tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post5664248307608896306..comments2023-07-25T08:20:45.040-07:00Comments on No More Crusades: From Ben-Ghazi to Yom Kippur (Read Genesis 25)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-81052560049955772522012-09-21T11:27:59.334-07:002012-09-21T11:27:59.334-07:00http://nomorecrusades.blogspot.com/2011/04/meister...http://nomorecrusades.blogspot.com/2011/04/meister-eckhart-poem-on-commerce-war.htmlCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-59688673984399014632012-09-21T11:21:05.295-07:002012-09-21T11:21:05.295-07:00International Peace Day From Kabul, Afghanistan
B...International Peace Day From Kabul, Afghanistan <br />By Johnny Barber<br /><br />http://www.countercurrents.org/barber210912.htm<br /><br />In this electoral season, choosing between Obama and Romney is a huge distraction, there is real work to be done. Our perverse system of endless war needs to be dismantled, our culture realigned. We need to begin again. War is over. Peace is the path<br />CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-26092936950141129922012-09-20T08:43:38.823-07:002012-09-20T08:43:38.823-07:00http://progressivechristianity.org/?utm_source=Pro...http://progressivechristianity.org/?utm_source=ProgressiveChristianity.org&utm_campaign=7c7e210c79-The_Evolution_of_our_Spirituality9_13_2012&utm_medium=emailCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-22033844706883748022012-09-19T15:49:03.776-07:002012-09-19T15:49:03.776-07:00GO to http://oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com 19 Sept...GO to http://oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com 19 September 2012 for a helpful action post from two experts on Iran and foreign policy. See the NEW project for Fact Checking when there is questionable info on Iran. (Such as that on Meet the Press last Sunday.)CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-4677115309227287702012-09-19T14:28:49.357-07:002012-09-19T14:28:49.357-07:00Connie,
Many thanks!
All good wishes,
robertConnie,<br /><br />Many thanks!<br /><br />All good wishes,<br /><br />robertroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-81943790524486196602012-09-19T13:33:43.262-07:002012-09-19T13:33:43.262-07:00We can and should each find our own act of peace i...We can and should each find our own act of peace in such times...<br />I for one want to post here in comments some striking articles. How did the world and particularly Israel's current leader come to such madness? We must find alternatives to this:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9545597/Armada-of-international-naval-power-massing-in-the-Gulf-as-Israel-prepares-an-Iran-strike.htmlCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-32649791515268290502012-09-17T07:15:20.770-07:002012-09-17T07:15:20.770-07:00Robert, I'm glad you noticed and appreciate th...Robert, I'm glad you noticed and appreciate the gorgeous and lovely photos as well. Feel free to use, I do believe they are welcome to the public from what I've seen.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-10519260012790053932012-09-16T18:10:19.735-07:002012-09-16T18:10:19.735-07:00Greetings,
These photos are beautiful. Thank you...Greetings,<br /><br />These photos are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this additional link. I will go there.<br /><br />All good wishes,<br /><br />robertroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-72983664075715395332012-09-16T16:34:44.346-07:002012-09-16T16:34:44.346-07:00Also see: Meetings and Miracles here: http://onehe...Also see: Meetings and Miracles here: http://oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com/2012/09/meetings-and-miracles-healing-repost-of.htmlCNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-71376941934326050922012-09-16T16:29:17.665-07:002012-09-16T16:29:17.665-07:00Your usual and even deeper than usual awareness, R...Your usual and even deeper than usual awareness, Robert. I particularly love your conclusion, ie: 'a lot of what is evident today is outer-only manifestations of religiosity, largely driven solely by intellectual contrivance and territorially oriented egoism, both of which are fueled by fear.' AND '... There is certain something that stands to be transformed *before* it manifests in this world..." Really, I am in synch with your entire comment. Thanx so much for coming by....CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201913526166330469.post-17957348576244716872012-09-16T09:09:38.875-07:002012-09-16T09:09:38.875-07:00Greetings,
This is an excellent posting. Thank y...Greetings,<br /><br />This is an excellent posting. Thank you for it.<br /><br />For some reason, this post has touched a nerve. <br /><br />Mentioned in this post is the view that the "making of the vituperative film seems likely to have been deliberately calculated to stir the violence that happened."<br /><br />I have learned - through culling news sources over the past few days - that there is a particular man (associated with a particular group) who in some way either funded and/or provided operational support for this film. He was a member of a Christian hate-group. So there does indeed appear to be intentionality behind this film.<br /><br />I understand the Abrahimic faiths (indeed, all manifestations of human religiosity) to be as if spokes on a wheel. Each spoke is seemingly different. Yet each moves from a circumference to a center. I would argue that this center is a common center, common to all, and not just to a few. <br /><br />Along each spoke is a different journey. Each will - outwardly - appear differently. But each spoke is connected to the same Sacred, Common Center. <br /><br />Keeping this spoked wheel in mind, personally, I have nothing for any religious expression that does not include, as it's primary aim, the peaceful unity of *all* people. One spoke, alone, does not support the world. It might support a single cultural group, but, I would argue, it will do so only at the expense of other groups, and thus it can only be sustained temporarily. I look for this in religious communities, that is, a genuine and complete manifestation of this aim, a striving for this aim. <br /><br />Oftentimes, nowadays, we hear lots of words. Lots and lots of words. Nonetheless, there is a disjointedness from the inner to the outer, and thus the aforementioned aim is not complete. Indeed, I would argue that a lot of what is evident today is outer-only manifestations of religiosity, largely driven solely by intellectual contrivance and territorially oriented egoism, both of which are fueled by fear. <br /><br />At this point in my life (implying that I don't pretend to have definitive answers, but only a working solution which changes over time), I understand that we must dive beneath the surface to transform things. There is certain something that stands to be transformed *before* it manifests in this world as imbalanced action (e.g., the incidents you cite).<br /><br />Prophets and mystics - from all traditions - have provided sufficient guideposts for humanity. To the degree that we have the world we now have, we have ignored these prescriptive teachings. <br /><br />I suspect that Allama Iqbal would be dismayed at seeing common people give away their integrity of religious understanding to the imams, thus granting the imams (and other external so-called authorities) to right to proclaim all sorts of nonsense, while the sacred center of the people atrophies.<br /><br />All good wishes,<br /><br />robert roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com