a freind and i were talking about the differences in how we all perceive certain moral issus,
as if any of us knew. and about the pain so many of us have from not being willing to admit to ourelves and others
we don;t know. and how we inlict pain on others when we insist we do, and how so many of those injured are young.
using our own sense of nsecurities as a reasonable justifcation to not reach out, form one great snake dance
reasching all across the horison, refusing to answer, "how many people does it take to make it happen ....(one people).

ok,
i looked at Bhuddism.
It teaches that material life is not real.
that would make being "gay" not real. being "hetero" not real.
in fact "being" anything much but spirit is not real.
as is said, "it's in your spirit, that's where it matters. that's where it is it is.
that what it's in it's n it's in. ("spirit" serpent wisdom, c 2006 j&b dances, all rights reserved.)
i also looked at differentiations between Bhuddism and so-called Hinduism.
i found this quote:
"While the two share many of the same ideas and visions, however, they are different and represent different ideals. One is an ideal of perfect self, one of perfect self-less-ness. These are opposing ends, even if their approaches are similar."
perhaps the there is no difference. perhaps one teaches that self is filled with nonsensical roo droppings, and to be perfected must be emptied.
and the other teaches that a perfect self is empty.
if atman, the understadning that we are eternal souls, is false, is this caused by eternity or by our understaning?
if brahman, the eternally changeless universe is false, is it becuase there is no universe, or we are incapable of sensing
the changelsess nature of an organic process?
serpent wisdom would say, ahhh, yeah... "no fate, no man. we make it with our bare hands. we choose our blessings and our scars.
we come to find out who we are." and amongst what we learn is indeed, how little we know.