XPost: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, alt.zen, alt.philosophy.zen   
   From: tanghuyen@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/4/2016 8:36 AM, Ned Ludd wrote:   
      
   >  This appeared in the current issue of the New Yorker.  Since   
   > it is relevant here, I am reposting it...   
   >   
   > COSMOLOGY   
   > By Billy Collins   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > Putting that aside, let's imagine Keith   
   > standing on the other Rolling Stones,   
   > who are standing on the shoulders of Muddy Waters,   
   > and, were it not for that endless stack of turtles,   
   > one on top of the other all the way down,   
   > Muddy Waters would be standing on nothing at all.   
      
   That is because I cast a Ninja star to cut off   
   the ground from under Muddy Waters. It makes   
   it easier for the human mind to wrap itself   
   around the whole cosmos.   
      
   Tang Huyen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)