"But They Did the Best They Could" - A Moral Examination of Historical Parenting

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The Most Important Video You Will Need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STa5AChf7_4

Lesson: Surrender Your Identity

Coming to God for communion, for meditation, requires that we leave all of our human thoughts and worries behind.  It is not an easy task.  In one religion, it is taught that man must approach God, Spirit, as a child.  This is not only a matter of innocent receptivity and trust, but also one of letting go of all the human labels we have acquired by the time we reach adulthood.  It is easy to think we have to put aside our job, our education, our possessions and not come to God as an accountant, educated at university, with a home and car.  We come as an ordinary man or woman, eager to focus on spirit. 

What we must learn is that this is not enough.  We must come to God, that spiritual Source, that flame of Love within our breast, completely free of all our mental baggage, our thoughts and worries, joys and accomplishments, as well as our gender (God does not see man or woman) , sexual identity (there is no gay or straight in the spiritual realm),  race (God is no respecter of person),  nationality (God knows no borders),  degrees of learning, titles, hopes and fears (all error, "this world"). 

We come to God as the Child of God.

This may not be possible at first. There may be many things that cling to us, things we don't want to give up or let go of.  But, if we do not do it willingly, of our own accord, it will be done for us.  Whether figuratively or literally, we will have to experience the life of Job.  Once done, we are ready for true communion.

Great Site

http://www.criticalpast.com/

Edgar Cayce

My interest in Cayce has been renewed by the fact that he predicted the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in1947 during a reading in 1937.  Cayce has written lots on Jesus and the Essenes and the Scrolls, so if you are interested, join me in the research.  I will be sharing relevant points with my students in class and then perhaps here on the blog.  Let me know what you think and if this is of interest.

Fascinating take on Luxor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiaKsVh4rw

Documentary Site to Consider

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/iraq-secret-war-files-wikileaks-special/

From The Road Less Traveled by M.Scott Peck

"Most of us operate from a narrower frame of reference than that of which we are capable, failing to transcend the influence of our particular culture, our particular set of parents, and our particular childhood experience upon our  understanding.  It is no wonder, then, that the world of humanity is so full of conflict."

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House by the Side of the Road

by 

Sam Walter Foss

There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls like stars, that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze the paths
Where highways never ran-
But let me live by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
Where the race of men go by-
The men who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner's seat
Nor hurl the cynic's ban-
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I see from my house by the side of the road
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are faint with the strife,
But I turn not away from their smiles and tears,
Both parts of an infinite plan-
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead,
And mountains of wearisome height;
That the road passes on through the long afternoon
And stretches away to the night.
And still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice
And weep with the strangers that moan,
Nor live in my house by the side of the road
Like a man who dwells alone.
Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by-
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish - so am I.
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
(public domain)

Soul of the Indian

My work will continue to develop the study of the mysticism of the American Indian, the Essenes, and the Polynesians.  We will be investigating these teachings and looking for connections to them and the teachings of Joel Goldsmith. Please join us if you are interested.   You can get more information from Tina Mendeloff.  Phone her at 860 5647548 or email pickettroad@gmail.com.