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The ZEN-KOAN as poem - Same Question - I
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Sunday, September 25, 2022 Rated "G" by the Author.

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The Master said: "How do you stop TIME from running?"

The ZEN-KOAN as poem - Same Question -Part One The Master said: "How do you stop TIME from running?" Said Monk-Disciple 1: "By running backwards against Time." Said Monk-Disciple 2: "By running backwards facing Time." Said Monk-Disciple 3: "By running backwards and looking over the shoulder at Time." Said Monk-Disciple 4: "By running backwards alongside Time." Said Monk-Disciple 5:: "By running backwards hugging Time." Said Monk-Disciple 6: "By running backwards over Time." Said Monk-Disciple 7: "By running backwards behind Time. Said Monk-Disciple 8: "By running backwards faster than Time." Said Monk-Disciple 9: "By running backwards outside Time." Said Monk-Disciple 10: "By running backwards in time with Time." Said Monk-Disciple 11: "By running backwards in TIME with time." And the Master said: "What is Times's running speed ? Forwards or backwards ? Upwards/Downwards or Sideways when it's not running ?" (c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 2015. Rev. Sept. 24, 2022�

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on September 25, 2022

I guess that's why I'm not into Zen. The master asked a stupid question and got stupid answers. So he followed with three more stupid questions?

How do you stop time from running? First, go to sleep. While you were sleeping time was not running. Only when you wake up and look at the clock, do you find out that time changed. But for a final answer. You stop time running when you die. After you die, time means nothing.

Ron

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