TABLE OF CONTENTS Some Thoughts on The Matrix - a new myth for our time? The Sermon On The Mount - a guru addresses his students Jesus the Guru - Jesus' familiarity with the teachings of the East Vortex - how can there be "no such thing" as a self? The Three Temptations of Jesus and Buddha - identical experiences - identical teachings The Crown of Thorns - Jesus' turning about of the Shakti Living the Eightfold Path - Part One, Right Understanding Being Flat Authentic - what does it mean to be authentically human?