RaceandHistory.com - BLACK CIVILIZATIONS OF ANCIENT AMERICA:
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
If you are impeccable with your word, if you don't take anything personally, if you don't make assumptions, if you always do your best, then you are going to have a beautiful life. You are going to control your life one hundred percent. ~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, March 30, 2012
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
Every action then becomes a ritual in which you are honoring God. After that, the next step is honoring God with every thought, every emotion, every belief, even what is "right" or "wrong." ~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, March 29, 2012
HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
When you practice giving love to every part of your body, you plant seeds of love in your mind, and when they grow, you will love, honor, and respect your body immensely. ~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Guess where I'm going this Sunday Night?
VENUS & MIC: :
This show is in appreciation of women in support of non-violence. The bill is filled with talented singers and poets performing feel-good, thought provoking material that is oh so entertaining!
Some of the pieces speak directly to the issue of appreciating the works and contributions women make throughout our society and the world. The night is also geared towards spreading awareness and making a conscious decision to change the way we think about violent acts towards women.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to "Peace Over Violence", an organization dedicated to educating and rescuing women from violent situations. You may find them and donated at: www.Peaceoverviolence.org
Scheduled to hit the stage on this evening are:
Dasha (singer) R&B/Soul/Hiphop
Evy Trezvant (poet)
Isabel B (singer) acoustic soul
Barbara Joas (poet)
Danni El (singer) acoustic world
Donny Jackson (poet)
Doors open at 8 PM
Show starts at 8:45 PM
$7 Suggested Donation
21 & Over w/ ID
This event will be on April 1st at Skinny's Lounge in NOHO
4923 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
I'm gonna be there, and if you read my blog, and happen to live in or around L.A., I hope you'll come out too.
This show is in appreciation of women in support of non-violence. The bill is filled with talented singers and poets performing feel-good, thought provoking material that is oh so entertaining!
Some of the pieces speak directly to the issue of appreciating the works and contributions women make throughout our society and the world. The night is also geared towards spreading awareness and making a conscious decision to change the way we think about violent acts towards women.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to "Peace Over Violence", an organization dedicated to educating and rescuing women from violent situations. You may find them and donated at: www.Peaceoverviolence.org
Scheduled to hit the stage on this evening are:
Dasha (singer) R&B/Soul/Hiphop
Evy Trezvant (poet)
Isabel B (singer) acoustic soul
Barbara Joas (poet)
Danni El (singer) acoustic world
Donny Jackson (poet)
Doors open at 8 PM
Show starts at 8:45 PM
$7 Suggested Donation
21 & Over w/ ID
This event will be on April 1st at Skinny's Lounge in NOHO
4923 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
I'm gonna be there, and if you read my blog, and happen to live in or around L.A., I hope you'll come out too.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
If you do your best always, over and over again, you will become a master of transformation. Practice makes the master.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, March 26, 2012
HAPPY MONDAY!!!
If you're doing your best, you will feel good about yourself even if you still make assumptions, still take things personally, and still are not impeccable with your word.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, March 25, 2012
SUNDAY SCHOOL VIDEO
Hi.
In the past, I've posted numerous articles about the Martial arts of Gatka, and Shastar Vidya, which are martial arts practiced by the Sikhs of Northern India. But I didn't really post anything about the Sikhs themselves.
Well, for this SUNDAY SCHOOL video, I'm posting this great Documentary that I found on You Tube a while ago about the Nihangs, the warriors of the Sikhs.
I hope you enjoy it.
In the past, I've posted numerous articles about the Martial arts of Gatka, and Shastar Vidya, which are martial arts practiced by the Sikhs of Northern India. But I didn't really post anything about the Sikhs themselves.
Well, for this SUNDAY SCHOOL video, I'm posting this great Documentary that I found on You Tube a while ago about the Nihangs, the warriors of the Sikhs.
I hope you enjoy it.
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
By doing your best, the habits of misusing your word, taking things personally, and making assumptions will become weaker and less frequent with time.
~don Miguel Ruiz
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
By doing your best, the habits of misusing your word, taking things personally, and making assumptions will become weaker and less frequent with time.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, March 24, 2012
HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
Don't expect that you will never take anything personally; just do your best. Don't expect that you will never make another assumption, but you can certainly do your best.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, March 23, 2012
It's going down Tonight!!!
Fabiano Nascimento Album Release+Mia Doi Todd+Kim Riccelli @ MOMAI, Venice:
Tonight from 8:00pm until 1:30am
Mark your calendars, save the date and don't miss this EPIC night of Music coming up at The Museum of Music and Instruments
(MOMAI) in Venice!
MOMAI -Spring world music series presents: Brazilian Music Night
+some amazing delicious Vegetarian food by Gaby Hernandez :)
Featuring:
Fabiano do Nascimento Quartet
New Album Release "Na Floresta" w/ Brazilian Drummer Leo Costa and Vocalist Kana Shimanuki and Flautist/Composer Norma La Tuchie .Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1983, Fabiano do Nascimento studied classical piano and music theory as a young boy. From the time he played his first notes on the guitar at age twelve, he devoted himself to that instrument. Fabiano was born into a musical family, a lineage that goes back to his great-grand-father “Ladario Teixeira”. Who was a Blind virtuoso saxophone player, who contributed to the creation of the instrument itself, re-inventing the saxophone, adding more keys to the older “Aldolph Sax” version of the saxophone. More about Ladario Teixeira can be found in the encyclopedia BARSA. Fabiano Studied with Dalmo Motta at the Conservatorio de Musica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro, and with his Uncle, the Late Lucio Nascimento.
http://fabianodonascimento.bandcamp.com/album/impulsivo
http://fabianodonascimento.com/
Mia Doi Todd
Very special Set of Brazilian Spiritual Music and Originals. w/ Percussionist/Composer Alberto Lopez
Prolific singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California, Mia Doi Todd began singing as a child in choirs and later studied classical vocal technique. She found her own voice in writing songs about nature, romance, love and loss. Her first solo acoustic album, “The Ewe and the Eye” was released in 1997 as Todd was graduating from Yale University. She then spent a year in Japan, studying the avant-garde dance form Butoh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QgeESiPZA
http://miadoitodd.com/
Kim Riccelli
Have you ever wondered what happens in an Intergalactic Meadow at Dusk???
Come experience the magical sounds of the Hang, a melodic percussion portal to the land of fractal enchantment! With special guests Kiran Gandhi on percussion and Fabiano Nascimento himself with his gilded guitar goodness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmRjf-8FMJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDGLjGSv_A
Wendell R. Wiggins - Artist Biography
Wendell Wiggins is an artist, designer & photographer who creates art that reflects optimism and a passions to inspire and uplift his audience.
Raised in Washington D. C., Wiggins realized at a very early age his emotional connection to the arts. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio in Illustration, Graphic Design and Photography. Shortly after, he moved to the rural town of Val Verde, north of Los Angeles and a few miles from California Institute of the Arts. CalArts, an oasis of visual and performing arts, quickly became a major source for his learning and Inspiration.
During the 1980's he spent spent 8 months in Brazil this impacted his life and work in many ways. Upon his return to California, he moved to Berkeley where his work became more festive, expressive, colorful and dramatic.
Wiggins often uses movement to express excitement and a deep sense of euphoria. Themes of celebration and spirituality can also be found in his work. Over the years he has been fortunate to have exhibited in art galleries and museums throughout California and the U.S.
“Images in my paintings and photography often reveal my deep interest in the beauty of culture and nature. I use action to express the optimism and the joy of life. Yet, I also strive to reach beyond realism in order to move viewers visually and emotionally.”
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/wendell-wiggins.html
Museum of Music and Instruments, (MOMAI)
711 Hampton, Venice CA 90291
https://www.facebook.com/momaivenice
$15 dollars available at door but recommended in advance at:
http://momaivenice.eventbrite.com/
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Tonight from 8:00pm until 1:30am
Mark your calendars, save the date and don't miss this EPIC night of Music coming up at The Museum of Music and Instruments
(MOMAI) in Venice!
MOMAI -Spring world music series presents: Brazilian Music Night
+some amazing delicious Vegetarian food by Gaby Hernandez :)
Featuring:
Fabiano do Nascimento Quartet
New Album Release "Na Floresta" w/ Brazilian Drummer Leo Costa and Vocalist Kana Shimanuki and Flautist/Composer Norma La Tuchie .Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1983, Fabiano do Nascimento studied classical piano and music theory as a young boy. From the time he played his first notes on the guitar at age twelve, he devoted himself to that instrument. Fabiano was born into a musical family, a lineage that goes back to his great-grand-father “Ladario Teixeira”. Who was a Blind virtuoso saxophone player, who contributed to the creation of the instrument itself, re-inventing the saxophone, adding more keys to the older “Aldolph Sax” version of the saxophone. More about Ladario Teixeira can be found in the encyclopedia BARSA. Fabiano Studied with Dalmo Motta at the Conservatorio de Musica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro, and with his Uncle, the Late Lucio Nascimento.
http://fabianodonascimento.bandcamp.com/album/impulsivo
http://fabianodonascimento.com/
Mia Doi Todd
Very special Set of Brazilian Spiritual Music and Originals. w/ Percussionist/Composer Alberto Lopez
Prolific singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California, Mia Doi Todd began singing as a child in choirs and later studied classical vocal technique. She found her own voice in writing songs about nature, romance, love and loss. Her first solo acoustic album, “The Ewe and the Eye” was released in 1997 as Todd was graduating from Yale University. She then spent a year in Japan, studying the avant-garde dance form Butoh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8QgeESiPZA
http://miadoitodd.com/
Kim Riccelli
Have you ever wondered what happens in an Intergalactic Meadow at Dusk???
Come experience the magical sounds of the Hang, a melodic percussion portal to the land of fractal enchantment! With special guests Kiran Gandhi on percussion and Fabiano Nascimento himself with his gilded guitar goodness!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmRjf-8FMJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDGLjGSv_A
Wendell R. Wiggins - Artist Biography
Wendell Wiggins is an artist, designer & photographer who creates art that reflects optimism and a passions to inspire and uplift his audience.
Raised in Washington D. C., Wiggins realized at a very early age his emotional connection to the arts. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio in Illustration, Graphic Design and Photography. Shortly after, he moved to the rural town of Val Verde, north of Los Angeles and a few miles from California Institute of the Arts. CalArts, an oasis of visual and performing arts, quickly became a major source for his learning and Inspiration.
During the 1980's he spent spent 8 months in Brazil this impacted his life and work in many ways. Upon his return to California, he moved to Berkeley where his work became more festive, expressive, colorful and dramatic.
Wiggins often uses movement to express excitement and a deep sense of euphoria. Themes of celebration and spirituality can also be found in his work. Over the years he has been fortunate to have exhibited in art galleries and museums throughout California and the U.S.
“Images in my paintings and photography often reveal my deep interest in the beauty of culture and nature. I use action to express the optimism and the joy of life. Yet, I also strive to reach beyond realism in order to move viewers visually and emotionally.”
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/wendell-wiggins.html
Museum of Music and Instruments, (MOMAI)
711 Hampton, Venice CA 90291
https://www.facebook.com/momaivenice
$15 dollars available at door but recommended in advance at:
http://momaivenice.eventbrite.com/
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HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
Don't resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Roxie Sakura, an Earth Goddess Diva
This beautiful woman singing below is Roxie Sakura.
I've had the pleasure of meeting her face to face for the first time Last friday night at the GOOD HURT nightclub, when she and her band THE KI rocked the house!
I first met her on Facebook last November, when she and her friend Rachel Lynn was helping organizing a walk for the homeless in L.A.
Unfourtanetly, I wasn't able to attend the walk, but I posted about it on my blog, and over the next few months since then, we sent a few messages back and forth to each other, and then a couple of weeks ago, she invited me to this concert she did at the Good Hurt.
And I'm so glad I went! She and her Band THE KI performed some amazing songs, most of which were brand new songs that they didn't play before. And Like the band's namesake, there was some wonderful, powerful KI flowing throughout that nightclub. KI that I took with me for the rest of the night... In short, Roxie and THE KI's performance was definetely worth the 2 and a half hour bus ride it took me to get out there.
Now, if you want to know more about Roxie Sakura and the KI, then go to her website at www.roxiesakura.com. And if you have an oppurtunity to go to one of her performances, TAKE THAT OPPURTUNITY. I promise you, it will be a night to remember.
I've had the pleasure of meeting her face to face for the first time Last friday night at the GOOD HURT nightclub, when she and her band THE KI rocked the house!
I first met her on Facebook last November, when she and her friend Rachel Lynn was helping organizing a walk for the homeless in L.A.
Unfourtanetly, I wasn't able to attend the walk, but I posted about it on my blog, and over the next few months since then, we sent a few messages back and forth to each other, and then a couple of weeks ago, she invited me to this concert she did at the Good Hurt.
And I'm so glad I went! She and her Band THE KI performed some amazing songs, most of which were brand new songs that they didn't play before. And Like the band's namesake, there was some wonderful, powerful KI flowing throughout that nightclub. KI that I took with me for the rest of the night... In short, Roxie and THE KI's performance was definetely worth the 2 and a half hour bus ride it took me to get out there.
Now, if you want to know more about Roxie Sakura and the KI, then go to her website at www.roxiesakura.com. And if you have an oppurtunity to go to one of her performances, TAKE THAT OPPURTUNITY. I promise you, it will be a night to remember.
HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!
The best way to say "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, March 19, 2012
HAPPY MONDAY!!!
Expressing what you are is taking action. You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, March 18, 2012
SUNDAY SCHOOL VIDEO
Today, we have a video from you Tube user xxxPeachxxx talking about the recent witchcraft hysteria currently going on in Nigeria. Basically in this video, The Peach rips helen ukpabio, nigerian child witch hunter, a new a**hole. Anyway, here's the video, with the video description.
Video Description from You Tube:
Uploaded by xxxThePeachxxx on Mar 5, 2012
Helen Ukpabio, head of the Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, is a notorious witch hunter who targets children with accusations of witchcraft. This filth is coming to the United States this summer to spread her poison to a well already sick with superstition and myth.
Email Helen Ukpabio at helenukpai@yahoo.com and be sure to let her know your thoughts on her "ministry."
Sources for this video:
Salem Witchcraft Trials - http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/salem/salem.htm
The Witch Trials in Europe - http://www.localhistories.org/witchtrials.html
Witch trials in the Early Modern period - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Modern_period
The Witch Trials - http://www.witchcraftandwitches.com/trials.html
Helen Ukpabio - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ukpabio
Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries - http://libertyfoundationgospelministries.org/
Nigerian witch hunter Helen Ukpabio bringing "gospel of hate" to the US - http://www.iheu.org/nigerian-witch-hunter-helen-ukpabio-bringing-gospel-hate-us
Marathon Deliverance bullshit - http://libertyfoundationgospelministries.org/images/U.S..jpg
Witches, Mermaids and Exorcisms With Pastor Godwin Umotong On SaharaTV
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BeYr0V__0
On a Visit to the U.S., a Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/22beliefs.html
Glorious Praise Ministries - http://gloriouspraiseministry.com/
A Review of Helen Ukpabio's "Unveiling the Mysteries of Witchcraft" - http://hawkafrica.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-of-helen-ukpabios-unveiling.html
Stepping Stones Nigeria -- http://www.steppingstonesnigeria.org/
More on Helen Ukpabio's Legal Campaign against Supporters of Children Stigmatized as "Witches" -
http://barthsnotes.com/2009/11/30/more-on-helen-ukpabios-legal-campaign-again...
Staise Gonzalez - http://www.facebook.com/staise.gonzalez
Stand Against Helen Ukpabio - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stand-Against-Helen-Ukpabio/300276600023391?sk=...
Stand Against Helen Ukpabio Fundraiser - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage....
The President of the United States: Deny Entry to the USA for Helen Ukpabio - http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-deny-entry...
Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mochapeach
Friend me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/peachswirl
Category:
Nonprofits & Activism
Tags:
xxxthepeachxxx the peach rips helen ukpabio nigerian child witch hunter new hole
License:
Standard YouTube License
Click HERE to watch the documentary show, "Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children", on You Tube.
Video Description from You Tube:
Uploaded by xxxThePeachxxx on Mar 5, 2012
Helen Ukpabio, head of the Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, is a notorious witch hunter who targets children with accusations of witchcraft. This filth is coming to the United States this summer to spread her poison to a well already sick with superstition and myth.
Email Helen Ukpabio at helenukpai@yahoo.com and be sure to let her know your thoughts on her "ministry."
Sources for this video:
Salem Witchcraft Trials - http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/salem/salem.htm
The Witch Trials in Europe - http://www.localhistories.org/witchtrials.html
Witch trials in the Early Modern period - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Modern_period
The Witch Trials - http://www.witchcraftandwitches.com/trials.html
Helen Ukpabio - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Ukpabio
Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries - http://libertyfoundationgospelministries.org/
Nigerian witch hunter Helen Ukpabio bringing "gospel of hate" to the US - http://www.iheu.org/nigerian-witch-hunter-helen-ukpabio-bringing-gospel-hate-us
Marathon Deliverance bullshit - http://libertyfoundationgospelministries.org/images/U.S..jpg
Witches, Mermaids and Exorcisms With Pastor Godwin Umotong On SaharaTV
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BeYr0V__0
On a Visit to the U.S., a Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/us/22beliefs.html
Glorious Praise Ministries - http://gloriouspraiseministry.com/
A Review of Helen Ukpabio's "Unveiling the Mysteries of Witchcraft" - http://hawkafrica.blogspot.com/2009/12/review-of-helen-ukpabios-unveiling.html
Stepping Stones Nigeria -- http://www.steppingstonesnigeria.org/
More on Helen Ukpabio's Legal Campaign against Supporters of Children Stigmatized as "Witches" -
http://barthsnotes.com/2009/11/30/more-on-helen-ukpabios-legal-campaign-again...
Staise Gonzalez - http://www.facebook.com/staise.gonzalez
Stand Against Helen Ukpabio - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stand-Against-Helen-Ukpabio/300276600023391?sk=...
Stand Against Helen Ukpabio Fundraiser - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage....
The President of the United States: Deny Entry to the USA for Helen Ukpabio - http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-deny-entry...
Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mochapeach
Friend me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/peachswirl
Category:
Nonprofits & Activism
Tags:
xxxthepeachxxx the peach rips helen ukpabio nigerian child witch hunter new hole
License:
Standard YouTube License
Click HERE to watch the documentary show, "Dispatches: Return to Africa's Witch Children", on You Tube.
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
You do your best because you want to do it, not because you have to do it, not because you are trying to please the Judge, and not because you are trying to please other people.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, March 17, 2012
YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME!!!
If ANY of my posts with the title above deserves that title, this post is it.
Rush Limbaugh Says Republicans Aren’t Anti -Women, Because They ‘Buy Them Diamonds And Meals’ (AUDIO) | Addicting Info:
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Rush Limbaugh Says Republicans Aren’t Anti -Women, Because They ‘Buy Them Diamonds And Meals’ (AUDIO) | Addicting Info:
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HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
If you have done your best and the Judge tries to judge you according to your Book of Laws, you've got the answer: "I did my best." There are no regrets.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, March 16, 2012
Guess where I'm going Tonight?
Roxie & theKI, Debut 10 Piece Band (New songs, spirit & dance):
"I want to see what has never been shown to me. I want to be what has never been known to me"
FRIDAY, MARCH 16th at 930PM at the Good Hurt Nightclub in L.A.
Joining Forces with & Opening up for the Special Powers!
A Magical Intimate Evening of Song, Spirit and Dance
A calling, a yearning, an awakening of your inner power & energy.
$10.00 tix
Music composed by Thomas Valle Guatemala. http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/387804
Lead Vox - Roxie Sakura
Guitar - Thomas Valle
Cello - Jody Stark
Drums - Alex Platt
Keys - Antonio Dangond
Taiko - Warren MacDonald
Bass - Joshua Taddeo
Vocals- Rachel Lynn
Vocals - Sherrce Emery
Vocals - Daniel Carter
Special Guest Dance Appearance by Sara Fenton
Songs Titles Include:
Admittance, Clarity, Living in the Tao, Arrows in the Sky, Hold On.
Inspired by Zen, Buddhist teachings, ancient-new thought wisdom and meditations.
"Even a tarnished mirror will shine like a jewel if it is polished. A mind which presently is closed by illusions originating from the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but once it is polished it will become clear, reflecting the enlightenment of immutable truth" (MW-1, 5) Gosho "On Attaining Buddhahood," by Nichiren Daishonin
Believe me, this will be a night to remember.
"I want to see what has never been shown to me. I want to be what has never been known to me"
FRIDAY, MARCH 16th at 930PM at the Good Hurt Nightclub in L.A.
Joining Forces with & Opening up for the Special Powers!
A Magical Intimate Evening of Song, Spirit and Dance
A calling, a yearning, an awakening of your inner power & energy.
$10.00 tix
Music composed by Thomas Valle Guatemala. http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/artist_songs/387804
Lead Vox - Roxie Sakura
Guitar - Thomas Valle
Cello - Jody Stark
Drums - Alex Platt
Keys - Antonio Dangond
Taiko - Warren MacDonald
Bass - Joshua Taddeo
Vocals- Rachel Lynn
Vocals - Sherrce Emery
Vocals - Daniel Carter
Special Guest Dance Appearance by Sara Fenton
Songs Titles Include:
Admittance, Clarity, Living in the Tao, Arrows in the Sky, Hold On.
Inspired by Zen, Buddhist teachings, ancient-new thought wisdom and meditations.
"Even a tarnished mirror will shine like a jewel if it is polished. A mind which presently is closed by illusions originating from the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but once it is polished it will become clear, reflecting the enlightenment of immutable truth" (MW-1, 5) Gosho "On Attaining Buddhahood," by Nichiren Daishonin
Believe me, this will be a night to remember.
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
If you take action just for the sake of doing it, without expecting a reward, you will find that you enjoy every action that you do.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Danni El Playing Sunday Night!!!
Do Good in the Hood
This Sunday night from 9:00 p.m. till 2:00 a.m.
Live Bands/DJs:
Danni El
Random Acts of Blindness
Juni
Brent Pierce
P.A.J.
Chris Shannon
Sweat Shop City
& Dj Tommy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All proceeds go to Do Good in the Hood, a non-profit community outreach organization
Rebel Shamans and Women Warriors 03/15 by CriticalThinking | Blog Talk Radio
Rebel Shamans and Women Warriors 03/15 by CriticalThinking | Blog Talk Radio
On this show, Makeda Voletta interviews Max Dashu the founder od the "Suppressed Histories Archives" on to discuss the legacy of Women Warriors. This conversation will touch on the history and mysteries of medicine women, diviners and prophetesses throughout the world.
About Max Dashu:
Founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives, freelance teacher, writer, artist, lover of music, children, and Earth.
http://www.suppressedhistories.net
http://www.maxdashu.net
On this show, Makeda Voletta interviews Max Dashu the founder od the "Suppressed Histories Archives" on to discuss the legacy of Women Warriors. This conversation will touch on the history and mysteries of medicine women, diviners and prophetesses throughout the world.
About Max Dashu:
Founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives, freelance teacher, writer, artist, lover of music, children, and Earth.
http://www.suppressedhistories.net
http://www.maxdashu.net
HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do exactly the opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Rachel Lynn Sebastian is on Rock Band!!!
Video Description from You Tube:
Uploaded by OffbeatEntertainment on Mar 11, 2012
This video shows the Rock Band version of "I Gotchu Babe" by Rachel Lynn Sebastian and DJ Jounce. Rock Band authoring done by Offbeat Entertainment.
www.djjounce.com
www.rachellynnsebastian.com
www.offbeat-entertainment.com
Category:
Gaming
Tags:
DJJounce IGotchuBabe
License:
Standard YouTube License
You can buy this track on Amazon HERE. For the version to play on your RockBand, you may get it HERE.
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!
Doing your best you are going to live your life intensely. You are going to be productive, you are going to be good to yourself, because you will be giving yourself to your family, to your community, to everything.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
Everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best will sometimes be high quality, and other times it will not be as good...Regardless of the quality, keep doing your best. ~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, March 12, 2012
HAPPY MONDAY!!!
Well, my weekend wasn't all I hoped for... Hell, my whole week wasn't all I hoped for. Time for me to make this week better.
The fourth agreement is about the action of the first three: Always do your best. Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, March 11, 2012
HAPPY SUNDAY!!!
With clear communication, all of your relationships will change, not only with your partner, but with everyone else. You won't need to make assumptions because everything becomes so clear.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Saturday, March 10, 2012
New Home Studio -Carmen Amara
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Room is still in the works. Here I will be working on a lot of my training skills. I'll be posting my progress and any new modalities I acquire. Enjoy!!!
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Integrated Conditioning Owner and Fitness Trainer Carmen Amara explains to Jennifer Reeves the fundamentals of Gymnastics Training.
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HAPPY SATURDAY!!!
I've had a "bad" week. My bike had 2 flats, I didn't get to go to the Downtown L.A. Artwalk, I didn't get to do anything I wanted to do, and last night, I found out a good friend of mine is moving far away soon.
I'm so ready for this weekend. Will it be good, or bad? Time will tell...
"We are only one being; we come from the same ray of light, and we have the same message. Our message is love and joy. "
~don Miguel Ruiz
Friday, March 9, 2012
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions. If you don't understand, ask. Make sure the communication is clear.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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With all of the fitness and diet trends and misinformation the average person/consumer is completely lost and confused as to what to eat and how best to train their bodies. In this show I will have Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor, Dr. Whitaker (www.Medisins.net) and long time Fitness Trainer and Nutritionist Antonio Valladares (www.BurnSports.com) on to discuss the most efficient exercise and nutritional regimine's to maintain optimal health and fitness. We will explore the best fitness and nutrition regimine's that help to prevent joint and bone problems, genetic diseases, infectious diseases, degenerative and auto immune diseases. We will also speak about some of the issues with prescription drugs.
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With all of the fitness and diet trends and misinformation the average person/consumer is completely lost and confused as to what to eat and how best to train their bodies. In this show I will have Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor, Dr. Whitaker (www.Medisins.net) and long time Fitness Trainer and Nutritionist Antonio Valladares (www.BurnSports.com) on to discuss the most efficient exercise and nutritional regimine's to maintain optimal health and fitness. We will explore the best fitness and nutrition regimine's that help to prevent joint and bone problems, genetic diseases, infectious diseases, degenerative and auto immune diseases. We will also speak about some of the issues with prescription drugs.
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HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do. We assume that others think the way we think, feel the way we feel, judge the way we judge....This is the biggest assumption that humans make.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!!!
Even if we hear something and we don't understand, we make assumptions about what it means and then believe the assumptions.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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My daughter introduced me to Big Bang and I just wanted to show them some appreciation for all the inspiration they've brought to us. Hope to meet you guys soon.
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The March of Christian Dominionism 4: How Dominionists Are Trying To Undermine Our Country | Addicting Info
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July 7, 2011
By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario
Or “So THAT’S why the GOP has been doing that!!”
We know what Christian Dominionism is (if you don’t, go back and read parts one, two and three. No skipping!). We know what they want and we know why they want it. Now the question becomes: how are they doing it and what are the signs of their influence in politics?
Again, we find there to be some overlap between your standard Right Wing, anti-government rhetoric and the goals of Christian Dominionists. But some of it is purely a creature of religious zealotry.
There are many fronts to the Dominionist attack on our way of life; one of them is the ongoing assault on the social safety nets that have been in place for decades. Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are under constant threat of being extinguished so we’ll start there:
Social Security: Technically, the Right hates Social Security because it’s “Big Government” and costs too much money. That is, of course, garbage. The amount of money and resources consumed by our bloated military dwarfs SS but that’s never an issue. No. The “problem” with Social Security is that it represents the country pulling together (the “social”) to ensure that no one is left to die in poverty and hunger (the “security”). This reliance on others goes against the Right’s creed of “personal responsibility” which is code for “everyone for themselves.”
The Dominionists, however, have a slightly different take on SS. This collective pooling of resources for the betterment of all means that fewer people have to turn to them for their needs. Thus, Social Security deprives religious organizations of power in the form of less desperate people. Privatization is a good way to end it (and make Wall St. untold billions in profit in the process) but for Dominionists, the goal is simply to make it go away altogether.
Medicare and Medicaid: The objection to these stunningly popular and useful programs is similar to the objections against Social Security but the attack against them is far more insidious.
Instead of dismantling the entire program the goal is vouchers. But why vouchers? The GOP seems to be quite taken with them. They want them for Medicare, Medicaid and schools. This is a clear sign of Dominionist influence on the GOP because vouchers are an end run around the Establishment clause of the First Amendment.
The Establishment Clause forbids government money to be used to by an organization to evangelize as part of the disbursement of those funds. In other words, if you take government money to feed the hungry, you cannot promote your religion while doing so. Also, under no circumstances, can you withhold services based on your religious beliefs. So if the Westboro Baptist Church took government money to shelter the homeless, they could not turn away a homosexual.
Vouchers, on the other hand, eliminate this prickly proselytization problem. The legal argument goes like this: Since the money is not coming directly from the government, all bets are off. By giving the voucher to the “consumer,” the choice of where to spend that money is solely up to them. The Establishment Clause does not apply. In this scenario, a church can turn away any “undesirables” while still providing services. In addition, they can also pressure the sick, the elderly and the desperate to embrace their particular worldview. These groups are already susceptible to manipulation and vouchers leave them all the more vulnerable to the depredations of Dominionists.
School vouchers are even more easily abused as the schools will be free to teach Creationism and the Christian Dominionist worldview. Your tax dollars ALREADY get abused this way illegally as many schools corrupt the regular curriculum with religion until someone reports it. Imagine how widespread it would be if it was legal to teach our children that the world is only 6000 years old?
Grants work the same way. The government gives money to an umbrella organization, say, the Salvation Army, (a group that will no longer employee homosexuals) due to their “charity” work, and the organization disperses the money to smaller groups. Those groups are now free of the Establishment Clause to push their religious agenda, all the while using tax payer dollars.
When you hear the word “voucher” or “grant” in any discussion of entitlements or schools, what you are really witnessing is the Religious Right attempting to bypass the Constitution. If you take away one thing from this article, let it be that.
—
But the Dominionists’ agenda goes far beyond just undermining the social safety net or subverting it for their own purposes. Dominionists are hard at work undermining the very concept of America as a democracy.
Tax cuts & deregulation: Totalitarian regimes exist with an extreme concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a very select few. Christian Dominionism is no different. To the Dominionist, there can be no such thing as democracy. The masses cannot be allowed self-rule; only those “chosen” by God (i.e., the Aristocracy) are worthy enough to divine “His” intent.
And exactly what is “His” intent? Why, that the rich should get richer, of course! “God” hates taxes on the wealthy and massive corporationd. This is why Big Business so readily gets into bed with Dominionists. They are very aware of the desire of Dominionism to concentrate all the wealth and power of the United States at the top of the economic food chain. In the schizophrenic world of the Dominionist, pollution is no big deal and natural resources are self-replenishing, even oil. Any toxins leaked into the environment are no difficulty to the faithful because “God” smiles upon those engines of enterprise, corporations. Therefore, government regulation is not just unnecessary; it’s against the will of “God.” Of course, the fact that deregulation only benefits an extremely small group of people while causing untold misery for the rest is just a coincidence and is probably punishment for our blasphemous ways.
When you hear a religious leader proclaiming that the government is seeking to punish others through taxes and regulation, that’s a Dominionist speaking.
Have you ever wondered why it is that Republicans, who seem to utterly despise the Government, seek to be in charge of it by any immoral, unethical and borderline illegal means necessary? Have you noticed how, when they ARE in charge, they do everything they claim to be against? Run up deficits. Explode the national debt. Massively expand government. And then complain about all of those things when a Democrat takes the White house? There’s a very clear pattern of deliberate sabotage of the country by the Right. Part of it is simple cronyism. When your political philosophy is “less regulation” you do not put an unfriendly expert in charge of the regulatory agency of a particular industry, you put in an industry friend who will do what you want; Specifically, not regulate. Later, when the corruption is exposed and the damage is done, for instance, FEMA leaving thousands stranded for days in a football stadium after a hurricane, you can point to the utter failure and proudly state that “Government IS the problem!” This is, essentially, the same tactic used against public schools. Break the system, use the resulting failure as proof that the system doesn’t work, rinse, repeat until you can privatize everything.
Part of it may be cronyism, but the main part objective is to tarnish the concept “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
When the Right is in control of the country they do everything they can to make the government look bad. When they’re in the minority, the chant of “Government is bad” is nonstop. No expense is spared, no boundary is left uncrossed, no taboo is considered too great in their quest to convince the populace that their Government is the worst thing to ever happen to them. But what’s the endgame? For a Dominionist, the goal is not to eradicate Government outright but to first subvert it and infect it with religious extremism. As the rot of extremism permeates and becomes the norm, it will become easier and easier to erect the Theocracy that is the ultimate goal.
When you hear a politician demand a smaller government and more “freedom” while simultaneously demanding that the government legislate who you can marry, what kind of sex you can have, who you can have sex with and what kinds of services your doctor can offer, they are not describing “freedom” as you and I understand it. They are describing “freedom” from sin and vice, or, in other words, the “freedom” to not be tempted by supposedly immoral behavior by making that behavior illegal. The louder the call for “freedom” while the greater the demand that restrictions be placed on your personal life, the clearer it is that a Dominionist is speaking.
—
The final aspect of Dominionist behavior that we will be taking a look at is the misogyny inherent in the movement. It’s never been more apparent that the Religious Right has some serious issues with women. The Religious Right is attacking Planned Parenthood, which provides affordable health care to millions of women across the country. They consistently blame the victim in cases of rape (although this is not strictly a Right Wing phenomena, they are the most vocal about it). They have started to speak, openly, about how women should not be allowed to vote because they are “too emotional”. This is 1950’s code for “too stupid.” The Religious Right wants to ban all contraception, taking away all reproductive options for women. Including the pill. Some have even gone so far as to enact laws that would place women that miscarry under criminal suspicion unless they can prove it was a natural occurrence. Women are already being held against their will if they so much as hint that they want to terminate a pregnancy.
The flood of anti-woman sentiment that has spilled across the country is unprecedented in my life time. It also makes no sense unless you look at it from a religious angle. Women have proven themselves just as capable as men in the workplace, in politics, in the military and in the classroom. Despite the setbacks of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians, women have easily earned a seat at the table and have made no small contribution to the country.
Yet they are under attack. Why?
It’s about control. Dominionism is always about control and in Extremist Chistianity, just as in Extremist Islam, the woman MUST submit to the man. It’s the “natural order” of things. A woman must dress modestly. A woman must defer to a man’s judgment. A woman should remain in the home, raising the children. To do otherwise is to challenge the male-dominated establishment.
Partly, the need to exert authority over women stems from the overwhelming insecurities of the Dominionist movement. Remember, the entire movement is built on the concept that they are under attack from all sides by enemies who would destroy them in a heartbeat. The role they have cast for themselves is one of perpetual victimhood and powerlessness. This is not a sustainable role for a man to be in that is engulfed by the machismo paradigm[i]. You know what I’m talking about: I am a man! Master of my castle! I wear the pants in my family! I am the provider! Grrrr! Arrrggg! Blah, blah, blah.
How could such a walking stereotype NOT be threatened by a strong woman? Or even a mildly assertive one? And so, these manly men of the Christian Dominionist movement lord over (pun much intended) “their” women and try to reduce them to the cardboard cutout that was June Cleaver.
To this end, women are denied reproductive rights wherever and whenever possible under the guise of “protecting the unborn.” Somehow, though, all contraceptives are evil in the eyes of the Dominionist, even the ones that prevent fertilization, thus, exposing the lie of their opposition. A woman that has control over when she gets pregnant is free to live her life as she pleases. Unthinkable to the extremist.
Says Janice Crouse, of the anti-choice Concerned Women for America:
“…Radical feminists accurately see abortion as a woman’s ultimate weapon in the battle to escape the control of men. The issue is of power, of having the power to call the shots. With abortion as an option, a woman can escape pregnancy...” (emphasis mine)
Could that be any more clear?
When you hear a politician rail against abortion mills and the decay of morals among women, you’re hearing a Dominionist tell you that a woman must be put in her place.
If this series of articles has done anything for you, it should have helped you understand just what it is that is going on in this country and why. There IS a method to the madness of the GOP. It is not just conservative politics that are driving us to ruin, but a concerted effort from a group of deeply disturbed fanatics. Will they succeed in instituting Biblical law? Of course not, but they will do incalculable damage in the meantime. They will squander billions of dollars in tax payer money and resources and ruin the lives of millions with their radical agenda. For that alone, they need to be understood and stopped.
edited by Sherri Yarbrough
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The March of Christian Dominionism 4: How Dominionists Are Trying To Undermine Our Country | Addicting Info:
July 7, 2011
By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario
Or “So THAT’S why the GOP has been doing that!!”
We know what Christian Dominionism is (if you don’t, go back and read parts one, two and three. No skipping!). We know what they want and we know why they want it. Now the question becomes: how are they doing it and what are the signs of their influence in politics?
Again, we find there to be some overlap between your standard Right Wing, anti-government rhetoric and the goals of Christian Dominionists. But some of it is purely a creature of religious zealotry.
There are many fronts to the Dominionist attack on our way of life; one of them is the ongoing assault on the social safety nets that have been in place for decades. Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are under constant threat of being extinguished so we’ll start there:
Social Security: Technically, the Right hates Social Security because it’s “Big Government” and costs too much money. That is, of course, garbage. The amount of money and resources consumed by our bloated military dwarfs SS but that’s never an issue. No. The “problem” with Social Security is that it represents the country pulling together (the “social”) to ensure that no one is left to die in poverty and hunger (the “security”). This reliance on others goes against the Right’s creed of “personal responsibility” which is code for “everyone for themselves.”
The Dominionists, however, have a slightly different take on SS. This collective pooling of resources for the betterment of all means that fewer people have to turn to them for their needs. Thus, Social Security deprives religious organizations of power in the form of less desperate people. Privatization is a good way to end it (and make Wall St. untold billions in profit in the process) but for Dominionists, the goal is simply to make it go away altogether.
Medicare and Medicaid: The objection to these stunningly popular and useful programs is similar to the objections against Social Security but the attack against them is far more insidious.
Instead of dismantling the entire program the goal is vouchers. But why vouchers? The GOP seems to be quite taken with them. They want them for Medicare, Medicaid and schools. This is a clear sign of Dominionist influence on the GOP because vouchers are an end run around the Establishment clause of the First Amendment.
The Establishment Clause forbids government money to be used to by an organization to evangelize as part of the disbursement of those funds. In other words, if you take government money to feed the hungry, you cannot promote your religion while doing so. Also, under no circumstances, can you withhold services based on your religious beliefs. So if the Westboro Baptist Church took government money to shelter the homeless, they could not turn away a homosexual.
Vouchers, on the other hand, eliminate this prickly proselytization problem. The legal argument goes like this: Since the money is not coming directly from the government, all bets are off. By giving the voucher to the “consumer,” the choice of where to spend that money is solely up to them. The Establishment Clause does not apply. In this scenario, a church can turn away any “undesirables” while still providing services. In addition, they can also pressure the sick, the elderly and the desperate to embrace their particular worldview. These groups are already susceptible to manipulation and vouchers leave them all the more vulnerable to the depredations of Dominionists.
School vouchers are even more easily abused as the schools will be free to teach Creationism and the Christian Dominionist worldview. Your tax dollars ALREADY get abused this way illegally as many schools corrupt the regular curriculum with religion until someone reports it. Imagine how widespread it would be if it was legal to teach our children that the world is only 6000 years old?
Grants work the same way. The government gives money to an umbrella organization, say, the Salvation Army, (a group that will no longer employee homosexuals) due to their “charity” work, and the organization disperses the money to smaller groups. Those groups are now free of the Establishment Clause to push their religious agenda, all the while using tax payer dollars.
When you hear the word “voucher” or “grant” in any discussion of entitlements or schools, what you are really witnessing is the Religious Right attempting to bypass the Constitution. If you take away one thing from this article, let it be that.
—
But the Dominionists’ agenda goes far beyond just undermining the social safety net or subverting it for their own purposes. Dominionists are hard at work undermining the very concept of America as a democracy.
Tax cuts & deregulation: Totalitarian regimes exist with an extreme concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a very select few. Christian Dominionism is no different. To the Dominionist, there can be no such thing as democracy. The masses cannot be allowed self-rule; only those “chosen” by God (i.e., the Aristocracy) are worthy enough to divine “His” intent.
And exactly what is “His” intent? Why, that the rich should get richer, of course! “God” hates taxes on the wealthy and massive corporationd. This is why Big Business so readily gets into bed with Dominionists. They are very aware of the desire of Dominionism to concentrate all the wealth and power of the United States at the top of the economic food chain. In the schizophrenic world of the Dominionist, pollution is no big deal and natural resources are self-replenishing, even oil. Any toxins leaked into the environment are no difficulty to the faithful because “God” smiles upon those engines of enterprise, corporations. Therefore, government regulation is not just unnecessary; it’s against the will of “God.” Of course, the fact that deregulation only benefits an extremely small group of people while causing untold misery for the rest is just a coincidence and is probably punishment for our blasphemous ways.
When you hear a religious leader proclaiming that the government is seeking to punish others through taxes and regulation, that’s a Dominionist speaking.
Have you ever wondered why it is that Republicans, who seem to utterly despise the Government, seek to be in charge of it by any immoral, unethical and borderline illegal means necessary? Have you noticed how, when they ARE in charge, they do everything they claim to be against? Run up deficits. Explode the national debt. Massively expand government. And then complain about all of those things when a Democrat takes the White house? There’s a very clear pattern of deliberate sabotage of the country by the Right. Part of it is simple cronyism. When your political philosophy is “less regulation” you do not put an unfriendly expert in charge of the regulatory agency of a particular industry, you put in an industry friend who will do what you want; Specifically, not regulate. Later, when the corruption is exposed and the damage is done, for instance, FEMA leaving thousands stranded for days in a football stadium after a hurricane, you can point to the utter failure and proudly state that “Government IS the problem!” This is, essentially, the same tactic used against public schools. Break the system, use the resulting failure as proof that the system doesn’t work, rinse, repeat until you can privatize everything.
Part of it may be cronyism, but the main part objective is to tarnish the concept “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
When the Right is in control of the country they do everything they can to make the government look bad. When they’re in the minority, the chant of “Government is bad” is nonstop. No expense is spared, no boundary is left uncrossed, no taboo is considered too great in their quest to convince the populace that their Government is the worst thing to ever happen to them. But what’s the endgame? For a Dominionist, the goal is not to eradicate Government outright but to first subvert it and infect it with religious extremism. As the rot of extremism permeates and becomes the norm, it will become easier and easier to erect the Theocracy that is the ultimate goal.
When you hear a politician demand a smaller government and more “freedom” while simultaneously demanding that the government legislate who you can marry, what kind of sex you can have, who you can have sex with and what kinds of services your doctor can offer, they are not describing “freedom” as you and I understand it. They are describing “freedom” from sin and vice, or, in other words, the “freedom” to not be tempted by supposedly immoral behavior by making that behavior illegal. The louder the call for “freedom” while the greater the demand that restrictions be placed on your personal life, the clearer it is that a Dominionist is speaking.
—
The final aspect of Dominionist behavior that we will be taking a look at is the misogyny inherent in the movement. It’s never been more apparent that the Religious Right has some serious issues with women. The Religious Right is attacking Planned Parenthood, which provides affordable health care to millions of women across the country. They consistently blame the victim in cases of rape (although this is not strictly a Right Wing phenomena, they are the most vocal about it). They have started to speak, openly, about how women should not be allowed to vote because they are “too emotional”. This is 1950’s code for “too stupid.” The Religious Right wants to ban all contraception, taking away all reproductive options for women. Including the pill. Some have even gone so far as to enact laws that would place women that miscarry under criminal suspicion unless they can prove it was a natural occurrence. Women are already being held against their will if they so much as hint that they want to terminate a pregnancy.
The flood of anti-woman sentiment that has spilled across the country is unprecedented in my life time. It also makes no sense unless you look at it from a religious angle. Women have proven themselves just as capable as men in the workplace, in politics, in the military and in the classroom. Despite the setbacks of Paris Hilton and the Kardashians, women have easily earned a seat at the table and have made no small contribution to the country.
Yet they are under attack. Why?
It’s about control. Dominionism is always about control and in Extremist Chistianity, just as in Extremist Islam, the woman MUST submit to the man. It’s the “natural order” of things. A woman must dress modestly. A woman must defer to a man’s judgment. A woman should remain in the home, raising the children. To do otherwise is to challenge the male-dominated establishment.
Partly, the need to exert authority over women stems from the overwhelming insecurities of the Dominionist movement. Remember, the entire movement is built on the concept that they are under attack from all sides by enemies who would destroy them in a heartbeat. The role they have cast for themselves is one of perpetual victimhood and powerlessness. This is not a sustainable role for a man to be in that is engulfed by the machismo paradigm[i]. You know what I’m talking about: I am a man! Master of my castle! I wear the pants in my family! I am the provider! Grrrr! Arrrggg! Blah, blah, blah.
How could such a walking stereotype NOT be threatened by a strong woman? Or even a mildly assertive one? And so, these manly men of the Christian Dominionist movement lord over (pun much intended) “their” women and try to reduce them to the cardboard cutout that was June Cleaver.
To this end, women are denied reproductive rights wherever and whenever possible under the guise of “protecting the unborn.” Somehow, though, all contraceptives are evil in the eyes of the Dominionist, even the ones that prevent fertilization, thus, exposing the lie of their opposition. A woman that has control over when she gets pregnant is free to live her life as she pleases. Unthinkable to the extremist.
Says Janice Crouse, of the anti-choice Concerned Women for America:
“…Radical feminists accurately see abortion as a woman’s ultimate weapon in the battle to escape the control of men. The issue is of power, of having the power to call the shots. With abortion as an option, a woman can escape pregnancy...” (emphasis mine)
Could that be any more clear?
When you hear a politician rail against abortion mills and the decay of morals among women, you’re hearing a Dominionist tell you that a woman must be put in her place.
If this series of articles has done anything for you, it should have helped you understand just what it is that is going on in this country and why. There IS a method to the madness of the GOP. It is not just conservative politics that are driving us to ruin, but a concerted effort from a group of deeply disturbed fanatics. Will they succeed in instituting Biblical law? Of course not, but they will do incalculable damage in the meantime. They will squander billions of dollars in tax payer money and resources and ruin the lives of millions with their radical agenda. For that alone, they need to be understood and stopped.
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The March of Christian Dominionism 3: How Christian Dominionists Combat Reality | Addicting Info
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July 7, 2011
By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario
Or “Take your stinking evolution off my kids you damn, dirty liberal!”
So how is the Christian Dominionist movement different than the regular old Religious Right? On the surface they seem pretty much identical: both pursue social politics, both proclaim that family values are of prime importance, both encourage divisive bigotry of one form or another and both raise millions by appealing to the baser instincts of their followers. It is not easy to discern where they separate because Dominionists are not very vocal about their deeper plans for the country with outsiders.
The Religious Right is many things, but they do not actively work towards the destruction and replacement of the government with a Theocracy. Of course, this is exactly what Christian Dominionists want and the Religious Right is complicit in their drive to obtain it. These last two sentences might seem to be actively at odds with one another. They are not. The Religious Right is more than willing to make nice with groups they would ordinarily despise to further their agenda. One need look no further than the pro-Israel stance of the GOP for evidence of this. The vigor with which the Right defends Israel is a wonder to behold until you realize that the whole point of supporting Israel is so that the Israelis can rebuild the temple of Solomon and fulfill one of the key requirements of the end time prophecies. By the way, these prophecies also clearly state that most of the Jewish race will be exterminated at that time. I’m guessing the Religious Right doesn’t discuss that part too much with the Israelis.
In any event, Christian Dominionism is very much like the dreaded threat of “creeping Sharia” that has so many on the Right supposedly scared silly. A way of life that is antithetical to a secular democracy is slowly being enacted throughout the country. We shouldn’t even give a second glance to the “threat” of Sharia in this country when a much clearer and more present danger is among us. This is not to say that there aren’t people who would love to see Sharia law implemented in the United States. There certainly are. They simply don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of making it happen. Even in the dreaded Dearborn, Michigan. These religious fanatics do, however, make an excellent boogeyman for all manner of unscrupulous people. To the Dominionist, it is a way of forcing people to make a false “choice”: Will you allow Sharia to overrun the country or will you embrace God’s Law like all good Christians do?
This is, of course, ridiculous. One simply needs only embrace the Constitution to ward off the eeeeevils of Sharia. That doesn’t work well for Christian Dominionists for reasons that should be self-evident at this point. The Constitution explicitly states that religion and government are not to be mixed, and so it has become a Crusade among Dominionists to rewrite history. This is, perhaps, the single most dangerous aspect of their agenda, the wholesale erasure and replacement of reality and history with a more, shall we say, divine interpretation.
There are a number of reasons history and, to an almost equal extent, science are a threat to the “Christian” future. History tells us who we are and where we came from. George Orwell was entirely too aware of the need tyrants have to control over this information. In his seminal work, “1984,” Orwell called the apparatus put in place to accomplish this task the “Ministry of Truth.” They were in charge of making sure “history” reflected whatever current day agenda was in effect. With a push of a button, a war that had been raging for years with one enemy becomes a war that had been raging for all that same time with a completely different one. The State must be infallible.
In the same fashion, after centuries of understanding the First Amendment, specifically the Establishment Clause, of the Constitution in a very specific manner based on the words and intent of the founding Fathers, there are now questions. Despite numerous examples of most of the Fathers being Deists (not ascribing to a particular organized religion or even, necessarily, a supernatural force) or even actively derisive of Christianity, Dominionists insist that not only was the country founded on Judeo-Christian principles but that the Constitution is expressly a religious document despite it not containing a single word to that effect.
Once sufficient doubt is cast upon the secular nature of our country’s founding document, everything and anything becomes malleable. Please note that I use the word “sufficient” instead of “legitimate.” “Legitimate” would mean that there is a real debate over the facts. There is not. We have handwritten letters that explicitly state the original intent (there’s a reason Texas is trying to remove Jefferson from history text books) and they leave no room for doubt about their intent towards government and religion. But this is beside the point. Dominionists are more than happy to tell their flock whatever they want, secure in the knowledge that they will not question. To question is to lack faith. Ignorance is strength.
This is the genius of politicized religion. Once a person is a true “believer,” regardless of whether they actually believe or are too terrified of expulsion to admit they do not, they will consequently accept any lie they are fed. This serves the dual purpose of making any claim about how the country should be run seem perfectly normal and also of further isolating the flock: Of course the United States should be run according to Biblical law, the Constitution was divinely inspired, and who could possibly doubt that? Anyone that says otherwise is a liar and probably an atheist Communist Marxist unpatriotic traitor. It doesn’t matter how much evidence they provide or how solid their argument. They MUST be lying.
This artificial schizophrenia extends to the realm of science as well. I say “artificial schizophrenia” because, in the phantasmagorical world of the Dominionist, everyday life is completely divorced from empirical reality. Miracles and prayer will solve all problems and if your particular problem is not solved in this way, the fault lies with your lack of faith. Again, some of the less religiously inclined are snickering that all religious people think this way. Don’t make me hit you with a rolled up newspaper! Those thoroughly ensnared in the corrupt mythology of Dominionism have no choice but to believe that every aspect of their life is being directly controlled. Cause and effect are as illusory as free will.
Now is when the massive assaults on science and education come into play. I’ve written about this before as well (Why do conservatives hate science so much? Or “How I learned not to learn and trust my beer gut instead”) but it bears a re-examination in the light of Dominionism. Science is the natural enemy of Fundamentalism and, by extension, Dominionism. Science encourages critical thinking and free inquiry, concepts that are pure anathema to a totalitarian religious philosophy. Science also reduces mankind from a divine creature, put on the earth to rule, to a not exactly random result of natural processes. We’re still the top of the food chain but only due to our unique and innate intellect, not because we were “meant” to be.
Without the divine origins of man, Dominionism loses much of its self-granted authority. If the Bible is not literally true, then religion becomes merely a guide for living a moral life and not the source of all morality and knowledge as Dominionists claim. To combat this, there has been a war waged against science in general and public education in specific for decades.
As I’ve said before, an uneducated population is far easier to manipulate and control. It’s hard to think of how to make the world a better place when you don’t know HOW to think. When you’ve been raised to believe that there is ALWAYS a Biblical answer to every question, it becomes so easy to dismiss actual experts and only listen to the side that says what you want to hear. It doesn’t matter that the religious argument can provide no solid evidence or facts, you don’t know how to judge for yourself anyway. This is the point of the Right Wing’s war on education and it’s all about defunding schools and colleges.
The Right wants to divert tax dollars to for-profit charter schools that have not proven to be any more effective than public schools (and that are far less accountable). Not only does this starve public schools of vital funds, but it enables the Right to complain how terrible public education is. It’s an awesome racket: make schools dysfunctional by underpaying teachers and ensuring the schools are run down and then use this dysfunction as proof that public education is unworkable.
The assault on colleges is different. The goal here is to raise tuitions so high that the choice is either to not go at all or spend the next 20 years paying off loans. Why do you think Republicans howled in pain when Obama did away with subsidized loans and cut out the extremely unnecessary middle man? It was a one-two punch for the Right. Not only did banks lose billions in revenue they did nothing to earn, it made school loans less painful for those who need it the most. Notice that this was not important enough to make any real news. Most of you reading this didn’t even know it was part of the Health Care Reform package. Obama tacked it on so the GOP couldn’t block it. Yet, you know all about Anthony Weiner’s weiner. This should tell you something about the state of the country.
So, to wit: make public schools function as poorly as possible, especially in low income areas. Make college too expensive for most to obtain a degree and then use the resulting failure to justify further cuts and convince people that home schooling is the best option. When you break the system of public education, the public will look elsewhere to educate their children and home schooling is the “answer.”
Home schooling is a rapidly expanding movement among the Religious Right. And it is a huge part of their war on science and history. Over one million children are currently being educated outside of the public school system; many of them being indoctrinated into the world of religious fanaticism. Do I sound alarmist? How does an entire generation raised to believe “God said it. I believe it. That settles it” sound to you? Does that sound like a group of people capable of objectively assessing the challenges facing the country and the world? Do you think they will be capable of overcoming their conditioning to embrace any solution that is not fully “Christian?” Neither do I.
This kind of parallel education has reached frightening heights as (former) candidates like Michele Bachmann, and maybe-maybe-not-but-who-can-really-tell-if-she’s-running Sarah Palin spit out gems like ““The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States,” and “He who warned uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh by ringing those bells…” on a regular basis. Mike Huckabee, another powerful voice in conservative politics even has his own cartoon series for home schooled children. In it, a group of plucky time travelling kids can be found saying “What we see and hear isn’t always the same as what we read in books or see on TV. So what? We know the truth and that’s good enough for us!”
God said it. I believe it. That settles it!
So we have an “army” of Christian Soldiers whose main weapons will be pure ignorance, rigid, uncritical thought and blind obedience. Dominionists have built an entire culture that is separated from the rest of the world by a shield of dogma. They know how to insinuate themselves into the government at some of the highest positions and they know how to influence elections to their benefit. They have massive financial backing from both their followers as well as corporations that may not be interested in Dominionists’ social agenda but are very supportive of their economic goals.
But how will you know if a particular policy from the GOP is simple conservative greed or something darker and more sinister? How will you recognize the Dominionist agenda? That’s the question I will attempt to answer in last part of this series of liberal slander: How Dominionists are trying to undermine our country Or “So THAT’S why the GOP’s been doing that!!”
Edited by Sherri Yarbrough
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The March of Christian Dominionism 3: How Christian Dominionists Combat Reality | Addicting Info:
July 7, 2011
By Justin "Filthy Liberal Scum" Rosario
Or “Take your stinking evolution off my kids you damn, dirty liberal!”
So how is the Christian Dominionist movement different than the regular old Religious Right? On the surface they seem pretty much identical: both pursue social politics, both proclaim that family values are of prime importance, both encourage divisive bigotry of one form or another and both raise millions by appealing to the baser instincts of their followers. It is not easy to discern where they separate because Dominionists are not very vocal about their deeper plans for the country with outsiders.
The Religious Right is many things, but they do not actively work towards the destruction and replacement of the government with a Theocracy. Of course, this is exactly what Christian Dominionists want and the Religious Right is complicit in their drive to obtain it. These last two sentences might seem to be actively at odds with one another. They are not. The Religious Right is more than willing to make nice with groups they would ordinarily despise to further their agenda. One need look no further than the pro-Israel stance of the GOP for evidence of this. The vigor with which the Right defends Israel is a wonder to behold until you realize that the whole point of supporting Israel is so that the Israelis can rebuild the temple of Solomon and fulfill one of the key requirements of the end time prophecies. By the way, these prophecies also clearly state that most of the Jewish race will be exterminated at that time. I’m guessing the Religious Right doesn’t discuss that part too much with the Israelis.
In any event, Christian Dominionism is very much like the dreaded threat of “creeping Sharia” that has so many on the Right supposedly scared silly. A way of life that is antithetical to a secular democracy is slowly being enacted throughout the country. We shouldn’t even give a second glance to the “threat” of Sharia in this country when a much clearer and more present danger is among us. This is not to say that there aren’t people who would love to see Sharia law implemented in the United States. There certainly are. They simply don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of making it happen. Even in the dreaded Dearborn, Michigan. These religious fanatics do, however, make an excellent boogeyman for all manner of unscrupulous people. To the Dominionist, it is a way of forcing people to make a false “choice”: Will you allow Sharia to overrun the country or will you embrace God’s Law like all good Christians do?
This is, of course, ridiculous. One simply needs only embrace the Constitution to ward off the eeeeevils of Sharia. That doesn’t work well for Christian Dominionists for reasons that should be self-evident at this point. The Constitution explicitly states that religion and government are not to be mixed, and so it has become a Crusade among Dominionists to rewrite history. This is, perhaps, the single most dangerous aspect of their agenda, the wholesale erasure and replacement of reality and history with a more, shall we say, divine interpretation.
There are a number of reasons history and, to an almost equal extent, science are a threat to the “Christian” future. History tells us who we are and where we came from. George Orwell was entirely too aware of the need tyrants have to control over this information. In his seminal work, “1984,” Orwell called the apparatus put in place to accomplish this task the “Ministry of Truth.” They were in charge of making sure “history” reflected whatever current day agenda was in effect. With a push of a button, a war that had been raging for years with one enemy becomes a war that had been raging for all that same time with a completely different one. The State must be infallible.
In the same fashion, after centuries of understanding the First Amendment, specifically the Establishment Clause, of the Constitution in a very specific manner based on the words and intent of the founding Fathers, there are now questions. Despite numerous examples of most of the Fathers being Deists (not ascribing to a particular organized religion or even, necessarily, a supernatural force) or even actively derisive of Christianity, Dominionists insist that not only was the country founded on Judeo-Christian principles but that the Constitution is expressly a religious document despite it not containing a single word to that effect.
Once sufficient doubt is cast upon the secular nature of our country’s founding document, everything and anything becomes malleable. Please note that I use the word “sufficient” instead of “legitimate.” “Legitimate” would mean that there is a real debate over the facts. There is not. We have handwritten letters that explicitly state the original intent (there’s a reason Texas is trying to remove Jefferson from history text books) and they leave no room for doubt about their intent towards government and religion. But this is beside the point. Dominionists are more than happy to tell their flock whatever they want, secure in the knowledge that they will not question. To question is to lack faith. Ignorance is strength.
This is the genius of politicized religion. Once a person is a true “believer,” regardless of whether they actually believe or are too terrified of expulsion to admit they do not, they will consequently accept any lie they are fed. This serves the dual purpose of making any claim about how the country should be run seem perfectly normal and also of further isolating the flock: Of course the United States should be run according to Biblical law, the Constitution was divinely inspired, and who could possibly doubt that? Anyone that says otherwise is a liar and probably an atheist Communist Marxist unpatriotic traitor. It doesn’t matter how much evidence they provide or how solid their argument. They MUST be lying.
This artificial schizophrenia extends to the realm of science as well. I say “artificial schizophrenia” because, in the phantasmagorical world of the Dominionist, everyday life is completely divorced from empirical reality. Miracles and prayer will solve all problems and if your particular problem is not solved in this way, the fault lies with your lack of faith. Again, some of the less religiously inclined are snickering that all religious people think this way. Don’t make me hit you with a rolled up newspaper! Those thoroughly ensnared in the corrupt mythology of Dominionism have no choice but to believe that every aspect of their life is being directly controlled. Cause and effect are as illusory as free will.
Now is when the massive assaults on science and education come into play. I’ve written about this before as well (Why do conservatives hate science so much? Or “How I learned not to learn and trust my beer gut instead”) but it bears a re-examination in the light of Dominionism. Science is the natural enemy of Fundamentalism and, by extension, Dominionism. Science encourages critical thinking and free inquiry, concepts that are pure anathema to a totalitarian religious philosophy. Science also reduces mankind from a divine creature, put on the earth to rule, to a not exactly random result of natural processes. We’re still the top of the food chain but only due to our unique and innate intellect, not because we were “meant” to be.
Without the divine origins of man, Dominionism loses much of its self-granted authority. If the Bible is not literally true, then religion becomes merely a guide for living a moral life and not the source of all morality and knowledge as Dominionists claim. To combat this, there has been a war waged against science in general and public education in specific for decades.
As I’ve said before, an uneducated population is far easier to manipulate and control. It’s hard to think of how to make the world a better place when you don’t know HOW to think. When you’ve been raised to believe that there is ALWAYS a Biblical answer to every question, it becomes so easy to dismiss actual experts and only listen to the side that says what you want to hear. It doesn’t matter that the religious argument can provide no solid evidence or facts, you don’t know how to judge for yourself anyway. This is the point of the Right Wing’s war on education and it’s all about defunding schools and colleges.
The Right wants to divert tax dollars to for-profit charter schools that have not proven to be any more effective than public schools (and that are far less accountable). Not only does this starve public schools of vital funds, but it enables the Right to complain how terrible public education is. It’s an awesome racket: make schools dysfunctional by underpaying teachers and ensuring the schools are run down and then use this dysfunction as proof that public education is unworkable.
The assault on colleges is different. The goal here is to raise tuitions so high that the choice is either to not go at all or spend the next 20 years paying off loans. Why do you think Republicans howled in pain when Obama did away with subsidized loans and cut out the extremely unnecessary middle man? It was a one-two punch for the Right. Not only did banks lose billions in revenue they did nothing to earn, it made school loans less painful for those who need it the most. Notice that this was not important enough to make any real news. Most of you reading this didn’t even know it was part of the Health Care Reform package. Obama tacked it on so the GOP couldn’t block it. Yet, you know all about Anthony Weiner’s weiner. This should tell you something about the state of the country.
So, to wit: make public schools function as poorly as possible, especially in low income areas. Make college too expensive for most to obtain a degree and then use the resulting failure to justify further cuts and convince people that home schooling is the best option. When you break the system of public education, the public will look elsewhere to educate their children and home schooling is the “answer.”
Home schooling is a rapidly expanding movement among the Religious Right. And it is a huge part of their war on science and history. Over one million children are currently being educated outside of the public school system; many of them being indoctrinated into the world of religious fanaticism. Do I sound alarmist? How does an entire generation raised to believe “God said it. I believe it. That settles it” sound to you? Does that sound like a group of people capable of objectively assessing the challenges facing the country and the world? Do you think they will be capable of overcoming their conditioning to embrace any solution that is not fully “Christian?” Neither do I.
This kind of parallel education has reached frightening heights as (former) candidates like Michele Bachmann, and maybe-maybe-not-but-who-can-really-tell-if-she’s-running Sarah Palin spit out gems like ““The very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States,” and “He who warned uh, the British that they weren’t gonna be takin’ away our arms, uh by ringing those bells…” on a regular basis. Mike Huckabee, another powerful voice in conservative politics even has his own cartoon series for home schooled children. In it, a group of plucky time travelling kids can be found saying “What we see and hear isn’t always the same as what we read in books or see on TV. So what? We know the truth and that’s good enough for us!”
God said it. I believe it. That settles it!
So we have an “army” of Christian Soldiers whose main weapons will be pure ignorance, rigid, uncritical thought and blind obedience. Dominionists have built an entire culture that is separated from the rest of the world by a shield of dogma. They know how to insinuate themselves into the government at some of the highest positions and they know how to influence elections to their benefit. They have massive financial backing from both their followers as well as corporations that may not be interested in Dominionists’ social agenda but are very supportive of their economic goals.
But how will you know if a particular policy from the GOP is simple conservative greed or something darker and more sinister? How will you recognize the Dominionist agenda? That’s the question I will attempt to answer in last part of this series of liberal slander: How Dominionists are trying to undermine our country Or “So THAT’S why the GOP’s been doing that!!”
Edited by Sherri Yarbrough
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Spirit Science 13 - The Crystal Movie
I included this series in 4 parts before, but here is a video showing all of them in one video!
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Crystals are MAGICAL!
We thought it was necessary to put together the Crystals parts into a movie like we did with the human history chapter. We've been pretty busy with our road trip and haven't had much time to work on Spirit Science, but there are a lot of things going on and its all beautiful! Enjoy!
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Crystals are MAGICAL!
We thought it was necessary to put together the Crystals parts into a movie like we did with the human history chapter. We've been pretty busy with our road trip and haven't had much time to work on Spirit Science, but there are a lot of things going on and its all beautiful! Enjoy!
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Science Spirit Crystal universe healing powers egypt ancient consciousness earth truth light power magic spiritual spirituality reiki
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HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
We have millions of questions that need answers because there are so many things that the reasoning mind cannot explain. It is not important if the answer is correct; just the answer itself makes us feel safe. This is why we make assumptions.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Monday, March 5, 2012
PREVENTING TEEN RAPE
Someone posted this excellent advertisement from the UK to help prevent teen rape on Facebook today, and I decided to post it here. OUTSTANDING!!! EVERYONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS!!!
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Research shows many young people suffer from rape and serious sexual assault in their relationships. This Home Office advert aims to tackle rape in teen relationships.
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Research shows many young people suffer from rape and serious sexual assault in their relationships. This Home Office advert aims to tackle rape in teen relationships.
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The Yogi of the Autobiography. | elephant journal
The Yogi of the Autobiography. | elephant journal:
A Tribute to Yogananda, 60 Years after Mahasamadhi.
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century’s most important spiritual figures. On March 7, 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda passed away in Los Angeles from an acute coronary occlusion just after speaking at a banquet in honor of the Indian ambassador.
In his last speech he said:
“Somewhere between the two great civilizations of efficient America and spiritual India lies the answer for a model world civilization.”
He worked tirelessly to achieve that dream ever since 1920, when he arrived in America, and to the extent that an East-West synthesis has been realized, he deserves as much credit for it as anyone.
Yogananda is best known for his groundbreaking memoir, Autobiography of a Yogi. It has sold well over four million copies since its publication in 1947, and I suspect it has been read by two or three times that many because it is the sort of book people lend to their friends. This was especially true in the 1960s and ‘70s, when baby boomer seekers were thirsty for Eastern wisdom and couldn’t afford the five bucks to buy the AY, as it has come to be known. (I know the hardcover cost five dollars then because I still have my copy, and I hope this essay will repay the karma of not returning it to whoever loaned it to me.) Based on my research for my own book, American Veda, the AY prompted more Americans to explore Indian spirituality than any other text.
An iconic memoir would be legacy enough for any spiritual leader, but Yogananda’s contribution far exceeded that book. The first major Indian teacher to settle in America, he was rightly called by the Los Angeles Times, “the 20th century’s first superstar guru.”
After arriving in Boston to lecture on “The Science of Religion,” he toured the country addressing huge audiences. In 1924, he made L.A. (which he dubbed “the Benares of America”) his permanent home and the headquarters of his Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). Anyone who has visited the organization’s Southern California facilities knows why I say that the founder had the best real estate karma of any other guru.
I often cite Yogananda as a leading example of the qualities that virtually all successful Eastern spiritual teachers possessed. Because he spoke eloquent English and was well schooled in Western ways before leaving India, he could communicate to rational Americans ideas that must have seemed exotic and strange in the pre-World War II. era. His reverence for Jesus made him non-threatening to Christians, even though his yogic interpretation of Jesus’s teachings was unconventional to say the least. At the same time, his logic and pragmatism made his ideas acceptable to secular audiences as well. He skillfully tread the fine line between maintaining the integrity of his tradition (Hinduism in general and Kriya Yoga in particular), while also adapting the language, format and delivery systems to modern America. It didn’t take him long, for instance, to offer Sunday services—complete with pews and organ music in some locations—because that’s the day Americans get spiritual. He also distributed some of his teachings by mail order, a somewhat newfangled technology in the 1920s.
Yogananda arrived the year Warren G. Harding was elected, and he died during Harry S. Truman’s last year in office. His legacy is still going strong. SRF, along with some smaller breakaway organizations (the largest is Ananda Sangha), are represented in virtually every major city. Of all the gurus who came here, only Swami Vivekananda, founder of the Vedanta Society, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Transcendental Meditation movement, can match his impact. His success can be attributed to several factors, in addition to his seminal autobiography: his long tenure in this country, his personal charisma, his results-driven package of offerings, and his appeal to both secular and religious students.
Everyone who meditates, goes to yoga classes or has, in any way, benefitted from India’s great spiritual heritage, owes a debt of gratitude to Yogananda. It is only fitting that he is interred in the resting place of so many American celebrities, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, five miles from the hilltop sanctuary that he made his home.
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A Tribute to Yogananda, 60 Years after Mahasamadhi.
This week marks the 60th anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century’s most important spiritual figures. On March 7, 1952, Paramahansa Yogananda passed away in Los Angeles from an acute coronary occlusion just after speaking at a banquet in honor of the Indian ambassador.
In his last speech he said:
“Somewhere between the two great civilizations of efficient America and spiritual India lies the answer for a model world civilization.”
He worked tirelessly to achieve that dream ever since 1920, when he arrived in America, and to the extent that an East-West synthesis has been realized, he deserves as much credit for it as anyone.
Yogananda is best known for his groundbreaking memoir, Autobiography of a Yogi. It has sold well over four million copies since its publication in 1947, and I suspect it has been read by two or three times that many because it is the sort of book people lend to their friends. This was especially true in the 1960s and ‘70s, when baby boomer seekers were thirsty for Eastern wisdom and couldn’t afford the five bucks to buy the AY, as it has come to be known. (I know the hardcover cost five dollars then because I still have my copy, and I hope this essay will repay the karma of not returning it to whoever loaned it to me.) Based on my research for my own book, American Veda, the AY prompted more Americans to explore Indian spirituality than any other text.
An iconic memoir would be legacy enough for any spiritual leader, but Yogananda’s contribution far exceeded that book. The first major Indian teacher to settle in America, he was rightly called by the Los Angeles Times, “the 20th century’s first superstar guru.”
After arriving in Boston to lecture on “The Science of Religion,” he toured the country addressing huge audiences. In 1924, he made L.A. (which he dubbed “the Benares of America”) his permanent home and the headquarters of his Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). Anyone who has visited the organization’s Southern California facilities knows why I say that the founder had the best real estate karma of any other guru.
I often cite Yogananda as a leading example of the qualities that virtually all successful Eastern spiritual teachers possessed. Because he spoke eloquent English and was well schooled in Western ways before leaving India, he could communicate to rational Americans ideas that must have seemed exotic and strange in the pre-World War II. era. His reverence for Jesus made him non-threatening to Christians, even though his yogic interpretation of Jesus’s teachings was unconventional to say the least. At the same time, his logic and pragmatism made his ideas acceptable to secular audiences as well. He skillfully tread the fine line between maintaining the integrity of his tradition (Hinduism in general and Kriya Yoga in particular), while also adapting the language, format and delivery systems to modern America. It didn’t take him long, for instance, to offer Sunday services—complete with pews and organ music in some locations—because that’s the day Americans get spiritual. He also distributed some of his teachings by mail order, a somewhat newfangled technology in the 1920s.
Yogananda arrived the year Warren G. Harding was elected, and he died during Harry S. Truman’s last year in office. His legacy is still going strong. SRF, along with some smaller breakaway organizations (the largest is Ananda Sangha), are represented in virtually every major city. Of all the gurus who came here, only Swami Vivekananda, founder of the Vedanta Society, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of the Transcendental Meditation movement, can match his impact. His success can be attributed to several factors, in addition to his seminal autobiography: his long tenure in this country, his personal charisma, his results-driven package of offerings, and his appeal to both secular and religious students.
Everyone who meditates, goes to yoga classes or has, in any way, benefitted from India’s great spiritual heritage, owes a debt of gratitude to Yogananda. It is only fitting that he is interred in the resting place of so many American celebrities, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, five miles from the hilltop sanctuary that he made his home.
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HAPPY MONDAY!!!
In any kind of relationship we can make the assumption that others know what we think, and we don't have to say what we want. They are going to do what we want because they know us so well.
~don Miguel Ruiz
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Recipie of the Day
Easy Bake Fish Recipe - Allrecipes.com:
Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 (6 ounce) salmon steaks
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
In a small bowl, mix honey, mustard, and lemon juice. Spread the mixture over the salmon steaks. Season with pepper. Arrange in a medium baking dish.
Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until fish easily flakes with a fork.
Nutritional Information
Amount Per Serving Calories: 368 | Total Fat: 18.2g | Cholesterol: 99mg
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Original Recipe Yield 4 servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 (6 ounce) salmon steaks
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
In a small bowl, mix honey, mustard, and lemon juice. Spread the mixture over the salmon steaks. Season with pepper. Arrange in a medium baking dish.
Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until fish easily flakes with a fork.
Nutritional Information
Amount Per Serving Calories: 368 | Total Fat: 18.2g | Cholesterol: 99mg
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