We Are All One?

Saw this widget on a blog I scan and tried it out. Not really sure the technology is working too well but one or two of those faces "might" resemble mine...{I'm the guy in the middle}

Guess it just goes to show that our True Similarities lie beyond sight--in the Spiritual Realm...

Oneness of Humanity

Yesterday I posted about a good friend's comment merging with current events and my past history and politics and a few other things...

Today that friend sent a link to their blog (image over there on the left) that had a link to a poem they'd written about Oneness, plus a link to my post of yesterday.
Right after I'd set myself up to write this post, I quickly checked my e-mail and found the prayer, We Are One, from BeliefNet.
As if that weren't enough to weave the web of synchronicity ever tighter, right after I wrote about that BeliefNet prayer, I checked my e-mail again and found another post from the same friend saying they'd gotten a response to a Google alert which they really didn't want; but, then, they said: "Weird, so I figure its "for" you?"

I hadn't yet told them I was crafting a blog post around their blog post (about my previous blog post...) so the topic of the alert link was astonishing--the exact opposite of Our Human Oneness: Persecution !

Sometimes the rhythm of events seems to underlie the music of the Spheres...

Chaos of a Mighty Wind

We are all One...

Nice sentiment or actual fact?

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Made a phone call yesterday to my friend and, rather than answering with "Hello.", they said, "A Mighty Wind...".

>>>This set all kinds of things swirling in my mind and heart:

***I'd just become aware of the big European wind storm with headlines like, "European storm leaves 47 people dead", and:
***because of my previous post about the Doomsday Clock and its hands getting closer to midnight attributed, in part, to global warming, and
***news channels talking about the wind storm in the context of global warming, and
***politicians starting to dance around that Issue, and
***other news channels pointing to the storm of 1999 and claiming this storm had nothing to do with global warming, and
***a concurrent virus attack called Storm Worm that used the European storm to lure people into opening infected e-mails, and,
***finally (Whew!), remembering the 2003 movie, A Mighty Wind, which was funny and made all the other connections in this swirling mind/heart assume their proper perspective,

>>>I pondered the Butterfly Effect: small changes here making big changes there (usually refered to as Chaos Theory) and...
the whole swirling mass of thought and emotion made extremely clear the interconnection of weather, news, history, hackers, comedy, danger, social action, and the comments of friends...
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We are all One...

Nice sentiment or actual fact?

My God, Your God, Our God

Yesterday's post about the Doomsday Clock ended with these words:

"What does Your God say about the End of the World?"

First I have to disclaim with:
I was born in the U.S.A. and haven't learned other languages beyond a mere smattering, so I use the word "God". Lest anyone think that I think there are multiple Gods, please, take a look at some of the names we humans have given to the Un-Nameable One:

Tao, Aten, Mithras, Ahura Mazda, Yahweh, Jehovah, Elohim, Theos, Bog, Jumala, Kami,
Deus , Allah, The Light, El-Shaddai, Adonai, Jah, Tangri, Gud, Shang Ti, Shen, Tian Zhu, Brahman, Anami Purush, Ekam, Raam, Paarbrahm, Krishan, Akal Purakh

And, there are more, I'm sure...

So, my Disclaimer is that "Your God" = "your perception, experience, walk with God", and I hope you'll leave some Comments about Your God...

Doomsday !

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets the hands of the Doomsday Clock and that setting has changed many times since 1947.

Does it scare you to know that a group of supposedly educated individuals thinks we're closer to annihilating ourselves?

Does your Faith have anything to say about the End of the World?

Why have all the Major Faiths in recorded history included in their Scriptures a reference to the end of things as we know them? They've even predicted (symbolically) a time when the "End" will arrive. Even, in some cases, given hints that certain individuals have interpreted as definite dates for human, earthly annihilation...

If you don't have first hand info on what various Faiths have claimed, the Doomsday Guide is an interesting place to begin an investigation.

What does Your God say about the End of the World?

Just a Moment of Peace

Just as a spaceship slowly lifts from its launch pad before it roars blazingly toward the heavens, this blog is barely at the beginning of its travels.
"Spiritual Commentary on Current Events" covers a lot of territory and we need some grounding experiences before we can fly free...
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* I've made an Opening statement and presented another site that I'm working to integrate into the experience here.
* I'm lining up a number of "Email Reporters" who will contribute material for the main posts.
* And, with the rush of launching this craft into the blogosphere, I seek just a moment of peace, on a regular basis, so I can deal with current events with a spiritual attitude.
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Check It Out:
Go to Peaceful Earth and explore the resources.
And, for this moment, pause to feel a bit of peace...

Youth & Spirituality

It's very heartening when you start a blog and a friend comes bopping by and makes an early comment that steers you toward a rich web resource that you must bring right back to the blog.

I'll be working to incorporate this site's information into
this blog from time to time because I honestly can't think of a more central issue in the quest for spirituality in our world or a better way of assuring continual spiritual growth for our civilization than Spiritualizing the Future:
our Children and Youth !

Comments?

Religion ?vs? Spirituality

I posted the following comments in the B.I.D.E. BackYard and got an interesting response:

"The B.I.D.E. Blog is born. It purports to be "Spiritual Commentary on Current Events" and this Group is said to be "an aid to Seeing current events in the Light of Spirituality".
I want to kick-off discussion here by proposing that:

"Spirituality without Religion is near-fantasy
&
"Religion without Spirituality is near-boredom...

"I framed that proposal in a somewhat weird way to stimulate a hearty discussion.

"Wanna jump in?"
~ Alex

Far from God...

I must begin this new blog, in this new year, with this quote:

"Meditate on what the poet hath written: 'Wonder not, if my Best-Beloved be closer to me than mine own self; wonder at this, that I, despite such nearness, should still be so far from Him.'"

~~~ Bahá’u’lláh

I'm not sure when I'll begin regular, nearly daily, posting since I've just recently been overcome with the need to create this blog; and, I'm conferring with my best "spiritual friend" on what the Form of the Theme should be...

The Theme, I'm sure of:
Spiritual Commentary on Current Events

I'd love to see your comments on that Theme...