek plick!” We close one door, another immediately opens. This is not a way of transformation. It is like pruning leaves of a tree and hoping that the tree will be gone one day. It is not so. On the contrary, the more we prune the tree the thicker the foliage.
Try to block a stream and see what will happen. The blockage will disturb the equilibrium for those that are on the upstream and downstream and eventually it will spill over. It cannot be simply destroyed.
Notes from OSHO, Joy, the Happiness That Comes from Within.
Comments (8)
Oh, it’s nice to get a laugh in the morning. A very good story about the deceit of our egos.
Great story. I understand exactly what you’re saying, but I still wish Lu Ting would have remembered his diction lesson when he yelled at Papadopoulos!
Kathi
Yes, all changes must start from the core than gradually outward…
I wrote something similar yesterday…only not as eloquent. But as I read yours and mine, I realize that I am just as guilty of this.
Good story! -jo
I bow to you, wise one.
As the great Confucius said: “He who tries to hold the water will pee in his pants.”
And it is so applicable, not only to our own spiritual development, but to society as well.
Thank you! Thank you! And now, would you please help me translate? I really don’t want to ask schizo to translate since it’d cost me an arm and a leg. Man, that girl is out to cut people’s throat, you know.