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  A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and
said,   "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."
The Lord led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the

middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the
table  was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy
man's mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly.  They
appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long
handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach
into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.  But because the handle was longer

 than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. 

The Lord said, "You   have seen Hell."

 They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the
same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot
of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped
with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand."

It is simple," said the Lord.   "It requires but one skill. You see they have

 learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."