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"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. - Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. - Who is rich? He that is content. - Who is that?" Nobody. Benjamin Franklin
"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." -Albert Einstein
"Can it be believed that the democracy which overthrew the feudal system and vanquished kings will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists?" Alexis de Tocqueville 1805-1859
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice": Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi
(found at Contribution, cont. p28,#21): "Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life: A. J. Muste
>>A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self- preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property, and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means." --Thomas Jefferson to John Colvin, 1810
*****(12/20/2007)(found at SH 15.1) Druilla approaches full enlightenment as she weaves, in a tapestry of words, all religions, all peoples, all lands, phillosophy, evolution, all sentient creatures, the cosmos throughout time, with relativity and compassion at its core.
While cleaning fish yesterday, from the latest catch of our four sail- and oar-powered boats, a question that had been bothering me for years was answered. Meditation has become such an important part of my life that it is always there, bubbling if you will, just beneath the surface, no formality to it at all. Without conscious attention or direction, the query that why, in a logically ordered, causally influenced system as ours, there seems to be little or no guidance or instruction as might be expected from the high level of complexity empirically suggested by the design? was answered: 'THERE IS'; 'THROUGH ZEN (meditation), or vipassana, insightful meditation, as taught by Buddha.
found at CONTRIBUTION, cont.,20 The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of extreme, degrading, damning poverty, but the land in which there are the most homesteads, freeholds-where wealth does not show such contrasts high and low, where all men have enough-a modest living-and no man is made possessor beyond the sane and beautiful necessities.": Walt Whitman (1819-1892):
found at CONTRIBUTION, continued (28), 19: "Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice...Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed...but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.": Thomas Caryle
????????????? Do we sanction our own destruction?
by 'every move we make...'
found at Contribution continued (28) "If the world is to be saved, men must learn to be noble without being cruel, to be filled with faith and yet open to truth, to be inspired by great purposes without hating those who try to thwart them. But before this can happen, men must first face the terrible realisation that the gods before whom they have bowed down were false gods and the sacrifices they have made were vain."
'Why Men Fight: A Method Of Abolishing The International Duel', Bertrand Russell 1916
The Gardener(24)
The sun-favored island lay in the splendour of the gulf as the gentle breeze caressed the lawns and swaying palms, impressing its soothing music on the salt waters of the cove and riffling the bleached hair of the tanned naked workingman as he made his way along the path to the nurseries, absorbed in his job, indifferent to the pleasantness surrounding him, feeling neither good nor bad nor neutral, contemplating the effect his report on the status of the plants in progress would have on his masters. Yes, he considered easily, his masters, for slavery still existed in this quiet, comfortable land of the south; every one was a master and every one a slave. Although this was one of the worlds inhabitated by gods and goddesses, as dimly perceived by our Buddha in 500 b.c.e., the more complete understanding of this far-flung expanse of space and its metaphysical implications inspired serious application of intellect toward meeting the suggested standards of galactic evolution.
The longer life continues, the more information integrated by this aggregate, the greater trust in the words of the Buddha is realized; that all the many problems of the populations of the world have in truth one cause: ignorance and concommittant fear.
metaphysical connection between love, (defined as the personal recognition of potential benefit to be gained or shared in respect to a person or object or concept), and enlightenment and concommittant awareness shall be examined
It has been suggested to this writer that America's errors in the realm of foreign policy are: which of our many powers to use and how we should apply them. The U.S of A. is like a drug addict or an alcoholic; until this singular country presents itself before a regulator consisting of all the other nations of the world and asks humbly for aid in the distribution of our plentiful food, wealth and technologies to a world in need, our advantages will become disadvantages and our multitudes will decrease.
Support of terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda, Taliban, USA, Israel, Britain, Hezbollah, etc. is assured by a vote for the Republican party or the Democratic party. So let's vote GREEN PARTY.
Legacy for George Bush: Add USA to "Axis of evil", along with any other nation that exports terrorism and the weapons used in achieving terror.
found at (27)
20) "We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots, and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering, and shame. In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness, all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing. With just a little witty skepticism we can kill a good deal of the future in a young person. Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet.": Hermann Hesse
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