Having been followers of Vic Wierwille, I thought we might find comfort in knowing there are other villages out there, and they aren't much smarter than we are.
Hodja stories come from the character Nasreddin Hodja, a, believe it or not, real character from Sufi Islam. He lived in the town of Aksehir, Turkey, and taught at the famous Sufi school in Konya (home of the whirling dervishes). I heard and read Hodja stories all the time when I lived in Turkey. They are the Turkish equivalent to Aesop's Fables.
That fact, in of itself, makes your comparison to TWI even more humorous to me...
Here's a couple of others for your enjoyment:
"Once, in a tea shop, some soldiers were boasting about a few of their recent victories. The local people were gathered around them, listening eagerly.
"And I took my double-edged sword and charged the enemy fearlessly," said one. There was a loud round of applause.
"Oh, that reminds me," remarked Hodja, "of the time I cut the leg off an enemy on the battlefield. I cut it right off!"
"Sir," replied the captain of the soldiers, "it would have been better to have cut off his head."
"Of course," replied Hodja. "I would have. But somebody else had already done that."
And here's one that the leaders of TWI should have considered:
Nasreddin Hodja got poorer and poorer. He had to economize even the donkey feed. He started to cut the amount of oat he gave to his donkey. After a few days, he noticed no big changes in the donkey, so he continued with his reduction program. Everyday he was giving a little less food to the animal. The donkey was getting skinnier and skinnier, but so was the Hodja. These were tough times. Thus the hodja carried on, and the donkey had to subsist on smaller portions of feed each day. One morning, however, when the Hodja entered the barn, he found his donkey dead.
`Ahh, ahh, my poor donkey!' the Hodja wailed, `Just as he was getting used to hunger!'
And then to witness that TWI is not the only group having to deal with the MOG:
One day a neighbour asked Nasreddin Hodja if he could borrow Hodja's donkey.
`Hodja Effendi, we need a donkey for a few hours. Could I take yours?'
`I would gladly lend you my donkey, my neighbour,' the Hodja started his excuse, `but he is not here.' Just at that moment the donkey's loud and long bray is heard from the shed.
`Shame on you Hodja Effendi,' said the neighbour, `you are caught in a lie, your donkey is braying in the shed.'
`My dear fellow,' Nasreddin Hodja was unrepentant, `are you going to believe the word of a Hodja or are you going to believe a donkey?'
I guess gullability is a globel thing. I know for myself I only think in terms of my world and not the world beyond me. Specfically that folks throughout history have hungered for spirituality in different cultures. And yes ...if you are hungry enough you will put your trust in the hands of said spiritual leaders.
I love eastern stories. Somtimes they make more sence than the stoeies Ive read in the Bible. Keep them commin. :P
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Hodja stories come from the character Nasreddin Hodja, a, believe it or not, real character from Sufi Islam. He lived in the town of Aksehir, Turkey, and taught at the famous Sufi school in Konya (home of the whirling dervishes). I heard and read Hodja stories all the time when I lived in Turkey. They are the Turkish equivalent to Aesop's Fables.
That fact, in of itself, makes your comparison to TWI even more humorous to me...
Here's a couple of others for your enjoyment:
And here's one that the leaders of TWI should have considered:And then to witness that TWI is not the only group having to deal with the MOG:
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satori001
I guess we believed the donkey.
Eventually.
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Thanks, those were worth waiting for.
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I guess gullability is a globel thing. I know for myself I only think in terms of my world and not the world beyond me. Specfically that folks throughout history have hungered for spirituality in different cultures. And yes ...if you are hungry enough you will put your trust in the hands of said spiritual leaders.
I love eastern stories. Somtimes they make more sence than the stoeies Ive read in the Bible. Keep them commin. :P
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