the following is added to the glossary on blesstheworld.com:
peace ~ in its most superficial form, peace is anti-war, the absence of war. it is the opposite of conflict. this can be applied on a global level, a commercial level, an interpersonal level, or as pertaining to turmoil within one's self, etc. but in reality, peace is much more than the absence of conflict. it is an equalitarian existence, a global life or a personal life of fairness and respect. those who work for peace in the world know that stopping war is a small bandage on a large wound. war is a symptom of a deeper consciousness that allows unfairness and disrespect to exist. the consciousness of individuals that make war (on each side of the conflict) and the consciousness of individuals who judge those who make war must be altered for there to be peace. while violence is an aspect of animal nature, war is not. and human nature has the power to elevate itself to a nature of peace. (see tao on blesstheworld.com glossary.)
and wear my peace shirts to make a statement for peace. every little bit helps shift the consciousness of the planet. http://blesstheworld.com
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
glossary post
the following was going to be in the glossary on the blesstheworld.com website where no-one would ever see it... but we thought it too controversial... so we put it in this blog for the edification of the multitudes!!!
god ~ the consciousness of the animating force of the universe (see prana on blesstheworld.com glossary).
do not confuse this consciousness with the christian god. he is an aspect of god like pan or diana or other greek and roman gods, like the multitude of hindu or buddhist dieties, the native american gods, or the gods of any culture. the christian and hebrew and muslim god (it is all the same aspect) has been having his fifteen minutes of fame and will one day be relegated to antiquity. do not believe the illusion. do not believe the pr. do not let religion keep you from an experience of god.
an aspect of god makes god more tangible to the masses and any aspect of god is valid for veneration. some are more elevated than others. many are more elevated than the christian god. but the idea of an aspect of god as being mistaken for god may be what makes atheists atheists, a small-minded logic. atheists do not believe the christian god is god thus there must be no god! as written in my blog (search below on atheism), atheism is a vocabulary problem. atheists believe in god, they just call it a chair or the wind or love. without god, their asses would be sitting on the floor in a stuffy place without the best of human relationships. but they would know they were right!
god does not have a chosen people. god does not promise land. god is neither a ruler nor a realtor. god does not lord over people. god does not command or damn. god is not vengeful or judgmental. those are all human traits. man created god in his own image and likeness. and the different aspects of god reflect the variations of human consciousness. see joseph campbell, hero with a thousand faces.
god is the consciousness of the animating force of the universe. words will not explain it further. have the experience instead. http://blesstheworld.com
god ~ the consciousness of the animating force of the universe (see prana on blesstheworld.com glossary).
do not confuse this consciousness with the christian god. he is an aspect of god like pan or diana or other greek and roman gods, like the multitude of hindu or buddhist dieties, the native american gods, or the gods of any culture. the christian and hebrew and muslim god (it is all the same aspect) has been having his fifteen minutes of fame and will one day be relegated to antiquity. do not believe the illusion. do not believe the pr. do not let religion keep you from an experience of god.
an aspect of god makes god more tangible to the masses and any aspect of god is valid for veneration. some are more elevated than others. many are more elevated than the christian god. but the idea of an aspect of god as being mistaken for god may be what makes atheists atheists, a small-minded logic. atheists do not believe the christian god is god thus there must be no god! as written in my blog (search below on atheism), atheism is a vocabulary problem. atheists believe in god, they just call it a chair or the wind or love. without god, their asses would be sitting on the floor in a stuffy place without the best of human relationships. but they would know they were right!
god does not have a chosen people. god does not promise land. god is neither a ruler nor a realtor. god does not lord over people. god does not command or damn. god is not vengeful or judgmental. those are all human traits. man created god in his own image and likeness. and the different aspects of god reflect the variations of human consciousness. see joseph campbell, hero with a thousand faces.
god is the consciousness of the animating force of the universe. words will not explain it further. have the experience instead. http://blesstheworld.com
Monday, July 20, 2009
god bless jimmy carter
reported from the internet:
After more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds with the Southern Baptist Church -- and he's decided it's time they go their separate ways.
Via Feministing, the former president called the decision "unavoidable" after church leaders prohibited women from being ordained and insisted women be "subservient to their husbands."
Said Carter in an essay in The Age:
At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, employment and influence within their own communities.
And, later:
The truth is that male religious leaders have had -- and still have -- an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.
After watching everyone from philandering politicians to Iran's president taking a sudden look heavenwards when the roof starts to come down on them, it's refreshing to see Carter calling out the role of religion in the mistreatment of women.
The question for Carter -- and for others who find themselves at odds with leadership -- is, when a group you're deeply involved in starts to move away from your own core beliefs, do you stay and try to change from within or, at some point, do you have to look for the exit? Carter did give the former a shot -- in recent years publicly criticizing and distancing himself from church leadership, while staying involved with his church. Now, he's seeing if absence might do what presence did not.
After more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds with the Southern Baptist Church -- and he's decided it's time they go their separate ways.
Via Feministing, the former president called the decision "unavoidable" after church leaders prohibited women from being ordained and insisted women be "subservient to their husbands."
Said Carter in an essay in The Age:
At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, employment and influence within their own communities.
And, later:
The truth is that male religious leaders have had -- and still have -- an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.
After watching everyone from philandering politicians to Iran's president taking a sudden look heavenwards when the roof starts to come down on them, it's refreshing to see Carter calling out the role of religion in the mistreatment of women.
The question for Carter -- and for others who find themselves at odds with leadership -- is, when a group you're deeply involved in starts to move away from your own core beliefs, do you stay and try to change from within or, at some point, do you have to look for the exit? Carter did give the former a shot -- in recent years publicly criticizing and distancing himself from church leadership, while staying involved with his church. Now, he's seeing if absence might do what presence did not.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
are you?
Obama's daughter does her part to promote peace with t-shirt
UNDATED -- As President Barack Obama engages in peace talks, his daughter is making a peace statement of her own with her clothing choices.
Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia donned t-shirts while abroad with the famous logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
The symbol designed in 1958 is now also used to represent "peace."
Malia wore the two t-shirts with the peace sign while in Rome with her mother Michelle and sister Sasha.
Obama recently signed agreements with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to cut back on the world's nuclear weapons.
The CND's goal is to rid the world of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
The Obama family is accompanying the president at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila.
Copyright (c) 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Peace Shirts: http://blesstheworld.com
UNDATED -- As President Barack Obama engages in peace talks, his daughter is making a peace statement of her own with her clothing choices.
Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia donned t-shirts while abroad with the famous logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
The symbol designed in 1958 is now also used to represent "peace."
Malia wore the two t-shirts with the peace sign while in Rome with her mother Michelle and sister Sasha.
Obama recently signed agreements with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to cut back on the world's nuclear weapons.
The CND's goal is to rid the world of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.
The Obama family is accompanying the president at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila.
Copyright (c) 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. All Rights Reserved.
Peace Shirts: http://blesstheworld.com
just a reminder
yet another reason to wear my t-shirts:
Published on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 by the Times-Union (Albany, New York)
He Kept His Shirt On -- And Got ArrestedCrossgates Mall shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt with peace slogan
by Carol DeMare
An attorney for the state was arrested and hauled into court after refusing to take off a T-shirt that said "Give Peace a Chance" while shopping at Crossgates Mall.
Roger and Stephen Downs had these shirts made at Crossgates Mall, but Stephen Downs was arrested when he refused to take his off and leave the mall. This is at least the second time in recent months that mall security asked people wearing T-shirts with peace slogans to leave.
Steve Downs, 60, of Selkirk, said he was minding his own business Monday when he refused to remove the shirt and was charged with trespass.
"My point was I'm not trying to convert anybody," Downs said Tuesday. "This was a statement of where I was in my life."
He had purchased the shirt in a shop in the mall shortly before the arrest. The store put on the lettering while he waited: "Peace on Earth" on the front and "Give Peace a Chance" on the back.
His son, Roger Downs, 31, of New Baltimore, an ecologist, also bought a shirt. It read "No War With Iraq" and "Let Inspections Work."
"When they asked me to take it off, I took it off," Roger said. "I think it was ridiculous. I guess the way we see this is we feel the mall has a right to control assembly, not want large protests or large special interest groups or rallies. We were just individuals with T-shirts on, and we were shopping. We weren't talking to people or handing out leaflets."
Numerous calls to Crossgates Marketing Director Sarah Nieves regarding mall policy were not returned.
Heidi Siegfried, interim executive director of the Capital Region chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said, "We have the position that the public space in the mall should be a First Amendment protected activity. Even when they have the right to control and prohibit ... someone shouldn't be removed when doing activity consistent with the normal uses of the mall."
On Dec. 21, about two dozen anti-war protesters wearing pro-peace T-shirts and carrying signs were asked to leave Crossgates. The group complied.
The incident with the father and son occurred shortly after 7 p.m. in the food court. They said they were asked by two security guards to take off their T-shirts, leave or be arrested.
"I don't think we have to take off the T-shirts," said Steve Downs, chief attorney in the Albany office of the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The guards returned with a Guilderland police officer and, "It was the same routine all over again," the father said. "I said 'OK, arrest me.' "
The cop talked to him for an hour after he was handcuffed, Downs said, trying to get him to drop the whole thing and take the shirt off.
"I didn't want to do that," Downs said. "They were just doing their duty. They were trying to be very peaceful. They didn't want any confrontation."
He was repeatedly told the mall was private property and what he was wearing was unacceptable, the same as if he went to someone's home wearing something unacceptable.
"I said it's not the same thing, it's not a good analogy," said Steve Downs, who insisted he wasn't protesting or demonstrating by wearing the shirt.
Guilderland Town Justice Kenneth Riddett released Downs on his own recognizance and set a return date of March 17. Trespass, a violation, carries a maximum of 15 days in jail. A fine or conditional discharge with community service is more commonly given.
Copyright 2003 Times-Union
Peace Shirts: http://RoyAnthonyShabla.com
Published on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 by the Times-Union (Albany, New York)
He Kept His Shirt On -- And Got ArrestedCrossgates Mall shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt with peace slogan
by Carol DeMare
An attorney for the state was arrested and hauled into court after refusing to take off a T-shirt that said "Give Peace a Chance" while shopping at Crossgates Mall.
Roger and Stephen Downs had these shirts made at Crossgates Mall, but Stephen Downs was arrested when he refused to take his off and leave the mall. This is at least the second time in recent months that mall security asked people wearing T-shirts with peace slogans to leave.
Steve Downs, 60, of Selkirk, said he was minding his own business Monday when he refused to remove the shirt and was charged with trespass.
"My point was I'm not trying to convert anybody," Downs said Tuesday. "This was a statement of where I was in my life."
He had purchased the shirt in a shop in the mall shortly before the arrest. The store put on the lettering while he waited: "Peace on Earth" on the front and "Give Peace a Chance" on the back.
His son, Roger Downs, 31, of New Baltimore, an ecologist, also bought a shirt. It read "No War With Iraq" and "Let Inspections Work."
"When they asked me to take it off, I took it off," Roger said. "I think it was ridiculous. I guess the way we see this is we feel the mall has a right to control assembly, not want large protests or large special interest groups or rallies. We were just individuals with T-shirts on, and we were shopping. We weren't talking to people or handing out leaflets."
Numerous calls to Crossgates Marketing Director Sarah Nieves regarding mall policy were not returned.
Heidi Siegfried, interim executive director of the Capital Region chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said, "We have the position that the public space in the mall should be a First Amendment protected activity. Even when they have the right to control and prohibit ... someone shouldn't be removed when doing activity consistent with the normal uses of the mall."
On Dec. 21, about two dozen anti-war protesters wearing pro-peace T-shirts and carrying signs were asked to leave Crossgates. The group complied.
The incident with the father and son occurred shortly after 7 p.m. in the food court. They said they were asked by two security guards to take off their T-shirts, leave or be arrested.
"I don't think we have to take off the T-shirts," said Steve Downs, chief attorney in the Albany office of the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The guards returned with a Guilderland police officer and, "It was the same routine all over again," the father said. "I said 'OK, arrest me.' "
The cop talked to him for an hour after he was handcuffed, Downs said, trying to get him to drop the whole thing and take the shirt off.
"I didn't want to do that," Downs said. "They were just doing their duty. They were trying to be very peaceful. They didn't want any confrontation."
He was repeatedly told the mall was private property and what he was wearing was unacceptable, the same as if he went to someone's home wearing something unacceptable.
"I said it's not the same thing, it's not a good analogy," said Steve Downs, who insisted he wasn't protesting or demonstrating by wearing the shirt.
Guilderland Town Justice Kenneth Riddett released Downs on his own recognizance and set a return date of March 17. Trespass, a violation, carries a maximum of 15 days in jail. A fine or conditional discharge with community service is more commonly given.
Copyright 2003 Times-Union
Peace Shirts: http://RoyAnthonyShabla.com
peace on earth ~ one t-shirt at a time.
in case president obama lost my t-shirt catalog, he can go to my website and select the image, style, and color he likes. in whatever size he needs... royanthonyshabla.com ~ maybe the girls will order stickers and do some peace graffiti!
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