spearheading the plan for Armageddon, but he had grossly
underestimated the research monkey.
“Let’s see who the estimable Gareth Schlechtmann had in mind
for contestants on this little game show,” said Barth, snooping
around Gareth’s computer desktop.
It didn’t take long to find the list of four names that Bob had
selected, not for diversity or ability or any other valid criteria for a
typical competition. Bob didn’t want to end up on a show with a
random bunch of dorks. As it turned out, the dorks he did end up
choosing were anything but random. They were himself and the three
guys with which he shared the adventure that changed his life. Deaf
Lemon Hopkins, Muchoman, and Gareth Schlechtmann.
Seeing the need for a slight modification, Barth typed himself in
as a logical replacement for his former boss, jabbing his enormous
fingers not only onto a computer keyboard, but also into the eye
sockets of an entire world.
CHAPTER 30
In Indian mythology, as in the Christian, the divine powers were
represented by a trinity. The Creator, the Preserver and the
Destroyer were referred to as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva,
respectively. Neither was more important than the other, and all
were seen as elements of the one. It was therefore a common mistake
to say that Hinduism was polytheistic. As with Christianity, Judaism,
Islam and Zoroastrianism, Scholarly Hindus believed that God was
one, and any separation was only seen as a tool to satisfy limited
human faculties. Buddhism as well, though saying nothing about the
existence of God, held that to transcend the illusion of separation was
to perceive the ultimate truth, that is, to merge with the supreme
reality. To know God. The very unity at the core of all religious belief
therefore supported the idea that truth, and hence God, were in fact
one, despite the sages who spoke of it by many names. In this case,
those names were Harvey Futterman, Vlad Dingowitz and Marcus
“Deaf Lemon” Hopkins.
The three travelers all came representing their own respective slice of
truth as they set foot on the shore of consciousness. Harvey the
Creator wore an ill-fitting tweed jacket. Deaf Lemon the Preserver
H O L Y S H I T !
170
 |
 |
 |
 |