There's ALWAYS a certain point

Every story, regarding every issue, concerning anything newsworthy reaches a point where any one person reading the story suddenly goes.....I get it....OR.....this is ridiculous.

The Dalai Lama story has some interesting side bars attached because of the political gamesmanship being played by world powers.

But as I'm reading the current DL story this morning, I come across a tidbit of information regarding the Chinese government that makes me simply wonder if anyone in that government has a freakin clue what it means to be an evolved human being....or what it means to be a human being seeking spiritual truth in a physically chaotic world.

In a four column story about the Chinese being rather upset that the DL is getting a medal from America....there appears in the third column a short paragraph.

THIS PARAGRAPH HAS RAMIFICATIONS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOR

THIS PARAGRAPH MIGHT BE THE MOST AMAZING FACT REGARDING CHINA AND IT MIGHT BE A PARAGRAPH THAT COMPLETELY ALLOWS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WANTING TO ACHIEVE IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THEIR CITIZENS...AND ANY OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER.

THE PARAGRAPH from article by Mark Magnier in LA Times (10/17/07) entitled "CHINA FUMING OVER BUSH'S VISIT WITH THE DALAI LAMA"

"Beijing has detained the Panchen Lama, the second holiest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, since 1995 when he was taken at the age of 6. Apparently not content to tighten its temporal grip, China's State Administration for Religious Affairs has also sought to impose control over the afterlife with a September 1 order banning living Buddhas from reincarnating without its approval."

Please read that paragraph again.....and then again and then again.

Try to wrap your mind around the concept of needing permission to reincarnate.

Is it written permission or verbal permission? Is is a long form or a short form?

And what are the chances of the State Administration for Religious Affairs granting permission to go forward with a reincarnation.

Of course I realize you have to be a living Buddha to apply for reincarnation so that eliminates quite a few of us.

But thinking about the precise moment when the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China came up with this order.

It's that precise moment where I start questioning the belief in human beings by the Chinese government.

They either think everyone has incredible powers or they think everyone is a complete idiot.

I'm so confused by this order from the State Administration for Religious Affairs in China that I personally want to give the Dalai Lama a medal.

THE MIND JAZZ MEDAL OF HONOR
awarded to anyone who opposes the Chinese viewpoints on human potential...both physically and spiritually.

Now what the heck are we going to do about the Panchen Lama, who is now 16 years old and held somewhere in China. I can't imagine that he's being allowed to attend school....probably being home schooled, wouldn't you think?

There's also an interesting quote from the leader of Tibet's Communist Party....ZHANG QINGLI
" If the Dalai Lama can receive such an award, there can be no justice or good people in this world."

Yeah dude....and maybe.....your opinion sucks and maybe the lack of justice and good people might be limited to your immediate environment.

We don't think like that in America.

If someone wants to reincarnate here...we simply make them pay a slight fee....sort of a traveling visa fee, like a passport of the spirit........just $39.50 until Jan 1 2008.

After that it will be $69.50.....the increase is being blamed on the oil prices....which by the way are quickly becoming high enough that pretty soon Texas will be drilling again. Let's see, who lives in Texas? Hummmmm

I personally don't think the Dalai Lama should be sharing his holiness with George but GOD only knows how spiritual matters really work.....so maybe......

....... something is supposed to rub off.......because like I said before....

There's always a certain point in any story......

Michael Timothy McAlevey