Sharing the Ascension Experience
Last week, the U. S. House of Representatives voted, by a count of 285-144, to approve a three-month extension of the debt limit in a bill that concurrently pressures lawmakers to adopt a budget or have their pay withheld. The bill, known as the No Budget No Pay Act of 2013, directs both chambers of Congress to adopt a … Read more
The Filabot brings a miniature recycling plant to your desktop, grinding down everyday plastic waste and transforming it into ready-to-use material for your 3d printing. Water pipes, drink bottles, plastic wrappers and Lego bricks can be fed into the machine which grinds, melts and extrudes the plastic into a filament of either 3mm or 1.75mm … Read more
Dear Folks, You know, “nothing ventured, nothing won” is true in every hour. It is the fiber of every experience that signs itself into memory. — John Neville Figgis (1866-1919) Philosopher Truth is one of the three fundamental colors of love (The other two are goodness and beauty). All physical color comes from light; combining … Read more
Dear Folks, Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other. — Author Unknown We all Participate to some degree or another. How are you going to share your life? You can be of service to an idea, an ideal, a person, or … Read more
Dear Folks, Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect of others; Responsibility for all your actions. — Author Unknown Let’s add one more ‘R’ to the list above: Responsive. Someone who is Strikingly beautiful or recognizably famous is accustomed to having others react to their physical presence. We all deserve respect; and the outward … Read more
Dear Folks, What lasts from an educational experience is not the enhancement of memory but the enhancement of being…. It is beliefs about the nature of man, what he may become and what is his destiny, with the morality that flowed from these, that enhance a man’s being. — Basil Fletcher What should I do … Read more
Dear Folks, Character is guided by the nature of things most often envisaged, for the soul takes on the color of its ideas. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180) Philosopher We come into this world with certain natural endowments. We are also Gifted by grace with essential elemental qualities. What we do with these gifts and … Read more
Dear Folks, Whatsoever you sow, so also shall you reap. — The Bible, Galatians 6:7, Paul of Tarsus ( ?–67?) Philosopher These qualities are picked blindly and randomly by the computer. Nonetheless, there are times when events and values are synchronous. We have a Democratic privilege this week to be as Adept as possible in … Read more
Dear Folks, The Fruits of the Spirit: Loving Kindness, Courageous Loyalty, Sincere Fairness, Enlightened Honesty, Undying Hope, Confiding Trust, Merciful Ministry, Unfailing Goodness, Forgiving Tolerance, Enduring Peace — The Urantia Book, Jesus of Nazareth We have two of the mightiest of values to contemplate this week. Peaceful and Merciful work well together, are essential companions. … Read more
Dear Folks, Think of what a better world it would be if we all—the whole world—had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found … Read more