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

Mars discoveries

Character

9/11 Pieta

9/11

 

 

Remembered

with

sadness

eschatology…the last days

 

If you look back into the archives of this blog – which has now been blogging for 11 years (since certainly 6th September 2001) -  you will often find criticism of religious institutions. Understand please, these are not criticisms of faith in God (however or whoever you perceive him/her to be).

These are criticisms, observations of discernment,which seek only to cast light upon contradiction or hypocrisy and permit a light of truth to shine upon all that is hidden.

In the last decade we have witnessed the breakdown of the power of religious institutions of differing sects, denominations, creeds. This from within not as a result of some external force. Islam is involved in a civil war within itself, Judaism is stained by the behaviour of the State of Israel, Hinduism in practice continues the disgrace of the caste system decades after Gandhi wished it would die tomorrow if it did not discard the caste system. Christianity is tortured by contradictory doctrine and a deeply conflicted comprehension of what Christ actually said and did.

Yet, all of these share much that is good in common, reflecting what Jung called 'archetypes of the subconscious'. They also share much that is undesirable and downright disgustingly wicked.These institutions are, after all, in the 'spiritual business' and often have little regard for the instructions of the CEO.

Watch out for this documentary coming to your screens soon…but don't simply limit your understanding of it to the Vatican and the present Pope, please.You can find this atrocity in every religion to some degree or other, wherever men lose sight of faith and substitute habitual ritual.

clicking on the image will take you to the YouTube trailer for this documentary

the power of compassion

Sometimes, some folks get despondent about this world.Often pessimism can creep into our lives like a draught coming under the door. Well, If you sometimes doubt the innate goodness and lovingness that is the dominant factor in this world, check out this story. This will help restore your faith in humanity

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/automobile-community-come_n_1848266.html

spin doctor in training

via

just a beautiful song

 

Normally associated nowadays with Cat Stevens, Eleanor Farjoen actually wrote the words

Becoming

Dalai Lama – on compassion

in pursuit of the obvious

nota bene

expanding

I cannot explain it……but I feel a deep inner urge to send LOVE to everyone – and everything – in the world

Guess what? It's raining….again.

Going within

"It is the purpose of dogma, ritual and formalised 'worship' to create a 'socially approved' methodology of expressing belief.

In reality, true belief neither requires, nor desires, social approval – or any other kind of approval."

gkr

always remembered - 22711

C.M.Blow

 

Happy Birthday – and thanks for your presence

all is not as it seems

Sometimes being silent is a supremely strong statement.

It can often be that it is not the absence of action but the energised pre-cursor to manifested action