Confucius Was a Moses Without a Voice

Confucius had a oneness view just like Moses, that this life/world/cosmos is the manifestation of T'ian, Heaven, which is God. Moses investigated 'jethro,' God's goodness. Confucius observed Heaven's beneficence. Both were struck by the underlying principle of God's love.

God's Man-plan spoke to Moses in a voice in his imagination. The "angel" of God revealed that he is -- and thus we who are in him also are -- the Manifestation of God. Confucius surmised it.

Why did God speak to Moses and not to Confucius? Moses meditated. That is what "tending the flocks of jethro (thoughts on the blessings of God) on the backside of Mt. Horeb" means. Confucius also deeply considered his version of jethro, but was not a meditator. He was not adverse to spiritual realities, but he did not believe that Spirit, God's consciousness, talked to man. He was a brilliant man, he perceived jen (ren -- "human heartedness" or God's love in man) but he missed out on the insights and revelations that Moses received because Moses was open to spiritual interaction in his imagination, and he was not.