I read the story of the Babylon’s king who want to leave the legacy behind by seek out the wisdom of the ages. Here is the excerpt of the story:
The king commissioned the wisest men in his kingdom to seek out the wisdom of the ages. They came back to him with 12 large volumes which they said contained the wisdom of the ages. The king wanted it to be reduced down, so they came back with 3 volumes, but the king thought that was still too much, so it was reduced to 1 volume, but the king wanted something that all of the people in his kingdom could remember, so they came back with 1 chapter, then 1 page, then 1 paragraph. Finally, the wise men reduced the wisdom of the ages into 1 sentence and it said “there aint no free lunch.”
Wisdom of The Ages: THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH
Do you agree with that?
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:02 am
Haha I love this story!
June 5th, 2006 at 5:00 am
You know Paiboon, the first time you shared this story, I fell off the chair laughing. You exaggerated..the wise men came back with a library…then a whole shelf..then 12 vol…
There’s No Free Lunch!!
I’ve come to use this little piece in my training and coaching… not so much about the fees… but more on the messages behind the story.
May 7th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Well, if the wisest men in Babylon thought so, it must be true!
I enjoyed the story. Of course it’s true, there is no such thing as a free lunch, it’s merely a question of *when* and *how* you pay for it….
June 14th, 2007 at 4:54 am
12 volumes in 1 phrase: its QUITE a heavy cipher here I would say…
Nothing comes out of nothing.
Something comes out of something.
If you wish go get, you should wish to give.
Exchange.
The bad disturbing word is “!!”. It means “Important”. Important means “think/link”…. your thinking part of brain will overload itself and WILL block you from achieving the true meaning, by making it a rule, and than the BRAIN-MASTERMIND will try to PUSH all things THAT way, not in a natural one, which IS the TRUE meaning…..
You see, the europeans or americans have a tendency to think the shorter things are, the more concentrated they are. This is a myth.
But in the truth is: complete things are always simple.
I think you get what i tried to explain:
“There is no free lunch……”
Let it flow, you already have all to make an exchange.
Find it, Free it, Let it flow, let it happen.
try NOT TO BLOCK IT.
And it will change you in your way.
Exchange laziness for dreams.
Exchange pain for solution.
….
This is the essence of chinese Wu Wei
Do nothing - Do not interfere.
Greetings,
Shinobi Lin
July 10th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Three words: Life=freedom(&responsibility)=happiness
August 27th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Interesting story and so true, you only get what you give in life.