Awakening from hypnosis is central to Tolstoy's thinking, the thinking that created Gandhi.
I think Tolstoy is correct that what we see Luke do one on one with Darth is what must and can happen to mass awaken we sociopathic entranced, homicidally neglectful masses.
Across the street from Hooters at noon an elementary school roof collapses trapping children. The bar empties and heroes go to work, right?
Mass - awakening as though from a trance.
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8.02.2007
YOUR HEART STOPPING HELPS WHEN?
Your heart can help by stopping, when?
- Well, I mean, the heart has feeling's too right?
- It gets tired. It wants a vacation.
- And what if other organs start to go on "vacation?"
- OK to stop beating if the kidneys fail? That seems fair.
- How about if it stops beating when your eyes start to fail? That seems reasonable.
You, as a "cell,"
an "organ" in the the
body of humanity,
when in this world
where 6 billion suffer,
when can you help
by stopping 7/24,
HEROIC service?
PURITY (think uranium and bombs)
What is true to nuclear bombs is true for transforming love. Purity counts.
Uranium is of no power until it is centrifuged by 1000's of centrifuges to an extreme level of purity.
Uranium is of no power until it is centrifuged by 1000's of centrifuges to an extreme level of purity.
Love / Kindness / Brotherliness
is of little impact until it reaches an extreme purity - MILITANCE.
is of little impact until it reaches an extreme purity - MILITANCE.
IMAGINE WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT THE WRONG LIFE! WE HAVE.
Hmmm.
How old are you? I'm mid 50's. Imagine for all those years, ALL THOSE YEARS, I've been taught the wrong life.
How old are you? I'm mid 50's. Imagine for all those years, ALL THOSE YEARS, I've been taught the wrong life.
- How much would I have to unlearn?
- How "wrong" would appear the TRUE life?
- How much would I wish to deny this new truth, and all the work it represents?
- How frightening / threatening if EVERYONE ELSE was taught the wrong life, and sees not the truth?!?!?!
Time to get on with it.
CHOOSE: LIVE FOR THE FINITE, OR INFINITE. REALLY.
Gandhi's, King's lives tipped me off to this. GANDHI'S FAITH: MILITANT KINDNESS CAN'T LOSE IN THE LONG RUN.
So, what will it be?
Will you live for short term stuff?
Think about it.
So, what will it be?
Will you live for short term stuff?
Will you live for
and build toward
the eternity of humankind?
and build toward
the eternity of humankind?
Think about it.
GANDHI'S FAITH: MILITANT KINDNESS CAN'T LOSE IN THE END
Gandhi saw that Kindness (nonviolence, or militant kindness by whatever name), will unavoidably succeed in the long term. It cannot fail.
not metaphysics.
8.01.2007
!!!!! "FAITH" !!!!!
Oh my. How Divine. I'm spending days with Oscar Romero's book, "The Violence of Love." !!! IT IS FREE ONLINE !!!!!
And so far the 10 hours or so is just massaging it technically so I can listen when next week I take up the vigil again here in DC.
But I've just noticed a passage that leaves me breathless with its profound encompassing of practically all that I'm learning and valuing:
And so far the 10 hours or so is just massaging it technically so I can listen when next week I take up the vigil again here in DC.
But I've just noticed a passage that leaves me breathless with its profound encompassing of practically all that I'm learning and valuing:
"Faith is what a child has
when its father puts out his hands
and says, “Jump!”
and the child leaps into space
with the assurance that its fathers hands
won’t let it fall.
This is faith.
It’s what Christ says,
“Those who believe in me
will not be condemned.
Those who surrender,
those who don’t distrust,
who even in the hardest times
believe and hope,
will not be condemned.
But those who don’t believe,
those who won’t leap into Christ’s arms
because they are more anchored
to their earthly things,
those who don’t believe,
those who don’t trust In God,
those who don’t believe
God goes with our history
and is going to save us
are already condemned.
when its father puts out his hands
and says, “Jump!”
and the child leaps into space
with the assurance that its fathers hands
won’t let it fall.
This is faith.
It’s what Christ says,
“Those who believe in me
will not be condemned.
Those who surrender,
those who don’t distrust,
who even in the hardest times
believe and hope,
will not be condemned.
But those who don’t believe,
those who won’t leap into Christ’s arms
because they are more anchored
to their earthly things,
those who don’t believe,
those who don’t trust In God,
those who don’t believe
God goes with our history
and is going to save us
are already condemned.
Their life is already a hell..."
Oscar Romero
.
...As Hell is the life of
the neglected members
of their 'family.'
the neglected members
of their 'family.'
Start Loving
.
A "RIGHT" = THAT WHICH IS "RIGHT"
Oh my. This is a big breakthu for me.
I've most of my life been unhappy with what I have understood by the word "right," as in - it is your right, or, it is her right....
Profoundly hollow this strikes me. Profoundly disempowering. Loveless. Lifeless this notion of "Right."
Well, something with huge Life, Love and Joy crossed my mind:
According to whom? :-) According to Conscience / the Almighty within us.
I've most of my life been unhappy with what I have understood by the word "right," as in - it is your right, or, it is her right....
Profoundly hollow this strikes me. Profoundly disempowering. Loveless. Lifeless this notion of "Right."
Well, something with huge Life, Love and Joy crossed my mind:
A "RIGHT" = THAT WHICH IS "RIGHT"
- It is right that children have food
- It is right that everyone has love
- It is right that everything be shared
A "WRONG" = THAT WHICH IS "WRONG"
- Superfluities are wrong when children starve
- Private ownership of a world God gave us is wrong
- Showering blessings on a few "family" while most "family" has nothing is wrong
According to whom? :-) According to Conscience / the Almighty within us.
PRACTICE AND SPECTATING ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
I'm thinking of the abomination called "Church."
PRACTICE AND SPECTATING
ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
ONE ANNIHILATES THE OTHER.
CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP IS THE FOCUSING OF ENERGY
CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP IS
QUANTUM LIBERATION AND
FOCUSING OF ENERGY
I've known this and profited from the knowledge for decades.
We all, WE ALL focus the energy of others.
Where are you focusing others?
PEACEMAKING: AS MUCH WORK AS GROWING A CHILD
Who in the so called "Peace" movement lives this?
1 in 10,000.
Paraphrasing Dr. King, 'People cry "peace," but they do not do what is required for peace.'
1 in 10,000.
Paraphrasing Dr. King, 'People cry "peace," but they do not do what is required for peace.'
!!!!!!! NO DOUBLE STANDARDS !!!!!!!
If there is one single key to Truth / Life / Love / Nirvana / Heaven / World Family, I think this is it:
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS
As you love yourself,
love others
As you love your dearest,
love everyone
As you house yourself,
house everyone
As you secure dearest,
secure everyone
TO SERVE IS TO BECOME
Think of your:
- Heart
- Liver
- Lungs
- Brain
- Eyes
- Ears
- Skin cells...
When you were in the womb, early on they did NOT serve you. But then THEY BECAME.
TO SERVE IS TO BECOME
WE MUST BECOME.
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON IT.
BE THE ALMIGHTY INCARNATE
I'm getting brief flashes of this.
When does a glass stop being a glass? When it is full of water.
When does a person stop being a person, when they are full of Love / Life / Truth.
It makes no sense. But we've all sensed it, if only through a haze.
Sounds grandiose.
When does a glass stop being a glass? When it is full of water.
When does a person stop being a person, when they are full of Love / Life / Truth.
It makes no sense. But we've all sensed it, if only through a haze.
BE THE ALMIGHTY INCARNATE
Sounds grandiose.
It is the height of humility -
surrender, complete surrender
to the Almighty -
Love / Life / Truth.
surrender, complete surrender
to the Almighty -
Love / Life / Truth.
There is no greater power
that one can be the servant of,
that one can be the servant of,
the vessel of.
BRING THE ALMIGHTY TO BEAR
FEAR, SELFISHNESS DISPLACE, "KILL" THE ALMIGHTY
Fear and selfishness drive out the Almighty from us.
Fear and selfishness are Sin / Error.
Fear and selfishenss destroy Life / Love / Truth.
Fear and selfishness are Sin / Error.
Fear and selfishenss destroy Life / Love / Truth.
GOD IS KINDNESS. PERIOD. YES?
I know I've described God / the Almighty differently in many other posts.
GOD IS KINDNESS.
PERIOD. YES?
!!!!! SUFFERING FOR JOY !!!!!!
Well,
that's how it is. Staring me right in the face but only now do the words come together:
Suffering for Joy is why we:
that's how it is. Staring me right in the face but only now do the words come together:
!!!!!! SUFFERING FOR JOY !!!!!!
Suffering for Joy is why we:
- Bear children
- Raise children
- Nurse loved ones through trial and sickness....
JOY'S THE REWARD FOR SUFFERING FOR LOVE
Think being Kind.
Think great parenting.
Think responding to a neighbor's emergency.
Think great parenting.
Think responding to a neighbor's emergency.
How do you know "good art?"
You do of course. And scholarly studies indicate that this is a trans human, trans global phenomenon.
How? You are wired for it. You are wired for it just as you are wired to see, hear, taste, walk....
How do you know what is right and wrong?
How? You are wired for it. You are wired for it just as you are wired to see, hear, taste, walk....
How do you know what is right and wrong?
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS
THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY?
THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY?
HEROES ARE THE ONLY HEALTHY AMONG US
Picture an American Indian tribe of the 1500's. An emergency befalls the tribe. How many would NOT behave heroically? None?
Why? Because, unlike we, had not lost their connection to the "others."
There are groups now, and always have been where the simplest, most normal people are HEROES.
Think "Forrest Gump."
Why? Because, unlike we, had not lost their connection to the "others."
There are groups now, and always have been where the simplest, most normal people are HEROES.
Think "Forrest Gump."
BEING LESS THAN A HERO IS ILLNESS
HARVESTING IS EASY. GROWING IS HARD.
Hmmm. I'll need your help, much imagination on this post because real clear examples are not coming to my mind.
I'd rather be a Steve Beko than an Nelson Mandella.
I'd rather be the soldiers of "Glory" than Martin Luther King.
I'd rather be young Gandhi in South Africa than old Gandhi in India.
Dr. King said, and I paraphrase, 'Well, don't think I am instrumental to the advances in rights that we are seeing. The time is right for them. I just happen to be here."
The time is right because of the efforts of unknown, unnamed, unheralded "growers" 5, 10, 50 years earlier.
King, an incredible Saint, was there to harvest their decades and centuries of "growing."
I want to be a "grower."
I'd rather be a Steve Beko than an Nelson Mandella.
I'd rather be the soldiers of "Glory" than Martin Luther King.
I'd rather be young Gandhi in South Africa than old Gandhi in India.
Dr. King said, and I paraphrase, 'Well, don't think I am instrumental to the advances in rights that we are seeing. The time is right for them. I just happen to be here."
The time is right because of the efforts of unknown, unnamed, unheralded "growers" 5, 10, 50 years earlier.
King, an incredible Saint, was there to harvest their decades and centuries of "growing."
I want to be a "grower."
7.30.2007
HYPOCRITE: "ACTOR;" "PLAYING A PART"
Hypocrite, and this definition from the Greek ("actor," "playing a part") are central to Tolstoy's brilliant works and analysis of the Hell of things.
Christ calls us to be true to the Almighty within us - Conscience, the still small voice within.
SOCIETY, the STATE call us to be SUPREMELY obedient to Government, Law, Convention, Norms.
These are the two choices - the polar opposites of existence.
Christ calls us to be true to the Almighty within us - Conscience, the still small voice within.
SOCIETY, the STATE call us to be SUPREMELY obedient to Government, Law, Convention, Norms.
These are the two choices - the polar opposites of existence.
Jesus was most
horrified by the Hypocrites.
horrified by the Hypocrites.
ORGANIZED RELIGION? ORGANIZED LOVE? ORGANIZED PARENTING?...
Hmmm.
We have "organized religion."
Let's have "organized parenting."
Let's have "organized marriage."
OXYMORON:
YOU CANNOT HAVE
"ORGANIZED RELIGION."
IT STOPS BEING "RELIGION"
WHEN IT BECOMES "ORGANIZED"
"CHRIST" MEANS "CONSCIOUSNESS"
From Gnostic Christianity.
The goal of Gnostic Christianity then is to raise consciousness by elevating the rational element of consciousness to the same level as the logos, again meaning the logic or reasoning of God. This goal is achieved when we understand a new theory of human nature that Jesus revealed because that theory justifies nonjudgmental rules of logic that empower us to reason in ways that are comparable to that of the logos of God. With that godlike potential for reasoning, we will expand the context in which we think and become conscious in a nonjudgmental and loving, godlike way. This is what Paul means by "we [meaning Gnostic Christians] are those who have the mind of Christ." (1Co 2:16 jbv)
The goal of Gnostic Christianity then is to raise consciousness by elevating the rational element of consciousness to the same level as the logos, again meaning the logic or reasoning of God. This goal is achieved when we understand a new theory of human nature that Jesus revealed because that theory justifies nonjudgmental rules of logic that empower us to reason in ways that are comparable to that of the logos of God. With that godlike potential for reasoning, we will expand the context in which we think and become conscious in a nonjudgmental and loving, godlike way. This is what Paul means by "we [meaning Gnostic Christians] are those who have the mind of Christ." (1Co 2:16 jbv)
King, Jesus, Gandhi... CRAZY!x?!* KNOW WHAT THEY WANT?!?!?!?
They suggest we discard all selfish thoughts and turn ourselves over totally to serving all of humanity!!!!!!
:-) :-) :-) :-)
Overwhelmed. In the hands of the Almighty.
I don't know how else to describe how I feel right now. It is Awesome. Heaven.
It is no one thing, but a product of things as I sit here today:
It is no one thing, but a product of things as I sit here today:
- A morning of listening to the Divine "This I Believe" by Leo Tolstoy
- An hour listening to quotes from the Divine Dr. ML King
- Chronic pain on my feet from all the marching for Darfur
- Chronic pain we in Darfur feel
- Beginning to "get it," what Jesus died to teach us.
- Agonizing over the UN / World / Bashir haggling over Darfur.
- Hopeful: UK, France modify UN text on new Darfur force
Mon 30 Jul 2007, 16:05 GMT [-] Text [+] By Evelyn Leopold
Oh God. It is Divine to be near Your will. Bliss. Agony.
LOVING. THE ONE, TRUE RELIGION
OK.
What was Jesus' religion?
What was Jesus "religious" about?
What was Jesus' religion?
What was Jesus "religious" about?
And Gandhi?
And Dr. King?
And Assisi?
Eleanor Roosevelt?
LOVING
The one true Religion
of all the human "greats."
The one true Religion
of all the human "greats."
THE LESS I'M "A" CHRISTIAN THE MORE CHRISTIAN I BECOME
Yes, yes I've been yammering on this topic for a long time. But I'm trying to really grasp the truth of what gnaws at me.
"A" Christian and Christian
are direct opposites.
THE CHOICE: MAN AS "COG"
OR MAN AS "SON OF GOD"
"A" Christian and Christian
are direct opposites.
THE CHOICE: MAN AS "COG"
OR MAN AS "SON OF GOD"
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