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1.05.2010

Huh. William Thomas / Thomas More. And "A Man for All Seasons."

"WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?  WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?"
Peter Paul and Mary 1962   Listen here

Huh.  I just this second realized - Thomas More, and Wm. THOMAS, both
had the same name.  I was thinking of the play because
Thomas loved it so.

It seems that when I told our [William] Thomas prop1.org
about it maybe 3 years ago he had never heard of the story,
a play really, "A Man for All Seasons."  I got it for him, and he
watched it over, and over, and over, and over. 

I got it for him because it is a story that has gripped
me since I first saw the movie many decades ago.  And I wept
when I saw it, as did our Thomas.  It made me think of
our Thomas - his better nature - the Profoundly Good Man.

It is about a man, a good man, THE ONE GOOD MAN IN ENGLAND,
THAT would NOT, IF IT COST HIM HIS VERY LIFE do anything,
say anything, victimize anyone, do whatever it took to stay in the graces of
their patron - Henry VIII.  EVERYONE ELSE IN ENGLAND,
(except for his stoic wife and sheroic daughter) WOULD,
AND DID.  Thomas More's CRIME was that he would not
SUCK UP TO THE PATRON HENRY VIII, as all the other courtiers,
parasites actually, would and did, ENDLESSLY.  Why would he not? 
Because that would be betrayal, of Truth, Goodness, Humanity, of his
fellow human beings, and his FRIEND Henry VIII.  "It is as much
a duty to not cooperate with evil, as it is to avoid doing evil."
Gandhi.

Henry of course had the loot, castles, food, entertainment, and
even the power to cause anyone's death [ultimately Thomas More's].

So the parasites, the Takers, did their infinite role plays, contortions, flatteries,
deceits, lies, fakeries, games, charades, token contributions... and they lived,
[if being a parasite is actually "living???"].  Thomas More, who would not,
was for a long, long, long time tolerated - and then he was put to death,
by them all [except his wife and daughter.]  Like Jesus before him,
and King and Gandhi after him, and martyrs and Saints.

I give you our...

Corporations [in which I spent my adult life],
Government (but under Pr. Obama DRAMATICALLY less so),
Military,
Church,
GOP,
Progressives,
Peace Movement,
Intelligentsia,
Universities,
OUR VERY FAMILIES,
OUR VERY COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE....

"WHEN WILL [WE] EVER LEARN?  WHEN WILL [WE] EVER LEARN?"
Peter Paul and Mary  Listen here

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE Listen here
Pete Seeger- Sanga Music Inc -BMI

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


Where have all the husbands gone, long time passing?
Where have all the husbands gone, long time ago?
Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


Where have all the graveyards gone, long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone, long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?


Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?




1.04.2010

Jesus - He was ENTIRELY about re-conceiving Family, IN THIS LIFE. ENTIRELY.

Duh - you say?  :-)  Yes, I AM slow.  But my head is spinning with
the implications, grasping it, letting it grasp me, checking to see
if this is a correct understanding....  Huge.

I continue in more than a week's immersion in Jesus words,  as
I do every Christ-mass week or so now, in these last few days
specifically in Matthew, just for practical reasons.  Line by line, over
and over.

I am Stunned by the new appreciation that has exploded
within me this time - how CENTRAL is His notion, His Vision,
His Belief that THE VITAL DISTINCTION among us IN THIS LIFE  is which of
two Families we belong to - His Father's or, by whatever name,
Satan's, Greeds, Lusts, Selfinessess's.  That EVERYTHING, Every
Hope depends on 1. we as individuals bringing to TOP OF MIND
an ACUTE AWARENESS ALWAYS OF WHAT PRIMARY FAMILY WE ARE TRULY
IN - That of the Givers or the Takers (including bio-fam as PRIMARY
affiliation, instead of Givers/Father's), Our Father's and Satan's
respectively.  And, 2. that what being Saved means, what being
Converted means is Moving IN THE HEART and BODY from the Family of
the Takers to the Family of the Givers; and in doing so we
create or increase the opportunity of attracting others to
Convert to His Family.  THIS IS HUGE FOR ME.  HUGE.  It is what
has been going on in me for a decade or more, but to more clearly
see it, that is a massive gift.  And it can aid me in His Work.

It is only Start that didn't "get this?"  "Who is my mother, who
are my brothers," is NOT just a really important aside.  It is the
whole mission for Jesus to A. make the distinction of 2 Families
CLEAR (I came to divide), B. Elevate Our Father's Family - the
Kingdom; and C. Get us about Saving ourselves and Others
by joining the currently minute Family of Givers, Our Father's
Family.

I have much more growing to do in these coming days in this
new clarity.

If it is Our Father's will that you do so, I sure wouldn't mind
if you scanned my Journey from time to time
herehttp://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/

XXXXXXXXXXX

SL


1.03.2010

Con't: Selfishness IS Hell. There IS no other. None other is needed.

It's that we are born these nearly infinitely Giving,
Universally Loving, Creative Spirits, and when our
culture stuffs into ever smaller containers of Selfishness,
well it is Hell - Prison - living Death, Clinically.  And the
Madness is, most of us don't see it, and think everything
is fine.  It isn't.  Not for us, not for those we lead into
the same Walking Deadness.  Will the sleepers awake?

------------

The Hell of Selfishness
is the prevailing feelings of

Want

Deadness

Emptiness

Cravings

Meaninglessness

Bordom

Anxiety

With just enough Pleasure mixed in that
we think this is

Normal

How things should be

As good as it gets

NOPE.

Giving, Otherishness, Universal Loving

ARE Heaven.
ARE as Good as it Gets



Selfishness IS Hell. There IS no other. None other is needed.

The Hell of Selfishness
is the prevailing feelings of

Want

Deadness

Emptiness

Cravings

Meaninglessness

Bordom

Anxiety

With just enough Pleasure mixed in that
we think this is

Normal

How things should be

As good as it gets

NOPE.

Giving, Otherishness, Universal Loving

ARE Heaven.
ARE as Good as it Gets


"War IS the Answer! Killing and Bloodshed are Not. War of Mass Construction, IS." SL

"War IS  the Answer! 
Killing and Bloodshed are Not.
Mass Construction, IS." SL

"Jesus' Teaching: There are 2 Families - The Hearts/Givers, and The Tumors/Takers. Of which Family are you? Really?" SL

I've spent this Christ-mass week immersed in the words of Jesus, line by line, over and over.
This is what I've found. This is a very big advance in clarity for me:

"Jesus' Teaching is this:

There are 2 Families -

Health's Life "Givers"
(The HEARTS/GIVERS:
Gandhi, King,
Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Diane Wilson, Col. Ann Wright,
William Thomas...)

or,

Cancer's Life "Takers"
(The TUMORS/TAKERS:
Trump, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton,
Tom Buchannan (Great Gatsby),
Skimpole (Bleak House)....).

Of which family are you?
Really?

Your Soul depends on
the right answer.

SALVATION'S entirely about which
Family you end up in; WE end up in."

SL

1.02.2010

"Inseparable: Joyful and Giving. Blessed are the Givers." SL

"Inseparable:  Joyful and Giving. Blessed are the Givers."  SL

SL here. OUR DEADLY BLINDNESS. Friends, you DEFINITELY will want to see this.

From my beloved sister Beverly who along with her biological family
is personally responsible for me being alive - on several occasions,
having first nursed me back to life after my first Hunger Strike for the
children of Chester PA.

Start

ps: I have not followed up to be sure this is a valid Washington
Post article.
-------------------------------------------------------

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Beverly Austin
To: jay/start mcginley?loving
Sent: Sat, January 2, 2010 7:23:25 PM
Subject: FW: Percption

WOW, do you see what you are up against Start/ What Jesus our Lord was up against, Makes me think long and hard.Makes me want to cry. Of course you see what am I thinking, of course you do.................However, what would I have done, How would I have reacted.
Love SC

Perception

...something to think about...




Washington, D.C.

Metro Station on a cold January morning ...




The man with a violin
played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.. During that time approx. two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.


After
three minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.


4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.


10 minutes:
A three-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time.
This
action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only six people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace... The man collected a total of $32.


1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever
written, with a violin valued at $3.5 million dollars.


Two days before
Joshua Bell sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $200.


This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.


The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One
conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made... How many other things are we missing?





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Wind chill is 6 degrees now

Makes the typing dfuclt.  :-)

Love you.

Start

"Un-Christlikes are Murder." SL

"Un-Christlikes are Murder."  SL

"Live vs Death: Brother TO vs Brother With." SL

"Live vs Death: Brother TO vs Brother WITH."  SL

Jesus had Peter had quite a go round on this:

'Peter, do you Love (agape) me?"
"I love you like you were my brother (filios)."

Hmmmmm.  "PETER, DO YOU LOVE ME?!?!?!?"

Jesus had to ask twice more.

Imagine if we eliminated words like cyanide,
nitrogen, carbon dioxide... and only had the
word Oxygen for all gas.  That would be a problem.

Well we have a MUCH bigger problem.  We only,
CARELESSLY use the world Love for:

Universal Love
Lust
Sex
Desire
Friendship
Acquantainceship
One night stands
Pleasurableness
Blood relationships
Romance
Reciprocal relations.....

Love is Universal OR IT IS NOT LOVE.

You Friends are among the only exception I know: "on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing." Matthew 23:28

You Friends are among the only exception I know:

"on the outside you appear righteous,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing."

Matthew 23:28

1.01.2010

Documentary Trailer: "The Man named Start Loving"


The ENTIRE point of the Gospels / Jesus life: One Father, we're ALL ONE FAMILY, NO DOUBLE STANDARDS, GET ON WITH IT.

The ENTIRE point of the Gospels / Jesus life: 
One Father, we're ALL ONE FAMILY,
NO DOUBLE STANDARDS,, EVER, GET ON WITH IT.

We killed Jesus for telling us this.  We hated Him for it.
And for 1900 years we've been killing ourselves to
make anything and everything else BESIDE THIS
the point of His teachings.  And now it is almost too
late for us to get it right. 

It is up to me.  It is up to YOU now.  We are the last chance.

CJ - I GIVE YOU TWO COMMANDMENTS:

1.  Devote your life entirely to the will of Our One Father

2.  Devote your life entirely to the Least of These in
     Our One global Family - ESPECIALLY the poor,
     ESPECIALLY the enemy, ESPECIALLY the foreigner.

There is NOTHING BESIDES THIS in Jesus' Teachings.
Everything else was embellishment, clarification,
emphasis and support.

This is the Law and the Prophets.

Embracing THIS, THAT WE ARE ALL IMMEDIATE FAMILY,
THAT WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS...

THIS ALONE IS SALVATION -
A. PERSONAL SALVATION from a Joyless, Meaningless Life,
B. COLLECTIVE SALVATION from Global Civilization Collapse.

THERE IS NO OTHER SALVATION.  EVER.  PERIOD.

GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOYFUL NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

START


Shari - is She why I'm here? OMG

What an incredibly sacred encounter.  Half an hour maybe.

She's 19ish maybe? Today she returns to China from her
6 months exchange program. 

Stunning.  Kind.  Thoughtful.  Open. Informed.  Wondering.
Mature.  Concerned for the world.  Inquisitive.  Smart. Educated....

She asked it all.  She grasped it all - that I have to offer.
We discussed the various human rights movements.  She
totally gets - she emphasizes to me - the determination
of the Chinese Gov. to prevent dissent.  She sees the
impossibility of resisting - trying to improve human rights
in China.  BUT SHE SEES THAT WISELY, NOT RECKLESSLY,
MAKING THE ATTEMPT IS LIFE ITSELF.

A really fun, brief part of our exchange - as she and I were
sitting cross legged and talking, a group of Chinese
tourists came and went - and Shari said - "Do you care
about what people say about you?"  Well, I told her
that everyone that comes through the park is my
brother or sister, but that most are waking dead, so dead
that I know that either they will not "see" me, or they'll think
I'm an idiot, or whatever.  But the 1 in 10,000 like her -
she is why I am here.  "Well," she said, "the Chinese
that were just here were saying that you work for the
government, a fake, to show that people in the US have
the ability to bring about change, when they really don't."
We both laughed heartily.  Knowing it is true, if we
continue to let it be.

I worry for her. 

She will not forget our encounter. 

She now lives in me, and I in her.

"I'm going to go back to China and try to make it a
better place," she said with unmistakable clarity.

We both are changed.

OMG.

sl

"The choice is not - to succeed. The choice is to Live. Living is in the attempting." SL

"The choice is not - to succeed.  The choice is to Live.  Living is in the attempting."  SL

French Gaza Freedom March activist killed in Cairo Press TV


"The Givers: The Nature of Universal Love is Giving Itself as the Price of Wellbeing for Others, for the Joy of it. The Takers are the other group." SL

"The Givers: The Nature of Universal Love
is Giving Itself as the Price of Wellbeing for Others,
for the Joy of it.  The Takers are the other group." SL

12.31.2009

Universal Love is made Manifest: 1. Directly, 2. By the Persecution it Attracts.

Universal Love is made Manifest:

1. Directly, and,
2. By the Persecution it Attracts.

"The Exact Measure of Ur Life = # in Your Immediate Family. U? Billions for Wilson, Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt...." SL

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The Exact Measure of Your Life = # in Your Immediate Family.

Billions for Teresa, Diane Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt,
King, Gandhi, Jesus, Nancy, Romero, Thomas....

And for U? "  SL

ps:  Pass it on.  GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

King, Gandhi, Jesus... REVILED THE "TALKERS" / HYPOCRITES / FAKES / COUNTERFEITS.

King, Gandhi, Jesus MOST REVILED THE "TALKERS" / HYPOCRITE / FAKE / COUNTERFEIT.

Difference tween Real and Hypocrite / Fake / Counterfeit  is that between
DOERS and TALKERS  (risk-little activists, writers, Bloggers, Facebookers, YouTubers....)
Personal Responsibility and Blame / Excuses / Scapegoat / Persecute.

The REAL ones are folks of SCRUPULOUS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

"Give me a DOER  of any persuasion, ANY DAY.
Don't give me any Talkers / Fakes / Hypocrites / Counterfeits."   SL inspired by CJ, King, Gandhi

Think about:

Gandhi
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus
Eleanor Roosevelt
Diane Wilson
Helen Caldicott
William Thomas...

Think about:

Christians
Progressives
Republicans
Democrats
Peace Activists
Lawyers
Doctors
Insurance Agents....



12.30.2009

Healthy are Hardest to Save. The saved are Most Likely Lost.

Matthew 13

57 "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house."


The Stranger, the Poor, the Sick, the Foreigner are easiest to Save.

NYT: Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor, is a hunger striker in Cairo Tuesday for Gazans.

NYT: Hedy Epstein, a Holocaust survivor, is a hunger striker in Cairo Tuesday for Gazans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/middleeast/30egypt.html



12.27.2009

"Jesus used the Language of the Heart. We insist on the language of Flesh or Mind, and can't understand Him." SL

"Jesus used the Language of the Heart. 
We insist on the language of Flesh or Mind,
and can't understand Him."  SL


12.26.2009

YAHOO!!!!!!!! Start's off line!!!!! [for a while] :-)

Hi! 

Well, not completely off line, but sort of in a cave.
Yes, my Vigil work continues but mentally I'm in a hugely
different focus for a time.

I will continue to use this lull in DC Political activity to
devote as much uninterrupted time to matters of the Spirit,
as possible - studying and responding to the Words
and Works of Christ Jesus.

You may or may not see bursts of activity on the
Spiritual Front from me, but on the Climate Change,
Health Care, Global Issues front I'm not even looking
beyond the major headlines. 

I don't expect to return to normal in that regard till
after New Years.

Your Loving brother,

Start