Keg, Bottle, and Can

“Save the beers!”
While the post from January 13th included the actual words of The Chemical Buddha, today’s reading is totally this monk’s conjecture. In fact, I really think he meant, “Save the bears!”, because he was drunk watching a show about brown bears on some nature channel. Of course, he also wanted a beer at the time, so like I said, there’s really no telling what he meant. Much like the teachings of the other Buddha and Jesus, if their words were captured, their disciples added what they thought Buddha and Jesus meant. And more often than not, left off the context of the conversation. So it’s hard to know if they accurately caught what they said and/or meant. To be perfectly honest, this monk isn’t as familiar with the Koran and the teachings of Mohammad to know if that was true for him. But, if anyone knows, feel free to add your two cents. So, today, meditate on the misunderstandings in your life.
What have you misunderstood in your life?
Where have you thought you were doing something noble but were actually doing something self-serving? That now, upon looking back, you wish you would have done something different?