What About Your Dogma???

Swami Beyondananda on Dogma.... (Visit Swami's website at http://www.wakeuplaughing.com/)

DOGMA TRAINING.

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.

Can formerly vicious dogmas be trained to sit, stay -- and most importantly, to heal? In other words, can you teach an old dogma new trick?

So to help us all, I have divided dogmas into two categories:

1. Angry, unfriendly FundaMENTAList dogmas:

Accent on the mental.
Heaven is above us.
Ours is the One Way.
Laughter is frowned upon.
An eye for an eye.
You stone people.


and

2. The happier, friendlier FUNdamentalist ones:

Accent on the fun.
Heaven is where you make it.
One Way? Do not enter!
Frowning is laughed upon.
Live and let live.
People get stoned on their own.



And to help teach those angry dogmas to heal, I am launching a Blisskrieg to warm the heart of even the most fearful and angry dogma. 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.

These challenging times call for Emerge-n-See measures. It’s time for us to emerge from our fearful and powerless hiding places and see the big picture. We have met the Savior and He is Us. I see all these Children of God praying for Jesus to intervene, but we cannot expect to be fed intervenously forever. It’s time for Children of God to grow up, for Christ's sake, and become Adults of God for a change. Playful adults, that is."

"Do you know what the leading cause of war and terrorism is?" asks the Swami. “I will tell you. It is seriousness. Seriousness is the most serious problem we face on the planet today. I'm serious. Think about it. Every terrorist act -- not to mention terror itself -- begins with seriousness. Everywhere we look, we are faced with laugh-threatening seriousness."

It's a fight to the life! We will light them on the land, we will light them on the sea, and 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, pretty soon all the peaces will fit together. We may end up with one Big Peace everywhere, and both Nonjudgment Day and Disarmageddon will come to pass.