An ancient teaching of the Buddha is about a two headed parrot in the jungle. One day one head was joyfully eating some fruit and nuts. The other head was very jealous and ate some poison to get even. The body and both heads died. Neither had a complete perspective view of the reality about them. The narrow view eventually destroyed the whole parrot.
Singer/actor Tim Holder once sang about a switchman, who in a crisis had to manually hold a switch, so a full passenger train could safely cross over a bridge. While holding the switch tight in his hands he noticed his child crossing the very bridge the train would soon cross. If he let the switch loose and save his child, all the passengers would perish. Tears flowed as the train passed safely over the bridge.
The passengers rode merrily on their way unaware of the events that just happened on that bridge. They had no thoughts on this, because they had no clue as to what was really happening. Nor did the child have a clue about these events about him. Only the father had the overall reality of the situation. Every day actions and views reflect our own perspective of life and rarely a greater view.
In the movie "Powder" a boy was born with extraordinary senses. He knew things beyond the normal perspective. Finally he was forced to leave this world. Why? Nice people with narrow views of life violently rejected him and his views.
Humans always seek to discover the greater perspective of life in order to learn the true meaning of life on this planet. Philosophers, entertainers, scientist, theologians, teachers, and writers are always searching for ways to find the greater meaning of life. It is a natural inherent drive in humanity.
Angels or Spirits, Star Trek and Star Wars, New Age or Spiritualism, Theology and Quantum Physics, ET or Ghosts, are just a few examples of today’s seekers of the next level, where one finds a greater perspective of life.
At the same time little is heard along this line from the religious self righteous groups. They seem to be concerned with defending the status quo. What status quo? I am not sure. It seems as if their energies are focused on fighting other branches of God’s people much like Buddha's parrot.
They apparently ride along on the train of life unaware of the greater reality around us. They reject persons or ideas that may differ from their narrow viewpoints. From history we know this will eventually kill the greater body.
But what body is it that is dying? It is the body of religious legalism, not the people of God. Around the world legalism or religious fanatics are making a whole lot of arrogant noise. They produce terrorism, wars, bigotry, movies/books to celebrate the death of their neighbors, and hard divisions in politics.
If I had a narrow view, I would be expected to pray for their demise. Then they will know I am correct and they are the ones God will leave behind.
Maybe so, but I have the view of the father on the bridge. I have seen the two headed creature destroy itself. I know I am different than the narrow minded person. I believe all things are truly measured from the greater perspective and not the narrow view.
Why do I believe this? Scriptures from all faiths teach we humans have always had a specific and direct contact with the other dimension. Through these contacts we have gained a greater awareness of the reality of life.
The contact? The LOGOS, which is not only a spoken word, but a divine principle of reason that gives order to the universe and links the human mind to the mind of God, the Creator of all things.
In the past the boundaries between religions were fluid. Logos is seen in many religions. Logos, the mind of God, is Extraterrestrial. In Christ we see the other dimension that gives a greater understanding of life. In Christ we find knowledge of ourselves. We are not alone after all and that brings peace to us. There is more to life than this little planet we call home.
Those of us who are in this world, but not of it, see the world from the perspective of God. We know there is a greater reality and our goal is to show it to others, so they may find the peace that passes all understanding. Just as we have found in the LOGOS which walked among us.
It is this perspective that allows us to make decisions like the father made on the bridge. Demonstrating love for fellow human beings. After all isn’t that the basic law of every religion?
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