A Muslim, A Christian & A Buddhist Having A Few Words About Death
Your Personal Death - The Most Incorruptible Adviser
The Dream Team Of Master & Disciple
Story Of A Muslim, A Christian And A Buddhist Arguing Over Who’s Way Is The Best & Highest Truth
I gonna tell you my most favorite joke, such a sweet and smooth little joke.
I heard it first some 15 years ago sitting in a small boat in the South China Sea in the Philippines, Northern Palawan, near El Nido, heading out for another beautiful day in actual paradise. Snorkeling, Shark-Watching, outdoor barbecue and simply enjoying Life and ourselves, while Karaoke singing some old classics over the sound of the waves from our Philippino Boatman, Bamboo, a man of Chinese Philippino decent as many of the people there, with a cunning sense for business - Chinese, I’ve said it - a sweet heart, funny mind and an even sweeter family.
So, he started, and please, remember that it’s a only a joke.
No more and no less, just a joke, so please don’t be triggered.
So, he started with the story of a Muslim, a Christian and a Buddhist arguing over who’s God or Religion and way of Realisation is best.
They said all kinds of things and tried all possible ways of proving that each one’s would be superior to the others.
As they could not reach an agreement, they came up with the idea of bringing it to the ultimate test:
They decided to jump down a nearby cliff while each one would pray to his Most High and then they would see which one would be the most powerful by saving the correct one and making sure that the chosen disciple would not get hurt by the falling down from 100 meters, and the subsequent smashing on the rocks at the ground !
So said, so done. They went on to proceed with their glorious project.
“I go first !” shouted the Muslim and pushed the others aside.
As always eager to show off his strong faith and the credibility of his self-proclaimed superiority in belief he insisted to go first, for his god is the greatest and thus it’s only normal that he, the Muslim, goes first.
He prayed to Allah and praised his messenger, Ali his son-in-law and all the Imams and Caliphs and whatnot. Praised Allah and gave glory, got louder and then he jumped !
Flying down, shouting even louder: “Allah U Akbar, God is the Greatest and Mohammed is his only prophet. Allah !”
Zack !
Bang !
Smashed on the ground – dead.
Next comes the Buddhist, always moderate, always balanced, always smiling, always in the middle, so he thought it to be appropriate to go as second one.
He sat down in the Lotus Seat, smiled with a big fat grin, mumbled some ancient deep throat articulated verses, smiled even brighter and flopped over the edge, sailing down, still smiling and chanting:
“Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buu–d–d—haaa, Buu-uu-dd— ha–aaaa, Buddha !”
And very smooth and soft he touched down on the ground, still smiling, still calm as shit as if nothing had ever happened.
Well, now, it was the Christian’s turn.
As you might think, he was a little nervous having witnessed one death-splatter and one miracle-landing but a bet is a bet, right ? So he went further to the edge, started calling upon his Lord and Master Jesus, praying to the Father in Heaven and Mother Mary and spinning his prayer-pearls faster and faster in his hands.
“Jesus, oh, come and save me, my life is in your hands, I’m your humble sinner, worthless nothingness that only your majesty can salvage. Come and save me … although I don’t deserve it, because I’m such a sinner !”
The sweat was pouring out in streams all over his body but he clinched his teeth in desperation and jumped !
“Holy Father in heaven, save me !”
He shouted and fell with an incredible speed downhill ! Started shouting louder and louder and in a higher and higher pitch !
Jeezuz, Save me ! Holy Father come and forgive me my sins … although I’m too worthless for your attention but pleeease !”
He was falling and falling and then almost when he touched the stones on the ground with one last effort, he screamed:
“Jeus, Jesus, Jesuuuu – Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Budha, Bud-dha, Buu–d–d—haa, Buu-uuuu-dd—-d—-ha–a-aaaaa, Buddha !”
And very softly he touched down on the ground.
End of The Story.
Such a sweet joke, I love it.
And nope, in case you were wondering:
I’m not a Buddhist. That’s not the explanation and meaning of this joke. If one is interpreting it like that, like bashing one religion and sanctifying the other, well, that’s the simpleton explanation for the uni-dimensional and flat brain that can’t comprehend that there are things in life that go far beyond black & white judgement. In fact almost all of what is good in life fits that description.
You see, I have nothing to do with none of any of the currently known religions on Earth, although I do agree with what many people say: ‘In essence they are all the same !’
Well, indeed, they are all the same, meaning wrongheaded, ill intended, false or half true, sinister and slavery inducing grossly exaggerated fairy-tales revolving around and invented by non-benevolent entities with the purpose of invading, controlling and parasitically occupying mankind and mankind’s destiny and role in this Living Cosmos.
A Few Words About Death
So, eventually the question of death came up. What about Death ?
Is that death the end of it all aka The Great Nullifier ?
Let’s see, if we can find some basic, simple mechanism in that death business.
First of all:
Death to me is first of all a very personal relationship. To me My Death is the closest, best and most trustworthy ally, friend and especially adviser.
Incorruptible like no one else !
And to be sure, I’m not talking metaphorically but actually and factually. He sits a little over my left shoulder, all the time, always there with me.
And for the it’s the end of it all part, well, principally I do agree.
There is no guaranteed, kind of all-free-and-inclusive-first-class-service-ticket-to-the-After-Life for Man.
At least at this point in mankind’s evolutionary process and point in time. Maybe there was and maybe there will be, but not right now.
There is as well no infinite number of reincarnations on earth. The number is in fact very limited and the kind of reincarnation currently talked about here was in itself a kind of an emergency program. That was not the original blueprint and template meant & inherited for us, mankind.
But we are, and always have been and will be, given an opportunity:
One can do a certain work of and on one’s own Consciousness & Being to a degree that you can create a copy of the original Consciousness-Life-Spark-Debt-To-The-Creator, which is the essence of death → The Payback of the Initial Spark Of The Flame Of Life, although sadly most ordinary people never bothered to create a copy on their own. Nobody ever told them to !
And Life Itself will accept the 100% pure and clean copy as the real, consciously.
It’s not a cheating or trick or such but instead it’s an offer given and granted to each and every one of us by Life Itself. One has to work harder for it than one ever worked for anything else in life but it is very much possible !
This offer is a gift.
In deep secret yogic terms there is a similar or analog wisdom to that: They call it Stealing From The Earth because normally one can not take one’s individuality with oneself when going beyond.
It’s a very similar concept.
The first concept has its roots in secret Meso American very ancient and very secret traditions. Not the well-known kind of shamanism.
Anyways, just my2cents in a 3 minute impuls-talk.
And yes, what I say is very much simplified and rudimentary, for sure. It’s just a, how is it called in modern slang, a Teaser !
A Few More Clarifications On Death
A friend came up with this, which is obviously nonsense.
Men are Mortal - Corporations have Eternal Life
Well, let me explain.
In fact corporations have no life at all, and for sure no eternal life, that is stupid nonsense.
I, for one, haven’t yet seen any corporation that did not come down one day.
No corporation, no empire, no kingship, no building , no entity, no god, no nothing that was ever created !
We’ve created the gods.
Just saying, for all those who don’t know this basic truth and fact of Life, we have created the gods, not the other way around.
And everyone with the slightest bit of brains knows this.
So not infinite, if we say infinite equals eternal. Well that would need a calm and quiet clarification of these terms in the first place and then, sure, would be a really interesting discussion and thought to play around with.
You see, it’s said, that everything that has a beginning has an end as well. So, I wonder, are there things or beings without a beginning, but actually being ?!
Or even more spaced-out: Could it be that we are beings, who very much are and who are very much alive and conscious but without a Beginning at all ?
An interesting thought. Especially if one applies it to everybody and everything and the Universe and The All That Is at large.
Interesting, to say the least.
And Another Quote Rebuttal
‘Body devoid of Spirit is a cadaver - Spirit devoid of Body is a ghost’
I, for one, wouldn’t fully agree with that one either.
I’d agree with the first part, body devoid of spirit is a cadaver, but not with the second part. Instead, I’d say:
Spirit devoid of a body is Consciousness.
We are talking about the so-called physical body. There are actually more bodies to a human being.
Now, the actual problem is this, that our Western, European or call it Judeo Christian Greek Roman kind of civilization and culture has not even really started to ponder those questions in earnest at all, not to mention answering and understanding them.
We are a very primitive culture in our understanding of Life, Life Itself, Spirit and Consciousness.
The Fundamental aspect is, to know that there are different types of consciousness.
Mainly two categories, the so-called Organic Consciousness and the Inorganic consciousness. The difference is not as in the analogy in our chemistry and biology by determination whether it’s carbon-based or not. That’s not the defining difference in terms of consciousness. Instead it is about the qualities and abilities of this consciousness. Inorganic Consciousness is dead consciousness aka a kind of ghost in your terminology but Organic Consciousness is living consciousness and that is defined by the ability to produce more consciousness out of itself in near endless quantity and quality.
Yes, a true living being of organic consciousness is a so-called Perpetuum Mobile Being.
And thus such a being is able to give himself as much bodies as he wants. One after the other and certain very few Masters are even able to instantly relocate or even appear at the same moment in time at several locations.
But those are specific cases and such fancy performances are not at all the aim or intent of the striving to gain such deep and profound levels of understanding of the process of Life Itself.
You see, these things are almost impossible to talk about with modern so-called civilized man who is part of our modern culture, because we, as a collective, are so dense and stupid that we still argue, whether consciousness is a product of the material aka the physical or not. Which is utter only self-indulging nonsense to do. You see, with people of that low intelligence, it’s almost impossible to have any serious discussion about anything, much less about the essence of Life & Life Itself and the essence of what it means to be a conscious human being.
Sadly so.
Some people asked me, whether I’m joking. So, again, no, I am not joking.
Why I say, Death is sitting on my shoulder, is because of the energetic arrangements of the Living Man, the Being, the physical and energetic body. And, let’s use the Indian Yogic Lore for the description and terminology here, there are 114 so-called Chakras forming the human body, it’s living systems and the entire being and in short 108 can be worked with and upon while certain 4 can’t be explicitly worked upon but they just follow the others.
And then there are the last two most secret and mystic ones, number 113 and 114, and these two are outside of the physical body.
Your Personal Death is one of those two. That’s the true meaning behind my metaphorical words.
Rebutting Another False Claim
‘A Mortal man who chooses Eternal Life over his own Mortality is choosing corporate personality and Death over the continuity of biological life.’
Please, don’t get me wrong, this is just criticism on a very, very high level.
Obviously you don’t get it:
Man is more than just biological aka physical life. Man is more than matter. And you don’t choose Eternal Life. You choose Life, and that to the fullest and when the time comes, you go and meet Your Personal Death. For many, probably even most, it sadly will be for the first time in their lives to meet that one companion which always has been their dearest and most trustworthy ally, friend and guardian.
But who said that meeting Death necessarily equals to be dead afterwards ?
Who says such a thing ?
Who said that it is not possible to meet Death and not being forced to give up all life ?
And it’s not about being un-die-able, that’s not how it works. Death exists, in fact Death is an option, and a very worthwhile as that and this option will still be existing onward. Even if you are not fully dying here on earth at your death, meaning being completely annihilated in all your essential template.
You go on and you still have the option of Death, which is a very good thing to have, to make some decisions again and again and again. Just why not living with that option but never fully draw this option ?
You see, freedom is incomplete without the option of death aka without the option of saying No, any Yes is worthless.
You see, the truth here is this: Most people need the perspective of death, or some fancy bling bling heaven fantasy because they are by far not able to stick with themselves for much longer.
That is the dirty little secret of the current mankind and their view on Death: People don’t actually like and can’t stand themselves !
They are hating themselves too much to be able to cope with themselves, so they get tired of life and their nonsensical Bullshit any longer, so they are happy and are desperately in need for the perspective of pretty soon go dying.
Story Of Disciple Asking His Master
“Hey, Master, tell me, there is this true divine miracle of the cosmos and of creation and how Life Itself is unfolding and creating itself in a myriad of beautiful forms and inter-playing harmonious and such. Please, tell me, is there any miracle and joy greater than that ?”
The Master smiled and said:
“Yes, it’s true this is the greatest miracle and joy. This Living Cosmos and how it is all inter-connected and alive. But, there is one miracle greater than that and that´s your ability to see, witness and consciously observe and be aware and conscious about this fact and living process in the moment.”
Well, traditionally the story ends here, and sure, it’s a beautiful story. But let me tell you the rest of what happened.
There was another, younger disciple with them, he was a little nasty buggar kind of disciple.
Always nerving the master with his endless questions and his naiv but never-the-less difficult to answer questions and nagging.
With his eyes wide open he looked at the master and asked:
“And this is then the end, the final miracle, the final and ultimate joy ?
Can this be or is there another miracle which is even greater than that ?”
Master was a little surprised and not sure, if he himself was amused or angry to hear such a question again, thought for a while, started to smile and said:
“Well, if you ask me like this, my young fellow seeker, hm, there might be indeed one miracle that is even greater than this and that might be the joy of witnessing and sharing with other fellow men & women & children exactly the above mentioned miracle and joy and free-willingly share and experience these realizations in a harmonious and beautiful way consciously together.”
The young disciple scratched his head and looked at the other disciple for a while before they both started to big smile and they looked at the Master who was grinning by now as well and said both in one voice to the Master:
“Woooaow, Cool ! This is huge. Man, what an adventure this is, so cool !”
End of the story !