“Intolerance breeds injustice. Injustice invariably leads to rebellion and retaliation, and these will lead to escalation on the part of both making reconciliation almost impossible. It would appear that during times of stress, despair and frustration, people become increasingly irrational, and they do things which they never think they are capable of. And so we see hideous brutality perpetrated by the most gentle people.“
“Once started religious strife has a tendency to go on and on, to... Read Full Story
The changes over the past eight years have made me consider for the first time, the meaning of being an American. In the past, whenever I thought in terms of being an American , I thought about being born in the country governed by the Constitution, a document I still find to be awe inspiring. But over the past eight years, being an American has come to mean something else. It means being a part of a nation symbolized by George W. Bush. In a very real way, his decisions have been a... Read Full Story
A pile of bricks may look like something that was knocked down, broken, but perhaps it is really something in the process of being completed. Perhaps we can’t heal because we are not broken, just in the process of our own perfection. We are so deeply committed to being broken, to believing that there is something wrong with us because life is not perfect that we miss the fact that everything is part of a process - not yet there is different than being lost.
I am interracial. I learned about... Read Full Story
Dear Mr. McCain:
I am a citizen of the United States of America and I am a supporter of Barack Obama. But first I am an American. I may not agree with your positions on the issues that effect our nation, but if you were to win the election fairly and above board I would support you as our Commander and Chief, as would all Americans.
However much I disagree with your positions, one thing that I feel is that you are an honorable man with the utmost integrity. And it is to your sense of honor... Read Full Story
It is difficult to know how to process the idea that a presidential candidate can fill a stadium to the same capacity as a rock star. But think about it, how does a rocker become a rock star? It’s all about the music. Before we see their faces, we hear their music – and if the music hits us in just that certain way, if it makes us feel something that other music does not make us feel – we become captivated. When we see the singer or group, we want to feel that we can believe that the... Read Full Story
There is no reason to feel robbed of choice by destiny, or to worry that the wrong choice will ruin our destiny. All choices accomplish our destiny. It is through the choices that we learn, and it is because of the ability to make choices that we come to this particular planet. It is our journey that sets up the situations in which we must make the choices and it is through making the choices that we reach our destiny.
One thing that we cannot deny is that there are many synchronicities in... Read Full Story
n this dream I was shown symbols. They symbolized us. We were letters much like the ones above. The bottom portion was soil, in which seeds were planted, and then above the soil was the harvest of those seeds. In my dream I was told that together we form words and the words that we form create the reality that we live. We could call the words - the collective unconscious that Jung spoke of.
These words formed a reality based upon the belief system of the souls who were incarnated during a... Read Full Story
It is not enough for us to say: ‘I love God,’ but I also have to love my neighbor. St. John says that you are a liar if you say you love God and you don’t love your neighbor. How can you love God whom you do not see, if you do not love your neighbor whom you see, whom you touch, with whom you live? And so it is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. I must be willing to give whatever it takes not to harm other people and, in fact, to do good to them. This... Read Full Story
“Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?” — Sai Baba
Jesus said, “Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all.” I sought the truth and I was disturbed because the Truth conflicted with my own beliefs. Yet when I was disturbed I became awed by the power of the Truth and so I did marvel. And when I marveled, I... Read Full Story
