Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 07, 2016
Transcript:
"Angry Bob Was Angry 'I am stressed out by financial troubles,' thought Bob to himself. 'And I must do something to relax.' So Bob took a class on transcendental meditation. 'Sit in a calm, quiet space for twenty minutes a day,' said his spiritual guru. 'And repeat a brief mantra to yourself.' So Bob went home. And for twenty minutes a day, he sat in a calm, quiet place and repeated his mantra. And after one month, he was more stressed than ever. 'I do not understand,' said his spiritual guru. 'At this point, your spiritual energy should be in harmony with the universe. What, if I may ask, is your mantra?' 'Financially broke failure,' said Bob. Bob was kicked out of meditation class." Rat: Meditation's not for everyone.
BE THIS GUY over 8 years ago
I would tell Bob to use my mantra but I forgot it.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
Maybe reciting the Deteriorata would help.
jaroc93 over 8 years ago
Get a job Bobby
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
“Must Kill Guru”
Kind&Kinder over 8 years ago
Or use Dr. Benson’s Relaxation Response in which “One” is intoned as the mantra. It works.
x_Tech over 8 years ago
Of course he was kicked out, he couldn’t pay for the class.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 8 years ago
Of course, the essence of meditative practice can be summed up in five words: “Sit down and shut up.”
Sisyphos over 8 years ago
Some gurus are better than others. But there is only one Angry Bob to mess them all up!Rat is right; a high school classmate of mine has become a kind of a guru out on the Left Coast, and it is something to hear/read. Now I shall meditate. Zzzzzz….
Bilan over 8 years ago
The standard mantra is OMM.But for financial advisors, it should be OPM.
juicebruce over 8 years ago
Nothing like the power of negative thought……………..
PICTO over 8 years ago
Bob is a financially broke failure because he paid someone for a class on how to sit alone and grunt.Next he’ll be paying someone to “feng shui” his living room.
hariseldon59 over 8 years ago
Nice to see Angry Bob again, but he usually dies at the end of Rat’s stories.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
Bob’s mantra is incomplete per the victimization guru’sThey say it should be:Financially broke failureBanks’, government’s, everybody else’s fault.
MattP1208 over 8 years ago
At least he didn’t die
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
I have to do meditation in school for three minutes a day.
æ² over 8 years ago
So, Bob is doing it wrong. Bob will remain a financially broke failure because he thinks (and even meditates) that he is. Law of Attraction and all of that. What you think, you manifest. (Boy, my posts are getting all New Agey today. :-p But it’s true, you have to change your thinking before things will change for you. What you believe, you are.)
A_NY_Outlaw over 8 years ago
I can’t imagine why that wouldn’t work….
Number Three over 8 years ago
It’s certainly not for me!
OK. I’ll be honest. I’ve never tried it.
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TheWildSow over 8 years ago
But why did his Guru refuse novocaine when he had a tooth pulled?Cause he wanted to transcend dental medication!
amaryllis2 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Why just sit there when you could actually create something with that quiet time? Knitting in anticipation of making someone else happy is the best meditation there is.
Charlie Fogwhistle over 8 years ago
Financially Broke Failure is much too long for a mantra. I’d suggest “Poooooooorrrrrrrrrrr” instead.