I.
There was once a computer nerd who invited a Buddhist monk to come to his home. As the nerd was preparing to make a back-up for his hard drive, the monk arrived. The nerd explained what needed to be done, and the monk sat at the keyboard and began the back-up process. An alert box came up and said there was not enough room on the disk for all the hard drive files. The Buddhist monk tried it again undaunted and immediately was notified by the computer that the disk was full. The monk began again. Finally, the nerd could no longer stand to see his equipment used so poorly. "Stop. The disk is full. It cannot take anymore."
The monk nodded. "Yes, and you are like this disk. Full of your own opinions. You are full and will take no more. Come to me when your disk is empty."
The nerd rummaged
through his disk boxes until he found an uninitialized disk and handed
it to the monk.
The monk said, "You have much to learn" and rose.
The computer nerd said, "So do you. You have not backed up my hard
drive correctly. I thought you were wise."
The monk answered, "There is knowledge which fills your hard drive
and knowledge that never requires disks, because the hard drive is sufficient.
I have the last, you the first" and the monk left.
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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Lisa J. Parker, Don't Drink Bees
