--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Premanand Paul Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, funny can be compelling and cathartic too. I remember Robert > Crumb gave a very perceptive picture of the 'boy guru' Maharaj Ji, > and offered up some interesting asides on meditation through Mr. > Natural. But, as yet, I have not encountered an underground artist > who has taken the material referred to in 'Jesus Lived In India' > and given it a treatment.
I happen to know Robert, and he's a sweet, surprising individual, one who has been meditating (No, I don't know what style, and would never ask) for 30 years or so. He's actually working on an illustrated version of a famous spiritual text, but I won't spoil the fun by revealing which one. :-) > The central theme of 'Jesus Lived in India' is the claim that > Jesus did not die on the cross, but actually lived to a grand > old age. The really significant element of this thinking is > that it challenges the > interpretation of Christianity offered up by Paul Who never met the guy. > ...i.e. the belief > system built around the suffering of Christ, his death and > resurrection. If he did not die on the cross, but healed up and > travelled to where he would not be persecuted, then his teachings > take on very different feel. The last two thousand years have been > permeated by Paul's version of Jesus's teachings, perhaps a re- > evaluation of the history just might change the way Jesus's > teachings are taught. There's an interesting movie I found on DVD for a couple of bucks called "The Body." It's basically about the discovery in Jerusalem of a tomb that contains a body that might be Christ's. The Catholic Church dispatches a priest to the area, whose ostensible job is to see whether there might be any truth in the claim, but whose real job is to discredit it, because if Christ's body can be found, then the story on which the Church is based is bogus. Not a great film, but worth two hours if you find it in a video store. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
