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Is Your Dogma Friendly?
by Swami
Beyondananda
In the wake of that recent vicious dogma
bite that led to an unfortunate fatal karma
crash, people are asking all kinds of
questions:
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Why do we let killer dogmas run free?
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How do we deal with rabid dogmas?
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Can formerly-vicious dogmas be trained to
sit, stay -- and most importantly, to heal?
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Can you teach an old dogma new tricks?
Yes, it's a dogma-eat-dogma world out
there, filled with pit bulls whose bull pits
them against other dogmas. And while we might
be tempted to raise a stick to these bad
dogmas, any dogma-trainer will tell you that
you cannot train a dogma to be loving and
obedient by beating it. To win a dogma's
heart, offer it a treat. Say,
"Good dogma. Sit. Roll
over ... heal."
Now of course it's sad but true that
when a dogma is foaming at the mouth and is
clearly rabid, it must be put down before it
infects other innocent creatures. Even the
most sentimental dogma-lover understands that.
So to help us all, I have divided dogmas
into two categories:
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Angry, unfriendly FundaMENTAList dogmas,
and
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the happier, more friendly FUNdamentalist
ones.
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FundaMENTAList
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FUNdamentalist |
| Accent on
the mental. |
Accent on
the fun. |
| Heaven is
above us. |
Heaven's
where you make it. |
| Ours is
the One Way. |
One Way?
Do not enter! |
| Laughter
is frowned upon. |
Frowning
is laughed upon. |
| Vow of
chastity. |
Vow of
levity. |
| An eye
for an eye. |
Live and
let live. |
| You stone
people. |
People
get stoned on their own. |
Now the good news is, even the baddest dogma
can change simply by changing their emPHAsis
to another sylLABle.
And to help teach these dogmas to heal,
I am launching a Blisskrieg to warm the heart
of even the most fearful and angry dogma.
And we begin by kindling the spark of
peace in our hearts and turning it into a
bright flame. Then we share this spark of
peace to light everyone and everything we
come in contact with. It's a fight to the
life! We will light them on the land, we
will light them on the sea, we will light
them in the air! We will even shine the
light of love and laughter into their caves!
And maybe with enough light, enough of
us will get so frustrated with the stupidity
of dogma-fighting, we'll just surrender and
say, "Ah, peace on it!" And with a little
peace here and a little peace there, who
knows? We may end up with one Big Peace
everywhere, and both Nonjudgment Day and
Disarmaggedon will come to pass.
To hear Swami's song about Nonjudgment
Day, click here.
http://www.consciouscarijoki.com
Read
also: "Who
Is Swami Beyondananda?"
and
more articles from the
Swami
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