Charles Schulz's, Peanuts comics (3-15-2016)


Charles Schulz's, Peanuts comics (3-17-2016)

Peanuts: Meaning of Life In the comics strip Peanuts Lucy asks "What is the meaning of life?" Linus says "Five". Schroeder shouts "Beethoven!" But Lucy does not understand these wise words from the mouth of babes. Something in these answers ring true— Five fingers in each hand, five toes on foot, five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, five endpoints in Leonardo's Vitruvian Man. Fifth Greek letter E has five points inscribed at Delphi's "Know Thyself" and "Nothing too much" by sages. Paul Brunton reveals the secret meaning of the 5-pointed star as symbol of the Philosophic Man living the fivefold path of religious veneration, mystical meditation, rational reflection, moral re-education, altruistic service. Beethoven followed such a path in his music, inspired by rishis of the Upanishads to illumine us with the most famous notes in music— "dun-dun-dun-Dun!" in his 5th Symphony calling for us to "Wake Up! Wake Up!" and when we wake like the five wise virgins finding their bridegroom to be none other than their cosmic transcendental Self.   — Peter Y. Chou       Mountain View, 3-17-2016