From the Blog Posts of MSI Press Authors: Arthur Yavelberg - Looking behind the Curtain
The following post comes from the blog of Arthur Yavelberg - Looking behind the Curtain In the wonderful fantasy movie, “ The Wizard of O z,” the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion and Dorothy are all seeking something they believe is lacking: a brain, a heart, courage and the way back home. While they lacked the terminology to discuss their despair as “existential angst,” their predicament is certainly not rare in spiritual literature. In the Hindu classic, “ The Bhagavad Gita ,” the hero, Arjuna , is forlorn at the prospect of going into battle against enemies who are all relatives. Anticipating so much death and destruction, he is tempted to turn away. Only when Krishna reminds him that he is a warrior and that he must fulfill his destiny does Arjuna fight in this terrible war—a war that he wins, though at the end everyone dies anyway as that is the way of all flesh. Similarly, in the Biblical Book of Genesis , Jacob —someone of notoriously weak character who is decep