Recipes, Cooks and Other Things

"If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are."

-- Tim Ferriss. The 4-Hour Workweek, p. 30

And, man, there are alot of sucky recipes out there! Any recipe whose first ingredient is "original sin" is bound to suck. It doesn't matter how good a priest, pastor, or padre you are, even with all your good intentions, you're whipping up one unpalatable mess. Yes, folks, you heard it right here first -- Christianity sucks! As do all the other religions. Why? Because they're all based on recipes, i.e., belief systems and theologies, that suck.

I know that sounds a tad bit harsh, but sometimes the truth hurts. The teachings of Christ don't suck. Nor do the teachings of Buddha and other great, enlightened teachers. But, unfortunately, the religions of today have strayed far from the original teachings of the men who inspired them. All religions suck because they are based upon separation rather then Unity. They are based upon the good versus the bad, the saved versus the damned, God's chosen people versus us garden variety sinners. Sure they throw in a smidgen of love here, and a pinch of compassion there, but the soup stock itself is heavy on judgment, control and delusion.

But sucky recipes aren't limited to religion. The recipe for health care in this country sucks, with its two main ingredients being insurance companies and HMO's. The 40 hour work week sucks, as does the whole money game. You can't build a strong economy by giving each taxpayer an $800 rebate, and then encouraging them to go out and buy more Useless Crap From China (UCFC)! The war in Iraq really sucks! How anyone thinks they can make anything good with a recipe of lies, hatred, and killing is beyond me. Though, in this case, the cook is a word class moron, too!

Enough already. You get my point -- sucky recipes abound! What can you do? You can choose not to invest your time and energy in them. Opt out. Embrace spirituality, not religion. Use prevention rather than cure, whenever possible, to stay healthy. Find new ways of working that are much more balanced than the dominant corporate model. Create a life of simplicity and quality rather than one of consumption and clutter.

Just for today don't try and make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, or a gourmet feast out of "shit on a shingle." See the truth, tell the truth. Then invent a new truth and live it.