Paul Peterson wrote:
<< Terrorist attacks
airplane crashes
a life without love
loss of 60's innocence
a blood dimmed tide loosed upon the world
innocence drowned in anarchy
god making everything we dread and fear come true
losing all taste for life
starvation of the faithful
crucifixion of the saints
prosperity of the wicked
breathtaking ignorance
the emptiness of commercial success
the shock of knowing you really have no one
having no one to give your love to
greed
lust
gas leaks
oil spills
sex as a mortally dangerous act
doctor's pills giving new ills
getting buried by an avalanche of bills
everyone hates everyone
rapists in the pool
kids packin guns
ulcerated ozone
skin cancer
the massive mess we're in
sex selling everything
holding back tears
perfection always denied
thunderheads of judgement
gravestones
giving up one's child at her birth
uranium mining
tearing down landmarks
paving over parks
ripping off Indian land
short sighted businessmen
nothing lasts for long
rape of a child
drinking at home with the TV on
dark cafe days
sniping steadily
snubbing snidely
the loss of our dreams' grandeur
the great sadness of our human consciousness of time >>
Beautiful synopsis Paul!
It's the history of "humanity" in a nutshell.
A Buddhist would call it all an illusion.
A Christian Scientist would call it the Adam Dream.
Native Americans say we must dance this dream awake.
Undoubtedly we can all awaken from this mortal nightmare if only
we would stop giving it power.
& it won't take faith & hope as much as it will take love ~ the
greatest beauty.
Loving your neighbor as yourself. & of course loving yourself.
Such oneness is the essence of true spirituality.
Is this NJC? It's certainly JC......
Up all night in my studio,
ET
