He was offended by the money-changers and all the rest who offered favor with higher powers. He saw the poor, the sick and the mournful as being far more able to understand the logic of karmic law. He saw that Caesar's world would have its own problems, based upon its actions, having little to do with us, the human being.

On the one hand there are acts based on egotism, buying into illusion, attempting to solve problems in egotistical ways where one vain solution leads to more problems. For those, it is difficult to understand the sanctity of karma, as passing the proverbial camel through the eye of a needle. On the other, there are acts which are more selfless, a process of coming clean with selfishly motivated actions. In them, a kind of faith grows, even while one may not know exactly what to do with it.

Pursuing the latter, one risks appearing as an oddball, lacking in the conventional wisdom. One enters a life like that of Job's time of woe, a freakish one, and that is a test of faith. He cannot rely on what others might consider normal assumptions, his own sufferings worsened by the incomprehension of his fellows. Yet, by and by, he will come to a greater understanding.