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9.03.2007

THERE ARE REAL FOOLS: THOSE NOT FOR CHRIST

Please hear me. Think about it. If Jesus spoke of how "Foolish" people would think his followers to be, and if we knew that his followers were not fools... THEN WHO ARE THE FOOLS?!?!?!??!!?

Anyone that is not dedicating themselves to total, radical world-family, radically coming out of empire and fighting life-or-death revolution to make the Kin-dom reality, is a FOOL.

8.24.2007

THE VALUE OF THE WORK = COMPENSATION FORGONE

Jesus, your mother, your father, Assisi, Dorothy Day, Teresa, McKenna....

DESTRUCTIVE VIOLENCE IS FORCE AGAINST. FAMILINESS IS VIOLENCE FOR.

DESTRUCTIVE "VIOLENCE" IS FORCE AGAINST. FAMILINESS IS FORCE / VIOLENCE FOR.

In the name of God please let us get past this notion that there is Peace without omnipresent VIOLENCE OF A POSTIVE NATURE - MILITANT LOVE / MILITANT FAMILYNESS / MILITANT PEACEMAKING.

WHEN YOU SUPERORDINATE ANOTHER'S ROLE YOU DEHUMANIZE

WHEN YOU SUPERORDINATE ANOTHER'S ROLE YOU DEHUMANIZE THEM AN YOU. You take infinite potential beings and amputate massive parts of that potentiality.

STATISM, CORPORATISM, ETC EXISTS TO DEHUMANIZE

Do the President, King, etc. truly accept the "limits" to their humanity of their role? Only for public show. Yet they impose at pain of death the roles of "state" on everyone else.

STATISM, CORPORATISM, ETC EXISTS FOR IRRESPONSIBLITY

STATISM, CORPORATISM, RELIGIONISM, ETC EXISTS IN ORDER TO ENABLE IRRESPONSIBILITY ON THE PART OF SOME PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS.

GANDHI WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF HOW MANY MAGATON BOMBS?

How many nuclear bombs would it have taken to liberate India from the British?

How many nuclear bombs would it have taken to gain civil rights for people of color?

8.23.2007

NO GOOD WORK IS PAID

NO GOOD WORK IS PAID.

Who in "God's Name" would say that Her work is "Paid" work?
  • Jesus?
  • Gandhi?
  • Mandela?
  • Beko?
  • Mother Teresa?
  • Francis of Assisi?
  • Phil Berrigan?
  • Liz McAllister?
  • Dorothy Day?
  • Peter Maurin?
  • Diane Wilson?
  • Col. Anne Wright?
  • Ellen Thomas?
  • Thomas?
  • Connie?
  • Catholic Workers?
  • Etc?
  • Etc?

GET "REAL." BE "REAL."

GET "REAL." BE "REAL."

These mean something important. My brother Thomas the prophet, on those rare occasions when someone meets his approval, or does not, are they "real" seems to be central to his determination.

Real:
  • "REALity" for
    95% of the world's population.
  • Of "REAL" hope
    for 95% of our "world-family."

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
re·al1 /ˈriÉ™l, ril/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ree-uhl, reel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
2. existing or occurring as fact; actual rather than imaginary, ideal, or fictitious: a story taken from real life.
3. being an actual thing; having objective existence; not imaginary: The events you will see in the film are real and not just made up.
4. being actually such; not merely so-called: a real victory.
5. genuine; not counterfeit, artificial, or imitation; authentic: a real antique; a real diamond; real silk.
6. unfeigned or sincere: real sympathy; a real friend.
7. Informal. absolute; complete; utter: She's a real brain.
8. Philosophy.
a. existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent.
b. actual as opposed to possible or potential.
c. independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent.
9. (of money, income, or the like) measured in purchasing power rather than in nominal value: Inflation has driven income down in real terms, though nominal income appears to be higher.




Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:
real
Part of Speech:
adjective
Definition:
genuine
Synonyms:
absolute, actual, authentic, bodily, bona fide, certain, concrete, corporal, corporeal, de facto, embodied, essential, evident, existent, existing, factual, firm, heartfelt, honest, incarnate, indubitable, intrinsic, irrefutable, it, legitimate, live, material, original, palpable, perceptible, physical, positive, present, right, rightful, sensible, sincere, solid, sound, stable, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, unaffected, undeniable, undoubted, unfeigned, valid, veritable
Antonyms:
false, imaginary, imitation, unreal

IF WE WORK FOR SALARY WE DO NOT WORK FOR LOVE

IF WE WORK FOR SALARY
WE DO NOT WORK FOR LOVE

"...cannot see our brother in need without stripping ourselves..."

As Peter Maurin says (quoted by Dorothy, p. 86, "Loaves and Fishes"):

"We cannot see
our brother [or sister] in need
without stripping ourselves.
It is the only [genuine]
way we have
of showing our love."

PLEASE DO NOT WAKE ME!!! THE ROAD TO HELL.

PLEASE DO NOT WAKE ME!!!
THE ROAD TO HELL.

Why does the media lie?
Why does the US Gov. lie?
BECAUSE WE DO NOT
WANT TO BE AWAKENED
FROM OUR BLOOD-SOAKED
DREAM / THE WORLD'S
NIGHTMARE.

I DON'T ASK FOR THINGS CUZ IF THEY ARE MINE THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN ALREADY

I DON'T ASK FOR THINGS
CUZ IF THEY ARE MINE
THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN
TO ME ALREADY.

:-)

"SAVED:" YOU LOSE EVERYTHING... EXCEPT THE GREAT STUFF

"SAVED:"
YOU LOSE EVERYTHING...
EXCEPT THE GREAT STUFF

Questions? Email me.

WE "DO" SELL OUR SOUL IN THIS CULTURE

You've sold your soul to the extent that what you do is to:
  • Keep my job
  • Keep my wife
  • Please my parents
  • Stay out of jail
  • Stay alive
  • Stay safe
  • Avoid hunger
  • Avoid pain
  • Be popular
  • Be successful
  • Get sex
  • Get stuff
  • Protect "my children" (if they are not among "the least of these.")
  • Protect "my family" (if they are not among "the least of these.")
  • Etc.
  • Etc.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?

There is no post on this site that is more important or elemental.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?
  1. Selfish, self-centered, finite centered, pleasure-seeking Flesh?
  2. Otherish, other-centered, infinite, humane, loving, joy-filled Humanity / World-Famliness / Militant Good / Love?

You cannot chose to be both or neither.

You will, YOU WILL "BE" one or the other.

!!!!! WHAT BEING "SAVED" LOOKS LIKE !!!!!



Our nervous system provides
ONLY THESE TWO PATHS.
THERE ARE NO OTHER.


YOUR ENTIRE
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
LIES ALONG THESE PATHS.



BEING "SAVED" IS RADICAL "CANCER" SURGURY

Mark Chapter 10:29
Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel 30 who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.
  • YOU CANNOT LOSE "GOD," GOOD, LOVE, LIFE, TRUTH
  • WHATEVER YOU LOSE IS NOT "GOD," GOOD, LOVE, LIFE, TRUTH
  • ALL CANCER WILL BE REMOVED: YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT "GOD," GOOD, LOVE, LIFE, TRUTH

8.21.2007

TODAY'S "CHURCH" IS LIKE AN ANCHOR TO A LIFESAVING SWIMMER

Is there anything else to say?

Is there any justification before Jesus / Good / God / Churchgoers / Clergy for diverting energy from "the least of these" to Church?

When a building is
reduced to rubble
by decay
NO ONE USES
THE DECAYED REFUSE
TO REBUILD.
THEY ALWAYS START ANEW.
IF MATERIALS
FROM THE RUINS
PRESENT THEMSELVES
AS APPROPRIATE
THEY ARE ACCEPTED
WITH JOY.
BUT NEVER ARE THEY
THE STARTING POINT.

SIN OF EMPIRE: GIVING CAESAR WHAT IS GOD'S

"Resist not evil."

"But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil." Matthew Chapter 5

It is imperative that the "Peace" movement grasp this; AND THEY DO NOT.

We must allow
NO attention to go toward
sinful "government," and
AND ALL NEEDED ATTENTION
TO BE FOCUSED ON
OUR SUFFERING / ERRING
SISTERS AND BROTHERS!

WE WILL SERVE ONE MASTER. SELF? or HUMANKIND?

"MAN CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS." MAN WILL SERVE ONE MASTER.
WE WILL BE SLAVE.
to SELF? or to HUMANKIND?


Slavery is an inescapable condition - our nervous system WILL BE FOCUSED in a quasi permanent way. This is inescapable.

Each of us will be either:
  1. Slave to SELF / SELFISHNESS / DISINTEREST IN OTHER'S WELL BEING / EXPLOITATION / DELUSION;
  2. Slave to WELL BEING OF HUMANKIND / OTHERISHNESS / LIFE / TRUTH / LOVE / LIFE.

WHICH MASTER DO YOU SERVE?

WHICH MASTER WILL YOU SERVE?

8.20.2007

DYING TO THE FLESH?

Hmmmm. Is a glimpse of "dying to the flesh" what just wafted over me a few seconds ago? I was pondering lugging my body back in front of the Sudan Embassy 6d/21h for months.

My body is not, NOT happy about the idea. But it is not pulling me away from the idea either. "Dying to the flesh?" Yes, this is what I sensed.

Am I moving in this direction? Certainly.

Do I have any regrets? Yes. I regret that I am learning about this and gaining some capacity for it at 56 years not 8 years old. Oh my God, what a mistake, what an error, what a travesty is our worship of selfishness / disconnection / self-indulgence.... Hell. Pleasure Island. Filthy. Blood soaked.

Will I ever be good at it - at Dying to the Flesh? I pray so. We'll see.

:-)