03-01-2004, 04:53 PM
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I don't get the joke. But let's meditate on the words "A good tree is unable to bear bad fruit." If we relate the "good tree" to a righteous person, can we honestly say that he/she is cannot commit unrighteous deeds, which are in this case "bad fruit?" Then maybe again, my comparison is wrong. What is the good tree that bears no bad fruit?
I don't get the joke. But let's meditate on the words "A good tree is unable to bear bad fruit." If we relate the "good tree" to a righteous person, can we honestly say that he/she is cannot commit unrighteous deeds, which are in this case "bad fruit?" Then maybe again, my comparison is wrong. What is the good tree that bears no bad fruit?
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???