True Dharma

Jesus walks into a yoga studio, and they crucify him. "Damn," he thinks to himself, "they ain't even drunk."

Why is everyone so intent on murdering the King? Why do insecure gunslingers always challenge the dedicated pacifist? Men, like dogs, smell fear, and the pacifist is afraid of violence, maybe - his own violence. He is committed to nonviolence, and does not know how to handle energy without engaging in conflict.

Bottom line is, Jesus was a martyr, and he allowed himself to be dominated by the crowd. He didn't show them. He put up no fight, he didn't topple any crowns. He didn't rage with righteous fury. He went under, without a peep.

I don't know if that's the best role model for me - that's all I'm saying. Jesus got pushed around, and I don't want that to happen.

There's something strange here- a man, a great King, gets sacrificed by the people as soon as he is no longer fit to lead - when his dick fails him, or his hair turns white, or he is challenged and does not vanquish. Men live by the sword and die by the sword, it seems. Not democratic men, of course, certainly not the bourgeois. But man, the ancient bloodline, is a competitive animal, and needs, requires, or thrives on the element of testing himself against his companions.

Yet when man yearns for God, ultimately he begins to live with God's compassion, and out of this compassion is a desire to empower others, a desire to serve others, a desire to elevate others, and what others want - or what others seem to want - is to compete and dominate him. Man's mistake is to give others what they want, and to allow himself to be subdued. This is not what they want - what they want is someone or something stronger, realler, and unshakeable. But it only exists after it has been tested, challenged, and found impervious. The court loves the King, and may grieve for him, but will not interfere with the ancient duel. Without the duel there is no King, for without the risk of competition there is no fearlessness, no true dharma. True dharma requires true consequence, and true commitment.

Abraham the Brahmin's son chose to kill his own child, perhaps in an attempt at appeasing his fellow nobles. If the ambition of a King is to preserve his line, any man who eliminates his own line in order to more fully and more selflessly serve his people will be be trusted as a public servant and an egoless leader. It can build a tribe, to sacrifice a future blood king in order to ensure order during a time of chaos. And perhaps it preempts the competition a King must put up with. At any rate, times changed and God didn't need the ante anymore; it was outdated.

There are old stories about the ancient gods - sons killing fathers, fathers killing sons, competition for the harem, competition for dominance. How does authority get transferred from father to son? Obedience leads to docile habits, which does not fair well with the tribe's survival.