The Woodcutter
Once upon a time, a famous thief escaped from prison and had to hide in the woods to evade the police. As he was running, he stumbled upon a lumberjack. This lumberjack had worked in the woods since he was very young and was an expert with the axe.
The thief, feeling he had nothing to fear, let himself be seen by the lumberjack. The lumberjack immediately recognized the thief because he was so well known and thought, “If I kill him and bring his head to the authorities, I will receive a reward so great that I will never have to work in the forest again.”
But the thief, being so good, had trained in reading people's minds, and he knew exactly what the lumberjack was thinking and told the lumberjack, "You are thinking about trying to kill me."
The lumberjack was so stunned he did not know what to do, so he resumed cutting the tree. He thought, "How can the thief read my mind? I don't understand."
The thief again told him what he was thinking. "You have given up to trying to kill me because you know I can read your mind."
By this time, the lumberjack was so stunned, he could not think, so he kept on cutting the tree. The thief started laughing. Suddenly, the lumberjack threw the axe and hit the thief in the head.
The thief lived just long enough to ask the lumberjack, “Why couldn’t I read your mind?" Then he died.
The reason the thief could not read the lumberjack's mind was because the lumberjack had lived so long in the woods cutting trees with his axe, that he had developed harmony between his mind, body and axe. Initially, he had been so stunned by the thief's mind-reading ability that he couldn’t harmonize his mind and body. By bringing himself in harmony with his axe, before he knew what was doing, he had thrown the axe at the thief, killing him. The thief could not read the lumberjack's mind because the lumberjack did not know he was going to throw the axe until after he threw it.
The thief, feeling he had nothing to fear, let himself be seen by the lumberjack. The lumberjack immediately recognized the thief because he was so well known and thought, “If I kill him and bring his head to the authorities, I will receive a reward so great that I will never have to work in the forest again.”
But the thief, being so good, had trained in reading people's minds, and he knew exactly what the lumberjack was thinking and told the lumberjack, "You are thinking about trying to kill me."
The lumberjack was so stunned he did not know what to do, so he resumed cutting the tree. He thought, "How can the thief read my mind? I don't understand."
The thief again told him what he was thinking. "You have given up to trying to kill me because you know I can read your mind."
By this time, the lumberjack was so stunned, he could not think, so he kept on cutting the tree. The thief started laughing. Suddenly, the lumberjack threw the axe and hit the thief in the head.
The thief lived just long enough to ask the lumberjack, “Why couldn’t I read your mind?" Then he died.
The reason the thief could not read the lumberjack's mind was because the lumberjack had lived so long in the woods cutting trees with his axe, that he had developed harmony between his mind, body and axe. Initially, he had been so stunned by the thief's mind-reading ability that he couldn’t harmonize his mind and body. By bringing himself in harmony with his axe, before he knew what was doing, he had thrown the axe at the thief, killing him. The thief could not read the lumberjack's mind because the lumberjack did not know he was going to throw the axe until after he threw it.
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