MEDITATION SAFETIES

[Guest guest]

There's a popular Quizz TV show in Australia. It's the usual stuff

with 3 hopefuls pushing buttons to be the first with a correct

answer on just about any subject. Plus or minus 5 points for a right

or wrong answer. Well, each night the tension was BUILDING, as an

intense and charismatic young man swept all competitors away to win

an ever-increasing TREASURE TROVE. So quickly, he's reached the

night where he could win everything BUT on the night (or session)

before, dark hints had mysteriously been given to him by

production staff that his chances were remote and to make the most

of his winnings thus far.........

 

He faces off against his 2 new contenders, smiles and handshakes all

round. The lady in the centre chair sounds a real chatterbox as she

tells everyone about herself in the intro's. On your marks, the

race is on as the other new contestant, the bearded man, streaks

ahead increasing his lead between each commercial break. The final

phase of the show has a mad 30 seconds where desperate laggards can

catch leaders with quick-fire questions and answers. Thundering into

this sprint straight, the bearded man has 85 points, the defending

champion 60 and the chatterbox has 25 (clearly the rank outsider -

given a maximum 50 points is up for grabs). The starting gun sounds

and the chatterbox presses her button before each question finishes

giving wrong answers to 8 of the 10 questions asked. The final

buzzer sounds and the bearded man smiles modestly as he is declared

(an unpopular) winner.

 

What's wrong with any of that, I can hear you asking?

 

Well many in the studio audience, arguably friends and family of the

defending champion , wrote off furious emails to the TV station

claiming, as eyewitnesses, the following:

 

1. The possibility of a TV station conspiracy to minimise its

prizemoney liability

 

2. The fact that the chatterbox had stood up and given the bearded

one enraptured applause.

 

3. The rival TV station which, last night, made a great fuss about

all of this was somehow able to access film of the losing champion's

activities during the commercial breaks. He sat - stoney faced -

turned away from the other contestants - eyes closed, deep in

MEDITATION !!

 

The rival station had pursued the chatterbox all that day seeking an

interview and discussion of her tactics, but she dodged and weaved

and was uncontactable. Management of the Quiz Show declared the

outcome will stand, no further correspondence blah blah blah. The

now self-effacing meditator declared if he ever went on another Quiz

Show, he would forever indulge in the Safety of humouring his

competitors as a prelude to his MEDITATION practice. As the fury and

controversy continues to rage here in Australia, I hope will

now add this precaution to his otherwise comprehensive list

of " Safeties " when Meditation is to be done publicly. John R

[Guest guest]

Heh! Yes agreed John I will get right on that! - blessings - and now for this commercial break - chrism