Last night, at the nursing home, I started talking to man who’s been struggling for some time to keep his wife, as well as himself in good health. He began talking about yoga and Dr. Li who lived to be 256 years old and the secret to his longevity was that he was able to control his animal self, the beast within, he said. Then the topic moved to world religions. He said that all of them are pretty much the same–he said that Muslims respect Jesus greatly and that the hindu’s Krishna (god of restoration) is the same as Christ; Buddhism is also very similar.
I thought this wasn’t true. Buddhism and other religions may teach us to master the “beast within,” that we may live longer, but Christ teaches us to kill the beast, that we might live forever…
I really liked that last paragraph, Jason.