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CHAPTER 3. IN SEARCH OF A LOST TREASUREFather Fumble is giving confession one day, when Seamus comes in and tells him that he has beenhaving an affair.”I see,” says Fumble, ”but I cannot bless you until you tell me the woman’s name.””Okay, Father,” replies Seamus. ”She’s the most gorgeous blonde you have ever seen – and hername is Pussy Green.”The next Sunday, Father Fumble is getting ready for mass when a stunning blonde in a tiny skirtwiggles down the aisle to the front seats.Father Fumble fumbles for his glasses, slips them on, and takes a good look at her.”Is that Pussy Green?” he whispers to little Albert, the choir boy.Albert looks hard this way and that.”No, Father,” he replies, ”I think it is just the reflection from the stained-glass windows.”Pope the Polack arrives at New Delhi airport, on the first leg of his ten-million-dollar Catholic missionto the East.The Polack steps off the plane and immediately falls to his knees weeping, and then kisses therunway.Cardinal Singh, the head of the Indian Catholic church, rushes up to the Polack pope and helps himto his feet.”My goodness, Holy Father!” cries the cardinal. ”Why did you do that?””Well,” says the Polack, wiping his lips, and drying his eyes. ”Have you ever flown Air India?”I have been calling Nivedano’s drums, Anando, up to now, to hit her so deep that she goes throughthe breakthrough. She has gone through it, and it is a joyous and blissful evening for every of you.For this series the drum will still be called Anando, but for other reasons – to welcome her home.Anando...(Drumbeat)(Gibberish)(Drumbeat)Close your eyes. Feel your body to be completely frozen. Look inward with great urgency, as if thismoment is the last moment of your life. Only with great urgency can you reach to your buddhahood.It is not far away.Hyakujo: The Everest of Zen, with Basho’s Haikus 51 Osho