All creation is sacred- all creation is
spirit, connected & part of the tree of life. We are all one family. Respect and honor all creation-Remember the wisdom of
all creation. All is beautiful and alive. Feel pain, but end suffering.
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To heal the
world, we must heal ourselves. To heal ourselves, we must heal the
world.
Know that my
beloved is hidden from everyone Veritas et integritas: Fight for what you believe There is nothing more important in the universe than unconditional love- remember this if nothing else. The fear of being loved is a fear that we are unlovable- yet love reaches out to us from the very soul of the universe. Accept it- sacrifice for its sake- Let it become you.
Hate,
withdrawal, anger is really a plea for love- in some ways it can
be the soul's preparation for achieving the ability to receive
love. No one is alone. There can be no fear where there is
unconditional love. There can be no true love where there is fear.
"The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner." Thomas Berry, The Great Work, 2000 "They would teach the peoples how to pray to the Great Spirit with love that flows like the beautiful mountain stream, and flows along the path to the ocean of life."- Warriors of the Rainbow |
I asked the Mountain who created you. I expected him to say- the
Earth- I arose from volcanoes and shifting tectonic plates. But he
said- no, you created me. But I asked him- how is this so? He said- I
am spirit - your spirit is part of the universal consciousness from
which all creation arose. Later I realized how much the Earth loves
us- even as we hurt her and take but do not give in return- we are
still loved unconditionally.
AIDS.ORG
AEGIS
AIDS Action
AIDS Info
HIV Plus
Children With AIDS
Human Rights Campaign
LGBT
UNAIDS
World AIDS Day
"I am gay, out & proud, so the issue of LGBT rights obviously
has a special poignancy and significance in my life. While my
homosexuality is only one aspect of my character, acceptance of it is
fundamental to my happiness and well being. Society's lack of
acceptance is therefore a tragic reminder of the importance of being
who I am and the struggle that can entail.
Even though we
seek to live our lives with joy- we cannot but be made to feel
powerless- in part for who we are, for not accepting what society says
we should be. Every time there is a denial of rights, a slight, an
injustice it cannot but effect us and remind us of who we are and what
that means in this world. It is this experience that binds us as
a community and we all share it."
Lowell Greenberg
PFLAG
Parents, Families & Friends of
Lesbians & Gays
GLBT Humanitarian service
agency
Same-Sex Marriage & Personal Statement on Same-Sex Marriage
California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage, 5/15/2008
Oregon
Equality Act banning discrimination based on sexual orientation & gender
identity goes into effect 1/1/2008; Domestic Partnership for same-sex
couples now legal in Oregon
Basic Rights Oregon
Ending discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity in Oregon
Obama '08
Pray for
Peace
"A time comes when silence
is betrayal."
Peace Action
Coalition for a
Realistic Foreign Policy
United for Peace & Justice
None Dare
Call It Stolen: Ohio, the election, and America's servile press by
Mark Crispin Miller, 8/05; Also:
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Democracy In Reverse: Free Speech
Under
Severe Attack in US
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A Prayer for Peace & Awakening "In a time when the survival of the human race is in question, to continue with the status quo is to cooperate with insanity, to contribute to chaos."- Vimala Thakar, Awakening to Total Revolution: Enlightenment and the World Crisis Pray and work in solidarity for the people of Oaxaca, Mexico who are standing up to government oppression and seeking the ouster of Governor Ulises Ruiz. Work for the release of prisoners that are unjustly held. Pray for the work of organizations such as the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), the Women's Commission (COMO) and CIPO (Council of Indigenous People of Oaxaca). Pray that they remain non-violent and that the cause of justice for the poor and indigenous people become a rallying cry through out Mexico and the world. Pray and work to end the fear and
exploitation of immigrants that sometimes is tantamount to
slave labor. Pray and work for immediate and
unconditional amnesty for immigrants and open borders for people
of all races and nations. Pray and work for the end of genocide in Darfur where more than 450,000 people have died and 2.5 million made refugees. Divest for Darfur; Save Darfur; Sudan Disinvestment Taskforce Pray for peace, calm and wisdom in the Middle East- the averting war with Iran. Pray for the ending of civil war in Iraq. Pray for the Iraqi people, who over the last thirty years have experienced the loss of millions of lives, enduring a barbarous regime, three bloody wars, a long period of inhumane sanctions and a humiliating, deadly occupation. At least 655,000 Iraq civilians and almost 4,000 Americans have died as a consequence of the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Pray for tranquility in Lebanon and peace between Palestinians and Israel and an ending of the atrocities in Gaza. Pray that U.S. leaders be brought to justice for crimes against humanity, the erosion of civil liberties and other illegal acts that contravene international and U.S. law. Pray that the innocents imprisoned and tortured in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere are freed. Free the San Francisco 8 and others the U.S. government is holding illegally and unjustly. Pray that all peoples wake up to the threat of global capitalism whose goal is to maximize the wealth and power of its elites and destroy man's connection with spirit and life. Pray that the environmental devastation and suffering they wreak will end. Pray that together we end the global food crisis. Referring to the Niger Delta in Nigeria,
Sandy Cioffi, film director of
Sweet
Crude writes: "...People, who lost their love and forgot the respect for our mother earth. People, who love the money, they murder our mother earth..."- Don Casimiro Mamallacta, medicine-man/shaman from the comunidad Mariposa (community of butterflies) located in the upper Amazon basin. See also: Mariposa-Community of Butterfies Pray and work for a 70%-80% reduction in global warming gas emission to avert worldwide climate catastrophe. Pray that this generation and future generations are spared the pain and suffering. May they forgive us for what we have done. Pray that mankind awakens to the interconnectedness of all life and halts human- caused extinctions that could result in the loss of half of the Earth's species by the end of the century. |
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All creation is sacred- all creation is spirit, connected & part of the tree of life. We are all one family. Respect and honor all creation-Remember the wisdom of all creation. All is beautiful and alive. Feel pain, but end suffering.
K'a te sankun koro
sium a ti tieru
ti kuti zumon
Ka ti tuon gnin a ti vla zie to to sao deu
May all ancestors
join force to wake up our spirit
and put good thoughts into our psyche.
Then we shall see the good that awaits us and accept it.-
Malidoma
Somé
Whether or not they know it, most of the world's
religions and philosophies start from the same point. Like spokes
emanating from a wheel's hub, they converge upon and diverge from a
common center.
That center is God or universal truth, compassion and wisdom.
Learn from all religions, all philosophies and use only one test- is the belief sincere,
does it bear good fruit and does it seem right, is it in accord with what is good and
just.
A Personal Message
First Step
Musings
Beautiful Earth
"i have had the gift of traveling death rows, prisons, and with
gang kids...the "imperfect ones", as well as with celebrities, CEOs and the
most revered, the "perfect ones"... on the outside. What *i* have learned is
that we are all one." Anonymous
Tolerance
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us
with our fellow-men; along those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as
causes, and they come back to us as effects." Herman Melville
Community
"To be religious is to be sensitive to reality. Your total being-
body, mind and heart, is sensitive to beauty and to ugliness, to the donkey tied to the
post, to the poverty and filth in this town, to laughter and tears, to everything about
you. From this sensitivity for the whole of existence springs goodness, love."
Krishnamurti
Life & the Universal
"Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive
point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite
future." Maria Montessori
The Butterfly & The Cat
Only when it is as painful to inflict emotional or physical pain on
other living beings as it is on ourselves will we truly understand that all creation and
humanity are one and that there are consequences for every action, a reaction
for every action.
The Noir Side
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Man's greatest fear is a kind of existential terror- the fear of not
being- of being unable to control one's own life, one's thoughts, one's emotions, actions
and future. The ability to extend beyond ones self and find meaning in giving, a firm
belief in God, universal truths and/or the power of ones own humanity and the oneness of
humanity- to overcome the condition of isolation- is critical if this terror is to be
manageable and turned into a constructive life force.
The Blues
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." -Albert Einstein
In myself I see a reflection of all humankind. I see the potentialities of all cultures
and norms of behavior within me. To the extent I see, or I should say feel, the human
capacity to be blind and indifferent, I feel the need to stay awake and alive The
realization that we are all part of one whole enlarges my compassion and hopefully my
ability to extend that compassion to my students.
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Friday, 16 May 2008
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