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“Those who are fearful need structures of stability. Build foundations out of the common clay. Ok, here’s the situation: Vast majority sit in the middle. One side says ‘We have to get our way,’ and they do. And the vast crowd knows it is at their expense, so nothing seems stable or secure. And those in power play on this and point out how insecure they are. Great! And the other side points out how the first ones are making it insecure. Equally great! What we need is some group to create a foundation on a common level which speaks to hope and security, just like FDR and Wilson did. Forget the right, and do what’s right!

“Don’t use politics to snipe, but to build.

“Ok, hold endless hearings on who did what bad things, or start with some small programs to do good. So forget a timetable for withdrawal and start worrying about a timetable for implementation of something... anything... please, we’re waiting... and waiting... and waiting. The usual suspects are suspicious only of the lack of anything. Get going. And make it positive and real. No point in striving for open, honest debate when no one has anything to say. I’m done.

“Stop focusing on them. Understanding them doesn’t lead to action; understanding yourself could. And that’s the liberal curse: The belief that if we could just understand it, it would then be better. Poobah. Again, trying to understand the failing participants is to energize them. Time to make videos about dreams, hopes, and foundations than to watch the news and obsess on C-Span. People need to stop being observers and commentators, and start being actors. The last thing we need is another blog!” (2/11/2006 - R#89)

"Just remember love, true wuv, never ends. It is the glue which binds the spiritual to the physical. And it’s superglue!

“Most people have a love-hate relationship with love. They love it, but hate its implications. You see, life at this level is about self-identity and differentiation, so when love makes one feel good about oneself, we love love... or wuv wuv. But when we sense that love is ultimately about connection, and all that implies about loss of distinct self in a larger entity, we hate it. But that’s the way of the spirit: finding identity to fuse into a more complex identity.

“Being you is not about being you, but about being able to become us. And then us and them become we... and this one went we we we all the way home, which is what we do. We go we and then we and then we an infinite number of times, and we are home and one, and one with everything. ‘Hold the relish.’ CT!

“So, this day can be confusing.” (2/14/2006 - R#90)

“How to have a self without the self dominating. It is a form of fear: ‘I fear, not others, but myself... and don’t even ask about my elf. So I quiet the fear by quieting myself... shut up, you elf.’

“As Bullwinkle the Moose would say, ‘I don’t know my own strength.’ And, for those with power issues, their own power can be an issue. Powerful and powerless-perceiving people can look alike in action--or rather, in inaction. The old difference between assertive and aggressive, resolved by those fearing aggression by not being assertive.

“Ponder that tidbit about power and fear. Conciliation is not an expression of identity but a negation. Hmmm... damn fine! Enough for now.

“Making everything nice <grin>. And then, when nice is not enough, violence erupts because power has been suppressed or denied. Keep a plug on a volcano to keep the valley nice, and risk an eruption; use the power of the volcano and avoid the eruption.” (8/4/2006 - R#91)

"Fear begets reasons for fear. Let’s say everyone was aware but not fearful; someone does some frightening thing but no one becomes fearful. Wouldn’t get anyone to try that again, because hey, what’s the point. But then someone does something really neato and gets applause. Wow! Israel sends Lebanon a note every month there is peace saying ‘Thanks.’ What a concept. And for every month the neighbors are peaceful they get another, slightly larger, form of economic help. But nooooooooo, wait for the trouble instead.

“You can’t make rhubarb pie without sugar and not expect to pucker. Why do people plant weeds and expect crops. I don’t know. ‘Because they’re stupid.’ CT! ‘Because they’re people?’ Better, CT. ‘Because they are learning.’ Yes, CT. ‘Like me.’ No, CT.

“I just gave you much pith.” (8/10/2006 - R#92)

“Look, here’s the scoop: Some places are just awful. Some places are not good for you, but you can make them ok. Some places just are, and you can make them better. And some places are good, and you can make them great. And some places are great without you doing any good. Now, out of these, the first, middle, and last are not great places. One is bad, one is blah, and one is so good you don’t get no satisfaction... you try and try and try. So options 2 and 4 are best.

“Let’s review: Not great but your efforts make a difference, great for saviors. And choice 4 is goodness for the foundation of greatness--no martyrs, but creators here. So if it is perfect, forget it. If it is forgettable, forget it. If it is awful, forget it. If it has potential, consider if you want to be a savior or a creator, then make your choices. Got it. No Edens, no Hades, no no no Limbos.” (8/21/2006 - R#93)

"By the way, I may be nappy-headed, but I’m no ho (just to keep Imus off my case.)

“Hate has no place in One Human Family. Hate speech should be illegal. Then we could torture Ann Coulter with the soft cushions and the comfy chair. She could be ordered to say nice things. Or just throw a bucket of water on her... 'I’m mellllttttiiiinnnngggg.'

“Why is hate violence illegal, but not hate speech. Someone should use the Rico laws to say there is a conspiracy of hateful harassment.

“I think they should have a hate-off with Coulter and O’Reilly, with the most vicious--or, I should say, more vicious--being able to slay the other. Gladiators of the Word. Can Ann make Bill cry. Rush: Is he quick to fold. Their egos are so largely inflated, they couldn’t stand being one-upped. But inflated egos are a sign of small senses of self. Real people don’t need to inflate anything.” (4/15/2007 - R#94)

"Define energy. Define physical. Energy that becomes mass is only energy of some dimensions. And physicality is related to mass in only some dimensions. I am physical now, but not in a mass sense. I am materialized, not diffuse. I am energy, gathered and ordered. ‘Hey, I ordered a cheeseburger.’ CT!

“The universe is filled with the potential of energy, and where it hangs out (that’s a technical term) is a manifestation of that energy field. It has dimensions--which is the definition of physical--but the dimensions are of energy. ‘Go figure.’ Papa! Geez, I get to a big point and they’re all here.

“We are together. Teaching moment: If all of our energies are together, and together is a physical descriptor, then we might as well be physical. Odds are that we are here, and here is always physical--even if you don’t know the dimensions, or have lips. Hey, don’t give me any lip. Plug that in your sinuses and see what runs.” (4/17/2007 - R#95)

"So, understand what I said? Mickey was right, it’s all about fun! And squeaky voices. We squeak here because our vibrations are much higher. Sure... that’s the ticket.

“Let’s get serious. Ok. People always make hierarchies out of everything... ‘And some people do this more than others’... CT! So we get this stuff about higher vibrations. But I ask, do the castrati have more wisdom? I don’t think so.

“So why are higher vibrations more advanced than lower ones. Because people are obsessed with size. ‘I’m not.’ Yes, you are! But but what if it were not a matter of hierarchy, but inclusion. Those who can detect and understand the broadest spectrum are more advanced... well, not advanced, but complex.

“So some detect higher frequencies, and think this makes them advanced. But what if we get, you get, he get, they get, higher but lose lower--no net gain. So, with complexity comes awareness of more complex energies. And then there’s the whole realm of what is beyond energy. Whoa. Trans-energy existence. But we can’t go there yet.

“Don’t believe that it’s only energy and mass. Sometimes it’s a good Sabbath service, too. So, ponder that.

“You have to look beyond the physical. The physical contains the spiritual, but the spiritual is not by any means limited to the physical (and by that I mean all of what we call energy). Spiritual energy is a form of energy, but spirit is not a subset of energy. Spirit is more than just energy as you know it, and if you try to treat spirit like energy--say, measure it or record it or come up with a theory of it--you’ll get an image of it, but not its essence.

“Gamma rays come out from the sun spots, but they are not sun spots. And that’s all I have to say about that!” (4/21/2007 - R#96)

"So much is comparison. And the trick is always to find the largest comparison, the opposite of the least common denominator. You should be seeking the greatest common denominator--which is why that slogan was dumb.

“But what I just said is very important. If all you do is solve the present equation for its answer, you’ve done nothing for the future. But when I say future, I don’t mean time, but complexity.

“When you solve an equation so the present problem is solved, and you also get solutions for problems not on the table, then you have moved beyond the immediate. Always look for solutions which are both true and more global than the present case. Thus saith the Moo.” (5/22/2007 - R#97)

"Let us clarify butter... no no no. Let us clarify energy. When I say energy, I do not mean the E of E=mc² and I do mean it. The E is one expression of energy; it’s the energy expression of your physical world. But it is only one facet of energy. It is the energy which makes your physical world physical. But, just as there are infinite levels of complexity, so, too, there are infinite types of energy... or I should say... ‘don’t say should’... ok, I could say, different expressions of something which you experience in part as energy.

“Your experience is only a part of the whole, and if you think the third harmonic of the electromagnetic wave of higher energy is a key, you aren’t getting what I’m saying: The whole, of which your experience of energy is not just a hybrid of your experience. Higher vibrations don’t take you out of your paradigm. But higher vibrations do help some explore the limited realities of your physicality. But you are, by being at your level of complexity, stuck with just one face of what you call energy.

“It’s not something we totally understand at any level other than whole. When you get the whole picture, you’ll get it. Until then, you only get the energy, so to speak, which makes your experience possible. Does that mean that even now and there other facets are existing? Now, yes. There, no. Over there, yes. But the one over there is not here or there, but only over there. Each experience of a portion of the whole has its own facet.

“And it’s not called energy at every experience. Energy is only a metaphor, which seems like a fact in your world. In fact, hehehehehe, until you are one with All That Is, every fact is a metaphor! Ponder that.” (9/6/2007 - R#98)

"If necessity is the mother of invention, this could be a very creative time. Or it could be terrible--as in, fed by terror.

“The reason that certain leaders don’t see the climate change problem is that they know it would produce drastic, creative change. Unless they rethink, the great corporations might as well be making buggy whips. The best buggy whip meant nothing in the auto age, so maybe the auto and the electric manufacturers won’t mean buggy.

“We are at a watershed: Ahead to the unknown and necessary and creative, or back to hunker down with the old, used, familiar, safe, and fear-stopping. You get that pit of the stomach feel and you can either assuage it or engage it. I’ll have French fries.

“Ok, picture a world without tomatoes. It would mean the end of many dishes, but it would not mean the end of cooking or eating. That’s my musing. I am amusing.” (10/16/2007 - R#99)

"When religion sees itself as integral, not adjacent, to life and acts accordingly, things change.

“You know, if the movie theatre in town closes you are sad, but if the grocery store closes, you are bereft. Churches should be spiritual stores, not spiritual entertainment. And most don’t even get to entertainment.

“If any institution is not a microcosm of the whole, then it is irrelevant. And, as Groucho said, what is an irrelevant doing in here.” (11/30/2007 - R#100)

“There’s a disturbance in the farce. Sometimes talking a good game will do the trick, but only in debate. Elsewhere, it’s good for nothing.

“I quote a hymn: ‘Once to everyone and nation comes the moment to decide, whether for the good or evil side’... or something like that... or not. ‘Then to side with truth is noble.’ And stand on the side of vision and values. Proclaim the inclusive. Don’t need no ID for being part of One Human Family!

“Sometimes you have to clear out the rubbish before you can build new walls. And the UUs don’t need no outsiders to tell them what’s needed. We don’t need Jesus, we don’t need the Bible, but we do need courage.

“It’s just a cultural thing these days–not unlike The Front and the Inquisition and the tsarist regimes and the Nazis. So once the UUs were happy to be counter-cultural, but now we settle for being cultural. But it’s ok, it’s good, it’s desirable, it’s imperative that we not stand in the culture whilst the culture suffocate freedom. Religious liberty means nothing when the people of faith become a people of fear. And this is not just about UUs. The Anglicans wrestle with their own demons... and the Jews and Muslims, too. In the Middle East, the moderates and the liberals of both keep a too submissive, and therefore dangerous, silence.

“McCarthy is dead and gone. ‘No, I’m right here.’ No, that’s not you; the one I meant has been disassembled. ‘Ooooo.’

“Why replace gods of history with demagogues of fear. A lack of guts. Hey, we don’t need no stinking guts. But choose a response that is for something. Ok, enough.” (12/10/2007 - R#101)

"Sustained entities do not need spiritual energy from outside, right? They do not suck! They are stable. But every entity experiences a range of demands and experiences. So that means each entity is energized to meet the most demanding times and, in the rest of times, has extra energy. No, actually, potential spiritual energy.

“So, Bob entity meets Jane entity *kiss kiss hug hug.* They seem a good match, and so they combine into a higher complexity. And if they were right, the new complex entity is also stable and sustained. And it has the potential energy to meet every circumstance. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be stable nor sustained. But the new entity does not need twice as much spiritual potential. So, growing complexity means a release of potential spiritual entity energy, which can flow to keep the whole shebang together.

“Complexity often presupposes that it will take more energy, but in spirit this is not so.

“All That Is has potential energy enough to be whole no matter what, but it doesn’t have infinitely more energy than just an infinite supply. It has enough, but not more than enough.

“Remember, the solution for existence is 1, not 1.1. Enough, but not too much. Or to put it in other words, you want to have your act together, but not too much together. Another form of dysfunctional entity is one that requires more energy than it needs. So, black holes can never have enough but white novas can have too much. You don’t want to be the suck-in kind nor the flame-out one.

“Hording is just a mirror image of insatiability. Ok, that’s the pith to ponder.” (3/20/2008 - R#102)

"So, what’s this crap about energy--that growing complexity releases energy. Everybody knows this isn’t so. ‘I don’t.’ Shut up. That’s because most people... but not you... ‘Thank you!’... think in physical terms, in which complexity requires energy. A complex molecule has more energy than a simple one. But in spirit this is not so, because spiritual complexity derives from sustainability--which means that an entity is able to sustain itself... and its elf... without the infusion of outside energy. Getting to combining might take some energy, and many so-called lives, but once in a new, more complex entity, it is stable without needing energy. And as I have previously averred... o boy, I just used it in a sentence, 16 points! Since a stable entity must be stable in a wide range of situations, it cannot carry just the minimum energy but always has some in reserve. And it is from those reserves no longer needed that energy flows.

“If this were not so, then the ultimate entity (which is All That Is) would need energy to be, and where would that energy come from? Got ya. But then All That Is must have leftover energy, which is why All That Is is more than the sum of its parts. 'It is also more than the sum of Don Pardo.' Don CT, I’m going to make you an offer. So, while physical reality is naturally limited and, therefore, energy constrained, spiritual entities are not. Ponder that!

“That’s why leftovers are so good. Ok, it’s a good analogy. If you make meals which have not enough, people go away hungry and angry and say ‘What kind of a meal is that?’ It’s a meal that’s not a meal. So how do you avoid that if you can’t know how hungry people will be. You make meals which can satisfy a range of appetites. But that means good meals produce leftovers. And eventually you get a meal of leftovers, and everyone goes 'yum.' So, too, with spirit.

“Entities that eke by... 6 points... do not have the reserves that promote stability. You see, the spiritual world is inherently abundant, because complexity presupposes surplus.” (3/28/2008 - R#103)

“Energy. Why define it so much in physical terms. They talk of different forms of energy, but how about different energies? If all you do is fiddle with the same equation but don’t add a new variable, how do you expect to see a different reality? Just because paper is yellow, not white, doesn’t mean you are talking about different media.

“But it is understandable, since you can’t perceive energy which is other than defines your existence. Ok, guys, sentence fragment time. So whenever you. The energy will appear new but will be. Half of the problem can be defined. And so. Back to full sentences. But sometimes you have an idea which can only be a fragment, given your knowledge. The Kung don’t go far with snow, and the Aleut have trouble with bananas.

“One is always captive of one’s milieu. And dreams that don’t seem to be realistic are portals beyond. So dream of other energies, not just variants of what is already known. All ready? ARF. Good boy. Let’s go on an energy hunt... woof. You go first... grrrr. Ok, I’ll go first. *POOF*... f... ARF...f...f. *POOF*, back... woof. I wasn’t gone, just appeared to be. But I don’t have words for it. Lots here to ponder. And pander. The new pandar is from Boston. She last appeared as a zebra crossing in Brookline--you know, those striped affairs at crosswalks. She was another dimension for the occasion, now she is a panda. If this whole description makes sense, you have figured out alternative energy.” (6/4/2008 - R#104)

“The great challenge of your time is to resist the temptation to respond in kind. That’s it. Pith.” (8/4/2008 - R#105)

“Hello, I am the elegant Rikkity, with streaming spirit. Wisps of me circle all existence. But hey, that’s true of every spirit. We be wisps. Because we aren’t physical, we’re everywhere--even in that crack behind the old fridge in Cabin 6A in Pierre, South Dakota, as well as the little hole over the unused sink in the train station in Alexandria, Egypt. Wisps of spirit, which explains why some people are startled by spiritual contacts in the strangest places. How strange? Like sensing a loved one in a place you’ve never been together. We are everywhere... ‘and boy is that tiring.’ No no no, CT. It is much easier to be everywhere than to have to focus on one somewhere. You know that old phrase about keeping your act together; that’s what I mean. Takes work.

“Being, in a physical sense, is already doing. How’s that for a PtoP.

“Any time existence is focused into a specific representation or expression, such that the universal becomes specific, then energy is required. Spirit just is, but manifestation is more than simple being. Simplest expressions take the least, but teach the least about handling energy. Part of being physical is learning how to use energy. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a bazillion times.

“Being everywhere does not imply aware of everything. Awareness is a more concentrated form of being, so it takes energy. Is-ness is the basic. All else takes energy.” (8/8/2008 - R#106)

“So, you focus and face a desired direction, and you invest energy in that direction, but things don’t work out. Or do they? Let’s review:

“Nothing is ever lost to the universe. Everything is connected. The connections form a matrix of possibility. So, you put your massive energy... I mean, your little wee bit of energy... in and expect to get the perfect outcome. Sure, we each are rulers of the universe. Our energy is all it will take. We control everything with the least rise of a pinky. No, not the way it goes. We face the direction of our values and act accordingly. We put our energy where our vision is. But, unless we happen to be the great tipping point energy, we don’t see results... Y E T!

“So we think we have failed, but that energy sent in the right direction is not lost, and it begins to mingle with other energy focused in the same way. They go out together... catch a movie, have a drink, go back to his place. But when they get there, the place is already hopping with others of the same vision, but still nothing is changing. Then Bob’s energy comes in with Janet’s energy and wow the party takes off. And soon there is not enough room for all, so Fred says ‘I got some great energy at my place,’ and the party begins to spread. And long after you’ve gone to bed--totally down because you failed--the party sweeps into the street and things change. And you wake up to a new day.

“So it is not about results, it is about focusing in the right direction and investing energy in faith.

“You want linear cause and effect? Take the A train. The stations are all lined up, but then you only get where someone else wanted to go. That’s today’s pith.” (8/30/2008 - R#107)

“It is coming into a crucial time for the world. And anyone who thinks it is only about ‘Merica don’t know their A from a hole in the ground. This is global, and anyone who puts country first... ‘don’t know rock and roll’... CT!... is a relic of a nationalistic past, and probably has the scars to prove it.

“Vote locally, think globally. The era of castles is over. So think about a world more united than divided. ‘Think about an airline more United than American.’ CT! He is so cute.” (10/18/2008 - R#108)

“Everybody dresses up and tries on another plane. The wise know the difference between costume and clothing; the unwise don’t (Mission Accomplished). And she! thinks she’s up to the job. Sure, right... and I can see Paradise from my house. Well, I can! And the far right are grooming her for 2012.

“Good. It will be a self-destruct program, which will push moderates in the other direction. And it’s the modern equivalent of the KKK: Doing some bad, but making good people speak and act. And then the Rapture will come and they will all leave, and we will have Heaven on Earth. The Rapture will take away the bad and leave the rest. Won’t they be surprised. And they will get to have eternity with their worst fears, because they are people of fears, not faith.” (10/25/2008 - R#109)

“If people would only know that sharing energy is more powerful than getting energy. In the long run, those who share have much more influence than those who threaten and demand–grease the slicks rather than grit the ways.” (3/12/2009 - R#110)

“So, my man gets the gold! Hey, it’s time to recognize direction and attitude, vision and values. That’s why he gets a peace award, he didn’t do anything... like attack. Hasn’t put anyone down, called anyone a person beyond conversation... ‘except for him.’ No, not even him. ‘O wow.’ Asks why and how, not how much can we get away with. Yep, so there!

“Some people don’t know the difference of leadership by might, and the belief that right makes might. Sometimes being on the right page is all that history requires. So we are glad.” (10/9/2009 - R#111)

“And now, the Serious Corner: Existential angst is the product of encountering intersecting strands which are not dominant in one’s perception of one’s reality. We are never anxious about what we believe to be part of our matrix–even the so-called bad parts. But anxiety arises when we experience what is not considered part of our matrix, or even when its rippled wave forms suddenly appear in the midst of familiar waters. One is not existentially anxious about sharks until one is swimming and sees an unexpected fin. And when it’s in your swimming pool.... Such is existential angst. Serious enough?” (10/16/2009 - R#112)

“When babies fall asleep and look like they’re in la-la land, they are creatively using the experience to integrate their component elements into a personality. More on that later.

“They are doing the mirror image of what we help spirits do here. We unpack and they pack--getting their act together. Not in a dream state, in a reality state.... ‘or a right to work state.’ CT. ‘A frantic state?’ MCP! Don’t emulate CT. ARF. No no no no no, not a catatonic state, and don’t you start up, too... grrr. Oy.” (2/23/2010 - R#113)

“About the bambinos. Remember how much energy it takes to be physical. Lots! So, this migratory spirit finds itself trapped and expressed with this little inept body, and has to figure out how to survive--which means how to choose to use energy.

“As a baby, it’s easy because people feed you and clothe you and hug you, and you get to sleep mucho. But in time, they stop supporting you and leave you to your own devices. And so, over the years, you trade insights and understanding for competence. But then later, when you are older, you don’t need as much energy to keep up the act, and then you seem to know more and we call you wise... ‘or dead.’ CT. But it’s just reclaiming some that was put aside to be physical.

“So, babies are struggling with the distribution of energies. And early education is an attempt to set the pattern of this use. But if some of early education is permissive and even playful, then the dimension unseen will be retained. It isn’t really about becoming adult; it is about becoming. Adult is just one cultural option. So that’s that, until I want to say more.

“Eventually, personality becomes meaningless, as differentiated spirit is submerged in larger inclusion. Grace in action. Existence is graceful.” (3/6/2010 - R#114)

“Let’s talk about intersections: points of change where different energies mingle, and therefore it takes energy to keep them all identified. It’s not the change that is the challenge, but the sorting out of the energies.

“See, a person is on Plane A. Suddenly Plane B intersects and we have all the angles (AB, BA, BAB, ABA, etc.), and the energy gets mixed and you have to sort it out. And even if you stay on A, you need to be sure you only have A energy. Usually that can’t happen, but peeps waste energy trying. Usually, those staying on A bring a little of B along, so now it's Plane AB, and there is also a Plane BA. And, even if you are welcoming the planar transition and desire to go from A to B or B to A, you still drag some of the old energy along. And sorting that out takes energy, which is why folks find change so hard... and especially for parking meters.

“Things change, but nothing is ever left totally behind.” (3/18/2010 - R#115)

“Times they are a-changin’. But remember, the changing of the planes falls... no no no no no... releases great energy, and the trick is not to waste it on responding to the negative energy but to build new positively. Seize the opportunities. And that’s all I have to say! For now.” (3/25/2010 - R#116)

Question from an anonymous friend: Can and do some people have physical symptoms of subconscious "psychic" knowledge? I have been having anxiety attacks without me being able to pinpoint the cause. I usually find out after I have one though that something bad has happened to somebody I love. Course doctors want to put me on meds, but I refuse. I don't like the idea of taking pills that may alter who I am and if my suspicion is correct about it being "knowledge" that is not making the cross over to my conscious mind, it probably wouldn't help anyway. Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks so much for listening.

“No, her bad feelings are causing the bad events [joke]. But if her panic attacks are a result of contact with the larger energy fields of her connections, then she is experiencing a change in the force, so to speak. But it is less likely to be a specific event, and more likely that she is sensing that the whole field is a little edgy–that others of her energy set are not settled. So, Aunt Marie has been worrying about Uncle Bob because he’s off his feed, and that worry ripples out. It’s not about Bob’s ulcer, it’s about Marie’s worry about changes in Bob. And disturbed systems have many factors in them, but usually we only notice what we call ‘negative’.

“Anxiety could also be detecting the change of niece Sophie thinking she is at last pregnant, and it’s a good thing, but we have been acculturated to equate anxiety with threat. But it is as much about opportunity as threat. But we filter and only take note of the negative, because anxiety is not about the details, it’s about change and the unknown. So, she may be experiencing panic attacks not related to any specific thing, but only her sense that there are unknowns in what had been a stable field of relationship. Or not.

“But then, the universe might just be out to get her. That’s the way existence is: always trying to end itself. Sure, right. Remember, that is not so! We may not get what we think we need, but existence, in the long run, is here to hold, help, heal, and support our being. If not, the whole shebang would have shebanged long ago.” (3/10/2011 - R#117)

“Ah, the perennial problem for physical beings: to talk, or think, in non-physical terms. Picture a blank canvas. Now take away the canvas. There! It’s that simple. But seriously, try that sometime. Or this: Picture a ticking clock and its dial. Let the dial dissolve, and then let the ticking grow fainter and fainter. There’s the reality beyond time. Or, act like old people and young children–have an idea but it flutters away, or the words to capture it are missing.

“The physical world likes ideas trapped in theories and words. They like concepts made concrete... ‘like sidewalks.’ CT, have you been sniffing model cement again. ‘Wellll...’

“If you can absolutely grasp anything--be it a rock or an idea--then you have just reduced it to the physical. And the worst form of physical capture is debate, because you not only have to capture it but also defend it. Everything defended and everything attacked becomes physical. Ponder that pith shit.

“The ultimate form of spiritual sharing is storytelling–no need to prove.” (3/22/2011 - R#118)

“Meanwhile, at the edge of the known dimensions, there’s a stir. By looking quickly back and ahead, one can see a whole ‘nother existence. Hmmm.

“You never see the alternative realities from dead center. Living on the edges offers the best view, but only if you aren’t fixated on the center. Now, what could Rikkity be talking about? I don’t know. Yes, you do.

“In the present political climate, focusing on Washington is not going to reveal anything new... ‘unless GW is changing his drawers’. CT. I mean we’ve seen it all! ‘Not me.’ O well. But look at the edges–Wisconsin, even Florida, Arizona. It’s there where the alternatives can be glimpsed.

“It won’t start from the center. Never has, never will. Not a mistake that JC didn’t come from Rome. The closer you are to the center of things, the less you can see–even if you turn around to look, because so many behind you are still focused on the center. Get out on the edges and find folks who are working on making the edges ok, not on those who are planning their own trips to the center. Trying to get it right. Not to go national, but just to get it right. An ego trip you agree with is still an ego trip. Listen. If you hear ‘us and them’ and ‘I’, but not ‘we’.... And those who speak of confronting rather than inviting: ‘They are the problem, and it’s up to us to fix it.’ Sure. Right.

“The closer you are to the center of an atom, the greater are the forces that keep some pieces together and keep others apart. Ok.” (4/12/2011 - R#119)

“Say hi to Mr. McPooch. ARF ARF. Ok, Sandy, bring them out... woof. You will observe that my canine assistant is rolling a small round bit of steel... or the spiritual equivalent. Next... woof... he is rolling out a large wagon wheel, left over from the community theatre production of Oklahoma... woof. Well done. Ok, let’s get the rod, the small steel tube. Pretend it is an axle.

“So, look at the end of the axle. So, we have this little circle which, if it were traveling as an axle, would be just about where it is. Ok, now we get the wagon wheel... arfé. Take a look at what Sanford is trying to do... grrr. Someone help him, please. How about you. ‘Sure.’ Ok, Sandy and TJ are putting the axle into the wheel at its hub. Now they are rolling the wheel. Notice anything? A piece of the wheel’s rim gets to a place before the hug... no, hub does. The axle is where you are, and a piece of the rim is ahead of you. But so, too, is a piece of the rim behind you. And as it rolls, the piece of rim that was ahead, slowly becomes the same as the center, and then becomes behind. And as you make the wheel bigger, the aheadness and behindness is greater. So, one could be tempted to focus only on where the axle is, but this would prove disastrous because by the time the hub got to the pothole, it would be too late. But if one keeps track of where the leading rim is and is heading, disaster can be averted.

“Thanks, guys. ARF. ‘Anytime, my dear.’

“So, here’s a physical representation of the focus away from the center. Any well-balanced wheel will get its hub where it needs to go. But unbalanced and unheeded, it will bounce over the road of life dangerously.

“And if you have ever ridden in a vehicle with small wheels, you know the ride is less sure and smooth than one with larger wheels. Pushing out the edges actually smooths out the journey. Diversity will always be a smoother long-term passage than particularity. And the roughest of all is a focus only on the axle.

“So, there’s the graphic to go with the previous PtoP. And here’s the truth: The axle will go wherever the rim will take it. So focus on the rim. Because if the rim is not moving, the cart ain’t going anywhere. And it takes infinitely more energy to move the cart by turning the axle than it does by moving the rim. If not, the wheel would have been a stupid discovery. ‘Look, Bob, we can put wheels on this and it will take lots more work to move things.’

“I think I have said enough... for now.” (4/16/2011 - R#120)

“I have seen bin Laden. There’s some of him there, and some there, and way out there, too–all good parts in themselves, but they will not be getting back together for a reunion tour. Finished, disassembled, taken apart. Not quite whole. And the parts add up to less than the whole. Huh. Yep. When you get a spiritual entity that cannot cohere without external energy, the whole is less than the sum of its parts–which is not what I said a moment ago. See.

“If you pile up two feet worth of sand, you should get a two-foot pile plus the reality of the pile that didn’t exist separately in the grains. But if the grains of sand found a way to deflate into each other, robbing each grain of some of its potential, then the pile might be 1.95 high instead, and to be 2, it would need to take something from somewhere else. And in his case, the pile was about .65. His components so disempowered each other to create a massive spiritual deficit–too big for anything to recompense. It wasn’t about justice for what he had done, but to prevent even worse yet to come.

“It’s like a nylon rug that always gives you static shocks. You can think that throwing it out is about payback, but it’s really about preventing the big shock that stops your pacemaker.

“Often, in anger we do what, in the end, serves our future more than ameliorates our past. We just don’t realize it, but those with their acts together know in advance. So, the angry dance the victory dance in Times Square, while the more thoughtful and strategic act out of a perception of the future.

“One should never say ‘should’. But, it would be better if folks worried more about their own feelings, and less about the reactions of others. Here’s a test: Are you concerned about how others are reacting? Direct inverse relationship to how well you know yourself. And a double-down inverse to how well you know your elf. ‘Hi.’ Roderick, long time. ‘Hi. Hi.’ Now I remember. Hi. So, that’s enough.” (5/5/2011 - R#121)

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