JESsUS & Buddha Talk Post Corona

 POST CORONA—A “METAPHORICAL?” CONVERSATION/CONCLUSION

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Note to reader... The words of Jesus will follow a “J” and the Buddha will be marked with a “b”.  

J— So Buddy.. B— No that’s Buddha—J[[ Look Buddyyou’re a prophet if you are going to get upset  about a little thing like what people call you seeing yourself hanging from a cross all the time with some fake news  tacked above  is going to be a real problem for you.  Oh what’s that you haven’t had that yet?  Well..then... B—You make a good point there... just call me bud for short J—As I did in the beginning, do now, and forever you got it Bud.

B—Would you like to sit and eat? J—I shall certainly sit and talkwhat’s on the menu?  B Well I believe in simplicity so it’s just some bread and wine”. J—J— Hmmm thelasttimeI  had that for supper the rest of the week was kind of a bummer how about  I whip us up some loaves and fishes?   B—Let it Be J—OkI’m glad  you said that...when John and Paul ... B—the apostles?  J—no the Beatles. Said that it went. Over big..lets get down to it shall we?

J—Bud, a couple days ago thiswriterI checking every now and again started writing aboutwhatmighthappenorwhatmightbelearnedfromthislittlepandemic have you see these little commentaries?  B—Well unlike you I can’t see and hear everything all the time, however I’ve given this guy some attention and I’m tired of him spelling my name wrong.  J— yet another reason to go by Buddy? —B —anyway I’ve seen a few of the words.   J—so what do you think?

B— Let’s talk about  this “work” thing.  J— Well Bud, you should take the lead on this...after all my Dad kinda wanted me to be a carpenter, build tables and stuff but I just  kept hitting my thumb with the mallet little  did I know those  hammer and nail  combinations would come back to get me.  So  I chose to be a teacher and public speaker and holy me teachers as you know aren’t valued in their time but a few students catch on. having said this....

I’m not sure the whole matching people with types gives human enough wiggle room just like the guy says because it doesn’t leave room for change and inspiration.  B— yep and it certainly take in account someonebecoming enlightened mid-stream oh and this whole thing of making work a major identity indicator sells complicated human way short. J— agreed and the things that need done in the world change too so folks  need to get over being what other people will pay them to be.  -J—and people do a lot of rotten stuff for like 30 pieces of silver. B— so what about that “ladder or growth/development model?  You no I think it keeps people focused on times other than right now and it emphasizes comparing and competing rather than understanding  one’s current purposes and choices.  J—yep...and it sort of limits what folks see as the gifts that are valuable...that’s why this pandemic thing might be valuable...a bunch of values get all mixed up and leak out at strange times when  we work in new/confusing environments.  It’s a lesson about compartmentalizing  life roles.   B—so this. whole blurring of boundaries was your intent?  J— well free will is over rated right?  Oh and employers  were starting to get all “Roman” thinking  that workers were something known as “costs” rather than purposeful partners who have real lives  at and away from work.  B—wait Jesus did you give the world “zoom” to hurry this along. “no that was Satan or Bill Gates I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet,and now like that water. I turned into wine I’m working on helping folks learn about the value of connections through these tools.  b— I see well according to my sources it was Bill Gates Satan is far too busy  with politics these days.  Anyway...so  how do we get  folks to think wholistically. and in the moment about work?  J— well for the next few years I’m just. going to keep jobs away till identifying solely as a worker  becomes the biggest waste of time in the history of mankind.  B—wow that’s radical.  Won’t that create massive insecurity?  J— change is the only constant Bud and this over valued illusion of control has to go...Humans are great at working together when they give up just a little. and loosen their grip on being  labeled as experts.  Have you ever noticed people don’t hold  conferences on being an expert at noticing when the kitchen needs cleaned or when the garbage  is two items from full?  B—true and the whole putting the seat down and toilet paper position thing...well not one seminar really?  J—right.  So Bud any final thoughts on work?  B—well maybe folks need to experiment with “work” and not only jobs..but with how they value it in the context of all the rest  of life.  J—exactly and cut the crap of labeling people by their job titles  most the time—that’s probably a good start.  

B— Now this guy had the nerve to compare you with Google how do you feel about that?  J—well itpissesme off but I’m not sending him directly to hell for it...he does enough other  stuff ... On the other hand the key here is getting hover substituting  information for wisdom and “answers” for questions... B—yep and you know there are many answers to the important questions in facts if the answer is at the top of a hill there is probably an eight fold-path maybe more but folks can only remember about eight things at any one time.   J—Well done Bud... if I’d have given  people like 14 fingers maybe people could remember more.  On the other hand a catcher’s mit would have had to be the size of a window fan and probably would have taken a half cow to make.  That would have  brought up real problems in some religions you know....using half a cow for a glove and you know that sign I’ve provided  to folks that indicates someone should bugger off?  if people had  more fingers it would have made that way too cumbersome.  B—okay that’s a good point. and keeping a simple way to express a diverse  way of thinking of solutions is helpful.  So how do we get through the whole Google/God mess? J- we can’t blame everything onGates can we. now?  No, the way Isee it is we give people. the chance to learn the narrative is more. important than it’s component  facts.  You see I said  love one another not execute actions and thoughts that make your cardiac rhythm increase by 4.2 iterations per minute in the presence of another.  Also I have no fear of Google because I have wisdom about how the “log rhythm  works.  B—please continue..you are not afraid?  J— no... you see about 7 billion humans ago I stopped worrying about what each and every one was doing  every moment of every day and how I was going to  be in every space they were in... I simply shared a little  bit of my spirit with each one and so they carry me around with them kinda like a divine smart phone and Gabriel has a “find my sinners app so I’ve deligated that to the angels and saints.  Besides Gooogle is just the latest to see people  when they are sleeping and when they are awake.  Santa got int that a long time ago and his elves have regretted it ever since...oh and now the naughty list is massive and none of the elves wants to take on the forgiveness list so it’s just all an administrative nightmare for the devil.  B—the devil?  aren’t we talking about  St/Nick? J—oh... Bud let’s  take a second look...he’s no saint and how about that name I nailed him with...  Santa and Satan that’s no coincidence  and “he sees you when your sleeping” that’s a little creepy don’t you think...that’s Satan all the way..I let my children rest.  Oh  and if you are wondering about facebook and YouTube let that go...those are just “self-reporting” tools I’veimplemented to let people show me all the behaviors they used to try to hide.  Now they put stuff right. out in the open it makes my covert work so much simpler.  ...and again the political stuff on there keeps the dark angels so blessed busy I’m surprised they even have time to inspire folks to J-walk.  Anyway until you can type “why” into the search bar and come with a variety of useful  and teachable answers Google can have it.  What does need to happen after the pandemic is folks need to regain an appreciation for the collective human spirit and worry less about what  “image” or “brand” they are....after all toilet paper and rat poison have a brand and nobody writes books about that so some self-help gurus and marketing folks may want to give it a rest.  B—thumbs up  to that

J—so Bud you didn’t have all these robots, machines, and networks when you walked on the dirt...what thoughts do you have about that?  B—Well I think the pandemic  will force people to recognize how machines are being used and how much reflection has been eliminated from everyday activities.  So maybe in times when we are forced to be apart from others. we can find some moments to either sit. in themoment or do some innerreflecting.  You know forget about worrying  so much about what things look like.  J—yep you know I let people get inspired to make things and then I regret them.  Take television...I wanted kids to see sesame street andMr.Fred ‘s neighborhood. We only needed a few channels and the evil crept in and nowchampionshipfishingis a thing and “Sharknado 4?”  Really? B—yep...way back in. the day I helped  the ancestors of Fred find calm and it carried through...imagine if Jerry Springer  could stay calm or even Dr. Phil? J—Well Dr. Phil comes from a long line of high priests, sadducees, and Pharisees....he can’t help himself. and having said thatI may have let the TV thing get out of control.  B—Point taken,however,I do so like the cooking shows and the shows where. people pay big money for old stuff...as if they understand  time....oh well back to machines...will artificial intelligence eclipse  humans?  J—have you ever heard a toaster tell a light switch “I love you?”  If that happens I’ll send a massive thunderstorm from the tropics and shutdown every grid on the planet or maybe a giant solar flair to shake the machine etch a sketch and things will be back into balance  in a hot minute after that. So relax...and enjoy the love stuff and by the way I’ve allowed hate to take rootinmany automated phone systems  just to keep people on their emotional toes.  

B—So Jesus...what about the teaching/learning  deal?  J—well that’s a tough one... we are both teachers and have never  worked  in a school thank Dad.  My primary lessons have been out there for thousands of years and have gotten to a lot of people even without PowerPoint.I think that this guy has a good point about teaching each other. how to teach and learning how to learn.   b—but should we scrap our whole approach?  I mean after all we have millions of books about hundreds of sciences and gooozillions  of facts that can be taught  and learned.  J—yes however, how many of these notions turns out to be wrong?  A lot of people including some of my finest swore to me that the Earth was at the center of the universe for quite some time. It seems we need to encourage questions and experiments and admitting  a failure is a lesson at all levels of “education.  We also need to confess that everything we try to teach comes attached to a purpose and be open about it so learners can make choices.  You know everyone can learn something but no one can learn everything.   B—so we need to all working his way way of reforming  and valuing  togetherness  learning together?  That makes a good deal of sense.   J— and there has to be wiggle room for things we know  but don’t exactly know how we know like love and faith.   Oh and I think I’llkeep throwing. some curve balls out for people just to help...like the whole algebra cult needs some teasing now and again.  B—what ...isn’t  math and chemistry. pretty cut and dried the formulas seem pretty solid?  J—Oh Bud Oh Bud...what’s the chemical formula for turning water into wine?  Yep and here’s the mother of all story problems...

12 apostles started out with five loaves and two fishes... they passed these  food products down  an unknown number let’s call that x of rows with y number of people in each row. Just then a slow boat left on the sea of Galatea heading for Chicago.  How many liars had to add their McNuggets to each basket to feed  a crowqd of thousands  with food left over? You see what that was  was a show of faith in the crowd that good people wouldn’t let someone  starve if they believed everyone would  give just a little.  The best math teachers understand the power of their tools and their limits—as for statisticians... we’re back to the tenth level of hell for that.   but enough  from me what do you think?  b— learning takes a loop. of thinking, doing, reflecting and doing some more and worrying  less about. the quantity  of facts than the quality of our dreams. You see I honk our dreams including the daydreams create the stage where our ideas do their best work and when we share them with others the ideas work even harder and get even stronger.  Wo whatever we can do to plant that into our education settings  might be well worth it.  Also  like you said...reward people  for good questions more often than exactlyrehearsed and remembered  answers. Pie is something to be eaten not a really long fraction to find out how big around a circle is...  If you want to know how  big a circle is get out and walk around it.  

J—So  should I let this  writer. keep putting  thoughts about the pandemic and other stuff out  there?  B-  well that’s up to you...I think you give him his best ideas and he sneaks some stinky  ones in  but that is what humans do. Also it gives us both something to laugh about when he gets all confident right?   J—I suspect you nailed that.  Oh and he does  know that seeking peace and joy rather than preaching  happiness  and success is valuable—probably means he’ll ever be rich in monetary terms but ... so let’s keep letting  him share until he gets it perfect...

Jesus and Buddha both fall to the ground laughing.