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22nd February 2015, 21:37
#31
Struggling to wonder why bonds made in the agreement of a topic are significantly less solid than bonds made in disagreement?
Answers on a post card to PO Box 69, Human Nature Boulevard, Eden.
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23rd February 2015, 00:17
#32
Think for a moment about the Ambassador's message...just his message...not jubilee, not the truth about our history, not the funds, not the repurposing of institutions, governments, corporations and those who commit crimes against humanity...just his central message to us. What are you left with?
imo, it comes down to the one word most religions preach...and that is love. What he says sounds a lot like 1Corinthians13 in the New Testament..."Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth."
Can you imagine the world we can create with simple agape? As he says, it begins with each of us...by looking in the mirror.
He's not asking for anything that has not been asked of us before...this is not a new idea...he has simply taken it out of a religious context.
What is wrong with a kinder, gentler world...a world of unity and peace? I, for one, have had enough of humanity being kept in line by the brute force and bullying used by those who commit crimes against humanity. Is it really that difficult to become people of peace...both within and without?
It brings to mind the Peace Prayer of St. Francis...actually written by an anonymous Norman c. 1915 A.D...
"Lord make me an instrument of your peace
Where there is hatred,
Let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, Joy.
O Divine Master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled
As to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
I'm really not a 'Sally Sunshine'...or a religious person. I just think the Ambassador is bringing forth a universal message that has been around for ages,...a message humanity has ignored, for the most part...and he has put out a call to all of us to take that step to agape.
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23rd February 2015, 08:05
#33
The ambassador is offering an alternative which of course looks better dressed in love, he gives people what they want words and ideas mostly spoken withing the alternative communities. Every religion teaches love and uses sword to impose this.
It is true the love is the way out of this mess but people need to see example not just words. We are in this situation because of the examples we have seen so far, every religion and every leader of the masses have imposed their philosophy, will and power using blood. There has always been a few privileged and a herd of ignorant to follow them, there has been inequality through out all human history.
All of this because people empower other who present themselves as worthy of being chosen and forgot that the only being that deserves honor is the one that resides within. If we all can look inside and find the love that has never betrayed us we will see that we are as powerful as everyone else. Guided by the light of love we don't need rulers to impose the law we can follow the natural low.
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23rd February 2015, 08:12
#34