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1.22.2011
"TRAGICALLY, NO ONE ALIVE CAN SPEAK FOR ME..." SL (MORE...)
What if I died, and some were curious to know Truly, who I was?
Tragically, no one alive can speak for me. I have yearned for that,
to be with another, others, that are so far down the Path, so firmly
on the Path, because there is only one path, Pure Heart, Pure
Humanity, that we could finish each other's thoughts, sentences,
and be a skunk works working out infinitely more rapidly what
it is to be Humane, Universally Loving, in this world; before it is
too late; unless it is too late already.
Tragically, no one alive can speak for me. I have yearned for that,
to be with another, others, that are so far down the Path, so firmly
on the Path, because there is only one path, Pure Heart, Pure
Humanity, that we could finish each other's thoughts, sentences,
and be a skunk works working out infinitely more rapidly what
it is to be Humane, Universally Loving, in this world; before it is
too late; unless it is too late already.
But I can speak for me, and do:
Start Loving interviews
And one would think, that in a city filled with "peace activists,"
so called, both resident and transient, that there would be many
who could speak for me. But there are NONE. In fact, most
so called 'peace activists' that are acquainted with me are the
last who can speak for me, or in Truth, of me, as the Scribes
and Pharisees 'knew' Jesus well, but in deed knew him less than
any; and out of their hatred and jealousy (un self-recognized)
could speak nothing but lies, misunderstandings and slander.
More in a moment.
There are those who are dead that can speak for me - Lincoln,
Rachel Corrie, Hans Jaggerstatter, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jesus (His
life and words; NOT the Fatally Perverted Church),
MLK Jr, Gandhi, Romero, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dave Dellinger, and
their ilk. Albert Adler can speak of me extremely well, and quite
well Abe Maslow and probably Viktor Frankl.
Alive there are a few that can speak knowledgeably, intelligently OF
me especially Diane Wilson, but to some degree also Col. Ann
Wright, Fr. Louis Vitalle, Beverly Austin, Lizzie Arizona Hourican;
and even possibly Sr. Margaret McKenna and Kathy Kelly. Julie
and Steve to an extremely limited degree; and also Joe, my JW
friend from Canada.
And one would think, that in a city filled with "peace activists,"
so called, both resident and transient, that there would be many
who could speak for me. But there are NONE. In fact, most
so called 'peace activists' that are acquainted with me are the
last who can speak for me, or in Truth, of me, as the Scribes
and Pharisees 'knew' Jesus well, but in deed knew him less than
any; and out of their hatred and jealousy (un self-recognized)
could speak nothing but lies, misunderstandings and slander.
More in a moment.
There are those who are dead that can speak for me - Lincoln,
Rachel Corrie, Hans Jaggerstatter, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jesus (His
life and words; NOT the Fatally Perverted Church),
MLK Jr, Gandhi, Romero, Eleanor Roosevelt, Dave Dellinger, and
their ilk. Albert Adler can speak of me extremely well, and quite
well Abe Maslow and probably Viktor Frankl.
Alive there are a few that can speak knowledgeably, intelligently OF
me especially Diane Wilson, but to some degree also Col. Ann
Wright, Fr. Louis Vitalle, Beverly Austin, Lizzie Arizona Hourican;
and even possibly Sr. Margaret McKenna and Kathy Kelly. Julie
and Steve to an extremely limited degree; and also Joe, my JW
friend from Canada.
Amusingly, those that can best speak of me include Secret Service
officers Elzie (sp?), Kevin, Chris and Tony (now at State Dept.)
Not any more than the Scribes and Pharisees who watched Him so
carefully would have had either the insight or Truthfulness to speak
of Jesus in a way that was True, so those that have been
physically in proximity to me closely these recent years are the
LAST IN THE WORLD who can speak for or of me - Most especially
last in the world - J. Marx (aka Tom Buchanan, David Drumlin, Skimpole),
followed by Elijah, and sadly, even my Beloved Ellen.
Not any more than the Scribes and Pharisees who watched Him so
carefully would have had either the insight or Truthfulness to speak
of Jesus in a way that was True, so those that have been
physically in proximity to me closely these recent years are the
LAST IN THE WORLD who can speak for or of me - Most especially
last in the world - J. Marx (aka Tom Buchanan, David Drumlin, Skimpole),
followed by Elijah, and sadly, even my Beloved Ellen.
9.15.2010
"Every Neediest-Centered second IS Peace Making; every Self-Centered Second - Peace Breaking / War Making." SL
"Every Neediest-Centered second IS Peace Making;
every Self-Centered Second - Peace Breaking / War Making." SL
Speaking about WWII: "Few people chose war. They
chose Selfishness, and the result was war." David Dellinger
every Self-Centered Second - Peace Breaking / War Making." SL
Speaking about WWII: "Few people chose war. They
chose Selfishness, and the result was war." David Dellinger
3.30.2010
"Deadly Peace Activist Error: Focus on Symptoms (weapons) not Cause (non-devotion to the needy)." SL
"Deadly Peace Activist Error:
Focus on Symptoms (weapons) not Cause (non-devotion to the needy)." SL
"Few people chose war (WWII). They chose SELFISHNESS
and the result was war." David Dellinger
The above struck me when I was reading Isaiah this morning - the part about
turning "swords into plowshares." THIS IS WRONG - INCORRECT -
SUBOPTIMAL AS A FOCUS. Oh sure, if your loved one is burning up
from fever, get their temperature down - turn swords into.... BUT YOU BETTER TREAT THE
ROOT CAUSE, OR THEY'LL DIE.
Lovelessness is the root cause. YOUR DEVOTION TO THE NEEDY IN OUR GLOBAL FAMILY -
THE ONLY CURE.
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES - WILL ONLY COME ABOUT THIS WAY.
Focus on Symptoms (weapons) not Cause (non-devotion to the needy)." SL
"Few people chose war (WWII). They chose SELFISHNESS
and the result was war." David Dellinger
The above struck me when I was reading Isaiah this morning - the part about
turning "swords into plowshares." THIS IS WRONG - INCORRECT -
SUBOPTIMAL AS A FOCUS. Oh sure, if your loved one is burning up
from fever, get their temperature down - turn swords into.... BUT YOU BETTER TREAT THE
ROOT CAUSE, OR THEY'LL DIE.
Lovelessness is the root cause. YOUR DEVOTION TO THE NEEDY IN OUR GLOBAL FAMILY -
THE ONLY CURE.
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES - WILL ONLY COME ABOUT THIS WAY.
2.01.2010
"'Peace Activist,' like 'Friend, 'Surgeon,' 'Pilot...' means NOTHING self-declared." SL
"'Peace Activist,' like 'Friend, 'Surgeon,' 'Christian,' 'Pilot...'
means NOTHING (or Death) self-declared.
Character, Competence, COMMITMENT,
SECOND BY SECOND PERFORMANCE / BEHAVIOR...
IS WHERE WE MUST LOOK FOR THE TRUTH OF SUCH WORDS.
'Anyone can be great, because anyone can Serve.' MLK Jr.
'The least among you shall be the Greatest.' Jesus
Thomas. Gandhi. MLK Jr. Dave Dellinger. Phil Berrigan.
Col. Ann Wright. Mandela. Diane Wilson. Rodolfo Macias.
Liz Hourican. ClimateGroundZero...." SL
means NOTHING (or Death) self-declared.
Character, Competence, COMMITMENT,
SECOND BY SECOND PERFORMANCE / BEHAVIOR...
IS WHERE WE MUST LOOK FOR THE TRUTH OF SUCH WORDS.
'Anyone can be great, because anyone can Serve.' MLK Jr.
'The least among you shall be the Greatest.' Jesus
Thomas. Gandhi. MLK Jr. Dave Dellinger. Phil Berrigan.
Col. Ann Wright. Mandela. Diane Wilson. Rodolfo Macias.
Liz Hourican. ClimateGroundZero...." SL
1.31.2010
"The ONLY essentials for the Peace Maker: Solitude, Space, Rest." SL
"The ONLY essentials for the Peace Maker:
Solitude, "Space," and Rest.
A mark of the Peace Maker -
They will pay any personal price for
Solitude ("space") and Rest,
the only essentials of their Work.
It is widely known that Prison time,
Solitude, Space, Rest -
was ESSENTIAL
to the Development of Powers of
Mandela, Gandhi, ML King Jr, Dellinger,
Wilson, Fr. Louis, Dan Berrigan, Phil Berrigan ...." SL
Solitude, "Space," and Rest.
A mark of the Peace Maker -
They will pay any personal price for
Solitude ("space") and Rest,
the only essentials of their Work.
It is widely known that Prison time,
Solitude, Space, Rest -
was ESSENTIAL
to the Development of Powers of
Mandela, Gandhi, ML King Jr, Dellinger,
Wilson, Fr. Louis, Dan Berrigan, Phil Berrigan ...." SL
1.10.2010
"War IS the answer - War of Mass Construction. The Killing continues till then." SL
"War IS the answer -
War of Mass Construction.
The Killing continues till then." SL
EVERY TIC TIC TIC of the second hand
you and I lose a young son or daughter
to easily preventable causes of poverty.
You think the poor don't hate us for that?
I would, wouldn't you? 28 mil. needlessy/yr.
We westerners live as though we are here
for our own pleasure and so are the global resources.
Buxx Shxx!
We exist for the least of these, and instead we
keep our heel tightly clamped on their air hose. Our
endless pleasures, and their pursuit are the cause of war.
"Few people chose war. We chose selfishness and the RESULT
was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose total
love [War of Mass Construction], or total war." David Dellinger 1915-2004,
his famous essay being "Declaration of War," from "Revolutionary Nonviolence."
War of Mass Construction.
The Killing continues till then." SL
EVERY TIC TIC TIC of the second hand
you and I lose a young son or daughter
to easily preventable causes of poverty.
You think the poor don't hate us for that?
I would, wouldn't you? 28 mil. needlessy/yr.
We westerners live as though we are here
for our own pleasure and so are the global resources.
Buxx Shxx!
We exist for the least of these, and instead we
keep our heel tightly clamped on their air hose. Our
endless pleasures, and their pursuit are the cause of war.
"Few people chose war. We chose selfishness and the RESULT
was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose total
love [War of Mass Construction], or total war." David Dellinger 1915-2004,
his famous essay being "Declaration of War," from "Revolutionary Nonviolence."
1.06.2010
My Goodness! "Peace Work IS 1. Being, 2. Establishing, 3. Building the "New Normal."
[NOTE: This is among my most difficult, most important insights.]
With the current "Normal" - Killing, Bloodshed, Exploitation, Environmental
Destruction are NORMAL, TO BE EXPECTED, THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF
OUR "NORMAL" WAY OF BEING - I MEAN, OUR "SELFISH" WAY OF BEING.
"Few people chose war. They chose SELFISHNESS and the result
was war." David Dellinger.
Note: Regarding the following, reflect on our major movements toward
Peace, Humanity, Health - Civil Rights, Suffrage, Anti-Apartheid, EARLY
Christianity... and you may see the usefulness of the following framework
of understanding.
"Example is not the major thing in influencing people. It is the only
thing." Albert Schweitzer.
Peace Work, or in "religious" terms, Saving folks and societies, is:
1. Being the "Change," the New Normal, that is, the Universal Love
incarnate we need to see in the world.
2. Establishing the New Normal: By virtue of Being the
New Normal, SOME ONLOOKERS MAY "SEE" THAT THEY
ARE NOT NORMAL, NOT "HEALTHY," NOT THE "NEW NORMAL," AND
WISH TO BE "HEALED," TO BECOME "HEALTHY" TOO. Peace Work,
Saving involves explicitly facilitating this awakening to the new normal.
KEY: Folks don't Change unless they "see" that they are Not Normal,
"Un-Healthy," Un-Human..." in whatever terms [again, think civil rights,
suffrage, early Christianity, anti-apartheid....] This stage of the
process involves the establishment of a critical mass, as small as that
may be - a nucleus of those that have become the "New Normal," the
change we need to see; the EMBODIMENT of the New Normal, the
New Way of Being Human.
3. Building the New Normal using 1 and 2 above as the foundation
and template, using new "institutions" to proliferate the New Normal
WHILE avoiding the almost inevitable, ENTIRELY FATAL step of
Institutional-IZING the New Normal - which is certain Death, and
certain STRENGTHEN the Old Normal - that has us on the edge of
destroying what Civilization there is, once and for all.
SL
With the current "Normal" - Killing, Bloodshed, Exploitation, Environmental
Destruction are NORMAL, TO BE EXPECTED, THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF
OUR "NORMAL" WAY OF BEING - I MEAN, OUR "SELFISH" WAY OF BEING.
"Few people chose war. They chose SELFISHNESS and the result
was war." David Dellinger.
Note: Regarding the following, reflect on our major movements toward
Peace, Humanity, Health - Civil Rights, Suffrage, Anti-Apartheid, EARLY
Christianity... and you may see the usefulness of the following framework
of understanding.
"Example is not the major thing in influencing people. It is the only
thing." Albert Schweitzer.
Peace Work, or in "religious" terms, Saving folks and societies, is:
1. Being the "Change," the New Normal, that is, the Universal Love
incarnate we need to see in the world.
2. Establishing the New Normal: By virtue of Being the
New Normal, SOME ONLOOKERS MAY "SEE" THAT THEY
ARE NOT NORMAL, NOT "HEALTHY," NOT THE "NEW NORMAL," AND
WISH TO BE "HEALED," TO BECOME "HEALTHY" TOO. Peace Work,
Saving involves explicitly facilitating this awakening to the new normal.
KEY: Folks don't Change unless they "see" that they are Not Normal,
"Un-Healthy," Un-Human..." in whatever terms [again, think civil rights,
suffrage, early Christianity, anti-apartheid....] This stage of the
process involves the establishment of a critical mass, as small as that
may be - a nucleus of those that have become the "New Normal," the
change we need to see; the EMBODIMENT of the New Normal, the
New Way of Being Human.
3. Building the New Normal using 1 and 2 above as the foundation
and template, using new "institutions" to proliferate the New Normal
WHILE avoiding the almost inevitable, ENTIRELY FATAL step of
Institutional-IZING the New Normal - which is certain Death, and
certain STRENGTHEN the Old Normal - that has us on the edge of
destroying what Civilization there is, once and for all.
SL
12.05.2009
A few want to help. MOST want to help-themselves. SL
"Few chose war. They chose selfishness, and the result was war."
David Dellinger
A few want to "help." MOST want to "help-themselves." SL :-(
David Dellinger
A few want to "help." MOST want to "help-themselves." SL :-(
4.12.2009
The Ultimate Threat - Hypocrisy's (Chronic, Ongoing Dissonance between Word and Behavior) dual, ultimate malignancy / violence / destructiveness of Victim(s) AND Perpetrator.
[I received this portion of my Easter gift this morning. Please let me share.]
What most in all the world horrified Jesus, Gandhi's #1 Hero, was Hypocrisy. Here is why:
But far more destructive is Bill Clinton.
The Ultimate Perpetrator - The CHURCH. This brings us to the ultimate toxin, the ultimate Perpetrator of Hypocrisy - the Church of Love - whose "Priests" bless aircraft carriers, sanction war, protect pedophiles, HATE queers, HATE "Free Choice" and those that support it, Torture the Poor with Over Population, love the poor while bleeding them to death of their resources for their own big houses, fine robes, elegant buildings, support of the rich....
Remember the story about Gandhi? A mother came to Gandhi with her child, having walked for many, many, many miles. ' Gandhi, will you please tell my child to stop eating sugar?' 'Hmmmm, please bring your child back to me next month.' Frustrated, the mother agreed to do so. She returned with her child that next month, and to her distress received the same answer, and then again the 3rd time the same thing happened a month later still. On the fourth visit Gandhi said to the child, 'You must stop eating sugar.' Well the mother was both delighted and enraged! 'Gandhi, why didn't you say this the first time? This would have saved me all the enormous time we spent traveling?!?!?!' 'I couldn't say this to your child until now, because I was still eating sugar myself.'
The Ultimate Threat - Hypocrisy's (Chronic, Ongoing Dissonance between Word and Behavior) dual, ultimate malignancy / violence / destruction of Victim(s) AND Perpetrator.
Good News!!!!!! Diagnosis is 99% of the way toward cure!
Happy Easter!
What most in all the world horrified Jesus, Gandhi's #1 Hero, was Hypocrisy. Here is why:
- The most toxic, damaging, destructive force on the mind is the "double bind," that is, being subject to an environment where WORDS express one thing and ACTIONS another. Among the only concepts upon which psychologists agree is this concept of double bind, and its preeminent destructive consequence. This, by other words, is the word and its impact - Hypocrisy.
- Sustained and or extreme exposure to Hypocrisy DESTROYS, DESTROYS, DESTROYSthe all important cognitive function of Conscience / Soul / Moral Navigation / Heart / Sociality / Community / PeaceMaking / Love. "My daughter, the reason I am raping you is because I Love you." Hypocrisy thereby amputates Humanity - the ULTIMATE VIOLENCE.
- Hypocrisy quite literally burns out these circuits of Life, Love, Compassion, Joy, Humanity, Peace, Conscience, Truth.
- The dual, ultimate malignancy of Hypocrisy (Chronic, Sustained Dissonance between Word and Behavior) lies in the fact that Hypocrisy destroys the Conscience / Soul / Moral Navigation / Heart of BOTH the Perpetrator AND the Victim (s) (those in the environment upon which the Hypocrisy is imposed).
- AND THEREBY HYPOCRISY DESTROYS ALL KNOWLEDGE OF MORALITY / MENTAL HEALTH / SOCIETAL HEALTH... BY DESTROYING FOREVER THE PROPER DEFINITIONS OF ALL RELATED CONCEPTS (Orwell's dreaded DoubleSpeak)! "My daughter, the reason I am raping you is because I Love you." The meaning of the word "Love" is forever destroyed, is forever PERVERTED in both the Perpetrator and Victim(s).
But far more destructive is Bill Clinton.
- Why more destructive than even W, Cheney the Repugs...? Because of his extraordinary social skills, "Teflon," "Stealth," that multiply his ability to DEEPLY penetrate and destroy the very capacity for Humanity many, many, many fold beyond what the social cripples W, Cheney or Repugs, or risk-nothing Dems ever could do.
- 'Ohhhhh, I care for people so much,' as he, Clinton, sanctioned the Genocide in East Timor, and sat and did nothing to stop the genocide in Rwanda lying that he knew nothing; deceitfully perpetrated the bombing of East Europe for oil while claiming it was for social reasons, starved 500,000 Iraqi CHILDREN for their oil; destroyed the of Hope and Life Support among Poor / Middle Class Americans and Billions in the Third world with his expansion of NAFTA (Mexico) and Free Trade more broadly; destruction of Social Support for moms on Welfare who themselves are society's victims; destruction of the US economy by de-regulating Wall Street.... There is a specail place in Hell for this man.
The Ultimate Perpetrator - The CHURCH. This brings us to the ultimate toxin, the ultimate Perpetrator of Hypocrisy - the Church of Love - whose "Priests" bless aircraft carriers, sanction war, protect pedophiles, HATE queers, HATE "Free Choice" and those that support it, Torture the Poor with Over Population, love the poor while bleeding them to death of their resources for their own big houses, fine robes, elegant buildings, support of the rich....
Remember the story about Gandhi? A mother came to Gandhi with her child, having walked for many, many, many miles. ' Gandhi, will you please tell my child to stop eating sugar?' 'Hmmmm, please bring your child back to me next month.' Frustrated, the mother agreed to do so. She returned with her child that next month, and to her distress received the same answer, and then again the 3rd time the same thing happened a month later still. On the fourth visit Gandhi said to the child, 'You must stop eating sugar.' Well the mother was both delighted and enraged! 'Gandhi, why didn't you say this the first time? This would have saved me all the enormous time we spent traveling?!?!?!' 'I couldn't say this to your child until now, because I was still eating sugar myself.'
The Ultimate Threat - Hypocrisy's (Chronic, Ongoing Dissonance between Word and Behavior) dual, ultimate malignancy / violence / destruction of Victim(s) AND Perpetrator.
Good News!!!!!! Diagnosis is 99% of the way toward cure!
Happy Easter!
4.07.2009
Jesus, King, Gandhi, Romero, Teresa, Eleanor... accepted Start in their Foxhole tonight
My prayer life has been practically nil for months now. Why? The final battle for Humanity is so pitched, on so many fronts - Climate Disaster, Democracy, 28 Yr Vigil (dual shifts like Thomas endured all those years), Washington Peace House Integrity, War-De-funding, Connie, Nuclear Arms Reduction, Gaza/Palestine... there has not been time to Pray; just to be a Prayer. Secondarily, Prayer is NEVER the end, but the means, the means to become the "change we need to be" (Gandhi), to become the "pencil in the hand of God," (Teresa) and my sense is that I've been good enough on these fronts these last months that it was wrong for me to indulge in further Prayer at the expense of using every moment to Wage all out Love at thise most crucial of all years in the History of the world.
But tonight I couldn't sleep, my body is not yet adjusted to my morning and evening shifts at the 28 Year Vigil, so I had some time for one of my few Prayer techniques - to put myself, to Imagine myself, in the company of Jesus, King, Gandhi, Romero, Teresa, Eleanor, Dellinger, Joan... and to examine their reaction to my being there, for whatever guidance, positive or negative, that this will yield me regarding "how am I doing?"
Well, tonight as I came to them there was no applause, no high-fives, no warm cheers, no warm "Family" embrace... and I want this from them, very much. But I'm not worthy of this. Yet.
But they were in the midst of this desperate, to the death, final battle for Humanity. And they were entirely accepting of me joining them in the fight. I take this as acceptance enough, for now; affirmation enough, for now.
Remember the final battle of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? All our (s)heroes are encircled by a totally overwhelming hoard of Evil, remember? That is the circumstance in which tonight I found Jesus, King, Gandhi, Romero, Teresa, Eleanor.... And their reaction told me that they felt that I belonged along side them in this fight. I was sufficiently worthy for that.
This is good.
But tonight I couldn't sleep, my body is not yet adjusted to my morning and evening shifts at the 28 Year Vigil, so I had some time for one of my few Prayer techniques - to put myself, to Imagine myself, in the company of Jesus, King, Gandhi, Romero, Teresa, Eleanor, Dellinger, Joan... and to examine their reaction to my being there, for whatever guidance, positive or negative, that this will yield me regarding "how am I doing?"
Well, tonight as I came to them there was no applause, no high-fives, no warm cheers, no warm "Family" embrace... and I want this from them, very much. But I'm not worthy of this. Yet.
But they were in the midst of this desperate, to the death, final battle for Humanity. And they were entirely accepting of me joining them in the fight. I take this as acceptance enough, for now; affirmation enough, for now.
Remember the final battle of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? All our (s)heroes are encircled by a totally overwhelming hoard of Evil, remember? That is the circumstance in which tonight I found Jesus, King, Gandhi, Romero, Teresa, Eleanor.... And their reaction told me that they felt that I belonged along side them in this fight. I was sufficiently worthy for that.
This is good.
1.12.2009
PRESS RELEASE: ACKNOWLEDGING FAILURE DAY #25, HUNGER STRIKER ESCALATES CAMPAIGN BY ENDING FLUID INTAKE
January 12, 2009
Washington, DC, corner Independence and NJ Ave, NW Corner Cannon House Office Building
Press Contact: start_loving@yahoo.com
""A nation that year after year spends more money on the military than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death," said Dr. King and they killed him one year later to the day", said Start Loving. "That was 41 years ago. We are not "approaching" Spiritual Death anymore - we're facing actual death - global civilization collapse."
"Yes, I've done my best so far in this Hunger Strike but I've failed my human family. We've only got until the finalization of the Stimulus Package 20 days or so from now to end the terminal threat to America, and the world - the $1 trillion annual Entitlement Program paid out to the Military Industrial complex in the U.S.," says Start Loving from his 24 hour per day Occupation on the Hill. "Despite the miracle of international activist Diane Wilson ( http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/unreasonablewoman) joining the Hunger Strike on Saturday, I've failed to mobilize our few, sheroic activists within the likes of Code Pink, Proposition One, the Washington Peace Center and WILPF to a take-no-prisoners lobby campaign on the Hill demanding nothing less than an immediate $200 billion dollar shift from WarMaking to non-DOD PeaceBuilding as called for in Lester Brown's "Plan B 3.0" ( http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/index.htm ).
Loving acknowledges some heart wrenching choices his demand calls for among the great activists, and the Progressive community more broadly. "I too have yearned, for example, for years to give my life to help save our Palestine family, and to save Israel and the world from the Zionists. I've joyfully gone to jail protesting Guantanamo. But these are symptoms of a cause - a $1 trillion U.S. military budget - and the symptoms will never ever be stopped or healed as long as the cause, that $1 trillion budget remains." Loving contends that as laid out in detail in the Cut War Fund Peace $200B Fast Campaign Outline (here http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2009/01/campaign-on-one-page.html ) and as irrefutably laid out in "Plan B 3.0" Mother Nature, not we, dictate that it is now or never, January 2009 or never, to reallocate funds from death and destruction to life and construction. The 39' rise in sea level and continued doubling of failed states / terrorist hotbeds will simply overwhelm civilization leading to worldwide collapse, Loving contends. "Or do we continue to ignore our scientists, the CIA, British Military Intelligence, and Martin Luther King, Jr?" Loving asks?
"Who, if they saw this clearly, would not happily sacrifice their life attempting to get the attention, and I pray, the sheroic response of their fellows to such a calamity?" Loving asks. Loving will stay off of all fluids until either he is convinced of the folly of the Cut War Fund Peace $200B Fast Campaign Outline (here http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2009/01/campaign-on-one-page.html ) or he sees a core of sheroic activists executing along the lines for which it calls.
Loving acknowledges that few people will understand or support or agree with his action. "We have never well understood nonviolence (putting your own life on the line to protect the other, refusing to threaten the life of another in doing so) in this country, and certainly not since the 1960's. We admire the likes of King and Gandhi, Phil Berrigan, Barbara Demming and David Dellinger, but we don't follow them. But we still have a hand full of true activists, and they might understand, and respond constructively to my action. Did you know that the cause of Dr. King finally speaking out against the war in Vietnam was the self immolation of Buddhist priests in Vietnam?"
Loving notes that the risk of arrest for him goes up dramatically now because he no longer has the strength to move his Occupation on the Hill to the slightly out of the way corner where he sits up all night. "I'll have to remain on the totally visible Capitol side of Independence and there is a Hispanic Captain that is visibly fearful of taking heat for how that might appear," says Loving. Loving says he will remain abstaining from food and water whether in jail or out.
Washington, DC, corner Independence and NJ Ave, NW Corner Cannon House Office Building
Press Contact: start_loving@yahoo.com
""A nation that year after year spends more money on the military than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death," said Dr. King and they killed him one year later to the day", said Start Loving. "That was 41 years ago. We are not "approaching" Spiritual Death anymore - we're facing actual death - global civilization collapse."
"Yes, I've done my best so far in this Hunger Strike but I've failed my human family. We've only got until the finalization of the Stimulus Package 20 days or so from now to end the terminal threat to America, and the world - the $1 trillion annual Entitlement Program paid out to the Military Industrial complex in the U.S.," says Start Loving from his 24 hour per day Occupation on the Hill. "Despite the miracle of international activist Diane Wilson ( http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/unreasonablewoman) joining the Hunger Strike on Saturday, I've failed to mobilize our few, sheroic activists within the likes of Code Pink, Proposition One, the Washington Peace Center and WILPF to a take-no-prisoners lobby campaign on the Hill demanding nothing less than an immediate $200 billion dollar shift from WarMaking to non-DOD PeaceBuilding as called for in Lester Brown's "Plan B 3.0" ( http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/index.htm ).
Loving acknowledges some heart wrenching choices his demand calls for among the great activists, and the Progressive community more broadly. "I too have yearned, for example, for years to give my life to help save our Palestine family, and to save Israel and the world from the Zionists. I've joyfully gone to jail protesting Guantanamo. But these are symptoms of a cause - a $1 trillion U.S. military budget - and the symptoms will never ever be stopped or healed as long as the cause, that $1 trillion budget remains." Loving contends that as laid out in detail in the Cut War Fund Peace $200B Fast Campaign Outline (here http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2009/01/campaign-on-one-page.html ) and as irrefutably laid out in "Plan B 3.0" Mother Nature, not we, dictate that it is now or never, January 2009 or never, to reallocate funds from death and destruction to life and construction. The 39' rise in sea level and continued doubling of failed states / terrorist hotbeds will simply overwhelm civilization leading to worldwide collapse, Loving contends. "Or do we continue to ignore our scientists, the CIA, British Military Intelligence, and Martin Luther King, Jr?" Loving asks?
"Who, if they saw this clearly, would not happily sacrifice their life attempting to get the attention, and I pray, the sheroic response of their fellows to such a calamity?" Loving asks. Loving will stay off of all fluids until either he is convinced of the folly of the Cut War Fund Peace $200B Fast Campaign Outline (here http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2009/01/campaign-on-one-page.html ) or he sees a core of sheroic activists executing along the lines for which it calls.
Loving acknowledges that few people will understand or support or agree with his action. "We have never well understood nonviolence (putting your own life on the line to protect the other, refusing to threaten the life of another in doing so) in this country, and certainly not since the 1960's. We admire the likes of King and Gandhi, Phil Berrigan, Barbara Demming and David Dellinger, but we don't follow them. But we still have a hand full of true activists, and they might understand, and respond constructively to my action. Did you know that the cause of Dr. King finally speaking out against the war in Vietnam was the self immolation of Buddhist priests in Vietnam?"
Loving notes that the risk of arrest for him goes up dramatically now because he no longer has the strength to move his Occupation on the Hill to the slightly out of the way corner where he sits up all night. "I'll have to remain on the totally visible Capitol side of Independence and there is a Hispanic Captain that is visibly fearful of taking heat for how that might appear," says Loving. Loving says he will remain abstaining from food and water whether in jail or out.
3.28.2008
GOD: THAT WHICH WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY
TRUE psychology/ecology/physics... are God.
You know, what Gandhi said, "God is Love, Life, Truth." (Truth being for Gandhi ENTIRELY that which is best for Humanity.)
What Teresa said, "God is Love, God is Love, God is Love." (Love being that which is THE counter to ENTROPY.)
WE MUST NOT DISPENSE WITH THIS CORRECT NOTION OF GOD!
WE MUST NOT WASTE TIME WITH THE PREVAILING GARBAGE PREACHED ABOUT GOD!
David Dellinger (paraphrase): 'In the time of Jesus, the Hebrew for God was - the Almighty Power WE ALL EXPERIENCE, AND THAT NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO NAME."
God = LOVE, LIFE, TRUTH, which within each human being is distilled as their DNA given, nervous system complex that we call our HUMANITY (as opposed to Inhumanity / Unhumanity and not to be confused with humanness.
God, the Almighty is the laws of the universe that we have relentlessly violated to bring ourselves to the edge of global holocaust.
God is the laws of the universe that we must come into alignment with now, and Save Humanity.
You know, what Gandhi said, "God is Love, Life, Truth." (Truth being for Gandhi ENTIRELY that which is best for Humanity.)
What Teresa said, "God is Love, God is Love, God is Love." (Love being that which is THE counter to ENTROPY.)
WE MUST NOT DISPENSE WITH THIS CORRECT NOTION OF GOD!
WE MUST NOT WASTE TIME WITH THE PREVAILING GARBAGE PREACHED ABOUT GOD!
David Dellinger (paraphrase): 'In the time of Jesus, the Hebrew for God was - the Almighty Power WE ALL EXPERIENCE, AND THAT NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO NAME."
God = LOVE, LIFE, TRUTH, which within each human being is distilled as their DNA given, nervous system complex that we call our HUMANITY (as opposed to Inhumanity / Unhumanity and not to be confused with humanness.
God, the Almighty is the laws of the universe that we have relentlessly violated to bring ourselves to the edge of global holocaust.
God is the laws of the universe that we must come into alignment with now, and Save Humanity.
}}}}}}} CHOOSE SELFISHNESS AND YOU CHOOSE TO LEAVE GOD {{{{{{{
(from an early February email)
Hey brother.
"Nobody chose war; they chose selfishness and the result was war." Dave Dellinger
This phrase has been playing around in my mind constantly for the last week or so, and it was an extreme lightning bolt of illumination for me a year or so ago when I read it in Dellinger's "Radical Nonviolence" which is in your audio collection. Do you see the implications? 'Nobody chose war / prostitution / divorce / rape / murder / vehicular homicide / environmental destruction / disturbing the peace / fascism / depleted uranium / ACTIVIST-IMPOTENCE - collusion... THEY CHOSE SELFISHNESS AND THE RESULT WAS (SEE ABOVE).
The phrase has been in my mind as I've worked these endless, lonely weeks on the project for you as my life-long struggle with addiction to (online) pornography arose. Also in my mind as I've struggled, more successfully than ever (so far) with my addiction, is something new. "Start, YES you want to indulge in the addiction, with practically every ounce of strength that you have. BUT THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION. The question is, do you want to leave the realm of hopefulness / helpfulness / Life / Goodness / Love / HOPE / GOD for the time it will take to indulge your addiction, your SELFISHNESS?' Brother, I've never had this last "question", this CHOICE in mind before; I've never seen it; and it has been a Salvation for me. For entirely selfish reasons, now that I have SEEN the choice I have had encouraging new levels of success (complete) against my addiction. YES I want to indulge in pornography. NO I don't want to leave the realm of Goodness / Godness that is available for me to inhabit. I never saw that this is what I was choosing - to leave Life / Goodness / Hope / Potential... for my addiction, for my selfishness. I'm finding that if when the temptation arises I BRING THIS CHOICE CONSCIOUSLY TO MY MIND, to ask my self, "Start, do you want to leave Goodness?," it causes me, if FORCES me to make much more Joyful decisions.
Your Loving brother, Start
Hey brother.
"Nobody chose war; they chose selfishness and the result was war." Dave Dellinger
This phrase has been playing around in my mind constantly for the last week or so, and it was an extreme lightning bolt of illumination for me a year or so ago when I read it in Dellinger's "Radical Nonviolence" which is in your audio collection. Do you see the implications? 'Nobody chose war / prostitution / divorce / rape / murder / vehicular homicide / environmental destruction / disturbing the peace / fascism / depleted uranium / ACTIVIST-IMPOTENCE - collusion... THEY CHOSE SELFISHNESS AND THE RESULT WAS (SEE ABOVE).
The phrase has been in my mind as I've worked these endless, lonely weeks on the project for you as my life-long struggle with addiction to (online) pornography arose. Also in my mind as I've struggled, more successfully than ever (so far) with my addiction, is something new. "Start, YES you want to indulge in the addiction, with practically every ounce of strength that you have. BUT THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION. The question is, do you want to leave the realm of hopefulness / helpfulness / Life / Goodness / Love / HOPE / GOD for the time it will take to indulge your addiction, your SELFISHNESS?' Brother, I've never had this last "question", this CHOICE in mind before; I've never seen it; and it has been a Salvation for me. For entirely selfish reasons, now that I have SEEN the choice I have had encouraging new levels of success (complete) against my addiction. YES I want to indulge in pornography. NO I don't want to leave the realm of Goodness / Godness that is available for me to inhabit. I never saw that this is what I was choosing - to leave Life / Goodness / Hope / Potential... for my addiction, for my selfishness. I'm finding that if when the temptation arises I BRING THIS CHOICE CONSCIOUSLY TO MY MIND, to ask my self, "Start, do you want to leave Goodness?," it causes me, if FORCES me to make much more Joyful decisions.
Your Loving brother, Start
9.15.2007
JESUS IS MY HERO, WHO I ADORE. NO MORE. NO LESS.
"I believe in Jesus Christ, but do not believe in circumscribing him within strictly sectarian or theological walls. To me Jesus was something far beyond any individual phenomenon. [Jesus] was Love and Compassion incarnate. We can carry his message to the people by serving them with love, mercy and compassion in our hearts. That message will spread despite you and me, because it is the innermost cry of the human heart."
"Ditto." Start Loving
JESUS IS MY HERO, WHO I ADORE. NO MORE. NO LESS.
My only hero? Oh my God, I have so many - Phil Berrigan, Dave Dellinger, Diane Wilson, Gandhi, King, Bev, Joan of Arc, Rosa Parks, Mandela, young Tim Phiri, Thomas, Connie, Ellen, DIANE, Ann, Gael, Assisi, Eleanor R, Teresa of Calcutta, Col Ann Wright, MR, Buddha, Liz MacAlister, .... and so many others like these.
But Jesus is my greatest hero. Jesus is my greatest Love. Jesus is my greatest example.
Is He God? I don't know, and neither do you. And, like Gandhi, I couldn't care less. He is my brother. He loved us more than anyone ever has. He died to give us the example of how to Live. I want with all of my being to be like Him, for you, for your children, for their children....
9.07.2007
THERE IS A "HIGHER LAW"
If there is any conceivable circumstance in which the most human, law abiding "citizen" could and would disobey "the law," THAT is absolute Proof / Truth that there IS a HIGHER LAW.
The sheer existence of Gandhi, King, Jesus, Lincoln, Buddha, Mandela, Maguire, Diane Wilson, Phil Berrigan, Dave Dellinger, Schweitzer, Bonhoeffer... is ABSOLUTE PROOF OF A HIGHER LAW.
Where is this Higher Law written? It is obvious. In the human heart / nervous system / DNA. And until we are completely inhuman, that Higher Law is what can save us from this Planetary Hell we've created.
The Higher Law is almost synonymous with the psychological complex - Conscience, Heart, Love (Agape), Compassion, Empathy, Wisdom....
The sheer existence of Gandhi, King, Jesus, Lincoln, Buddha, Mandela, Maguire, Diane Wilson, Phil Berrigan, Dave Dellinger, Schweitzer, Bonhoeffer... is ABSOLUTE PROOF OF A HIGHER LAW.
Where is this Higher Law written? It is obvious. In the human heart / nervous system / DNA. And until we are completely inhuman, that Higher Law is what can save us from this Planetary Hell we've created.
The Higher Law is almost synonymous with the psychological complex - Conscience, Heart, Love (Agape), Compassion, Empathy, Wisdom....
"I will admit
but one tyrant in my life;
the Still, Small Voice Within."
but one tyrant in my life;
the Still, Small Voice Within."
Gandhi
9.05.2007
!!!! GOD IS THE LOVING TRUTH OF LIFE !!!!
We will NEVER know more than that.
I have never written a more important post. And as usual, I'm the messenger, not the source. The source? The Hebrew Bible on which the life lived by Jesus, and the Corruption we know today as the Bible and New Testament are based.
Jehovah within the Hebrew Bible of Jesus' time was - the divine forces that we all feel, but will NEVER BE ABLE TO NAME.
ALL WE CAN EVER KNOW ABOUT GOD FOR SURE:
GOD IS:
LOVING-ABSOLUTE-TRUTH-ABOUT-SECURING-ABUNDANT-LIFE-FOR-THE-INDIVIDUAL-AND-OF-ALL-HUMANITY.
FATHER? MOTHER? SENTIENT? COGNIZANT? ALIEN? INFINITE? WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO NAME ANY OF THIS FOR SURE. WE ARE MAD NOT TO IMAGINE ABOUT "FATHER," "MOTHER," ETC. BUT WE MURDER WHEN WE LIVE AS THOUGH OUR IMAGININGS ARE "TRUTH."
My source on this about Jehovah? Saint David Dellinger. God help the person that doubts Dave Dellinger as a source without God Damn good reason and authority to do so.
I have never written a more important post. And as usual, I'm the messenger, not the source. The source? The Hebrew Bible on which the life lived by Jesus, and the Corruption we know today as the Bible and New Testament are based.
Jehovah within the Hebrew Bible of Jesus' time was - the divine forces that we all feel, but will NEVER BE ABLE TO NAME.
ALL WE CAN EVER KNOW ABOUT GOD FOR SURE:
GOD IS:
LOVING-ABSOLUTE-TRUTH-ABOUT-SECURING-ABUNDANT-LIFE-FOR-THE-INDIVIDUAL-AND-OF-ALL-HUMANITY.
FATHER? MOTHER? SENTIENT? COGNIZANT? ALIEN? INFINITE? WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO NAME ANY OF THIS FOR SURE. WE ARE MAD NOT TO IMAGINE ABOUT "FATHER," "MOTHER," ETC. BUT WE MURDER WHEN WE LIVE AS THOUGH OUR IMAGININGS ARE "TRUTH."
My source on this about Jehovah? Saint David Dellinger. God help the person that doubts Dave Dellinger as a source without God Damn good reason and authority to do so.
5.20.2007
WHERE IS THE SELFISHNESS / SIN IN MY LIFE?
Hmm. What is the big deal about selfishness? A fair amount is posted on this site regarding the subject, but for here: "Few people in the world chose war (WWII). They chose selfishness and the result was war," David Dellinger.
Germany was in agony after WWI and all we in the west could think to do was further exploit, "benignly" of course, through our U.S. corporations. In that most sacred of all essays by Rabbi Heschel in 1938: "Let modern dictatorship [Hitler pre WWII] not serve as an alibi for our conscience. We have failed to fight for right, for justice, for goodness; as a result we must fight against wrong, against injustice, against evil. We have failed to offer sacrifices on the altar of peace; thus we offered sacrifices on the altar of war."
Hmmm. What selfishnesses would we-the-people of the 1920's and 1930's needed to have sacrificed? What if, to avoid the carnage of WWII, and to avoid the heinous suffering of Germany post WWI it would have cost us almost every single one of our luxuries? Would it have been worth it?
Gandhi offers us these on the subject of finding the murderous selfishness in our lives:
"The golden rule is to steadfastly refuse to have what millions cannot have."
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." - One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
Or... there is always simply turning a blind eye and allowing WWIII or its equivalent to continue to unfold unopposed. Hey, who will point the finger at me? NO ONE; except me. I do not want to view myself as impotent, incapable, insignificant, irrelevant, helpless.... And, I am not.
[to be continued. SL]
Germany was in agony after WWI and all we in the west could think to do was further exploit, "benignly" of course, through our U.S. corporations. In that most sacred of all essays by Rabbi Heschel in 1938: "Let modern dictatorship [Hitler pre WWII] not serve as an alibi for our conscience. We have failed to fight for right, for justice, for goodness; as a result we must fight against wrong, against injustice, against evil. We have failed to offer sacrifices on the altar of peace; thus we offered sacrifices on the altar of war."
Hmmm. What selfishnesses would we-the-people of the 1920's and 1930's needed to have sacrificed? What if, to avoid the carnage of WWII, and to avoid the heinous suffering of Germany post WWI it would have cost us almost every single one of our luxuries? Would it have been worth it?
Gandhi offers us these on the subject of finding the murderous selfishness in our lives:
"The golden rule is to steadfastly refuse to have what millions cannot have."
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." - One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
Or... there is always simply turning a blind eye and allowing WWIII or its equivalent to continue to unfold unopposed. Hey, who will point the finger at me? NO ONE; except me. I do not want to view myself as impotent, incapable, insignificant, irrelevant, helpless.... And, I am not.
[to be continued. SL]
5.13.2007
Considering a baby? Love your existing children first.
Ok, imagine (unless in truth) that you and your spouse have a child already and you are considering another. Imagine that one or both of you, well, er, um... hasn't really fully bonded with that first child! Do you really think you would plunge ahead and have that second child before learning to love the first? I don' think so.
Quite a few of my posts deal with the consideration of having a family.
THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, AND CONSEQUENTIAL OF MY BLOGGING.
I AM TREADING ON SACRED GROUND, YOURS.
I AM TREADING ON SACRED GROUND - THE WORLD'S AND ITS FUTURE.
There is only one sin / error / dehumanization / Hell-construction: treating another person as "another" person, instead of "FAMILY." This is selfishness. It appears in a trillion forms. It is always a variation of this sin - being "not family" to any other human being.
"Few people choose Hell on Earth. We choose selfishness, and the result is Hell on Earth," Start Loving (with all credit to Dave Dellinger)
Can you bring your biological "child" centrally to a life of extreme sin / error / pain?; centrally into the U.S. way of life that is centrally and totally based on PROFOUND DIVORCE from all but literally 3, 5, 8, 12, 30 people?!??!?!
You must find your six billion brothers and sisters first. Perfectly? There is no such thing. Absolutely and Truly? How long does it take? Minutes of the right prayer? Years of the right experiences? It depends on a lot of things. It is the most important thing you will ever contemplate doing - for yourself, for your spouse, for your biological children, and for the world.
You can do it, faster than you think. But it will take your whole Heart and Soul. It will give you, your children and your spouse Heaven on Earth.
Quite a few of my posts deal with the consideration of having a family.
THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS, AND CONSEQUENTIAL OF MY BLOGGING.
I AM TREADING ON SACRED GROUND, YOURS.
I AM TREADING ON SACRED GROUND - THE WORLD'S AND ITS FUTURE.
There is only one sin / error / dehumanization / Hell-construction: treating another person as "another" person, instead of "FAMILY." This is selfishness. It appears in a trillion forms. It is always a variation of this sin - being "not family" to any other human being.
"Few people choose Hell on Earth. We choose selfishness, and the result is Hell on Earth," Start Loving (with all credit to Dave Dellinger)
Can you bring your biological "child" centrally to a life of extreme sin / error / pain?; centrally into the U.S. way of life that is centrally and totally based on PROFOUND DIVORCE from all but literally 3, 5, 8, 12, 30 people?!??!?!
You must find your six billion brothers and sisters first. Perfectly? There is no such thing. Absolutely and Truly? How long does it take? Minutes of the right prayer? Years of the right experiences? It depends on a lot of things. It is the most important thing you will ever contemplate doing - for yourself, for your spouse, for your biological children, and for the world.
You can do it, faster than you think. But it will take your whole Heart and Soul. It will give you, your children and your spouse Heaven on Earth.
5.04.2007
"History is made by... people who commit their lives..." Dave Dellinger
"History is made by people who commit themselves, their lives, and their energies to the struggle." David Dellinger
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