> aside from being exemplars of holy life and the divine beatitudes
> the great religions of the world are also indicators of progress for
> spiritual seekers
>
> the christian has the life of jesus
>
> 1. the baby jesus - the stage of holiness for holiness's sake
> 2. the child jesus - bible thumping (the scholar stage of book study)
> 3. the young man - going forth and doing miracles and helping the
> needy (keep your day job)
> 4. the crucifixant - stuck to the cross of realizing some people don't
> want to change
>
> the monastic life of buddha gotama
>
> 1. the cuddly fat baby
> 2. the curious young prince
> 3. the renunciant seeker in china
> 4. trapped in the chinese restaurants (cuddly, fat, and even more fat)
>
> the life and not so living life of lao tzu
>
> 1. lao tzu
> 2. not lao tzu ascending
> 3. lao tzu on a higher plateau
> 4. lao tzu realizes its another asian province of a higher elevation
> (he wishes he never left)
>
> quetzalcotl
>
> 1. don't even talk about quetzalcotl
> 2. don't look at quetzalcotl
> 3. don't bother quetzalcotl
> 4. but buy his drugs for whatever price he asks (even if you don't
> take drugs)
>
> the life of this essay
>
> 1. it was interesting
> 2. it was informative
> 3. it got silly
> 4. does anybody got money for bus fare, i had to donate my money to a
> need cause