"Fortunately, Buddhists don't believe in hell."
After one weekend filled with particularly shameful (according to some holy books) activities, The Chemical Buddha contemplated what he had done and the potential impact on his soul. Then he realized that Buddhists didn't believe in hell as defined by most Christians. Buddhist believe we make hell (or heaven) right here. This reframing helped TCB see that he had actually spent the weekend in sweet heaven. Just like the Ozark Mountain Daredevils sang ("If you want to get to heaven, you’ve got to raise a little hell.") Of course, everyone else involved was scarred for life. But while Buddhists don't believe in hell, they do believe in Karma. As in, what you put out in the universe you get back. And you can rest assured that The Chemical Buddha spent some time in hell so that others could feel a little heaven. When that happened, TCB thought it might be better to believe in a hell that may or may not be there in the afterlife. In fact, he was in catechism at the time of his death. We're not sure how transitioning from one religion to the next affected his reincarnation (which Christians don't believe in) or hell (which Buddhist don't believe in).
How do you use your beliefs to justify your behavior?
How could the simple act of changing what you believe change your entire world?
About The Elvis of Enlightenment
- The Chemical Buddha
- Not much is known about The Chemical Buddha (as he preferred to be called) other than he was a crack baby with fetal alcohol syndrome born into a family of hippie hedonists. Throughout his life, The Chemical Buddha sought spiritual enlightenment through excess. To put it quite simply, he saw himself as the Elvis of Enlightenment. While still in his-mid twenties, The Chemical Buddha left this earthly plain for the last time while beer bonging chicken gravy and shooting heroin as he engaged in an orgy that included at least four members of the amphibian family. His last coherent words, before he asphyxiated on vomit that was not entirely his own, was “Nirvana. Choke! Gag! Cough!” Did The Chemical Buddha transcend his earthly bonds through his unorthodox lifestyle? Did he find the key to “Nirvana?” Or was he answering a music trivia question? Here is a collection of the thoughts, sayings, views and bathroom graffiti that has been attributed to The Chemical Buddha. Was he a mystic sent to show us the way or just another drugged out freak that incoherently babbled a few crude views about life? Decide for yourself. This blog of his teaching is maintained by his "monks."
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