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Showing posts with label Largeheartedness. Show all posts
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9.18.2013

SHOP NORTH FACE COMPANY!!!! : CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. IMMENSE KINDNESS DONE ME... (details)

Traveling across town to chemo last week, walking from the homeless 'clubhouse' in Georgetown for my 2wice yearly shower and laundary toward the hospital, I took a different route, and saw a North Face store. I didn't know there were North Face stores.

Some very Kind folks, 1.5 years ago, took me to REI in Alexandria, to get some life and death essentials, including a replacement for the 8 year old, worn-out backpack that I live out of.  The REI replacement was a North Face, and has been wonderful, but a tear occurred near one of the shoulder straps, and, having taught myself to sew, I'd repaired it, but it is in a difficult spot, and I've been worried, trying to nurse it, having no funds to replace it.

So, I went in the store, "Do you have a repair kit?  I've sewn it, but I don't think it is going to hold much longer."

"Oh, too bad you sewed it.  North Face has a lifetime guarantee. (I had zero idea. I HAD called REI and was told, not unkindly, 'well, we might be able to do something for you, if you really think that is fair, but if you've used it every day for 1.5 years...." So, I didn't pursue that.) "We have a lifetime warranty, but because you sewed it, I don't think the home office well honor it..."

"...So, we will give you a full credit for what you payed REI and let you use it in the store,' interrupted the young store manager, overhearing the conversation.  I was dumbfounded. I remain dumbfounded.

This may have been a kind exception - I mean, I bought from REI - maybe he correctly guessed I was homeless, penniless, and went beyond the rules. 

Do not use this story to gouge them, ok?  PATRONIZE THEM!!!!

"So shines a good deed in a weary world," Willy Wonka

5.15.2013

***** TIME TO REVERSE THINGS: STAND WITH JESUS; ABANDON THE cHURCH. Friends, please view these two jpgs and advise me.

TIME TO REVERSE THINGS - TO START STANDING WITH JESUS, ABANDON THE cHURCH.  Friends, please view these two jpgs and advise me.

I hope you take a look at these two images. You may find them upsetting. You may like them. You may have some suggestions for me.

Why am I sharing with you? Because I feel some of us are responding to the same call, and these express how I hear the call. More than ever, the Jesus many of us love? I see how the 'church' is the anti-Christ, the anti-Jesus.

 In his day, he called us to COME OUT of that day's religion, and to simply be RELIGIOUSLY LOVING, NOT to repair the beyond-repair cHURCH of His day..

I hear him screaming the same thing today.

I suspect that within 2 weeks THESE will be my uniform, pending better ideas from you -











my friend commented.. Cool beans!

. My reply

On Wed, May 15, 2013 6:44 PM EDT Start Loving wrote: >:-) it's the closest I've gotten to the rock to stand on. The wall to keep my back to and to fight from. I'm in the midst of readings these last couple of weeks. I read a book called gorillas of peace about the Jesuit heroes, .... priests and nuns students serving on the side of people in El Salvador who Reagan was determined to bomb back into the Stone Age protecting the ultra wealthy. Right now I'm in the middle of my first ever book I'm serious study of American Indians, a book called God is red.
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On Wed, May 15, 2013 6:56 PM EDT Start Loving wrote:

>Continued...  The author, vine Deloria, was for decades on the faculties of universities in Colorado and Arizona. Breathtakingly scholarly, intelligent, and in a few cases maybe wacky. Massively valuable for me. Far ranging. First published in the 70's I think and republished around 2000. Though he lived on a reservation growing up, his father was a Lutheran minister I believe. From the perspective of a Native American with all that background, he really put into words some of what I've felt in my entire life about so called Christianity.  He really has an extraordinary perspective that is mentally useful to me.
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>That plus the gorillas of Peace book, and my personal experience as time after time I hurl myself toward what should be the heart and soul of a Christian Nation only to find a consummately self centered cancerous mass of off dead toxic waste.
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>Well, all that's to say that I experience myself moving ever more towards the important truth, towards the essential battle, and it really is well captured in the message on that hat and on that shirt.
>
>Hugs.
>
>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
>

4.23.2013

D323, D18, D3 (Rollback): Deeply SACRED exchange with a Deeply Brave Brother, a JW, not heard from in years....

SACRED exchange with a Deeply Brave Brother, a JW, not heard from in years....  I'm Deeply Moved, Deeply touched by this man's note below - by the Courage of Him, Reaching Soooooo Far, from His Belief System, to mine, mine being one in which he sees some of his own, despite the JW gap.  I can only look in wonder and awe at Him, my brother J - 

"Hello Start [  :-)  Uh, J, it's 'Loving.']

I know that it has been a long time since we last spoke but I just wanted to say hello.  I am not even sure if you will be receiving emails anymore but I hope that this one reaches you.


Even though I haven't wrote, I have been following your blogs and it seems to me that this will be your last shot to try to get people to understand the situation that the human family is in.  The term "Death Fast" has such a "finality" sound to it.


I believe you know what my thoughts are on these fasts that you do, but once again I stand in awe at your perseverance.  For years you have done everything that you can think of, and more, to open people's eyes to the environmental catastrophe that we are heading toward.


The Apostle Paul also went way above the "call of duty" in his life's course.  Just prior to being put to death, he wrote "I have fought the fine fight.  I have run the course to the finish.  I have observed the faith."  He could confidently say that, and although he was not serving for a reward of some type, certainly Jehovah rewarded him nonetheless.


You also my friend, have fought a fine battle.  I personally know few, if any, who have put as much effort into what they believe as you do.  Although we might have differences of "beliefs", the principle is the same.  You do not serve for a reward, but I have no doubts that, come what may, Jehovah will reward your efforts nonetheless.


Here in Italy, most of our ministry has been among African refugees that were working in Libya when the war broke out a few years back.  The "fortunate" ones were literally put on a leaky boat at gun point with the clothes on their backs by the Gaddafi government and pushed out into the Mediterranean.  The unfortunate never made it that far.  Their stories would break your heart.  The way they were treated here by the Italian "corruption machine" was better, but still unacceptable.  


The "humanitarian" agencies here, made a pile of money, packed these men and woman away like sardines in dirty little apartments, and as soon as the UN money ran out, they were finally given documents and a small financial incentive to leave the country. Most of them have.

We are part of a small English congregation here (21 members including children) but we have about 40 coming to our meetings.  It appears that neither your work nor mine is finished yet.


If you have the time here is a link to just some of the disaster relief that JW's have been involved in during the past 12 months.

 
http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/world/disaster-relief/

So, until we meet again, be assured that our thoughts and our love is with you.

J and M


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My Reply:


"You've come to my mind from time to time J, and few do, my brothers and sisters
all, because in few do I find even a shadow left of the Creator.  In you I did, and with this
Courageous [a sure indicator of Creator's presence] note from you, that there is
of the Creator aLive in you is indisputable. You've touched my Heart, Stroked it
with Kindness, and Encouragement, and most of all, given me Hope that indeed
There is another, or two, Fighting for Agape, Universal, Unconditional
Family, the Only Possible Revolution, the one we've never tried since we continued the Hourly, Second by Second Crucifixion of Jesus and His Teachings since
1800 years ago.

You bring to mind my most treasured Revelation of the last several months.  I'm
sure of this, tho there maybe no one else that could see it.  Oh, how we've twisted
and perverted, mutilated, this most central of Jesus Gifts to us.  You and I both
know what we've been told He said.  NO, THIS is what He said, and I paraphrase:

"DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME:  GIVE YOUR FLESH THAT OUR GLOBAL NEEDIEST
MIGHT EAT.  GIVE THE VERY LAST DROP OF YOUR BLOOD SO OUR GLOBAL NEEDIEST
MIGHT HAVE LIFE!  DO THIS FOR THE INFINITE JOY, PASSION, PEACE OF HEART,
LOVING - HEAVEN - IN THIS LIFE - THAT IT IS TO YOU, TO DO SO!!!!  DO THIS IN
REMEMBRANCE OF ME."

J, it is not possible that I could have a Greater
Reward than the one I have, experience, Live...every
second, every breath, these last 13 years or so of total Devotion to the Path,
Service, from the Soul, in Solidarity with my Global Neediest Family.

Believe me, more Joy is not possible. Impossible.

Except, I'd trade it all for an infinite number of infinite life sentences
in a fictitious or Real, Hell on Earth, to Save our next 200 billion children from
the Hell on Earth we're NEEDLESSLY casting them into. 

J, M, rest in peace that Jehovah HAS Blest me, Infinitely, every breath for 13 years now.

And with different words and understandings, I have the sense and Joy that SheHeIt
is Blessing you two with some of the same, and I'm sooooooo boundlessly Happy about that.

With Boundless Love, and Wonder at you, Loving

ps:  Young Scott Montgomery (search my blog) is a Glorious Soul, giving his body
and blood for the neediest in Africa.  He told me recently of a young co-worker who was dying
because he was a JW and unable therefore to accept a transfusion.  Huh?  No, this is
anti-Christ, anti- the Spirit of Loving.  This is Not the Will of Jehovah. This is the Will of Man,
the creation of man."

4.18.2013

***** EXAMINER: Activists conducts hunger strike on steps of American Petroleum Institute (Photos)

  Follow Brian: http://www.1future.net/

Brian Eister, a prominent Washington DC activist is halfway through a 30 day hunger strike on the steps of the American Petroleum Institute (API).

Eister has 10 years of experience in activism starting with his opposition to the US invasion of Iraq. Over the years he has worked with John Kerry's presidential campaign, the League of Conservation Voters, the Green Party, Public Citizen and was a visible figure during OccupyDC from October 2011 until the camp was raided and evicted on February 4, 2012....

http://www.examiner.com/article/activists-conducts-hunger-strike-on-steps-of-american-petroleum-institute

4.08.2013

nd 'My dad would take any student, provided they desperately wanted to learn. Skills, aptitude, intellect, money... irrelevant to him. If they were desperate to learn, he would teach them. But no one else did he take. My dad, the most courageous, fearless, relentless person, was arguably the greatest piano teacher of his age, a TV show, teachers coming from around the country to learn his methods, buy his materials.

nd 'My dad would take any student, provided they desperately wanted to learn. Skills, aptitude, intellect, money... irrelevant to him. If they were desperate to learn, he would teach them. But no one else did he take.  My dad, the most courageous, fearless, relentless person,  was arguably the greatest piano teacher of his age, a TV show, teachers coming from around the country to learn his methods, buy his materials.

3.26.2013

***** nd 'Jesus' Teaching: REVOLUTION, NOW, OR DIE. 'Come out,' of the practices of a sick society, He told us; STOP PARTICIPATING, STOP SINNING, NOW. STOP. He did NOT call us to Reform, Gradualism, to 'do our best....' To my surprise, I'm finding myself certain this is what He died to tell us, and we've been working, as slowly, as grudgingly, as possible, at 'evolution' ever since. And now our Sin in this will be visited on the 700th generation.' Loving

***** nd 'Jesus' Teaching: REVOLUTION, NOW, OR DIE. 'Come out,' of the practices of a sick society, He told us; STOP PARTICIPATING, STOP SINNING, NOW.  STOP.  He did NOT call us to Reform,  Gradualism, to 'do our best....' To my surprise, I'm finding myself certain this is what He died to tell us, and we've been working, as slowly, as grudgingly, as possible, at 'evolution' ever since. And now our Sin in this will be visited on the 700th generation.' Loving

2.17.2013

nd 'Throughout History, Few if Any Heroes of Loving have emerged before Completely Separating Themselves from the 'normal,' Godless, Affloholic, Toxic Waste cultural environment, including 'friends,' 'family....' Historical Fact.' Loving informed by "The Ways and Power of Love," Sorokin

nd 'Throughout History, Few if Any Heroes of Loving have emerged before Completely Separating Themselves from the 'normal,' Godless, Affloholic, Toxic Waste cultural environment, including 'friends,' 'family....'  Historical Fact.'  Loving informed by "The Ways and Power of Love," Sorokin