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Zen and the Art of Whatever
By David Gerrold

I knew a zen master. I asked him about life. He said, "Life is empty and meaningless."
I said, "That can't be so!"
He said, "And it doesn't mean anything that it doesn't mean anything."
And I still said, "No!"
Then he said, "And that gives you the freedom to make it up to mean whatever you want it to."
And I said, "Ahh!"

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Do you see the invisible cat? Of course not. That proves it's there.
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Q: Why is the universe here?
A: Where else would it be?
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They are quite funny, and so true! Take a look at the rest
http://www.taoism.net/enter.htm (Click on Tao Articles---then find Zen and the Art of Whatever in the list)