arrow of time

 Seems off topic, nevertheless, it should be clear, at this point, that the arrow of time is connected to evolution.   So assuming that a U.S.A. exists, it seems pretty evident that the Blue/Red issue looms large in terms of actually improving positive outcomes, concerning evolution of such an " entity " as U.S.A.    You just have to think about. If Blue/Red do not get along you have effectively reduced the gene pool by 50% then effectively reducing the resilience of the population of the assumed entity: " U.S.A. " Say it backwards one time : " A.S.U. "

 Obviously Scrabble  is one of our culture's most  important tools for connecting with words. Are words good or bad?  Of course, we often say such a word is " bad ".  And in Scrabble   there are permitted words and not permitted.  You get points or not.   But connecting with words in social environments (formal and informal) is extremely helpful. Now, I have to say one thing (THING), because for us, right now, the kinds of words we use can be  helpful. Certain words like Democracy or democracy are wonderful words, but they are not always helpful, in less formal environments, because of the levels of complexity within the word and emotions  connected to it.  It can be confusing.  There are many words of this type.  In some more formal  environments they can be more helpful What is important I think is that we recognize the emotional content and effects of some of our words, as well as some of our behaviors. We nee...

  Listening to Old Voices Song by Odetta Lyrics They have come to haunt the children They have come to walk the wind I can hear them as they rustle through the trees Looking for the love that killed them So that they might live again It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees With drums and bells and rattles They have caught us in our time To watch the eagle rise up from the fire Now is it true we are possessed By all the ones we leave behind Or is it by their lives we are inspired It's a new light, new day Listening for new meaning learning how to say It's a new place but you've always been here You're just listening to old voices with a new ear It's the livin' and the dyin' Well it scares the young ones so They can hardly catch their breath before too long They see the tears we're crying And they watch the river flow And they follow on the banks until it's gone I surrender to the mountains I surrender to the sea I surrender to the one who ...

 In our weekly reader we had an article about Peace & Justice. which you can find here:  Reader  by Ted Lewis.   He reflects on some very important ideas relating to these issues. I'd like to express some, perhaps,  different views on this, attempting to express  what I feel is going on with justice.   If you view a human being as a receptor, activator, then you must admit there is  a second system which evaluates responses. A governor you could say.    Likewise, in society we have something like that going on.  If that system is not functioning, as you could say, "in a good way",  interpreting reliable information, and properly evaluating responses, you obviously have serious problems. If it is not functioning correctly, it requires repair.  In ourselves this system requires continuous repair. To a large extent what we call " healing ", is exactly that process. How we do this as a community or as community ...

 If you are currently resident on earth, or even if you are just visiting then you are probably faced with many challenges.  For example, emotional, financial, mental, physical, spiritual, relationships, and perhaps a few I failed to mention.  Now generally this is not unusual in fact it is more or less the status quo.  Perhaps they have become more accented at this time.  Perhaps we are just looking in different ways. However, if we are at all honest with ourselves, we know that to overcome these challenges requires work.  And in general it requires work on our individual part.  However, co-operation and assistance is always valuable.  Now if this is true  we all certainly wish for an environment which will provide some course for success in achieving those goals and confronting our challenges. So right now we are facing an additional challenge which is simply at a time when we need each other more than ever, trans versing (getting across) o...

 Long subject .... A long time ago, I wrote about the 3 types of major groups, religion, politics, science.  I did not include " business men " because that designation is way to vague and they don't congregate the same way. One of those things that I did not mention is that old and  incestuous relation  religions has with politics.  I mean you can go back however you like and you see it.   Wherever you look in history  you see that even and including the Crimean War ...  and so much more. However, previously I mentioned a proof of the existence of God, meaning exactly I proved it to MY satisfaction, which may or may not mean anything to you.  But that really has nothing to do with religion, because if you zoom out and look at religion as a thing, one thing , homogeneous over the face of the earth --- the issue of God doesn't enter much except in the way that we have a relation with God .  Now of course some of us my not believe in ...

Last address of John Kennedy to the U.N. general assembly, September 1963: Kennedy Address U.N.