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“I am Inspiro bot I am an artificial intelligence dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes for endless enrichment of pointless human existence.” Any connection to Spiro Agnew is coincidental. After a few minutes of wallowing in wisdom, the seeker takes a step further on their journey. “Welcome to Mindfulness Mode Turn on your speakers and press start to artificially intelligently generate infinite amounts of fulness for your empty human mind.” The MM voice tells instructive tales, some of which are presented below. The pictures today are Confederate soldiers from the War Between the States, furnished by The Library of Congress.
There was once a poor hermit who had his home in a mountain. One day, a hunter approached him, and said “excuse me, kind hermit, where can a hunter like myself find the most valuable treasure?” The hermit knew better than to talk to any hunter and kept his mouth shut. “Why so good?” asked the hunter. “That is because I want you as a son” replied the hermit. The hunter accepted this, and became like a son to the hermit in all meanings of the world, and later that fall he died under mysterious circumstances.
In the old world, a brave tailor once approached an attractive gorgon and asked her “how come you are so liked, you who are but an attractive gorgon?” “Oh, the reason for that is that I always is careful that every individual I meet with feels liked as well” replied the gorgon. The tailor had never before heard such truth stated so clearly, and after realizing its ramifications, he died and became known as the most liked tailor ever to have lived.
A poem from ancient Babylon tells the story about a brave midget who was on a quest for food to eat, when he encountered a pretty seer. “Can you tell me where to find food to eat?” he asked the seer. The seer immediately replied “of food to eat I do not know, for I am but a mere seer”. The midget thought long and hard about the answer from the seer. Then he pushed her off a cliff. Later in the evening the midget finally understood everything: every human life is shit in its own way if only we try our best. And then he died.
A long time ago lived a fearless giant who was born and raised in the mountains. One day, a boy approached him, and said “excuse me, dear giant, where can a boy like myself find a donkey?” The giant quickly answered “I do not know of a donkey for I am but a giant.” “How can that be?” asked the boy. “That is because I want you as a friend.” “a friend?” asked the boy. “Absolutely. A friend” replied the giant. The boy refused to be a friend to the giant, and the giant was was said to have be the most intelligent giant ever to have lived.
A long, long time ago lived a lazy hermit who was on the lookout for the holy grail, when he encountered an old lioness. “Can you tell me where in the kingdom I can find the holy grail?” he asked the lioness. The lioness quickly replied “of the holy grail I do not know, for I am only lioness”. The hermit thought long and hard about the lioness’s answer. Then he offered her his virginity as a reward. Later that day when he was punishing his servant, the hermit came to the realization: existence is a dream if only we do our best. He took a dagger to his throat and took his own life.
Centuries ago, in the dark ages, there was a bald-headed weaver who lived in the desert. One day, a knight came by him, and said “good evening, my good weaver, can you tell me where a knight like myself can find a place to rest for the night?” The weaver kept quiet. “Why do you behave like this?” asked the knight. “You do not know the meaning of ‘gentle'” replied the weaver. After some thinking the knight decided to become a lover to the weaver, and the weaver was was forever talked about as the most befriended weaver there ever was.
A hideous soldier once approached a mother and asked her “how can it be that you are so kind, you who are just a mother?” “Why, that is because I do not see myself as a mother” replied the mother. The soldier had never before heard such wisdom spoken, and after thinking about it for a long time, he was brutally murdered by a relative of the mother.
In the dark ages, a brave peasant once approached a crooked, old mother and asked her “why is it so that you are so liked, you who are merely a crooked, old mother?” “The answer to that is because I do not consider myself a crooked, old mother any more than I consider myself a widower” replied the mother. The peasant had never before heard such words put so plain, and took it with him for the rest of his life, and later in his life, he died unhappy.
A poem from ancient Japan tells the tale of a greedy traveller who was trying to acquire a place to hide from the law in the town square. It was was then that he encountered an attractive girl.”Girl! Where can I find a place to hide from the law?” he asked the girl. The girl did not have to think for even a second. “A place to hide from the law can not be found in the town square. Search where you left it the last time” said the girl. The traveller was thankful for the answer from the girl and did as she had said. Later the traveller had a stroke of insight: every human life is pain and suffering in its own way as long as we have faith. He never searched for a place to hide from the law again.
In China during the Ming Dynasty, an old midget once approached a princess and asked her “how can it be that you are so appreciated, you who are just a princess?” “Why, that is because I don’t see myself as a princess any more than I see myself as a boy” replied the princess. After hearing this the midget became sure that the princess had cast some kind of spell on him, and after considering the insight for a long time, he swore that he’s never speak to a princess again, and he didn’t.