Another burning question that I Am (quite certain) you are just all dying to ask . . . . but, just have not got to it as of yet is as follows:
CAN I RAISE ‘PEEP-HOLES’ FROM THE DEAD?
Answer: It appears that I can do this very thing because I have (indeed!) observed having got a rise out of some of you.
Now . . . you do Understand . . . raising ‘peep-holes’ from the dead is wholly (if not, holy) contingent upon how you are deciding to define the term ‘dead’.
If you are ‘under-the-impression’ and speaking of the ‘dead’ in terms of the body . . . I Am sorry to have to disappoint you, but I Am not a mechanic. I Am simply a carpenter,
No . . . really . . . I Am.
It is a weird state of affairs (if not totally bizarre) how many attributional characteristics and commonalities I share with that ‘age-old-long-haired-hippie-looking-rebel’, that goes by the name Jesus. Although I Am not black, as he was, we certainly share a lot of really neat stuff.
I already mentioned the carpenter thingy . . .
Then there is the factual appearances of a ‘me’: aged-old, long haired, hippie-looking, and most definitely rebellious.
But Wait! There’s More! For an additional two cents of you time, I will proceed with even more surprising comparisons that will not cost you a single penny more.
Jesus was a teacher . . . And I AM a teacher. (Although I Am not certain if he ever taught at an Elementary School, of if it was his decision to only provide ‘I’nstruction at the Universe-city level.) I, for One, have taught at both, especially due to the Cause of my Mission employment opportunity I recently left behind to attend to the Universe-city duties.
Fortunately, now I only work in the Higher Levels of what it means to be Educated . . .
But . . . as EveryTeacher would very much dare to admit: “Omigod!!! I can’t believe how much work I have to put into my ‘in’struction these days in order to get a simple rise out of my students. They are so filled with the worms of lethargy, like lemures. It’s pathetic! Moreover, I feel absolutely exhausted from so much (it seems) wasted effort to bring them into the fold. But . . . then hey! . . That’s what I do – teach.” (If you don’t believe me, ask your teacher for an honest response to what it ‘feels’ like being a teacher these days, and especially in the Un-United Blue and Red States of America since the inception of NCLB).
I sympathize with all teachers. So much so . . . that I would even dare to say the same thing as they are saying. (So I will:)
“Oh my I God!!! I cannot believe how much work I have to put into my ‘I’nstruction these days in order to get a simple rise out of these ‘peep-holes’. They are so filled with the worms of lethargy, like lemures. It’s pathetic! Moreover, I feel absolutely exhausted from so much (it seems) wasted effort to bring them into the fold. But . . . then hey! . . That’s what I do – teach.”
Looking back . . . waaaaay back . . .you can tell– just by imagining all those angry crowd scenes– that Jesus must have encountered an equitable dilemma with the processes of his own ‘I’structional Cause. Whew! It’s dangerous out there!
And . . . you must Understand: Teaching is just not all that fun or rewarding right now. But . . . you do it because you Love It, and if you did not LOVE IT, Teachers would not happen anymore.
Now . . . back to the comparisons . . . Jesus wore sandals (as I sometimes do), but I figure that this sandal thing of his was primarily due to the fact that NIKE had not as yet ‘found its footing’. Therefore, even though it is not an exact comparison; Whereas, Jesus was Jewish, I Am merely Shoe-ish (due to the fact that I currently own several pairs of shoes).
Jesus loved wine, and I absolutely savor the ‘fermented-squeeze-of-grapes’.
‘Peep-holes’ talked about, gossiped, bullied, threw insults, judged, were outraged, felt maliciousness toward, caused injury, tormented, harassed, and complained about Jesus, and I can (truthfully, say) I have been through all of this and more. (Pretty cool so far, hey?)
But . . . here’s the real topper: Jesus made his ‘claim-to-fame’ talking about the exact same stuff I Am talking about! NOW . . . isn’t that just serendipitously wild!
Which . . . brings us back to the discussion . . .
I said (to reiterate): If you are ‘under-the-impression’ and speaking of the ‘dead’ in terms of the body (you remember . . . the bringing back of the dead thingy), then I would be forced to admit I cannot accomplish such a feat, for the forespoken reason, being – I Am not a mechanic.
However . . . If we were to speak of ‘raising the dead’ in terms of raising the Self ‘free-and-clear’ ‘up-and-away-from’ all the processes of entrapment and entanglement, which requires One to loose itself from all the highly-processed and duly-culturally-conditioned identifications weighting It in a downward-going ‘in’volvement with all ‘that-which-matters’ . . .
Well . . . I can do that too!