"Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made." ~ Henry David Thoreau The Gospel narratives bear witness to the plight of the divine individual, the soul itself as it journeys through life and participates in the cosmic drama. Jesus, born into the world, struggles toward his destiny while authoritarians and forces of the collective seek his destruction at every turn. The birth of Jesus is foretold by prophets. Herod is "troubled and all Jerusalem with him" (Matt. 2:3) and so they begin to conspire. Herod plans to murder the infant, who as of yet … Continue reading Individualism and Capitalism in the New Testament