The more we Sacrifice out of Love for the LEAST of these, the more WEALTHY we become in Joy, Love, Life, Peace... and PERSECUTIONS!
7.22.2009
Universal Love - the Ultimate Intelligence AND the Ultimate Stupidity (it knows NOT how NOT to Love). [Think Forest Gump.]
My dad was the smartest guy I've ever known. I cringe every time I think of what a TOTAL ZERO I was as a child.
Not kidding. I just realized, my dad could not, ever, never figure out how not to Love me; yet virtually everything I
did was a TOTAL REASON to NOT Love me!!!! Not exaggerating - ENTIRELY selfish, lazy, self centered, greedy, deceitful....
OMG, he could be so tough! But I just realized that he simply did not have the intelligence to see how
not to Love me. SC just reminded me of this, cuz she is sooooo like this. So are most of you, pretty much.
Hmmmm. I'm crying now. :-) Oh, I pray you have had someone like my dad in your life. It Saved me (with Jesus help).
We must ALL become so stupid; PERFECTLY Stupid in this way, TOWARD EVERYONE, OUR ENEMIES,
THE STRANGER, THE LEAST OF THESE. And thereby teach others to do the same.
We MUST be someone like my dad in the lives of others. Hurry. HURRY!
HURRY. We humans are out of luck, and time.
did was a TOTAL REASON to NOT Love me!!!! Not exaggerating - ENTIRELY selfish, lazy, self centered, greedy, deceitful....
OMG, he could be so tough! But I just realized that he simply did not have the intelligence to see how
not to Love me. SC just reminded me of this, cuz she is sooooo like this. So are most of you, pretty much.
Hmmmm. I'm crying now. :-) Oh, I pray you have had someone like my dad in your life. It Saved me (with Jesus help).
We must ALL become so stupid; PERFECTLY Stupid in this way, TOWARD EVERYONE, OUR ENEMIES,
THE STRANGER, THE LEAST OF THESE. And thereby teach others to do the same.
We MUST be someone like my dad in the lives of others. Hurry. HURRY!
HURRY. We humans are out of luck, and time.
He said, "Start, I think you may be the incarnation of Christ." "That's what we are ALL supposed become!!!!!" Start responded.
This was said the other day by a fellow who was doing some activism for days
in the Park, and observing me as well. I was quite surprised by his observation.
"Death is not something to be sad about," said Teresa of Calcutta.
"The only thing to be sad about is to know that you are not a Saint."
"If you Love me, you will do greater things than these." Jesus
"Everyone can be Great, because Everyone can Serve." Dr. ML King, Jr.
Out of the blue he said, "Start, I think you may be the incarnation of Christ."
"THAT WOULD BE GREAT! That's what we are ALL supposed to become!" Start responded.
[This is about the 6th or 7th time I've been told this over the last 35 years, always out of the blue,
always surprises me.]
Let's do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in the Park, and observing me as well. I was quite surprised by his observation.
"Death is not something to be sad about," said Teresa of Calcutta.
"The only thing to be sad about is to know that you are not a Saint."
"If you Love me, you will do greater things than these." Jesus
"Everyone can be Great, because Everyone can Serve." Dr. ML King, Jr.
Out of the blue he said, "Start, I think you may be the incarnation of Christ."
"THAT WOULD BE GREAT! That's what we are ALL supposed to become!" Start responded.
[This is about the 6th or 7th time I've been told this over the last 35 years, always out of the blue,
always surprises me.]
Let's do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7.20.2009
Living a "normal" life? Then: NOT doing your job; GUILTY of Negligent Homicide (Heart Attack - and YOU are the Heart.)
Living a "normal" life? Then: NOT doing your job; GUILTY of Negligent Homicide (wilfull Heart Attack - and YOU are the Heart.)
You ARE what enters your mind. Do you control what enters your mouth? Do you likewise control what enters your mind? Start does, now, finally; every second.
You ARE what enters your mind. Do you control what enters your mouth? Do you likewise control what enters your mind? Start does, now, finally; every second.
What clothes, title, affiliation, income level, education... could have improved Jesus, King, Gandhi...?
What clothes, title, affiliation, income level, education... could have improved Jesus, King, Gandhi...?
7.19.2009
We are like storm systems - cloudy, with torrents, and occasional sun (Humanity). But we can change our weather and BE the Sun.
Gandhi did, Jesus did, King did... and told us we could do the same. I agree.
7.17.2009
Where do you live? You live where your mind is. Start lives not in DC but with the suffering of the world, born and unborn. It's Heaven.
Where do you live? You live where your mind is. Start lives not in DC but with the suffering of the world, born and unborn. It's Heaven.
7.14.2009
Are our Humaity and Universal Love the same thing?!?!?!??! I think so!!!! Didn't see that till now.
Jesus was a Healer; healing us from being torn away from our Humanity that we are born to. We must be such Healers. Fast.
Humanity & InHumanity: 2 paralell, entirely different universes. Heaven and Hell. Fewer than .0001% of us find Heaven.
Humanity & InHumanity: 2 paralell, entirely different universes. Heaven and Hell. Fewer than .0001% of us find Heaven.
7.12.2009
7.10.2009
What if the Civil Rights Activists had not escalated their tactics? Welcome to 2009 - Climate Change, Health Care....
What if the Civil Rights Activists had not escalated their tactics? Welcome to 2009 - Climate Change, Health Care....
7.08.2009
Jesus' "Rich young man:" Not Love of Money, but Insufficient Love of Joy, Life, Peace, Love doomed him.
Jesus' "Rich young man:" Not Love of Money, but rather Insufficient Love of Joy, Life, Peace, Love (of the Least of These) doomed him.
I've been in hours of conversation with an ardent young Truth seeker, who like most, probably is not going to make it to Humanity / Heaven / Nirvana / Salvation in this life (or the next). And for the first time it hit me clearly why. She/He Does NOT YEARN for Love/Peace/Joy/Life above all else! She/he does generally yearn for "truth," BUT SHE/HE DOES NOT YEARN FOR A LIFE LIKE JESUS / KING'S / GANDHI'S...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEARNING FOR A LIFE THAT FEELS LIKE THE LIFE OF JESUS / KING / THERESA / ELEANOR.... FELT IS "THE" MARKER OF ONE THAT CAN BE "SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (The other "Marker" is feeling the pain of "the least of these" more than one feels one's own pain.)
Their lives WERE SALVATION, and a LIFE LIKE THEIRS IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE "SALVATION / HOPE...!!!!" THERE IS NO OTHER.
I've been in hours of conversation with an ardent young Truth seeker, who like most, probably is not going to make it to Humanity / Heaven / Nirvana / Salvation in this life (or the next). And for the first time it hit me clearly why. She/He Does NOT YEARN for Love/Peace/Joy/Life above all else! She/he does generally yearn for "truth," BUT SHE/HE DOES NOT YEARN FOR A LIFE LIKE JESUS / KING'S / GANDHI'S...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEARNING FOR A LIFE THAT FEELS LIKE THE LIFE OF JESUS / KING / THERESA / ELEANOR.... FELT IS "THE" MARKER OF ONE THAT CAN BE "SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (The other "Marker" is feeling the pain of "the least of these" more than one feels one's own pain.)
Their lives WERE SALVATION, and a LIFE LIKE THEIRS IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE "SALVATION / HOPE...!!!!" THERE IS NO OTHER.
"Salvation," Living your Humamity depends on Yearning for it, for Joy above all else.
If you don't want the Life of King, Gandhi, Jesus, Eleanor Roosevelt... you cannot, and will not have it, or Joy, Life, Love or Peace. If you DO want Life like they had, you can have it. "Seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you."
7.06.2009
The ENTIRE problem is we-the-Sheeple. The ENTIRE hope is WE-THE-PEOPLE. Always was. Always will be.
Yup. We've got to start flaming any and all news / propaganda outlets as they incessantly let "we the sheeple" off the hook in their incessant blaming of "The President," "The Government," "The Military," "The MSM," ....
Human Rights: Those things that are "Right" for Humans.
To suggest that Human Rights are somehow reduced to Man's Law is an abomination. Human Rights MUST be PRIMARILY understood as that which our Humanity / Conscience / Goodness knows - universally - That which is Right for Humans. Is it Right for a child to starve for food? For education? For love? For community? For basic health care?
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Is it right for an adult to starve for Food? Love? Community? Shelter? Basic health care?
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
6.28.2009
Restoring True North: The Aspiration of Gandhi, King, Jesus...SL
All held the belief in a True North for Human Life - The Way we were Ment to Be.
All aspired to Find True North, to Be True North as the means of re-establishing True North en masse.
All aspired to Find True North, to Be True North as the means of re-establishing True North en masse.
6.19.2009
We have hacked (computerese) ourselves / Infected ourselves with the "viruses" of Corporatism, Capitalism and Legalism as Gods
We have hacked (computerese) ourselves / Infected ourselves with the "viruses" of Corporatism, Capitalism and Legalism as Gods
6.18.2009
Jesus was there for us. Now WE need to be there for HIM.
We have been taught to think that Jesus is there for US.
I actually think it is more the other way around. It is not that Jesus is there for us. Jesus WAS there for us. Now we need to be there for Him. His children are suffering by the billions. Their suffering is His suffering. He needs for us to take their suffering onto ourselves, and off of him
For example:
Carter: Gaza Residents Are Treated "More Like Animals than Like Human Beings
I actually think it is more the other way around. It is not that Jesus is there for us. Jesus WAS there for us. Now we need to be there for Him. His children are suffering by the billions. Their suffering is His suffering. He needs for us to take their suffering onto ourselves, and off of him
For example:
6.17.2009
START'S LAPTOP OUT FOR REPAIRS - POSTING SLOWED WAY DOWN UNTIL THEN.
Late next week I hope to have it back.
Start
Start
6.16.2009
6.09.2009
StartL is NOT committed to Peace, or to Justice... but rather, to YOU, to your Joy, and to the elimination of needless Suffering.
Jim,
By the way, don't feel bad - everyone gets this wrong about me. Contrary to your email below, I am NOT committed to peace (or justice, as most people say of me) - no one could find the motivation to do what I do if they were committed to Peace - our nervous systems are not built that way.
I am committed, out of Love, to You; to my Entire Human Family; to the elimination of Your needless Suffering; to the Fulfillment of your Joy; out of Universal Love for you, for My Joy, and Yours. :-)
And I don't want "Peace" for me, or for anyone, at least not in the way most of us mean Peace - the absence of tension. NO, I want folks consumed, constantly on the edge of being overwhelmed with Creative Tension to CREATE Joy, and eliminate needless Suffering among our Human Family - because that process of Creating Joy, and Eliminating Suffering for our World Family is the One and Only source of Joy for us personally, the ultimate human experience. That is the simple truth of our nervous systems.
Your brother,
Start
ps: Yes, I am making a big deal of this, because getting this right is our entire hope, as individuals, and as a Human Family. And we are almost out of time.
pps: Teresa of Calcutta captured this enormously in one of her final talks in DC ( http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2007/06/teresa-as-you-do-unto-least-of-these.html ), as she was explaining the Peace that she and Jesus live for (me too): 'My Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you.' He came not to give the peace of the world which is only that we don't bother each other. He came to give the Peace of heart which comes from loving - from doing good to others.
From: "jim"
To: Start_Loving@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 10:08:30 AM
Subject: SHORT FILM IDEA
Start Loving -
By the way, don't feel bad - everyone gets this wrong about me. Contrary to your email below, I am NOT committed to peace (or justice, as most people say of me) - no one could find the motivation to do what I do if they were committed to Peace - our nervous systems are not built that way.
I am committed, out of Love, to You; to my Entire Human Family; to the elimination of Your needless Suffering; to the Fulfillment of your Joy; out of Universal Love for you, for My Joy, and Yours. :-)
And I don't want "Peace" for me, or for anyone, at least not in the way most of us mean Peace - the absence of tension. NO, I want folks consumed, constantly on the edge of being overwhelmed with Creative Tension to CREATE Joy, and eliminate needless Suffering among our Human Family - because that process of Creating Joy, and Eliminating Suffering for our World Family is the One and Only source of Joy for us personally, the ultimate human experience. That is the simple truth of our nervous systems.
Your brother,
Start
ps: Yes, I am making a big deal of this, because getting this right is our entire hope, as individuals, and as a Human Family. And we are almost out of time.
pps: Teresa of Calcutta captured this enormously in one of her final talks in DC ( http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2007/06/teresa-as-you-do-unto-least-of-these.html ), as she was explaining the Peace that she and Jesus live for (me too): 'My Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you.' He came not to give the peace of the world which is only that we don't bother each other. He came to give the Peace of heart which comes from loving - from doing good to others.
From: "jim"
To: Start_Loving@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 10:08:30 AM
Subject: SHORT FILM IDEA
Start Loving -
Greetings! My name is Jim and I live in your old town of West Chester, PA. I recently read the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about your vigil in Lafayette Park and was moved by your commitment to peace.
When I read the article about you and your vigil, I thought this would be a good subject for a short film. I was wondering if anyone has already made a short piece on your efforts.
My thought is this piece would contain interviews with you about your devotion to peace, your inspirations, your encounters with tourists.
I've been a television producer for twenty years, working in news and then at QVC. I left a few years ago and am now writing short stories, none of which are published yet. I own professional video equipment and have some friends who may volunteer time to help shoot and edit. If nothing else, I think we could produce a piece you could link to from your web site.
Please let me know your initial thoughts. If appropriate, I'd be happy to talk via phone or set up time to travel to DC and meet with you. I look forward to your thoughts.
Thanks,
Jim
StartL is NOT committed to Peace, or to Justice... but rather, to YOU, to your Joy, and to the elimination of needless Suffering.
Jim,
By the way, don't feel bad - everyone gets this wrong about me. Contrary to your email below, I am NOT committed to peace (or justice, as most people say of me) - no one could find the motivation to do what I do if they were committed to Peace - our nervous systems are not built that way.
I am committed, out of Love, to You; to my Entire Human Family; to the elimination of Your needless Suffering; to the Fulfillment of your Joy; out of Universal Love for you, for My Joy, and Yours. :-)
And I don't want "Peace" for me, or for anyone, at least not in the way most of us mean Peace - the absence of tension. NO, I want folks consumed, constantly on the edge of being overwhelmed with Creative Tension to CREATE Joy, and eliminate needless Suffering among our Human Family - because that process of Creating Joy, and Eliminating Suffering for our World Family is the One and Only source of Joy for us personally, the ultimate human experience. That is the simple truth of our nervous systems.
Your brother,
Start
ps: Yes, I am making a big deal of this, because getting this right is our entire hope, as individuals, and as a Human Family. And we are almost out of time.
pps: Teresa of Calcutta captured this enormously in one of her final talks in DC ( http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2007/06/teresa-as-you-do-unto-least-of-these.html ), as she was explaining the Peace that she and Jesus live for (me too): 'My Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you.' He came not to give the peace of the world which is only that we don't bother each other. He came to give the Peace of heart which comes from loving - from doing good to others.
By the way, don't feel bad - everyone gets this wrong about me. Contrary to your email below, I am NOT committed to peace (or justice, as most people say of me) - no one could find the motivation to do what I do if they were committed to Peace - our nervous systems are not built that way.
I am committed, out of Love, to You; to my Entire Human Family; to the elimination of Your needless Suffering; to the Fulfillment of your Joy; out of Universal Love for you, for My Joy, and Yours. :-)
And I don't want "Peace" for me, or for anyone, at least not in the way most of us mean Peace - the absence of tension. NO, I want folks consumed, constantly on the edge of being overwhelmed with Creative Tension to CREATE Joy, and eliminate needless Suffering among our Human Family - because that process of Creating Joy, and Eliminating Suffering for our World Family is the One and Only source of Joy for us personally, the ultimate human experience. That is the simple truth of our nervous systems.
Your brother,
Start
ps: Yes, I am making a big deal of this, because getting this right is our entire hope, as individuals, and as a Human Family. And we are almost out of time.
pps: Teresa of Calcutta captured this enormously in one of her final talks in DC ( http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2007/06/teresa-as-you-do-unto-least-of-these.html ), as she was explaining the Peace that she and Jesus live for (me too): 'My Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you.' He came not to give the peace of the world which is only that we don't bother each other. He came to give the Peace of heart which comes from loving - from doing good to others.
From: "jim"
To: Start_Loving@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 10:08:30 AM
Subject: SHORT FILM IDEA
Start Loving -
Greetings! My name is Jim and I live in your old town of West Chester, PA. I recently read the article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about your vigil in Lafayette Park and was moved by your commitment to peace.
When I read the article about you and your vigil, I thought this would be a good subject for a short film. I was wondering if anyone has already made a short piece on your efforts.
My thought is this piece would contain interviews with you about your devotion to peace, your inspirations, your encounters with tourists.
I've been a television producer for twenty years, working in news and then at QVC. I left a few years ago and am now writing short stories, none of which are published yet. I own professional video equipment and have some friends who may volunteer time to help shoot and edit. If nothing else, I think we could produce a piece you could link to from your web site.
Please let me know your initial thoughts. If appropriate, I'd be happy to talk via phone or set up time to travel to DC and meet with you. I look forward to your thoughts.
Thanks,
Jim
6.07.2009
A Lonely Voice of Protest, Standing the Test of Time. Philadelphia Inquirer; Front Page 6/7/09
Giving peace a chance, shift by shift.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 8 hours ago
By Konstanze Walther WASHINGTON - It is 6:15 am when Jay McGinley begins his work on the edge of Lafayette Park in a homemade tent made of white plastic. ...
Students swim through hell and high water to honor veterans
Students swim through hell and high water to honor veterans
CNN International - USA
Decker, 22, is one of five reluctant heroes who left Dover, England, around 10 pm Friday, and set out over the channel's choppy waters, accompanied by
CNN International - USA
Decker, 22, is one of five reluctant heroes who left Dover, England, around 10 pm Friday, and set out over the channel's choppy waters, accompanied by
6.06.2009
Our Men and Women in Uniform - the One Group in this Country I Respect and With Whom I Feel Affinity. (Oh, Our Youth Too)
(... And too the folks that come to visit the Vigil.) The one group I respect in this country is our men and women in uniform. Yes, my life is dedicated to the elimination of folks killing others, but Courage is the hallmark of Humanity, of Human Health. That our men and women in uniform have been misled to thinking hostility is the answer does not deny their courage and humanity. Our men and women in Uniform are the one group in the US that can be depended upon to lay their lives on the line for the stranger, and for what they believe in. All the rest of us are on the take, doing unto others before they can do unto us; or just, self-righteously sitting on the sidelines criticizing others, aiding and abetting needless suffering through out criminal neglect. "I consider myself a soldier." Gandhi. "Give me a military man to work with any day; do not give me any cowards." Gandhi. It is unmistakable the admiration and respect many of the Secret Service have for my efforts; as my admiration for them is also clear. Quite a contrast with the near universal disrespect I receive from the "activist" community, and the "church" community; disrespect that I have come to experience as a powerful affirmation. :-)
6.05.2009
"...we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear -- unruly men, disturbers of the peace..."
We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear -- unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called 'the insolence of elected persons' -- in a word, free men.: Gerald W. Johnson
NOT our relationship WITH, but our relationship TO others is what is crucial to Joy, Love, Peace, Life, Earth....
"I have seen the paradox that if you love until it hurts, there is no more hurt, there is only more love." Teresa of Calcutta
6.03.2009
6.01.2009
5.31.2009
Blessed are the poor. Oh God.
There has been a soul in the Park these last 2 weeks, a pitiful lost soul. An African American man. 30ish? The little I can tell he is substantially if not severely mentally impaired, but I have little to go on. Had me worried the first 3 or 4 days, the way he was pacing around the park in the vicinity of the White House struck me as a bit menacing and possibly hostile, and angry. But this was a guess; it was not his demeanor, which has remained placid. I've made it my business to avoid eye contact because I sense that I am not called to divert from my work to attend to him, and I have zero sense that I can be of help to him, in any way. He has frequently paced very, very close to where I am, sort of violation the "space" of the vigil. I've respected his right to do so, and despite the fact that I realized he might be looking for kindness, friendship, attention, acknowledgment or someone to chat with, again, I've judged that, although he is my brother and I care for him, and I DO care, I DO have compassion for him, Triage, my duty to choose how to help the most people, dictates that I stay on task and NOT indulge my inclination to try and help him. To this very second tonight I feel that this is correct, that I am following Good's, God's, Love's Will in this. But I remain pained that he must feel hurt, maybe VERY hurt that I've given him ZERO attention. I can't imagine that he has literally two pennies to rub together. He sleeps on benches here in the park during the day (the Park Police sometimes allow DAY sleeping here) and as near as I can tell he is awake here all night long. He wears the same pair of slacks, shirt and sweater all the time.
My heart aches for him. I saw what appeared to be an uncharacteristiclaly humane Park Police officer in the park the other day. I approached her, and she was indeed humane. I know that there is little if anything they are equipped or likely to do, but I told her what I had seen regarding this fellow, and that I wished there was something that could be done for him.
It is 9pm Sunday. As I was working on the Laptop here in front of the White House at the Vigil a form (person) approached me from my left. It was this poor, lonely, lost soul. He reached out to me, and I saw a McDonald's bag at the same time he said, "Do you want a sandwhich? I have a fish sandwhich and a hamburger. You can have them." There was zero hint he was looking for anything, let alone in return I was happy to let my love for him shine his way, "Oh, thank you brother, but I've just had a snack. But thank you. Very kind" I instantly offered my hand and he responded with a wonderful warm, firm, human handshake, and then went on his way.
"Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
My heart aches for him. I saw what appeared to be an uncharacteristiclaly humane Park Police officer in the park the other day. I approached her, and she was indeed humane. I know that there is little if anything they are equipped or likely to do, but I told her what I had seen regarding this fellow, and that I wished there was something that could be done for him.
It is 9pm Sunday. As I was working on the Laptop here in front of the White House at the Vigil a form (person) approached me from my left. It was this poor, lonely, lost soul. He reached out to me, and I saw a McDonald's bag at the same time he said, "Do you want a sandwhich? I have a fish sandwhich and a hamburger. You can have them." There was zero hint he was looking for anything, let alone in return I was happy to let my love for him shine his way, "Oh, thank you brother, but I've just had a snack. But thank you. Very kind" I instantly offered my hand and he responded with a wonderful warm, firm, human handshake, and then went on his way.
"Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
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