The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. It was the wrong tree. He ate the apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. It was Buddha-nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. He said, “I am not looking for gravity here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. He laughed. And said, “You have the wrong man here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. He said, “let’s not make a big deal out of this here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. A fig Newton fell on his head. Followed momentarily by an apple Newton. Then, Isaac Newton. Who was quite out of sorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Buddha sat under a tree. An apple fell on his head. He said, “Seriously?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would not joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of the day, the Buddha had so many apples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How many apples did he have?” You may ask, in unison. This is crowd work. He is building a following now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had so many apples he gave most of them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He planted one. And it grew into a legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If an apple falls from a tree, and neither the Buddha nor Isaac Newton are there for it to land on, does it make a sound? What is that sound? Asking for one who seeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every time I see an apple on the ground, I miss Isaac Newton, as did, likely, that apple. On the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every time I let go of my sadness regarding the apple and the absence of Isaac Newton, I see the Buddha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With an Apple, you can see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An apple sat under a tree. The Buddha fell on it. This world. Is upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every time I time travel, I do nothing. Because I did nothing the first time I time traveled. Now I have to do nothing. Otherwise I put everything at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something Might Happen. This Time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An apple sat under a tree. The Buddha fell on it. Applesauce. Applesauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spiritually enlightened applesauce. Can’t put a dollar value on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans will anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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