True nature

On a riverbank a scorpion requested of a turtle "Please carry me to the other shore on your back."The turtle said "Don't be foolish!Don't think me stupid!You may sting me in the middle of the stram and I will drown and die." The scorpion said "I am not foolish;rather you are foolish,because you don't know simple logic.If I sting you and if you are drowned and dead,I will also die with you.So be sensible,be logical.I will not sting you-I cannot sting you."

The turtle thought for a moment and then said"Okay!It seems sensible.Hop on me,and off we go."And exactly in the midstream the sting comes.They both were sinking down.The turtle saked "Where has your logic gone?You have done a very illogical thing, and you yourself said that this is simple logic, that you would never do it.And now you have done it!Tell me before I doe.Let me learn another lesson of your logic."

The scorpion said "It is not a question of logic at all, it is just my nature.I cannot be without it.I can talk about it, but I cannot be without it. I am incapable, really."

Awareness

General Ishiku lama, the late dictator, was invited to pilot a new flying boat while he was inspecting an air base.He flew himself, and all went fine until the commander who was accompanying him observed that he was about to make a landing on the air dome.

"Excuse me, General,but as this is a flying boat,wouldn,t it be better to come on the ocean?"

"Oh,of course,Commander,I don't know what I was thinking of!"They made a sucessful landing on the water.As General got up from the controls,he said,"Commander,I certainly appreciate the tact you used saving me from that incredible blunder I alomost made."

Saying that,he opened the door and stepped out into the sea.

There is never a sweet chilli

Mulla Nasruddin went to the market and saw a big bushel of hot chilli peppers on sale.He brought them,returned home,and began to eat.A little while later,his disciples came and saw mulla with tears streaming down his face,his mouth and tongue burning."Mulla,Mulla,why do you go on eating them?"As he reached for another, Nasruddin replied"I keep waiting for a sweet one."

Excerpt from-OSHO on Zen-Take it easy