| Higher Ground |
| June 15, 2011 |
| Sounding Forth the trumpet that shall never sound retreat |
| Courtesy of Richard Johnson & Ray Wallace Subject: Soldiers' Funeral (Texas Style) There's something to be said for being raised in a small town |
| What follows is a message from Vicki Pierce about her nephew James' funeral (he was serving our country in Iraq): "I'm back, it was certainly a quick trip, but I have to also say it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. There is a lot to be said for growing up in a small town in Texas. The service itself was impressive with wonderful flowers and sprays, a portrait of James, his uniform and boots, his awards and ribbons. There was lots of military brass and an eloquent (though inappropriately longwinded) Baptist preacher. There were easily 1000 people at the service, filling the church sanctuary as well as the fellowship hall and spilling out into the parking lot. However, the most incredible thing was what happened following the service on the way to the cemetery. We went to our cars and drove to the cemetery escorted by at least 10 police cars with lights flashing and some other emergency vehicles, with Texas Rangers handling traffic. Everyone on the road who was not in the procession, pulled over, got out of their cars, and stood silently and respectfully, some put their hands over their hearts. When we turned off the highway suddenly there were teenage boys along both sides of the street about every 20 feet or so, all holding large American flags on long flag poles, and again with their hands on their hearts. We thought at first it was the Boy Scouts or 4H club or something, but it continued .... for two and a half miles. Hundreds of young people, standing silently on the side of the road with flags. At one point we passed an elementary school, and all the children were outside, shoulder to shoulder holding flags . kindergartners, handicapped, teachers, staff, everyone. Some held signs of love and support. Then came teenage girls and younger boys, all holding flags. Then adults. Then families. All standing silently on the side of the road. No one spoke, not even the very young children. The military presence..at least two generals, a fist full of colonels, and representatives from every branch of the service, plus the color guard which attended James, and some who served with him ... was very impressive and respectful, but the love and pride from this community who had lost one of their own was the most amazing thing I've ever been privileged to witness. Attached are some pictures, some are blurry (we were moving), but you can get a small idea of what this was like. Thanks so much for all the prayers and support" |
| TRIBUTES TO A FALLEN SOLDIER . |
| KANSAS PRAYER This is a Prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems Prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wrightwas asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, Everyone was expecting the usual generalities, But this is what they heard: "Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of __expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from Every sin and set us free. Amen!" The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story," and received a larger response to this program thanany other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help! , may this prayer sweep over our nation and whole heartedly become our desire so that we again can becalled "one nation Under God." If possible, please pass this prayer on to your friends. "If you don't Stand for something, you will fall for everything |
| By Dennis L. Pearson of The COMMON SENSE HERALD (c) 2003 by Dennis L. Pearson and Revised (c) 2009... All Rights Reserved The Old Testament (and the New Testament) speaks to the USA as much as it did to ancient Israel. If we allow the atheists, the false believers and the secular humanists to force the USA to turn its face from God, God will respond by taking our blessing away from us. He will allow the enemy to come to our gates and do great damage to us. We look at world history and see that empires have risen and fallen. Kingdoms have risen and fallen. Nations have risen and fallen. Obviously the USA can share the same fate if the eternal God turns his face from us because we have decided that we are a government and a people above God rather than under God. And additionally, we have decided that we are a government and a people that no longer place our trust in God or have become so arrogant that we think that we do not need God’s potent forced field or shield. We need to remind ourselves that God gives us the stewardship to rule and we must do it wisely. In ancient Israel God replaced King Saul with David because King Saul abused his power and sinned. He did not allow David to build the temple because he sinned. He did not allow Moses to enter the Promised Land because he sinned. Take God out of society and wickedness will flourish; therefore for the good of the nation it is essential that we remember that his values are superior to ours. AND I DO EMPHASIZE THAT GOD IS NOT DEAD. If the atheists, the false believers and the secular humanists believe that citizens can be safe in a nation, which, having no eternal values to set its standards creates its own values, then they all are deluding themselves. For in such a society the standards for morality will change from day to day and morality will be ordered like a fad. What is in for morality one day, one week, one month, one year or one decade will be out the next day, next week, next month, next year or next decade. Indeed, the federal government cannot promote a state religion... The early German speaking immigrants to the U.S were much concerned about this for In their homelands they were told by their ruling prince what religion they were to practice. Consequently, many families have their origins in America due to the persecution of France's Louis XIV who invaded the Duchy of Lorraine and provinces of the Holy Roman Empire (now Southwest Germany)... These people had to convert to Catholicism or die or the very least have their property taken away and be enslaved. Emigration of Protestants was forbidden. However many Protestants did convert to Catholicism with the aim to emigrate if they could and then return to their reformed Christian or Lutheran faith. For the American Slaves it was follow the Northern Star to get to the Free States in the North... For the people suffering in the lands and period so described, it was follow the Rhine River downstream to Holland, high tail it to England and then America. Incredibly in the period during and after the 30 Years War and Louis XIV’s incursions – that part of the Holy Roman Empire which later became Southwest Germany lost approximately 90 percent of its population by death or emigration... It took the economy of the area 120 years to recover. But as it happened, Religious bigotry as well as ethnic bigotry again in the twentieth Century reared its ugly head and overtook Germany and Central Europe... The end result --- Mass death --- forced emigration --- forced slavery --- Cruel treatment of Human Beings by other Human Being ---The Holocaust of both the Jewish people and other European Ethnics --- The eventual establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. There are people in the world such as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who deny that the Holocaust occurred but I do not join him as part of that chorus... And anyone who accuses me of being part of that chorus is misguided at the least, and very nasty, wicked and political at the most. I know that the Holocaust --- the slaughter of 6,000,000 European Jews held in German concentration camps occurred. The fact is, my father Kenneth Pearson as part of the U.S. Army Signal Corp was attached to a unit of videographers and journalists that in the last stages of World War II had visited the Concentration camps and told the stories of the living and dead who were forced into the Camps by the German NAZI PARTY and its Gestapo. And I personally as part of a trip to Germany for a special Passion Play at Oberamergrau had visited what was left of the Dachau Concentration near Munich. I purchased a book there that described step by step how Hitler and his band of criminals took over German society and choreographed the Holocaust. I repeat -- Take God out of society and wickedness will flourish; therefore for the good of the nation it is essential that we remember that his values are superior to ours. Individuals that use the big lie technique to do harm to other individuals in school, or in the work place or in the political world or out in the community may be described as nasty, devious, manipulative and at the worst --- wicked. As far as I am concerned posting the 10 commandments is not the establishment of a state religion. Singing the 4th Stanza of the National Anthem is not the establishment of a state religion. Saying the pledge of allegiance is not the establishment of a state religion. However, adopting an official atheist policy in government is a violation of the Church State principle by adopting secular humanism as a state approved religion. Indeed in the United State, government cannot force an individual to adhere to a certain religious way of life but neither can government force an individual to cease adhering to a certain religious way of life. Indeed the laws of government are affected by the pressures put on by those who adhere to or not adhere to a certain religious way of life. And people in that society are expected to submit to the laws of the land. But for those who practice the religious way of life, their guide for morality will be in the time-honored writings and traditions of their faith which ought to be accord with eternal law established by the Creator of the Universe. |
| DISCIPLES OF CHRIST ARE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD by Dennis L. Pearson of the Common Sense Herald Copyright (c) 1993 by Dennis L. Pearson *** ALL RIGHTS RESERVED What causes conflicts and quarrels among us? Do they not spring from the aggressiveness of our bodily desires? We want something that we cannot have or have immediately; and thus, we become bent on destructive behavior. We are envious, and cannot obtain our ambition, and so we quarrel and fight. Followers of Jesus Christ are admonished in the First Letter of John Chapter 2 not to set their hearts on the godless world or anything in it. The reason for this is that anyone who loves the world will become a stranger to the Father's love. It is written that everything the world affords, all that panders to the appetites or entices the eyes; all the glamour of its life, springs not from the father but the godless world. And that world will pass away with all its allurements, but he who does God's will stands for evermore. Does this mean that followers of Christ, which I profess to be, should not participate in the affairs of the community or its governance? No, I don't believe that is so. However, in our participation we must be like the man or woman who sees his and her brother or sister commit a sin which is not a deadly sin. We must pray to God for them, that he grant them forgiveness and new hope. Our purpose or mission in participation ought not be to disparage or cast judgement; rather,our mission should be to put to an end to ignorance and stupidity by example of our good conduct. We ought never repay wrong with wrong or abuse with abuse. Anyone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ should understand that they are citizens of heaven, but by the circumstance of our existence, we also express our citizenship in the place where we are. In John 17:11,15,16, Jesus reminds his disciples that they are "in the world" but not "of the world."} The Catechism of the Evangelical Congregational Church maintains that Christian citizenship is a highly important part of a believer's stewardship. With a sympathetic understanding of the cultural and religious background of the people, we are to share in community life by participation in worthwhile projects, by showing keen interest in the moral and civic betterment, and, in all these relationships, to honor the Christ whom we worship as Savior and Lord. First John Chapter 2 verses 9 to 11 states: " A man may say, 'I am in the light'; but if he hates his brother, he is still in the dark. Only the man who loves his brother dwells in light;there is nothing to make him stumble. But one who hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in the dark and has no idea where he is going, because the darkness has made him blind." Those who profess to be followers of Jesus Christ should not be surprised if the world hates them. After all, Jesus Christ was in the world, but the world though it owed its being to him did not recognize him. Jesus entered his own realm, and his own would not receive him. I ask? Do we deserve or expect better treatment than the one who gave us the right to be called the Children of God? Certainly not, for anyone who does not love is still in the realm of death; for everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer and no murderer has the eternal dwelling within him. Therefore, it is our duty if we profess to be Christians or religious people to keep our good name clear so that when we receive the criticism or abuse of the world, that those institutions or individuals who malign or insult us will be put to shame. If we suffer, it must not be for murder, theft, sins of the heart or body or sorcery; and importantly, we must not suffer for infringing upon the rights of others. Our mission and purpose as believers is to engage in honourable occupations, which are not only honourable in themselves, but also useful to their fellow man. Jesus of Nazareth gave up his life for us. Therefore, we are bond to lend a helping hand for those in need. Indeed it is written that if a man or woman has enough to live on, and yet sees his brother or sister in need and shuts up his heart against them, how can it be said that divine love dwells in them. Love indeed must not be a matter of words or talk. Love must be genuine and show itself in action. For if an individual willfully persists in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins remain. What is left is the terrifying expectation of the Judgement and fierce fire that will consume those who set their hearts on the godless world. As stated in the Second Letter of Paul to Timothy Chapter 3 verse 1-5: "Those who will be consumed are men who will love nothing but money and self; they will be arrogant, boastful, and abusive; with no respect for parents, no gratitude, no piety, no natural affection; they will be implacable in their hatreds, scandalmonger's, denial of its reality. |
| Continental Congress Thanksgiving Proclamation STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. IN COMMITTEE of SAFETY, EXETER, November 1, 1782. ORDERED THAT the following Proclamation for a general THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of November [instant?], received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several worshipping Assemblies in this State, to whom it is recommended religiously to observe said day, and to abstain from all servile labour thereon. M. WEARE, President. By the United States in Congress assembled. PROCLAMATION. IT being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in a time of distress, but also in a solemn and public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his providence in their behalf: Therefore the United States in Congress assembled, taking into their consideration the many instances of divine goodness to these States, in the course of the important conflict in which they have been so long engaged; the present happy and promising state of public affairs; and the events of the war, in the course of the year now drawing to a close; particularly the harmony of the public Councils, which is so necessary to the success of the public cause; the perfect union and good understanding which has hitherto subsisted between them and their Allies, notwithstanding the artful and unwearied attempts of the common enemy to divide them; the success of the arms of the United States, and those of their Allies, and the acknowledgment of their independence by another European power, whose friendship and commerce must be of great and lasting advantage to these States:----- Do hereby recommend to the inhabitants of these States in general, to observe, and request the several States to interpose their authority in appointing and commanding the observation of THURSDAY the twenty-eight day of NOVEMBER next, as a day of solemn THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his mercies: and they do further recommend to all ranks, to testify to their gratitude to GOD for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws, and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness. Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and of our Sovereignty and Independence, the seventh. JOHN HANSON, President. Charles Thomson, Secretary PRINTED AT EXETER |
| He was the heir of one of the greatest family traditions in the colonies and became the patriarch of a long line of American patriots – his great-grandfather died at Lutzen beside the great King Gustavus Aldophus of Sweden; his grandfather was one of the founders of New Sweden along the Delaware River in Maryland; one of his nephews was the military secretary to George Washington; another was a signer of the Declaration; still another was a signer of the Constitution; yet another was Governor of Maryland during the Revolution; and still another was a member of the first Congress; two sons were killed in action with the Continental Army; a grandson served as a member of Congress under the new Constitution; and another grandson was a Maryland Senator. Thus, even if Hanson had not served as President himself, he would have greatly contributed to the life of the nation through his ancestry and progeny. As a youngster he began a self-guided reading of classics and rather quickly became an acknowledged expert in the juridicalism of Anselm and the practical philosophy of Seneca – both of which were influential in the development of the political philosophy of the great leaders of the Reformation. It was based upon these legal and theological studies that the young planter – his farm, Mulberry Grove was just across the Potomac from Mount Vernon – began to espouse the cause of the patriots. In 1775 he was elected to the Provincial Legislature of Maryland. Then in 1777, he became a member of Congress where he distinguished himself as a brilliant administrator. Thus, he was elected President in 1781. Was John Hanson the first President of the United States? The new country was actually formed on March 1, 1781 with the adoption of The Articles of Confederation. This document was actually proposed on June 11, 1776, but not agreed upon by Congress until November 15, 1777. Maryland refused to sign this document until Virginia and New York ceded their western lands (Maryland was afraid that these states would gain too much power in the new government from such large amounts of land). Once the signing took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the country. John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress (which included George Washington). In fact, all the other potential candidates refused to run against him, as he was a major player in the Revolution and an extremely influential member of Congress. As the first President, Hanson had quite the shoes to fill. No one had ever been President and the role was poorly defined. His actions in office would set precedent for all future Presidents. He took office just as the Revolutionary War ended. Almost immediately, the troops demanded to be paid. As would be expected after any long war, there were no funds to meet the salaries. As a result, the soldiers threatened to overthrow the new government and put Washington on the throne as a monarch. All the members of Congress ran for their lives, leaving Hanson running the government. He somehow managed to calm the troops and hold the country together. If he had failed, the government would have fallen almost immediately and everyone would have been bowing to King Washington. Hanson, as President, ordered all foreign troops off American soil, as well as the removal of all foreign flags. This was quite a feat, considering the fact that so many European countries had a stake in the United States since the days following Columbus. Hanson established the Great Seal of the United States, which all Presidents have since been required to use on all official documents. President Hanson also established the first Treasury Department, the first Secretary of War, and the first Foreign Affairs Department. Lastly, he declared that the fourth Thursday of every November was to be Thanksgiving Day, which is still true today. The Articles of Confederation only allowed a President to serve a one- year term during any three-year period, so Hanson actually accomplished quite a bit in such little time. He served in that office from November 5, 1781 until November 3, 1782. He was the first President to serve a full term after the full ratification of the Articles of Confederation – and like so many of the Southern and New England Founders, he was strongly opposed to the Constitution when it was first discussed. He remained a confirmed anti-federalist until his untimely death. Six other presidents were elected after him - Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788) - all prior to Washington taking office. Why don't we ever hear about the first seven Presidents of the United States? It's quite simple - The Articles of Confederation didn't work well. The individual states had too much power and nothing could be agreed upon. A new doctrine needed to be written - something we know as the Constitution. George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first seven Presidents are forgotten in history. |
| John Hanson, American Patriot and First President of the United States (1715-1783) |
| A CANADIAN DILEMMA COMING MAYBE TO AMERICA ---- DOES THIS HAVE LEGAL STANDING WITH GOD |
| An E-Mail written to the Canadian Government and PM Stephen Harper by Dennis Pearson It is obvious that governments allow the exercise of certain activities that Church theology or dogma or doctrine may find sinful ... I will not state what these certain activities may be as Canadian law may seek penalties on those who exercise their public concern about certain activities they personally find to be immoral or sinful ... So much for freedom of speech and freedom of conscience ....I suppose promoters of the law would like to discourage their southern neighbors from expressing their doubts about the law, hoping someday that the law be adopted here. Well, this American wants the clergyman of his country to retain the ability to speak the truth about what the Bible says and what God says concerning certain activities ... I decry any government attempt to change the wording of the Bible or suppress it.... Government may have the right to legally allow these activities but it does not have the right to rewrite theological dogma or doctrine by forcing religious organizations to rewrite their definitions concerning what constitutes sin. Government has the right to protect all people from violence and mistreatment in this world but its legal mechanisms do not hold standing in the Lord's Judgment that comes after death |
| Above Left -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper... Above Right --- Dennis Pearson at statue of Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. To the right -- The Parliament Complex |
| A RESPONSE BY DENNIS PEARSON TO PRAYER CENSORSHIP IN THE PA STATE ASSEMBLY |
| Throughout the history of the PA State Assembly pastors were invited to say a prayer to God before each legislative day began .... This was done since the first day when my direct descendant Peter Kohler of Egypt PA was in the PA State Assembly in PA's first state Assembly... Now Pennsylvania House Speaker McCall bans the name Jesus Christ from prayers. If I were elected to the PA State legislature I would surely question this ban and would seek to immediately speak my misgivings about this ban from the floor to protest this outrage... Indeed in today's more religiously diverse society we must show tolerance and respect for the clerics of other religions that are given the privilege to say their form of prayer before the before said body... But at the same time we cannot allow to have the name of the founder of my (OUR) faith banned and discredited... Why? Because McCall fears mentioning his name might offend someone and lead to a lawsuit... Frankly, I don't care if an atheist is offended because in the end the atheist believes in nothing... He seeks to create a state religion of nothing where morality is man-made and very changeable from day to day. That is not my kind of morality... So Mr. McCall wants pastors to give a generic prayer... Well the purpose of prayer is to ask a higher authority, a higher judge, a higher entity to reach into people lives, this case being legislators, to offer an inner guidance in their decision-making to make the right decision. Atheists not believing in this laugh at such incants as useless... And of course, a prayer cannot demand this higher authority to do something... It must ask by your will such things be done... And of course a prayer must be directed toward someone not just thrown up into the air... In the telephone we cannot dial up 10 random numbers and reach a friend... Dialing the wrong number doesn't reach that friend... Likewise tossing up a prayer in the air with the thought that some deity will enact on it is hollow thinking... In prayer invited officials of various faiths must be true to the way they prayer... They must direct their prayer to their respective deity for it to have any meaning... Likewise prayer must not be just for show... It would be better to say no prayer than to say a generic prayer which is done only for show and tradition and is hollow or nonspecific in its request to the deity that it is directed to. Rabbi Carl S. Choper in a recent letter appearing in the Allentown Morning Call says "The chaplain is required by law and common courtesy to offer a prayer that takes into account the diversity of our commonwealth. Not to take that diversity into account is a mark of disrespect. The Legislature has a responsibility to insist that its guest chaplains show respect for the religious diversity among the people that the Legislature represents." Indeed a legislative prayer does not have to mention the name Jesus but just the same it is very inappropriate to ban the use of that name for the reasons I discussed above I will now print a prayer that Billy Graham once offered and was repeated by others. Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values |
| The Nickel in the Cathedral by Gordon D. Sharp, Jr. of the Common Sense Herald The existential philosophers view life as basically absurd. Evolution, after all has labored billions of years to produce a living, conscious being called "mankind," with a brain capable of thinking and feeling far beyond and above any other livinG creature (as far as mankind has discovered), then cuts him down before he has even A hope of a chance of figuring it all out. "Man born of woman has but a little time to live..." says the Book of Ecclesiastes. One minute you're a youth, running through the fields in freedom, the next you've grown old and run out of steam. Most people are born and die in the twinkling of an eye, and the ocean of time closes over them as if they were never here. They are like "the Leaves of grass, cut off and burned in the fiery furnace at noonday." We are left asking, what's it all about? What was it all for.? Between their beginning and their end, most people avoid such questions by throwing themselves into life (as much as they have) of illusions and delusion. They try to make a lot of money, send their kids to college, buy an over-sized house and luxury car and/or SUV, improve their golf score, and make sure they know where their next beer is coming from, ad infinitum. "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity and a striving after wind." They spend their lives avoiding the facts. The Salient fact is that the physical world is not as real as we take it to be. The world we inhabit is entirely different from what human beings know or believe. Reality is at the same time much larger, much deeper than and more different than most people Realize, or may be capable of realizing. "A single atom with its nucleus surrounded by swirling electrons has been likened by visual analogy to a nickel in the center of a large empty cathedral. The nickel symbolizes the nucleus, and the walls of the empty cathedral represent the outer path of the whirling electrons. Thus the atom is in actuality almost entirely empty space. The solid appearance of matter must now be considered more illusionary than real" (William E. Williams, Ed., ((Unbounded Light)), Nicolas-Hays, York Beach, Maine, 1922) p. 202) There are roughly 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (Ten to the 27th Power) atoms making up the average human body, yet if all the nuclei of all the atoms making up all of mankind were packed together, they would be no more than the size of a large grain of rice! We, and the world we inhabit and in fact the entire universe, are actually empty space. ( Amaury de Riencourt, The Eyes of Shiva, William Morrow, New York, 1981). However, physicists have done experiments in the instantaneous spin characteristics of light particles ( called photons) that indicate some kind of universal connection in a higher dimensional order, a realm beyond time, space and the speed of light, beyond either classical or quantum physics. "The hypothesis of an ultimate basic reality in a higher dimensional order is considered by some physicists to be the culminating achievement in 20th-century physics." (Williams p. 204). Physicist David Bohm has named this higher dimension "the implicate order." "...Bohm sees the implicate order as not only the essential ground of inanimate matter but of consciousness as well." (p. 205) "The idea of a universal Mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory; at least it is in harmony with it." (Sir Arthur Eddington, pp. 205-206). "... In the deeper reality beyond space and time we may all be members of one body." (James Jeans, p. 206). Having robbed man of heaven and addicted him to the golf course, physics has begun to restore heaven on a higher level than mankind can achieve with his own feeble self-consciousness. Fortunately, he as available the cosmic or transcendent consciousness, but few even believe this, or are so mired in matter that they have become incapable of such knowledge. They do not apprehend that "all matter can now quite literally be described as frozen light." (Williams, p. 201). We are beings of light in a universe that is wholly conscious. "The things of earth, of time and sense, with all their present recompense, lure me in vain, for I have heard, clearer than any spoken word, an inner voice that calls, 'Be free, live but for this --- Eternity" (poet Kathryn Peck). From this Total Field of Consciousness we have come, and to it we return in the act of what we mistakenly call, in the relative world, "death." St. Francis of Assisi observed, "It is by dying that we awaken to Eternal Life." He might have added, "in the implacte order." Amen. Most of mankind, even or most especially the "best and the brightest," haven't a clue, and most human problems stem from this condition. Human beings better "get with the program" before the conditions of their woeful ignorance has caused catch up with them. Don't wait for the poll results. |