Zen simplicity...

So a couple of months ago I saw a Buddhist monk walking along the side of the road about 5 minutes from where I lived. It was an unusual sight in the middle of a rainforest valley. He looked like he should have been walking in Tibet. I thought I was dreaming it so I doubled back in the car and went to have another look. He had disappeared. Huh. I conceded I was mad and went on my way. Mad is ok. It’s works for me. You have less to explain when you’re nuts. Today, I saw the monk again. He was stoically trotting along in his robes and sandals with an umbrella in hand. I waved at him. He waved back. I drove on thinking to myself that it’s nice, that despite his calling, he is realistic enough to not expect the God he worshipped to protect him from rain. Would that all religion were so simple.

Come as you are…

So, I had lunch with a friend today and we got on to the topic of forming your own religion. Blasphemy? Nah, we were at Subway. Anyway, his basic idea is a religion based on wearing a mask that covers most of your face. It would be a religion for men only and it would be called Orroz. Why Orroz? Well, that’s Zorro backwards. Zorro = mask = Zorro. We did discuss the moral, ethical, philosophical, sexual and dress code of Orroz and you know what? It’s bloody hard starting your own religion. It’s going to be a work in progress. The religion I’d start? Amarindarism and other than wearing black and subtly undermining Orroz because it’s an all-male based religion and it would be fun to infiltrate and toy with men as only women can, we basically would do what we liked…you know, like everyday life.

Religion – do as you believe and come as you are…it’s all up to you…