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    <title>Gaia: Love, God &amp; Spirituality in Music, Song and Words !!!! - SPIRITUAL HUMOUR and JOKES</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Pious Man and the Atheist (Prayer Pay-Off ?)</title>
      <author>http://BabasBoy.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>BabasBoy</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pious Man and the Atheist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very religious man lived right next door to an&lt;br /&gt;atheist. While the religious one prayed day in, &lt;br /&gt;day out, and was constantly on his knees in &lt;br /&gt;communion with his Lord, the atheist never even looked&lt;br /&gt;twice at a church. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the atheist&amp;#39;s life was good, &lt;br /&gt;he had a well-paying job and a beautiful wife, &lt;br /&gt;and his children were healthy and good-natured,&lt;br /&gt;whereas the pious man&amp;#39;s job was strenuous and his&lt;br /&gt;wages were low, his wife was getting fatter every day&lt;br /&gt;and his kids wouldn&amp;#39;t give him the time of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So one day, deep in prayer as usual, the pious man&lt;br /&gt;raised his eyes towards heaven and asked:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Oh God, I honor you every day, &lt;br /&gt;I ask your advice for every problem &lt;br /&gt;and confess to you my every sin. &lt;br /&gt;Yet my neighbor, who doesn&amp;#39;t even believe in you &lt;br /&gt;and certainly never prays, &lt;br /&gt;seems blessed with every happiness, &lt;br /&gt;while I go poor and suffer many an indignity. &lt;br /&gt;Why is this?&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And a great voice was heard from above... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;BECAUSE HE DOESN&amp;#39;T BOTHER ME ALL THE TIME !!!!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Short Term Meditation</title>
      <author>http://BabasBoy.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>BabasBoy</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-30070</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:45:09 GMT</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;      It Will Pass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A student went to his meditation teacher and said, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or&lt;br /&gt;my legs ache, or I&amp;#39;m constantly falling asleep. It&amp;#39;s&lt;br /&gt;just horrible!&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It will pass,&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;the teacher said matter-of-factly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A week later, the student came back to his teacher. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so&lt;br /&gt;peaceful, so alive! It&amp;#39;s just wonderful!&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;It will pass,&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;the teacher replied matter-of-factly.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Man Talks to God</title>
      <author>http://BabasBoy.gaia.com</author>
      <dc:creator>BabasBoy</dc:creator>
      <guid>tag:gaia.com,2006:Gaia-30067</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <link>http://groups.gaia.com/lovewords/conversations/view/30067</link>
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&lt;p&gt;      Man Talks to God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man says to God: &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;God, why did you make woman so beautiful?&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God says: &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;So you would love her.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;But God,&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;the man says, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;why did you make her so dumb?&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God says: &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;So she would love you.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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