Chapter One

No beginning, no end
 

People ask me, "Why is this life so mysterious?" How am I supposed to know? It is so! It is simply a fact, I am not talkingabout theories. I’m not saying that it is my theory that life is mysterious— then you could ask why. It is simply so.The trees are green. You ask why. The trees are green because they are green. There is no question of why.

 

If you can ask why and the question can be answered, then life will not be a mystery. If the why can be answered, then life cannot be a mystery. Life is a mystery because no "why" is relevant.

 

I have heard:

 

Mulla Nasruddin was saying to one of his disciples that life is like a woman. I

 

was surprised, so I listened attentively to what he was saying.

 

He was saying, "The man who says he understands women is bragging. The man who thinks he understands them is gullible. The man who pretends to understand them is ambiguous. The man who wants to understand them is wistful. On the other hand, the man who does not say he understands them, does not think he understands them, does not pretend to understand them, does no ... read full excerpt from Life, Love, Laughter ebook