snake medicine

Joseph Campbell + Schopenhauer+oneness

Now you can be forgiven for thinking that this is just philosophy. But it actually happens all the time.

Check THIS OUT for a more recent instance

A rebel WITH a cause

Unconventional and apparently lacking in respect for 'the way things were', this is the man who

almost went personally bankrupt a number of times setting up Live Aid.

In the 3rd verse of this song he wrote:

"

play with the toys of war
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
That the lesson today is how to die
And then the bullhorn crackles
And the captain cackles with the problems and the hows and whys
And he can see no reasons 'cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die?

The worldwide concert raised $283 million in 1985, in economic worth terms just under £1 billion at today's value.

shhhh! It happens

remember……..

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moments of reality

“I’ve seen a lot of hardcore people on a battlefield.

When the bullets start flying,

there are no atheists out there.”

Lt. William G. Haneke   (read his amazing story here)

 

love it, love it, love it

inner rays

Artist: Ruth Ward (Heavenly Stained Glass) created this window for a school in Milton Keynes

Ubuntu

the poverty of affluence

change is sometimes appallingly slow

Despite promises to reform their textbooks, the Saudi education system continues to indoctrinate children with hatred and incitement

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You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught from year to year,
It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear.
You’ve got to be carefully taught!

You’ve got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a different shade,
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late,
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You’ve got to be carefully taught!
You’ve got to be carefully taught!

(from the film South Pacific).

Celebrating differences, not condemning them

In remembering the tragic and horrific death of Matthew, that became a symbol

against hate crimes, we also think of the young people who are suicidal

and desperately unhappy because of their sexuality.

It's good to see that there are some Christians who are more concerned with compassion and

understanding than in hiding behind ritual,dogma and literature.

check Timothy out here

one-ness radiance

Get Well soon…..

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Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Malala in the hospital and delivered a simple message: "We refuse to bow before terror." He also noted that the Taliban lack respect for the "golden words" of the Prophet Mohammed -- "that the one who is not kind to children is not amongst us."

You are in our thoughts and in our hearts,Precious One..as are all Muslims who are repelled by this un-Islamic action.This is not the real message of Islam.

street wise

talking to ourself

ideological shortcomings

Icons - religious

A friend in Poland has been working with Icons for many years.

you can find her and her work HERE on Facebook

Emancipation Proclamation – Happy Birthday

Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago

 

(worth noting:

"In the War of 1812, British raids along the Chesapeake Bay encouraged thousands of slaves to escape to freedom. For more than a decade after the war ended, the American government pursued compensation from the British, contending that the laws of war protected slave owners from enemy depredations.

The irony of a humanitarian law that protected slave owners rather than slaves was not lost on European critics."   John Fabian Witt professor at Yale Law School and the author of “Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History.” via   )

responsible adult