The Real You: Pick One
Posted on:: December 25th, 2004
Worthwhile Magazine, for whom Halley, Tom Peters and I (among others) blog, has posted a PDF of my column for their premiere issue.
Added Bonus: You get to see my “I Hate Being Photographed” face!
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How does your jewishness know the person to whom you are saying “Merry Christmas” is a Christian or even professes to be a Christian.
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I’m a Jew. I like saying “Merry Christmas” to Christians. I actually don’t like it when people say it to me. I don’t say anything about it because I’m a nice boy, but the muttering part of my brain says, “We’re not all Christians, you know.” So, to you Christians I say a hearty, “Merry Christmas to your entire mispochah.”
The Buddhist teaching of anatta addresses the question that David raises in his article. For example, see here:
http://hinduwebsite.com/buddhism/essays/notself.htm
The Buddha seems to have said: don’t waste time wondering about what the self is, just stop being a jerk. How do you do that? He proposed the Eightfold Path.