and this story reminded me of the two herrings discussing and asking: "Am I my brother's kipper?" Michel Charles E Murray wrote: > Janet's post reminded me of a story I once heard that goes like this: > Two young fish were swimming along one day when they happened upon a wise > old guru fish. The wise one said, "Isn't the water wonderful today boys." > > The two youngsters looked at each other and one asked the other, "What is > water?" The other youngster shrugged his gills and off they swam in search > of the water. They looked and looked, but never found it. > > In looking high and low the youngsters never realized they were always in > the water, and that without it they could not exist. As long as we > wander around looking for where the Water is kept, reading about it in > books or asking some spiritual adviser we will be like the little fish. > The EXPERIENCE of water comes, I believe, to a thirsty mind that listens.