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Blessed is the person who becomes a "master." But she is never a "master" of others; she has learned to "master" only the self. This means that she has gained the mastery of harmful anger, violence, rage, frustration, anxieties, boredom, uncreative and unproductive states of mind, etc.
No, my friend, it is not appropriate to call any human being "master." And no spiritually wise person will want, or allow, you to call her "master." That would be only a sign of tremendous ego-infection and deep spiritual illness. For if she is not a real master, you have made an error; but if she is a real master, she does not need to have, and does not want, this ego-reinforcement. In fact, a true teacher wants you to call her something much higher than "master." She wants you to call her "friend."
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
The World as Dream
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It is impossible for a "world" to exist without Mind. If there is no one to sense the existence of a thing, then, it does not exist. Quantum physics implies that, if all minds suddenly disappeared, so would the cosmos. By contrast, if the cosmos disappeared, Mind would still remain. This means that Mind is "superordinate" to matter-- more important than "stuff." Spiritual luminaries have always taught this.
Even things that appear to be "dead" and "outside of Mind" are actually a part of the great dream of Mind. For all the "material, physical, and external" cosmos is only this dream, called by Hindu mystics the "dream of God."
Mystics have said, "The cosmos is light." "Light" was the ancient word for "energy," and now physics has shown that everything is made of atoms, and atoms are only energy. There is nothing "solid" within an atom. Instead, it is made up of packets (quanta) of energy, whirling and zinging around each other at nearly light-speed!
So, there is nothing "solid" anywhere in the cosmos. Your computer is as much pure energy as a star! The world of trees, cars, buildings, rooms, furniture, computers, etc. is actually energy. Why, though, is not the cosmos just a blur of nebulous light, a pool of amorphous (formless) force?
Because the light (energy) is held together as "forms" by that mysterious force called "Mind." (This is all done at deeply Unconscious levels.) We have always had a word for energy held together by mind. That word is "dream."
Things only appear to be "solid" because the Mind dreams them up that way. The apparent "solidarity" is as much an illusion as the apparent solidarity of objects in nightdreams. So, the world is not "physical," "material," or "external." It is all and always happening within your mind.
Quantum physicists of the most recent schools are now saying what mystics have always said: The idea that matter can exist without Mind, independent of an observer, is absurd and ludicrous.
No "external"world exists. For all of our experiences are internal or interior. We simply infer the existence of an external world through the events within our minds. Again, the world "exists" in the same way that a dreamworld exists in our nightdreams. The "world" is nothing but a Mind-function. It is dreamed up by a hugely, immensely creative Mind deep within the Unconscious-- so deep that It is collective (shared by all minds). So, mystically, "cosmos" and "Mind" are simply different words for the same thing. Reality is Mind, and so mystics call the interior Dreamer "Reality."
Some schools say that, with enlightenment, the world "disappears," or is "destroyed." This does not imply that the cosmos is consumed in apocalyptic fire, but that its "reality" is seen as the result of the deeper Reality called "Mind." So, the world is not actively demolished, but fades gently into "illusion." Seeing the world as dream only, the mystic is no longer dominated by it. For the dreamer is always greater than the dream; and so, the mystic, being an incarnation of the Dreamer, is greater than the world. Like Jesus, she "conquers" the world.
REFERENCE!
That the world is a dream does not mean that it is your personal dream. It is collective, shared by all. That is why, by a simple act of will, you cannot change the world. It is held together by very firm and stable laws, operating at a very deep level of the collective Unconscious. So, world-negation, or realization of the unreality of the world, does not make it disappear. It simply changes your relationship with it. It frees you from greed, obsession with the senses, envy, and existential anxiety. For the world is created out of, and by, Love alone.
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It is impossible for a "world" to exist without Mind. If there is no one to sense the existence of a thing, then, it does not exist. Quantum physics implies that, if all minds suddenly disappeared, so would the cosmos. By contrast, if the cosmos disappeared, Mind would still remain. This means that Mind is "superordinate" to matter-- more important than "stuff." Spiritual luminaries have always taught this.
Even things that appear to be "dead" and "outside of Mind" are actually a part of the great dream of Mind. For all the "material, physical, and external" cosmos is only this dream, called by Hindu mystics the "dream of God."
Mystics have said, "The cosmos is light." "Light" was the ancient word for "energy," and now physics has shown that everything is made of atoms, and atoms are only energy. There is nothing "solid" within an atom. Instead, it is made up of packets (quanta) of energy, whirling and zinging around each other at nearly light-speed!
So, there is nothing "solid" anywhere in the cosmos. Your computer is as much pure energy as a star! The world of trees, cars, buildings, rooms, furniture, computers, etc. is actually energy. Why, though, is not the cosmos just a blur of nebulous light, a pool of amorphous (formless) force?
Because the light (energy) is held together as "forms" by that mysterious force called "Mind." (This is all done at deeply Unconscious levels.) We have always had a word for energy held together by mind. That word is "dream."
Things only appear to be "solid" because the Mind dreams them up that way. The apparent "solidarity" is as much an illusion as the apparent solidarity of objects in nightdreams. So, the world is not "physical," "material," or "external." It is all and always happening within your mind.
Quantum physicists of the most recent schools are now saying what mystics have always said: The idea that matter can exist without Mind, independent of an observer, is absurd and ludicrous.
No "external"world exists. For all of our experiences are internal or interior. We simply infer the existence of an external world through the events within our minds. Again, the world "exists" in the same way that a dreamworld exists in our nightdreams. The "world" is nothing but a Mind-function. It is dreamed up by a hugely, immensely creative Mind deep within the Unconscious-- so deep that It is collective (shared by all minds). So, mystically, "cosmos" and "Mind" are simply different words for the same thing. Reality is Mind, and so mystics call the interior Dreamer "Reality."
Some schools say that, with enlightenment, the world "disappears," or is "destroyed." This does not imply that the cosmos is consumed in apocalyptic fire, but that its "reality" is seen as the result of the deeper Reality called "Mind." So, the world is not actively demolished, but fades gently into "illusion." Seeing the world as dream only, the mystic is no longer dominated by it. For the dreamer is always greater than the dream; and so, the mystic, being an incarnation of the Dreamer, is greater than the world. Like Jesus, she "conquers" the world.
REFERENCE!
That the world is a dream does not mean that it is your personal dream. It is collective, shared by all. That is why, by a simple act of will, you cannot change the world. It is held together by very firm and stable laws, operating at a very deep level of the collective Unconscious. So, world-negation, or realization of the unreality of the world, does not make it disappear. It simply changes your relationship with it. It frees you from greed, obsession with the senses, envy, and existential anxiety. For the world is created out of, and by, Love alone.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Latest Update -High Spirits Radioprogram
Welcome to Richard Mattrella as a new supporter of the Friendship Support Project and Network. Having recently been exposed to the Way, he has dramatically and positively changed his life. He has joined a Buddhist group and is now studying defensive arts.
We now have the equivalent of twenty-two people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Sppirits" radioprogram. Each of these has volunteered to supply five dollars per week. (Showtime costs $200 per week.) We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
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Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
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Sandra Grubb
Richard Mattrella
Cinda Miller
Joe Polivick
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Michael Shapiro
*
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Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Ed and Nancy Theuring
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Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome, Richard, to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty-two down, there are fewer than eighteen more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We are well over halfway there! We need only $70 more per week to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please ask her to contact us.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause.
Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard and the Love Education Team
All you need is Love.
We now have the equivalent of twenty-two people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Sppirits" radioprogram. Each of these has volunteered to supply five dollars per week. (Showtime costs $200 per week.) We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
*
*
Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
*
Sandra Grubb
Richard Mattrella
Cinda Miller
Joe Polivick
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Michael Shapiro
*
*
Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Ed and Nancy Theuring
*
Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome, Richard, to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty-two down, there are fewer than eighteen more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We are well over halfway there! We need only $70 more per week to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please ask her to contact us.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause.
Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard and the Love Education Team
All you need is Love.
Sunday, October 23, 2005
War Is Evil
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You asked what I thought about Krishna's words to Arjuna, in the mystical classic, The Celestial Song of God, about war. I disagree strongly with what is said at the beginning of the Bhagavad-Gita. I do not believe that it is good, moral, fair, or just to justify war. War is evil, and cannot be justified. I do not disagree with Krishna's cosmic view of life: Like him, I do not believe that mind is extinguished at death. I believe that we simply return to another universe, or, in Christian terms, we "go to heaven." But I think that it is horrible to say that war is "okay" because "no one really dies in war." I do not believe that this was a part of the original record or story. I think that the argument was made for the sake of compassion. War is nightmarish, and unless you understand it in its more cosmic context, it can drive you crazy with grief. So, it was out of compassion that Krishna said what he said. But it is still, and always, wrong to rationalize war. War is murder, and there can never be such a thing as a "good war."
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You asked what I thought about Krishna's words to Arjuna, in the mystical classic, The Celestial Song of God, about war. I disagree strongly with what is said at the beginning of the Bhagavad-Gita. I do not believe that it is good, moral, fair, or just to justify war. War is evil, and cannot be justified. I do not disagree with Krishna's cosmic view of life: Like him, I do not believe that mind is extinguished at death. I believe that we simply return to another universe, or, in Christian terms, we "go to heaven." But I think that it is horrible to say that war is "okay" because "no one really dies in war." I do not believe that this was a part of the original record or story. I think that the argument was made for the sake of compassion. War is nightmarish, and unless you understand it in its more cosmic context, it can drive you crazy with grief. So, it was out of compassion that Krishna said what he said. But it is still, and always, wrong to rationalize war. War is murder, and there can never be such a thing as a "good war."
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Beginning Spirituality and Healing
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To begin your Journey towards (back to) our cosmic Mother and Father, God, recommended is that you start by reading Falling in Love with Yourself. This is a semipoetic and "soft" introduction to mysticism, the Way of Love. Or, if you prefer a more databased intro, please begin reading Journey to the Center of the Soul. If you do not have one or both of these books, please remember to pick them up at the next Pneumarium (October 30). Right now, one of the best "gifts" that you can give yourself, as an aid to your spiritual growth, is regularly to attend the Pneumarium gatherings.
As you read, jot down any questions, and then, forward them via email. This is a good way to begin the path. Also, please feel free to call me at any time. (The number is 513-737-LOVE, or 5683).
A great way to begin to organize your interior life is by starting a personal dreamdictionary. Please get a notebook, and use the front part for your dreamlog or record. Use the back part for your dreamdictionary. Begin by listing the elements-components of your dreams, in alphabetical order. This would also include the names of family and friends who appear in your dreams.
You are already a healer. Love is reaching from within you towards others. Each thought of Love, every time that you send Love or good wishes towards others, this is a healing-prayer. Love is always healing, and so, the true healer must love, and love more. There are no "secret techniques." Love is the Way to effective healing.
You can start with a simple exercise, however, if you want to train yourself. Place your right hand (which sends energy) on [your son's] hand, and "allow" blue light to flow from your heartmind to his injury. Try not to do anything. Do not strenuously visualize, or talk to yourself. Just let the blue light happen. Do not try to "create" it. Just let your mind get completely clear and still as in meditation.
Become thoughtfree. Focus on Love only; if you try to visualize, you will interrupt the clear Flow. Let God (Love) pass through you, and try not to interfere through thinking. Healing-"power" is not in the healer, but in the person being healed. As healers, we must simply help them unlock their interior connection with Love, which powerfully heals them.
Just saying a simple word of kindness can be healing. The exercise of Love is always a healing act, and there is no such thing as a "small" act of Love.
Kids are a bit easier. Everytime that you help a kid to laugh, you are aiding in the unlocking of the interior Power. Also, reassure the child that she has the great and amazing Power within her, and that laughing is healing. Then, encourage as much fun and laughter as possible! This is true healing, and Love will do the rest.
Re business and spirituality: Always insist on total honesty and nongreed. This is to "spiritualize" business. Let everyone know that you are going to operate by these two principles, and that you will never compromise on this issue of goodness. Use any extra funds to help the poor directly. It is better to give directly to the poor rather than to charities, because organized charities and religions use so many of the funds for "administration" that the poor never see, or receive, this money.
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To begin your Journey towards (back to) our cosmic Mother and Father, God, recommended is that you start by reading Falling in Love with Yourself. This is a semipoetic and "soft" introduction to mysticism, the Way of Love. Or, if you prefer a more databased intro, please begin reading Journey to the Center of the Soul. If you do not have one or both of these books, please remember to pick them up at the next Pneumarium (October 30). Right now, one of the best "gifts" that you can give yourself, as an aid to your spiritual growth, is regularly to attend the Pneumarium gatherings.
As you read, jot down any questions, and then, forward them via email. This is a good way to begin the path. Also, please feel free to call me at any time. (The number is 513-737-LOVE, or 5683).
A great way to begin to organize your interior life is by starting a personal dreamdictionary. Please get a notebook, and use the front part for your dreamlog or record. Use the back part for your dreamdictionary. Begin by listing the elements-components of your dreams, in alphabetical order. This would also include the names of family and friends who appear in your dreams.
You are already a healer. Love is reaching from within you towards others. Each thought of Love, every time that you send Love or good wishes towards others, this is a healing-prayer. Love is always healing, and so, the true healer must love, and love more. There are no "secret techniques." Love is the Way to effective healing.
You can start with a simple exercise, however, if you want to train yourself. Place your right hand (which sends energy) on [your son's] hand, and "allow" blue light to flow from your heartmind to his injury. Try not to do anything. Do not strenuously visualize, or talk to yourself. Just let the blue light happen. Do not try to "create" it. Just let your mind get completely clear and still as in meditation.
Become thoughtfree. Focus on Love only; if you try to visualize, you will interrupt the clear Flow. Let God (Love) pass through you, and try not to interfere through thinking. Healing-"power" is not in the healer, but in the person being healed. As healers, we must simply help them unlock their interior connection with Love, which powerfully heals them.
Just saying a simple word of kindness can be healing. The exercise of Love is always a healing act, and there is no such thing as a "small" act of Love.
Kids are a bit easier. Everytime that you help a kid to laugh, you are aiding in the unlocking of the interior Power. Also, reassure the child that she has the great and amazing Power within her, and that laughing is healing. Then, encourage as much fun and laughter as possible! This is true healing, and Love will do the rest.
Re business and spirituality: Always insist on total honesty and nongreed. This is to "spiritualize" business. Let everyone know that you are going to operate by these two principles, and that you will never compromise on this issue of goodness. Use any extra funds to help the poor directly. It is better to give directly to the poor rather than to charities, because organized charities and religions use so many of the funds for "administration" that the poor never see, or receive, this money.
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Political Actions of the Day
Join the ACLU Action Network
We Are Winning In Court: Now Urge Lawmakers to Push for Patriot Reform
Stop Religious Discrimination in Head Start!
Tell Congress to Stop Using the Hurricane Katrina Tragedy to Push Through a National School Voucher Program
Tell Your Member of Congress to Stop Torture
Join the ACLU Action Network
Take the Pledge
Use your power. As the time draws closer to select candidates for the next United States Congress, pledge the following:
I pledge to only support candidates who:
Take the Pledge
Demand a success strategy for Iraq
It's time to develop a strategy that can succeed in Iraq, defuse the terrorist insurgency, and bring our brave men and women home. That will only happen if you immediately bring credibility, accountability, and responsibility to a war that has been lacking in all three.
***Credibility: It's time for you to stop using sound bytes like "Mission Accomplished" and be truthful with the American people.
***Accountability: We need to hear from your Administration exactly how many Iraqi forces are needed; how to meet that goal; and by when.
***Responsibility: We must honor our soldiers not just on the 4th of July, but every day -- by giving them the equipment they need while they are deployed and the health care they deserve when they come home.
I urge you to tell the truth to the American people, articulate a clear timeline of our plans for Iraq, and take responsibility for our men
We Are Winning In Court: Now Urge Lawmakers to Push for Patriot Reform
Stop Religious Discrimination in Head Start!
Tell Congress to Stop Using the Hurricane Katrina Tragedy to Push Through a National School Voucher Program
Tell Your Member of Congress to Stop Torture
Join the ACLU Action Network
Take the Pledge
Use your power. As the time draws closer to select candidates for the next United States Congress, pledge the following:
I pledge to only support candidates who:
- Acknowledge that the U.S. was misled into the war in Iraq
- Advocate for a responsible exit plan with a timeline
- Support our troops at home and abroad
Take the Pledge
Demand a success strategy for Iraq
It's time to develop a strategy that can succeed in Iraq, defuse the terrorist insurgency, and bring our brave men and women home. That will only happen if you immediately bring credibility, accountability, and responsibility to a war that has been lacking in all three.
***Credibility: It's time for you to stop using sound bytes like "Mission Accomplished" and be truthful with the American people.
***Accountability: We need to hear from your Administration exactly how many Iraqi forces are needed; how to meet that goal; and by when.
***Responsibility: We must honor our soldiers not just on the 4th of July, but every day -- by giving them the equipment they need while they are deployed and the health care they deserve when they come home.
I urge you to tell the truth to the American people, articulate a clear timeline of our plans for Iraq, and take responsibility for our men
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Project Sapphire "High Spirits" Update
Welcome to Joe Polivick as a new supporter of the Friendship Support Project and Network. He has recently returned from some grueling and tortuous work rescuing pets in the New Orleans area, magnified in horror by gov neglect. Conditions, he says, were nightmarish.
We now have the equivalent of twenty-one people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Spirits" radioprogram. We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
*
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Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
*
Sandra Grubb
Cinda Miller
Joe Polivick
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Michael Shapiro
*
Ed and Nancy Theuring
*
Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome, Joe, to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty-one down, there are fewer than nineteen more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We are well over halfway there! We need only $75 more to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please ask them to contact us.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause. Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard and the Love Education Team
All you need is Love.
We now have the equivalent of twenty-one people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Spirits" radioprogram. We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
*
*
Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
*
Sandra Grubb
Cinda Miller
Joe Polivick
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Michael Shapiro
*
Ed and Nancy Theuring
*
Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome, Joe, to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty-one down, there are fewer than nineteen more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We are well over halfway there! We need only $75 more to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please ask them to contact us.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause. Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard and the Love Education Team
All you need is Love.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
"Intelligent Design" not "Creationism"
"Intelligent design" implies just that. It implies structure and mathematical order that make sense. But it need not involve "creationism," or the belief that some external God imposed this order from outside the molecules. And it certainly need not imply a god such as the primitive, anthropomorphic Jehovah of the Hebrew Scriptures. Used correctly, the term implies this complex structure-- that it unarguably does exist, but need say nothing about the source or origin of this design in the "external mind" of a "creator." When people begin to infer that an anthropomorphic (human-formed) deity, such as the Hebrew god Jehovah, was in charge of a "creationary" process, then, they have clearly stepped into the field of faith and speculation, well outside the realms of real science.
Design does exist, and it is astoundingly intelligent, especially in the complex biostructures of multicellular life-forms. Intelligent, even mathematical and symmetric, design is also a part of the cellular and atomic structure of every unicellular "simple" living being.
Nevertheless, it is by no means necessary to presuppose the existence of any external "god"-- much less, the primitive god of the early Bible. Intelligent design can as well be explained by natural tendencies for patterns of attraction to exist among the atoms and molecules of the cell. Could not this intelligence, which is intracellular, not have partly guided, and been partly the result of, evolutionary processes?
Intelligent design clearly exist within the cell. About one-hundredth the size of the period at the end of this sentence, it is more complex than New York City! Literally millions of biomolecules perform highly synchronized and choreographed orchestrations of unimaginably complex "dances" that sustain life, repeated every second
To reject or deny the intricacy, even beauty, of these incredibly inexplicable complexities is to descend into another variety of superstition, the anticreationist, which can be as fiercely visceral and unscientific as creationism. This is the result of some highly emotional evolutionists, since the example of the nineteenth-century T. H. Huxley, who have made "evolutionism" an alternative religion. Their illogical shouts and screams, as well as dogmatism and closedmindedness, have worked to transform evolution from a scientific paradigm into a religious spectacle. They have worked to transform "evolution" into "evolutionism." Some are as angry, stubborn, and unscientific as creationists.
What is recommended is the "evolution-design integrative theory," or "edit," which, accepting evolution, still recognizes intelligent design. It is simply silent as to the identity of any designer. If we simply call the source "nature," and forget about gods and god-images, perhaps we can get on with solving the real problem, which is producing children who are not illiterate!
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Design does exist, and it is astoundingly intelligent, especially in the complex biostructures of multicellular life-forms. Intelligent, even mathematical and symmetric, design is also a part of the cellular and atomic structure of every unicellular "simple" living being.
Nevertheless, it is by no means necessary to presuppose the existence of any external "god"-- much less, the primitive god of the early Bible. Intelligent design can as well be explained by natural tendencies for patterns of attraction to exist among the atoms and molecules of the cell. Could not this intelligence, which is intracellular, not have partly guided, and been partly the result of, evolutionary processes?
Intelligent design clearly exist within the cell. About one-hundredth the size of the period at the end of this sentence, it is more complex than New York City! Literally millions of biomolecules perform highly synchronized and choreographed orchestrations of unimaginably complex "dances" that sustain life, repeated every second
To reject or deny the intricacy, even beauty, of these incredibly inexplicable complexities is to descend into another variety of superstition, the anticreationist, which can be as fiercely visceral and unscientific as creationism. This is the result of some highly emotional evolutionists, since the example of the nineteenth-century T. H. Huxley, who have made "evolutionism" an alternative religion. Their illogical shouts and screams, as well as dogmatism and closedmindedness, have worked to transform evolution from a scientific paradigm into a religious spectacle. They have worked to transform "evolution" into "evolutionism." Some are as angry, stubborn, and unscientific as creationists.
What is recommended is the "evolution-design integrative theory," or "edit," which, accepting evolution, still recognizes intelligent design. It is simply silent as to the identity of any designer. If we simply call the source "nature," and forget about gods and god-images, perhaps we can get on with solving the real problem, which is producing children who are not illiterate!
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The October Love-Sale
We are delighted to report on the successful completion of the October Love-sale. This sale serves Love in several ways: It helps people rid their lives of excess and simplify their lives. It gives a chance for people to be generous, giving,and compassionate towards poorer people. It allows poorer people to obtain things at one-tenth to one-fourth their regular value. It recycles elements that no longer need be "dumped" on Mother Earth. It creates funds for our shared mission and "ministry" (service).
Recently, we placed an ad in the Whole Living Journal, and this sale nearly covered the cost of that ad. We are, specifically, offering our services in the preparation of birth-charts to help people with life-guidance and life-design.
Thanks to all our friends, buds, and pals for the spectacular success of this sale! We are very pleased that we were able to serve Love in this special way. Special thanks to Pat Fields for all her many and fine donations, for the support of the Project, and for watching the tables all day. And special thanks too, to Diann Proffitt and Adamaria Francis, whose packing, unpacking, pricing, and watching the tables made the Project fun and productive! And thanks to Margie Troutwein, whose help was also greatly appreciated! To you all, may blessings return upon your lives, abundantly and with shining, sterling beauty and value!
Love to All,
The Love Education Team
Recently, we placed an ad in the Whole Living Journal, and this sale nearly covered the cost of that ad. We are, specifically, offering our services in the preparation of birth-charts to help people with life-guidance and life-design.
Thanks to all our friends, buds, and pals for the spectacular success of this sale! We are very pleased that we were able to serve Love in this special way. Special thanks to Pat Fields for all her many and fine donations, for the support of the Project, and for watching the tables all day. And special thanks too, to Diann Proffitt and Adamaria Francis, whose packing, unpacking, pricing, and watching the tables made the Project fun and productive! And thanks to Margie Troutwein, whose help was also greatly appreciated! To you all, may blessings return upon your lives, abundantly and with shining, sterling beauty and value!
Love to All,
The Love Education Team
Monday, October 17, 2005
Don't Pardon Big Tobacco
The U.S. Department of Justice has failed to represent the best interests of the American people in their lawsuit against Big Tobacco. That's why the Campaign's sister organization, the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, and its partners, were granted a Motion to Intervene in the lawsuit. As a party to the lawsuit, the Action Fund and its partners can make the strongest arguments possible on how Big Tobacco should be punished if they are found guilty of continuously deceiving the American people. The Action Fund and its partners will file their second brief as a party to the lawsuit on September 26, 2005.
While the Action Fund and its partners are working in court to influence this case, we need to keep the pressure on the Bush Administration so they don't further weaken the government's case. It is time they stop playing politics and return to representing the best interests of the American people.
Tell the White House and Attorney General Gonzales not to let Big Tobacco off the hook!
While the Action Fund and its partners are working in court to influence this case, we need to keep the pressure on the Bush Administration so they don't further weaken the government's case. It is time they stop playing politics and return to representing the best interests of the American people.
Tell the White House and Attorney General Gonzales not to let Big Tobacco off the hook!
Sunday, October 16, 2005
High Spirits Update
Dear Friends of the Heart and Spirit,
LATEST "HIGH SPIRITS" UPDATE:
Welcome to Ed and Nancy Theuring as supporters of the Friendship Support Project. They have opted for two slots (ten dollars per week). As educators, they already give much to our poor little world, helping to enrich many lives, and this is yet one more way of giving. This is the most important education of all-- spiritual!
We now have the equivalent of twenty people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Sppirits" radioprogram. We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
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*
Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
*
Sandra Grubb
Cinda Miller
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Michael Shapiro
*
Ed and Nancy Theuring
*
Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty down, there are fewer than twenty more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We ar well over halfway there! We need only $80 more to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please forward her/his email address to us. Or send her/him this link.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause. Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard
LATEST "HIGH SPIRITS" UPDATE:
Welcome to Ed and Nancy Theuring as supporters of the Friendship Support Project. They have opted for two slots (ten dollars per week). As educators, they already give much to our poor little world, helping to enrich many lives, and this is yet one more way of giving. This is the most important education of all-- spiritual!
We now have the equivalent of twenty people signed up to donate to the success of the "High Sppirits" radioprogram. We have received commitments from the following dear and special spiritual friends:
Ramona Abella
Maribee Butler
Pat Fields
*
*
Christine Finer
Adamaria and Richard Francis
*
Sandra Grubb
Cinda Miller
Diann Proffitt
Teresa Ramsey
Karleen Sell
Karen Shaw
Barbara and Dale Siler
Terry Smith
Michael Shapiro
*
Ed and Nancy Theuring
*
Special thanks to you all for having joined us in our attempt to change the world. Welcome to the Love Education Team! This, my friends, is a most excellent and superb beginning! With twenty down, there are fewer than twenty more to go! This is said because Thomas Windlow and Victor Paruda have signed up to become sponsors at $10/week each. We ar well over halfway there! We need only $80 more to reach our final goal! So, if you know of anyone who might want to join this fine and noble cause, please forward her/his email address to us. Or send her/him this link.
Please keep passing along the good word, and publicizing our attempt, and need, to change the world! Also, if you know of anyone who has a service, product, or message that needs publicity, please also turn her/him on to our great and worthy cause. Invite everyone to become a member of the Love Education Team!
Peace, Joy, and Love,
Richard
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Two New Sponsors
We are delighted and excited to announce that Victor Paruda and Thomas Windlow have signed on as underwriters for the newly proposed radioprogram "High Spirits." Thanks, guys, and welcome to the Love Education Team! We need only $80 more a week! So, please keep your eyes and ears open for new friends, or new sponsors! We are getting closer every day!:)
Thursday, October 13, 2005
God and Katrina
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God had nothing to do with Katrina. In fact, God did not even "show up" until well after the hurricane! Remember, God is Love, and hurricanes are not caused or permitted by Love. God came to the rescue of the thousands of homeless people and pets. God came in the form, not of destructive winds and rain (those were only nature), but in the form of medicines, medical helpers, food-suppliers, rescuers in boats and helicopters, and millions of sincere Love-dollars pouring in from every part of the world. If our gov had not turned its back on God because the leaders were "too busy" on vacation, the Lord of Love would have rushed to help even sooner!
God's behavior is not affected by human actions, except when they block or refuse Love, or when they facilitate Love. It is absolute blasphemy of the most hellish kind even to hint that God sent Katrina to "punish" our country for setting up policies that support the finest standard of division of church and state. God supports freedom. This idea of a cruel and childish "god" is itself cruel and childish. It is toddleresque.
God is not a supersensitive and vindictive nut, who is so stupid as to murder thousands for what thousands of others have done. Just think this through for a moment: Were the victims of Katrina the ones who banned prayer from school? Is God "harmed" by banning prayer, or are not the people made the poorer? (Prayer must, in the final analysis, be private anyway; this is just a false "core-value" for people who like to argue, and then, argue that they are "defending" their pathetic little god.)
Those who would guilt us into their religion are acting antiagapically, against God. Those who would force their religions down others' throats are no better than historical Muslims or "Christians" who baptized people with swords at their necks. Religion has always been a personal and private matter of the heart. This attempt to make people conform in public is just a pseudo-issue created by people who need to get real lives. If you have God in your heart, it does not matter whether the Ten Commandments are posted in public, or whether the phrase "under God" is included in the Pledge. (Btw, the Ten Commandments is not a "Christian document," as certain ignorant preachers have declared. It is thoroughly pre-Christian, and is Jewish.) If you trust in God, you should not care whether coins say, "In God we trust," for concern for such minor non-issues betrays our lack of trust in God.
The God of the cosmos is not at all affected by the policies of a nation on a planet one one-hundredth the size of a grain of sand! God's behavior cannot be changed to that of a monster or psychotic no matter what we do. God is not like the tiny Jehovah of the primitives, whose behaviors could be affected, or even manipulated, by tiny human beings, and who got very upset (he was jealous and very insecure) when people neglected him. This god, says the legend, followed the tiny nation of Israel around like a desperate puppy, terrified that they would worship "gods" made of wood!
Let us lift ourselves above these frays, and above this microdeity. Let's forget about bickering over religion, and let's return God to the heart, where God belongs, and abandon the divisions and disagreements about monuments, money, and policies, about which God cares nothing. Does God want young people to be spiritually educated? You bet that God does! But school, and public buildings, are not the right place for that. The home is the right place.
Has our "godless" society gone mad because of its wayward ways? Our society is mad because of its antihuman (and thus, antidivine) policies and actions. It is murder and greed and war that make a society mad. This is the true abandonment of God. Even the ungodly nazis had stamped on their beltbuckles the motto, "Gott mit uns," which means, "God with us." It does not matter what the slogans of a country are. It does not matter if its leaders wear a "Christian" mask in public. (Hitler was technically a "Christian.") Look at the bloodshed and horrors of "Christian" countries throughout the ages! What matters is that its citizens know that God is Love, and anything against Love is rejected.
Policies of ignorant nations based on the blood of innocents, and murdering people for oil-- these are the atrocities that demonstrate that a country has rejected God!
*******
God had nothing to do with Katrina. In fact, God did not even "show up" until well after the hurricane! Remember, God is Love, and hurricanes are not caused or permitted by Love. God came to the rescue of the thousands of homeless people and pets. God came in the form, not of destructive winds and rain (those were only nature), but in the form of medicines, medical helpers, food-suppliers, rescuers in boats and helicopters, and millions of sincere Love-dollars pouring in from every part of the world. If our gov had not turned its back on God because the leaders were "too busy" on vacation, the Lord of Love would have rushed to help even sooner!
God's behavior is not affected by human actions, except when they block or refuse Love, or when they facilitate Love. It is absolute blasphemy of the most hellish kind even to hint that God sent Katrina to "punish" our country for setting up policies that support the finest standard of division of church and state. God supports freedom. This idea of a cruel and childish "god" is itself cruel and childish. It is toddleresque.
God is not a supersensitive and vindictive nut, who is so stupid as to murder thousands for what thousands of others have done. Just think this through for a moment: Were the victims of Katrina the ones who banned prayer from school? Is God "harmed" by banning prayer, or are not the people made the poorer? (Prayer must, in the final analysis, be private anyway; this is just a false "core-value" for people who like to argue, and then, argue that they are "defending" their pathetic little god.)
Those who would guilt us into their religion are acting antiagapically, against God. Those who would force their religions down others' throats are no better than historical Muslims or "Christians" who baptized people with swords at their necks. Religion has always been a personal and private matter of the heart. This attempt to make people conform in public is just a pseudo-issue created by people who need to get real lives. If you have God in your heart, it does not matter whether the Ten Commandments are posted in public, or whether the phrase "under God" is included in the Pledge. (Btw, the Ten Commandments is not a "Christian document," as certain ignorant preachers have declared. It is thoroughly pre-Christian, and is Jewish.) If you trust in God, you should not care whether coins say, "In God we trust," for concern for such minor non-issues betrays our lack of trust in God.
The God of the cosmos is not at all affected by the policies of a nation on a planet one one-hundredth the size of a grain of sand! God's behavior cannot be changed to that of a monster or psychotic no matter what we do. God is not like the tiny Jehovah of the primitives, whose behaviors could be affected, or even manipulated, by tiny human beings, and who got very upset (he was jealous and very insecure) when people neglected him. This god, says the legend, followed the tiny nation of Israel around like a desperate puppy, terrified that they would worship "gods" made of wood!
Let us lift ourselves above these frays, and above this microdeity. Let's forget about bickering over religion, and let's return God to the heart, where God belongs, and abandon the divisions and disagreements about monuments, money, and policies, about which God cares nothing. Does God want young people to be spiritually educated? You bet that God does! But school, and public buildings, are not the right place for that. The home is the right place.
Has our "godless" society gone mad because of its wayward ways? Our society is mad because of its antihuman (and thus, antidivine) policies and actions. It is murder and greed and war that make a society mad. This is the true abandonment of God. Even the ungodly nazis had stamped on their beltbuckles the motto, "Gott mit uns," which means, "God with us." It does not matter what the slogans of a country are. It does not matter if its leaders wear a "Christian" mask in public. (Hitler was technically a "Christian.") Look at the bloodshed and horrors of "Christian" countries throughout the ages! What matters is that its citizens know that God is Love, and anything against Love is rejected.
Policies of ignorant nations based on the blood of innocents, and murdering people for oil-- these are the atrocities that demonstrate that a country has rejected God!
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Online Actions
The President's message of "as long as it takes" is counterproductive, because it continues to fuel the terrorist insurgency. It is time for President Bush to send a clear message that we do not intend to remain in Iraq indefinitely or maintain permanent bases there. That doesn't mean we should set an exact date for withdrawal. But it does mean we need a general timeframe to complete the mission.
Demand a Success Strategy for Iraq
WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing an additional one percent of the U.S. budget toward meeting basic needs – education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans – would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries. WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all.
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Demand a Success Strategy for Iraq
WE BELIEVE that in the best American tradition of helping others help themselves, now is the time to join with other countries in a historic pact for compassion and justice to help the poorest people of the world overcome AIDS and extreme poverty. WE RECOGNIZE that a pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief, fighting corruption and directing an additional one percent of the U.S. budget toward meeting basic needs – education, health, clean water, food, and care for orphans – would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the poorest countries. WE COMMIT ourselves - one person, one voice, one vote at a time - to make a better, safer world for all.
Add Your Signature to The ONE Declaration
Monday, October 03, 2005
Incompetence Rules by Greed
Incompetence Rules through Greed
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George Bush is a study in studied and prepared incompetence. If he had planned, with his cronies, to harm the United States in the maximum way possible, he could have done no worse. Is he secretly being paid off by some terrorists, or by some government hostile to U.S. interests? He is a man who can be bought; he has proved this, over and over and over again, in a sickening rerun of total servitude to corporate interests. The man touts "values," and he does have one, and only one, very strong one-- bucks.
If his power or wealth are at stake or in trouble, he does not hesitate for a moment to kill human beings. No reasonable person, in the face of mountains of evidence, can claim that humanlife is more precious to him than the power-money game. He fits the psychological description of the megalomaniac, for whom there can never be "enough" power or wealth. His entire personality has been consumed by a pathological greed. This is corrosive to the positions and policies of the U.S. in the world, and offers a big fat zero to the common person or citizen of the U.S.
So, we have here a very serious question: If enough personal power and money were at stake, or were offered, would Bush act dynamically and directly against the best interests of this country? Many astute analysts are forced, in the light of previous behaviors, to answer in the affirmative.
Indeed, he has already done so, several times. So, the inquiry is not merely theoretical. In supporting his single value, he has reversed many environmental laws, for example. These were not the creation of loopie leftists, but the result of multiple scientific analyses, over years. But thanks to his scientific illiteracy, and his greed, our water, air, and land are now more polluted than ever, and getting worse. Would he sacrifice the health and lives of our children and grandchildren? Again, the evidence is incontrovertible: If his personal power or fortune were at stake, he would kill our children, and millions of the "sacred unborn." For he has already enacted and initiated policies that will do exactly that.
Several times, he has placed his personal wealth above the good of the country, and certainly, indubitably places it above the needs of the common citizen. We can learn, if we are listening, from Katrina. His activities against nature are an atrocity; and nature has her own ways of rebelling. By stating that he is her "enemy," he has taken on a foe that is literally unbeatable.
So, if the American public remains too greedy and too stupid to replace
him with a sentient, aware, or conscious being, perhaps nature herself
will spell his overdue undoing.
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