12.31.2012
nd 'Loving's not what we've been taught. Loving's what we do from the Heart for our very Neediest. Lusting is all the rest.' Loving
nd 'Loving's not what we've been taught. Loving's what we do from the Heart for our very Neediest. Lusting is all the rest.' Loving
12.30.2012
nd 'Those that Stood with Jesus: A. Right, B, Ctr, C. Left, D. None of the above.' Loving
nd 'Those that Stood with Jesus: A. Right, B, Ctr, C. Left, D. None of the above.' Loving
nd 'Of COURSE I've been rejected by near all. I'm of a completely different family; not Fleshly, any longer; but Loving.' Loving
nd 'Of COURSE I've been rejected by near all. I'm of a completely different family; not Fleshly, any longer; but Loving.' Loving
nd 'Nothing matters now that's less than a one, by one..., Revolution of Priorities - from Flesh to Loving, Heart. 1800 years we've worshiped Flesh. How has that worked for ya?' Loving
nd 'Nothing matters now that's less than a one, by one..., Revolution of Priorities - from Flesh to Loving, Heart. 1800 years we've worshiped Flesh. How has that worked for ya?' Loving
nd Corinthians 13: NOTHING - every act, thought, breath... that is without Love.
nd Corinthians 13: NOTHING - every act, thought, breath... that is without Love.
NOTE: Little added to Tracking Plan B. There's no news, just HIstory. We've known what was needed for 30 years or more now.
NOTE: Little added to Tracking Plan B blog TPB
. There's no news, just History, re-written by the millions of words per day - pure intellectual masturbation - McKibben, Romm, et al. We've known what was needed for 30 years or more now. We obviously want NOT to act, but to run out the clock on our Affloholic binges.
Who gives a f*ck about our kids, and grand kids. NOT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBVIOUSLY.
Who gives a f*ck about our kids, and grand kids. NOT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OBVIOUSLY.
12.30.12 'Early, painful Death without Chemo, Now. Impossible to stop the vigil, Now. - My "Inconvenient Truth."' Loving
An "Inconvenient Truth," Get it? LOL!
Seriously, that IS my inconvenient truth. And yours? What is stopping You from giving 100% to avert eternal Ecocide for our next 200 billion kids?
I've learned quite a bit about staying warmer out here and have adjusted my procedures accordingly - carefully carry as much heat from my sleeping-bag body into my sweaters, coat, socks, each pant leg, mittens... as I dress in the morning. Second's count! If I'm too slow or lax, and it is a cold arm, or let, I put into cold clothing, it may take me all day to warm up again.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
An entire day about 3 days ago, deeply cold, damp... caused me to do some learning.
Plus, my body is acclamating. Our physiology is amazing. Things physically change, after days. 2 weeks ago where 45 degrees felt realllllly cold, now it is 34 degrees.
And, keep out the wind, with a tarp, jackets, object to block the wind. Just 5 mph of wind drops the effective temperature 5-10 degrees.
The last 3 days or so have been near 100% prayer, meditation, reflection... for me. This is extremely unusual, but not unprecidented for me. The several weeks prior when I read and re-read the INDISPENSIBLE creators of Gandhi and MLK Jr - Leo Tolstoy's "Gospel," and "Kingdom of God...", it is like they were a near body-crushing (in a Good way) work-out for my nervous system, and it has taken at least these last 3 days for my nervous system to adjust, digest, grow, and recover. Astonishing. Am I recovered enough today to begin further study? Don't know yet.
Seriously, that IS my inconvenient truth. And yours? What is stopping You from giving 100% to avert eternal Ecocide for our next 200 billion kids?
I've learned quite a bit about staying warmer out here and have adjusted my procedures accordingly - carefully carry as much heat from my sleeping-bag body into my sweaters, coat, socks, each pant leg, mittens... as I dress in the morning. Second's count! If I'm too slow or lax, and it is a cold arm, or let, I put into cold clothing, it may take me all day to warm up again.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
DON'T LET YOUR CLOTHES GET DAMP.
An entire day about 3 days ago, deeply cold, damp... caused me to do some learning.
Plus, my body is acclamating. Our physiology is amazing. Things physically change, after days. 2 weeks ago where 45 degrees felt realllllly cold, now it is 34 degrees.
And, keep out the wind, with a tarp, jackets, object to block the wind. Just 5 mph of wind drops the effective temperature 5-10 degrees.
The last 3 days or so have been near 100% prayer, meditation, reflection... for me. This is extremely unusual, but not unprecidented for me. The several weeks prior when I read and re-read the INDISPENSIBLE creators of Gandhi and MLK Jr - Leo Tolstoy's "Gospel," and "Kingdom of God...", it is like they were a near body-crushing (in a Good way) work-out for my nervous system, and it has taken at least these last 3 days for my nervous system to adjust, digest, grow, and recover. Astonishing. Am I recovered enough today to begin further study? Don't know yet.
12.29.2012
nd 'Ritualization, etc: Brilliant scheme for Castrating Jesus' teachings about Living.' Loving
nd 'Ritualization, etc: Brilliant scheme for Castrating Jesus' teachings about Living.' Loving
nd 'Loving, Spirit of: Uses it's body like an revered, but Expendable avatar, a respected tool.' Loving
nd 'Loving, Spirit of: Uses it's body like an revered, but Expendable avatar, a respected tool.' Loving
nd 'God is, =, is the Spirit, Force, of Loving, in you, others, the Universe.' Loving
nd 'God is, =, is the Spirit, Force, of Loving, in you, others, the Universe.' Loving
nd 'The only timeframe in which any of us matter: Eternity.' Loving
nd 'The only timeframe in which any of us matter: Eternity.' Loving
nd 'In every transaction you either: A. give a 'fix,' or B. give Life, Meaning, Loving.' Loving
nd 'In every transaction you either: A. give a 'fix,' or B. give Life, Meaning, Loving.' Loving
Gang Rape Victim Dies: "Unless a seed falls to earth and dies it does not bear fruit." Jesus
Our bodies are nothing. NOTHING. God, I know how nuts, quaint, cute,
shallow, callous... that sounds. But it IS NOT; in the only time-frame that matters, Eternity, our bodies mean NOTHING, count for NOTHING, matter NOT AT ALL. Our Spirits, what Force, Loving, we can
be the conduit for, IS EVERYTHING.
With Luke watching, remember when Obi Wan lowered his sabre to allow Darth's blow?
Did Obi Wan cease to exist at that point? He got stronger. "Unless the
seed falls to earth and dies, it bears no fruit."
Now, that 'death,' (GIVING 100% TO OUR NEEDIEST) may take place over 80+ years, like Teresa of Calcutta, over 21 years like Rachel Corrie, 50 years like Diane Wilson, or `15 like Malala... but it is only in dying for our global neediest that we find Life, Joy, Peace of Heart - "dying for" meaning - giving 100%, every last breath, out of Love, for the Joy of it.
As Victim of Gang Rape Dies, 6 Men Are Charged With Murder
| New York Times | - |
NEW
DELHI - As protests grew in India on Saturday over the death of a young
woman who was raped in New Delhi this month by several men in a moving
bus, the police said six men accused of attacking her had been charged
with murder.
DAY 31 - AVERT ECOCIDE HUNGER STRIKE - DIANE WILSON
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Postal workers declare hunger strike 'victory' The Hill
Postal workers declare hunger strike 'victory'
The Hill (blog)
A group of postal workers striking against proposed cuts to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) declared a "people's victory" late Saturday after holding a fast for six days. The small group of retired and active letter carriers, calling themselves the ...
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The Hill (blog)
A group of postal workers striking against proposed cuts to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) declared a "people's victory" late Saturday after holding a fast for six days. The small group of retired and active letter carriers, calling themselves the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Idle No More: On the meaning of Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike rabble.ca
| Native group urges PM to end Chief's hunger strike Sarnia Observer The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston to meet with a native leader who has been fasting to protest Canada's treatment of First Nations people. Attawapiskat Chief ... See all stories on this topic » | |||
| Britannia residents support hunger striking native leader Pique Newsmagazine She started a hunger strike on Dec. 11. Britannia resident Ralph Fulber painted a banner of support for her and called on members of his family to help him place the banner on a bluff overlooking the busy highway at the north end of Britannia. One of ... See all stories on this topic » | |||
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Postal workers continue hunger strike against proposed delivery cuts The Hill
Postal workers continue hunger strike against proposed delivery cuts
The Hill (blog)
Despite most of Congress leaving town for the holidays, postal workers are continuing a hunger strike protesting legislation to save the United States Postal Service (USPS) through budget cuts. The hunger strike began Tuesday and is expected to end ...
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The Hill (blog)
Despite most of Congress leaving town for the holidays, postal workers are continuing a hunger strike protesting legislation to save the United States Postal Service (USPS) through budget cuts. The hunger strike began Tuesday and is expected to end ...
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New York City expects murders, shootings to hit record lows. CNN International
| Daily Beast | - |
Horrific
subway-pushing aside, New York City isn't as gritty as it used to
be—and that's a good thing. Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the New York
Police Department on Friday for newly released homicide statistics,
which show 414 murders in the city in ...
***** nd Hypocrisy: From the Greek - to Act. Acting societal rolls, vs Serving the Spirit of Loving. To Jesus, and Tolstoy - the GREAT SATAN.A
nd Hypocrisy: From the Greek - to Act. Acting societal rolls, vs Serving the Spirit of Loving. To Jesus, and Tolstoy - the GREAT SATAN.
nd 'The Blessed Marker of Hypocrisy: Double Standards.' Loving
nd 'The Blessed Marker of Hypocrisy: Double Standards.' Loving
***** nd 'THE ONLY WORK NEEDED OF YOU, ANY BREATH: MAKING THE WORLD MORE LOVING.' Loving
***** nd 'THE ONLY WORK NEEDED OF YOU, ANY BREATH: MAKING THE WORLD MORE LOVING.' Loving
12.28.2012
12.27.12 my reply to the Cancer Doctor
Dearest Dr. M -
Loving
A Joyous Christ-mass to you. How kind of you to email me.
If
anyone ever thinks of who, what hospital, clinic... might be willing to
try administering the chemo to me, without the totally understandable
requirement that I spend time in a residence, that I leave my vigil to
avert Ecocide now in its 7th month, that they enable me to remain at
the vigil except for the hours of treatment, and any medical
emergencies, please have them let me know, and I will attempt the
treatment. It is not my desire to lose years from my life, but it is
quite impossible for me to spend more than just the treatment hours away
from this 24/7 vigil.
Wishing you much Joy and Loving in your life,
Grim milestone: Austin shooting 500th homicide in Chicago. Chicago Tribune
| Chicago Tribune | - |
Gave
Bates smiled through tears as she swiped her hand across her phone,
flipping through pictures of her cousin playing around and striking
goofy poses.
nd 'Jesus' Teaching: We Each have 2 Fathers in us - The Fleshly Spirit, the Spirit of Loving. We Worship One, Denying the Other.
nd Jesus' Teaching: We Each have 2 Fathers in us - The Fleshly Spirit, the Spirit of Loving. We Worship One, Denying the Other.
***** nd 'HELPING PEOPLE HAVE MEANINGFUL LIVES: The SOLE Purpose of Valid Economic Activity; of a Valid Economy. All else is Cancer.' Loving
***** nd 'HELPING PEOPLE HAVE MEANINGFUL LIVES: The SOLE Purpose of Valid Economic Activity; of a Valid Economy. All else is Cancer.' Loving
Jesus' Teaching: The 'Cross:' Paying EVERY BREATH for the Kingdom, Loving, in whatever way needed. It's Heaven; Joy; Peace of Heart; Passion; Life. There's none other.
Jesus' Teaching: The 'Cross:' Paying EVERY BREATH for the Kingdom, Loving, in whatever way needed. It's Heaven; Joy; Peace of Heart; Passion; Life. There's none other.
12.27.2012
12.27.12 Update. Bitter cold, damp. Pain free. Soooo clear.
Horribly cold today. Damp. Brutal wind. I'm still damp from the
rain
all-day yesterday. Haven't been able to get warm all day, tho this
afternoon isn't as bad. 36 was today's high. 30, tonight. 50 mph
gusts.
But the worst of the wind seems to be gone by tonight.
I
think a lot about what I'm doing. I inquire, in my imagination, of the
Creator, daily. Always the same answer. 'Are you
frickin kidding!??!!? Loving, don't you understand what is at
stake!?!?!? Your life is NOTHING. The suffering you are enduring now,
and headed toward when the new cancers grow, painful, ugly, deadly... IS
NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The future of your 204 billion kids is
being SLAUGHTERED!!!!!!!! Don't you understand?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Earth's
species, gone. Coastal living and access - gone. Benign weather -
gone. Plentiful food and water - gone. Plenty - GONE..... FOREVER!!!!
Absence of wars - GONE!!!!!!! You humans have hours, days, weeks to avert this Ecocide for your kids,
and grandkids..... And Loving, you ask me if you are on the correct
path?!!?!?!?!?'
And then the tears come - frustration, outrage, sadness, grief, fatigue, despair... DETERMINATION.
And then the tears come - frustration, outrage, sadness, grief, fatigue, despair... DETERMINATION.
Always the same answer. :-)
What other answer could the Creator give me?
I just wish I could do more. So much more.
Loving all
***** JESUS' ENTIRE TEACHING: WAGE LOVE, AND LIVE; OR DIE.
***** JESUS' ENTIRE TEACHING: WAGE LOVE, AND LIVE; OR DIE.
***** nd 'We diligently tend to the Head and Flesh of those we care for; blind, deadly, to their Souls, their capacity for Loving. The reverse would be infinitely less cruel, less Evil.' Loving
nd 'We diligently tend to the Head and Flesh of those we care for; blind, deadly, to their Souls, their capacity for Loving. The reverse would be infinitely less cruel, less Evil.' Loving
nd 'Born to be butterflies, we instead stay caterpillars; perpetually devouring others Loving, never becoming it's Divine Source.' Loving
nd 'Born to be butterflies, we instead stay caterpillars; perpetually devouring others Loving, never becoming it's Divine Source.' Loving
nd ' That we think we are our Fleshly body, 100%, is horribly insane. We are our Spirit of Loving, our Soul, tho we've little of that left.' Loving
nd ' That we think we are our Fleshly body, 100%, is horribly, completely insane. We are our Spirit of Loving, our Soul, tho we've little of that left.' Loving
12.26.2012
***** nd 'In this time of carnage, if it's not URGENT, it's not Loving.' Loving
nd 'In this time of carnage, if it's not URGENT, it's not Loving.' Loving
nd Jesus' Teaching: Christ - the Spirit of Loving Within you, and Him. His Religion. That's it. That's all. A Joyous Christ Mass, to all.
nd Jesus' Teaching: Christ - the Spirit of Loving Within you, and Him. His Religion. That's it. That's all. A Joyous Christ Mass, to all.
nd 'Gandhi, Tolstoy, mis-located the Source of Hope - Loving, Heart, not Conscience, Truth, tho Conscience, Truth, are inseparable from Heart, Loving.'
nd 'Gandhi, Tolstoy, mis-located the Source of Hope - Loving, Heart, not Conscience, Truth, tho Conscience, Truth, are inseparable from Heart, Loving.'
nd 'Loving Loves, cuz that's what it does. But too it's the Healing of the World.' Loving
nd 'Loving Loves, cuz that's what it does. But too it's the Healing of the World.' Loving
Loving: Reconstructive surgery nearer for hero dog from Philippines Sacramento Bee
| Sacramento Bee | - |
A
street dog from the Philippines that won hearts around the world after
saving two girls from being hit by a motorcycle is a step closer to
receiving surgery at UC Davis to reconstruct her missing snout.
12.25.2012
12.25.12. All cancer symptoms in remission. Tolstoy. In awe. Overwhelmed.
I continue to be free of symptoms of the cancer, for the first time in a year - what a gift. No pain. Little fatigue. Sure, the bowel is still erratic (uh, you don't wanna know about the exploding diarrhea moments ago, on Christ-mass, when EVERYTHING is closed downtown. Yup. You don't want to know. ROFL.), and the gut hurts, but it is healing!
MY SERVICE TO OUR NEEDIEST GOES UNIMPEDED THESE DAYS!!!! WHAT TOTAL JOY.
All of my hope is in Christ - Loving, the Spirit of Loving. NO!!! I'M SPEAKING NONE OF THE PAGAN, HEATHEN DREK, CRAP, FECES... IN WHICH WE'VE DROWN TO NEAR-DEATH JESUS' TEACHING THESE LAST 1800 YEARS. Peter was not Jesus. Paul was NOT Jesus. John was NOT Jesus. Isaiah was not Jesus.... God only knows the Popes are not Jesus, nor the pastors, Calvin, Luther....
JESUS was Jesus, and, for Christs Sake, He could speak for Himself!!! IF WE'D ONLY READ HIM, AND GIVE HIM IS DUE - TO LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF! This is what Tolstoy did. And Gandhi. And King, me....
About 11 years ago I first saw the common reference by Gandhi and King to Leo Tolstoy.
When I tracked it down I found that were it not for "The Kingdom of God is Within You," Tolstoy, we would not know the name Gandhi; he would never have developed from the young lawyer in England. I became aware that we might not know of MLK Jr. were it not for Tolstoy's "The Law of Love, and the Law of Violence," read by King when in Crozier Seminary as a young man.
And then, that we would not know the name Gandhi, and maybe not King but for the book "The Gospel in Brief," the researching of which saved the 50 year old Tolstoy from certain suicide, resurrecting his life to write the aforementioned books and more over the next 39+ years, based on his translation of Jesus' original Greek texts of the bible in which he found the only True Teaching as to how to Live the Joyful Life.
My recent medical treatment, surgery, recovery... is the first forced downtime I recall in a decade, and I've used it in large part to re-read, and re-read "The Gospel in Brief," and just now finishing again, "The Kingdom of God is Within You." Having yesterday cancelled the chemo so as not to divert time from the vigil 24/7 here at the Canadian Embassy - what time I have left will continue to focus on maintaining the vigil, and becoming as pure and knowledgeable a "channel" for Loving, and those paragons in History we've had, as I am able.
Overwhelming. Overwhelming. Overwhelming. If one has knowledge of Gandhi, his beliefs, his works, his acts, his achievements... then the reading of Chapters 9-12 in "The Kingdom..." can only unleash the realization - OF COURSE THE READING OF THIS CREATED GANDHI. Gandhi considered Tolstoy his Master, and obviously this is true. AND BOTH VIEWED JESUS, THE MAN, THE TEACHER, AS THE ULTIMATE MASTER, EVER ON EARTH.
"Kingdom" is NOT Tolstoy's greatest work - that is "The Gospel in Brief." Be careful. "The Kingdom..." can pull one away from this the most sublime, central, ESSENTIAL of Truths - Loving is God, the ONLY Force of Creation, That which Will Ultimately Prevail, that which is Strongest.... And tragically, THIS, in the end, IT DID TO GANDHI, PULLED HIM AWAY FROM THE CENTRALITY OF LOVING, AND IS WHY, I'M SURE, GANDHI IN THE END CONSIDERED HIS LIFE A FAILURE. But read it still. Just take care.
The fatal error for both Tolstoy (the greatest living human, in Gandhi's view) and for Gandhi was that "Kingdom's" utterly Divine Ch 9-12, indispensably insightful, fatally focus on the outcomes, the only Possible True Revolution - the replacement of violent government with the Kingdom of men Loving one another - Universal Family - the inevitable final form of man's way of interacting with others, in Tolstoy's view, in Gandhi's view, in Jesus' view. This may well be correct! But the farmer that spends her energies watching the shoots come up, and the fruit develop... is NEGLECTING THAT WHICH IS NECESSARY - the tending of the roots and the soil. LOVING is the entire Gospel, the entire Teaching, Individual, by Individual, by ..... THE ONLY REVOLUTION THAT CAN SUCCEED. EVER. EVER. "Kingdom" speaks of this breathtakingly; but too centrally, way too centrally it focuses on the outcome - the end of "pagan" government - government based on fleshly selfishness, violence.
Loving - is the work, the only work, the only place our individual (or collective) focus can be useful, with every breath - pre-emptive, and in return for EVERY Evil.
Be careful. Read "Kingdom." HURRY. BUT BE CAREFUL.
Loving is our business, our only business; from which all else will come.
MY SERVICE TO OUR NEEDIEST GOES UNIMPEDED THESE DAYS!!!! WHAT TOTAL JOY.
All of my hope is in Christ - Loving, the Spirit of Loving. NO!!! I'M SPEAKING NONE OF THE PAGAN, HEATHEN DREK, CRAP, FECES... IN WHICH WE'VE DROWN TO NEAR-DEATH JESUS' TEACHING THESE LAST 1800 YEARS. Peter was not Jesus. Paul was NOT Jesus. John was NOT Jesus. Isaiah was not Jesus.... God only knows the Popes are not Jesus, nor the pastors, Calvin, Luther....
JESUS was Jesus, and, for Christs Sake, He could speak for Himself!!! IF WE'D ONLY READ HIM, AND GIVE HIM IS DUE - TO LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF! This is what Tolstoy did. And Gandhi. And King, me....
About 11 years ago I first saw the common reference by Gandhi and King to Leo Tolstoy.
When I tracked it down I found that were it not for "The Kingdom of God is Within You," Tolstoy, we would not know the name Gandhi; he would never have developed from the young lawyer in England. I became aware that we might not know of MLK Jr. were it not for Tolstoy's "The Law of Love, and the Law of Violence," read by King when in Crozier Seminary as a young man.
And then, that we would not know the name Gandhi, and maybe not King but for the book "The Gospel in Brief," the researching of which saved the 50 year old Tolstoy from certain suicide, resurrecting his life to write the aforementioned books and more over the next 39+ years, based on his translation of Jesus' original Greek texts of the bible in which he found the only True Teaching as to how to Live the Joyful Life.
My recent medical treatment, surgery, recovery... is the first forced downtime I recall in a decade, and I've used it in large part to re-read, and re-read "The Gospel in Brief," and just now finishing again, "The Kingdom of God is Within You." Having yesterday cancelled the chemo so as not to divert time from the vigil 24/7 here at the Canadian Embassy - what time I have left will continue to focus on maintaining the vigil, and becoming as pure and knowledgeable a "channel" for Loving, and those paragons in History we've had, as I am able.
Overwhelming. Overwhelming. Overwhelming. If one has knowledge of Gandhi, his beliefs, his works, his acts, his achievements... then the reading of Chapters 9-12 in "The Kingdom..." can only unleash the realization - OF COURSE THE READING OF THIS CREATED GANDHI. Gandhi considered Tolstoy his Master, and obviously this is true. AND BOTH VIEWED JESUS, THE MAN, THE TEACHER, AS THE ULTIMATE MASTER, EVER ON EARTH.
"Kingdom" is NOT Tolstoy's greatest work - that is "The Gospel in Brief." Be careful. "The Kingdom..." can pull one away from this the most sublime, central, ESSENTIAL of Truths - Loving is God, the ONLY Force of Creation, That which Will Ultimately Prevail, that which is Strongest.... And tragically, THIS, in the end, IT DID TO GANDHI, PULLED HIM AWAY FROM THE CENTRALITY OF LOVING, AND IS WHY, I'M SURE, GANDHI IN THE END CONSIDERED HIS LIFE A FAILURE. But read it still. Just take care.
The fatal error for both Tolstoy (the greatest living human, in Gandhi's view) and for Gandhi was that "Kingdom's" utterly Divine Ch 9-12, indispensably insightful, fatally focus on the outcomes, the only Possible True Revolution - the replacement of violent government with the Kingdom of men Loving one another - Universal Family - the inevitable final form of man's way of interacting with others, in Tolstoy's view, in Gandhi's view, in Jesus' view. This may well be correct! But the farmer that spends her energies watching the shoots come up, and the fruit develop... is NEGLECTING THAT WHICH IS NECESSARY - the tending of the roots and the soil. LOVING is the entire Gospel, the entire Teaching, Individual, by Individual, by ..... THE ONLY REVOLUTION THAT CAN SUCCEED. EVER. EVER. "Kingdom" speaks of this breathtakingly; but too centrally, way too centrally it focuses on the outcome - the end of "pagan" government - government based on fleshly selfishness, violence.
Loving - is the work, the only work, the only place our individual (or collective) focus can be useful, with every breath - pre-emptive, and in return for EVERY Evil.
Be careful. Read "Kingdom." HURRY. BUT BE CAREFUL.
Loving is our business, our only business; from which all else will come.
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