Obama’s Story - Video - Message of Unity
(maybe the most important speech for this moment)
Steve Jobs at Stanford - 3 Stories on heart, death, and your future
Good Friday, Happy Purim, Eid...
March 20, 21 2008 - a unique set of dates for interfaith experience
Some of the ideas that are changing the world:
A New Earth- 10 week Web Experience anytime (ch 1, 2, 3)
Muhammad slideshow introduction
Obama brought up all the hidden frustrations of american people into a more public platform when he spoke a few days back. This is good, we’re talking about our problems and allowing each other to recognize the pain we spread.
Because of dates and calendars and the timing and the change in earth’s nature there are so many celebrations right now. One because of a man who walked toward death to never really die. Another on a birth of a man who came to this level just to create peace. Another about a group of people who escaped negative energies to live better lives.
And others because spring brings new life, rebirth and resurrection.
I never knew what easter was before, now I do, and I would celebrate this. If I knew about all that people loved - these stories, I would recognize those stories and join in that experience.
We talk about race and interfaith relationships and global interactions.
But talking does nothing. We will only change when we experience what we believe we should be experiencing. That means inter-faith & inter-racial relations and partnerships and love.
There’s no point in saying we believe in diversity when the people we work with, hang out with and the worlds we go into are only filled with those who carry our own skin color or our own selective histories or our own school of thoughts.
There’s no point in loving elevated beings like Jesus or Muhammad or others when we don’t even create the experiences in our own lives that show we mean what we say.
Why have faith in love that we don’t want to create ourselves?
Anne Rice re-imagines Jesus - former atheist with ‘gay’ son (using current understanding)… this trilogy was created by re-examining the gospels over and over, from studying scholarly research, and trying to imagine Jesus’ experiences and fuse those expressions into a story form.
Jesus and Paul both came from one school of thought… yet the reforms they worked on created another school of thought.
If Jesus and Paul could communicate with us at this moment, I think they would tell us that their work was just to evolve and enhance the previous work.
The previous school of thought was selective history and selective success for only a selective people.
Jesus and Paul had to come from within that school of thought to transform it from the inside so the message of peace can be accessible for all beings and not just a selective group of people.
The best change is the change within.
People worry about terrorism, the best way to change is for muslims (or those associated with radical ideas) to transform culture from within.
But is Jesus a Jew? Is Paul a Jew?
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Nazarene.
He had a higher role that comes before any other role.
Muhammad was not a father (even though some kids were connected to him)… he had a higher role beyond these temporary roles.
Jesus was human at one time, Muhammad was human one time.
If elevated beings can live human lives, than human lives can also become elevated.
Flow can go in any direction; Energy can be transferred in any way and in any form.
Anyone can achieve god-like powers.
If we reject our potential we will stay in this level longer.
There was a reason Jesus and Muhammad were made human - so that one day we can realize that everything that elevated beings can do, we can also do… just with the powers inside of us.
http://www.newlifechicago.org/
Right now we create days to create thoughts. All these stories lined up this week so all these thoughts can be shared at the same moment.
If a lot of people are having the same thoughts at the same time… that collective energy can transform reality… we don’t need a calendar to decide when to create a thought…
we can create collective thoughts anytime.
For change, you will have to switch direction away from the old mindsets toward a new reality.
Even Abraham switched direction from his own Father.
And if they are told: “Follow what God has sent down,” they say: “No, we will follow what we found our fathers doing!” What if their fathers did not understand anything and were not guided? [2:170]
And if they are told: “Come to what God has sent down, and to the messenger;” they say: “We are content with what we found our fathers doing.” What if their fathers did not know anything nor were guided? [ 5 :104]
And Abraham said to his father, Azar: “Will you take idols as gods? I see you and your people clearly misguided.” [ 6 : 74]
There is no blame on the prophet in doing anything that God has decreed upon him. Such was God’s way with the people of old. And God’s command is a determined duty.
Those who deliver God’s messages, and reverence Him, and they do not reverence anyone but God. God suffices as a Reckoner.
Mohammed was not the father of any of your men, but he is the messenger of God and the seal of the prophets. And God is fully aware of all things. [ 33 : 38-40]
“O people of the Scripture, why do you debate us regarding Abraham when the Torah and the Injeel were not sent down except after him? Do you not understand?”
Here you have debated in what you knew; so why then do you debate in what you do not know? God knows while you do not know.
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Nazarene, but he was a monotheist who submitted; he was not of those who set up partners.
The most legitimate people to Abraham are those who followed him; and this prophet, and those who believed; and God is the supporter of the believers. [ 3 : 65-68]
“Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Patriarchs were all Jewish or Nazarene?” Say: “Are you more knowledgeable or is God?” Who is more wicked than one who conceals a testimony with him from God? God is not unaware of what you do.
That was a nation that passed away, to them is what they earned and to you is what you have earned; you will not be asked about what they did. [ 2 : 141-142]
