A Truly Great Conversation 17

Jesus, Buddha and Lao Tzu Meet up via God

LAO

There seems to be something that men fear in women – maybe the feminine yin aspect of themselves or what Dr. Jung referred to as the internal anima. Maybe men feel subconsciously or even consciously that being feminine is a weakness that will only be taken advantage of by other less intelligent men inclined toward violence and domination. Yet as I taught my students – the supposed stronger or bigger things in nature are often subsumed by the so called weak or smaller as I mentioned before with my soft water analogy, which has the power to wash away mountains. Or how about a nanometer length virus that can bring down millions of much bigger, intelligent humans? The balance of yin/yang forces in men is off and has been unnaturally tilted toward the masculine yang for millennia based on our very ancient and primitive fear mindset.

JESUS

Well said Master Lao! I also taught that the meek shall inherit the earth and the humble that are now last will later be first in the kingdom of God. Yet it is really hard to get this across to the deeply entrenched hunter gatherer mindset as you said. This primitive mindset is geared toward day to day survival – not a better future reality, never mind heaven. But I guess this is why God speaks and teaches through us as prophets and sages. This is our purpose.

BUDDHA

Ahh – purpose – that is a tricky concept because of the modern era’s interpretation of what it means.

LAO
How so?

BUDDHA

Well, many in the postmodern, secular era are disillusioned because they are feeling obsolete in the face of hi-tech AI robots replacing them at their jobs, which were their means of self-identify or purpose since humans became, well - human!

LAO

True, true. In China, Confucius tapped into what we believe is center to life – the family unit and being a good citizen within the community via the Golden Rule.

BUDDHA
In India – it has always been about worshiping Brahman, our name for God and all the lesser deities as well, behaving according to scriptures and being content in whatever caste you are born into. But this caste system was not cool from day one, and I always knew it and broke from it in my dharma.