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Wednesday, December 25, 2002
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"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." ... "Whatever you want others to do for you, do so for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets." ... “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward in heaven will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.”
 
"Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many." ... 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the great and foremost commandment. "And a second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." (12/25/02)
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Jesus of Nazareth said: “Love our enemies, do good to them that hate us, bless them that curse us, and pray for them that despitefully use us, I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgement. Go be reconciled with thy brother.” Jesus of Nazareth may have been the first human to embrace synergy. His words seem to capture the very essence of synergic morality. Synergic morality is more than not hurting other, it requires helping other. Jesus was the first human to state the fundamental law of synergic relationship. It is known as the Golden Rule: “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law.” What would you have others do to you? The best one word answer I can find for this question is help. “Help others as you would have them help you.” Whether you believe Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ fortold in the Old Testament, or just a man, his words bring wisdom to all humanity. (12/25/02) | |
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Husband and wife go to airport, get picked for a more thorough inspection and separated. Wife (pregnant) is told to lift up her shirt and gets her breasts fondled-inspected publically (no privacy screen). Husband finds out and gets angry. Husband gets royal harassment for being a threat to freedom-loving people everywhere, and is charged with a felony, but gets it reduced to a misdemeanor. Official reports indicate that he was acting like a terrorist, surveillance tapes are claimed to have been erased... (12/25/02) | |
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In 1947, Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul wrote: It is essential that all thinking people should give time and thought to the consideration of the major world problems with which we are now faced. Some of them can be solved with relative rapidity - given common sense and a correctly appreciated self-interest; others will require foresighted planning and a long patience as, one by one, the necessary steps are taken, leading to the readjustment of human values and the inauguration of new attitudes of mind regarding right human relations. In the recognition of the growth in human consciousness and in a realization of the distinction obviously existing between primitive men and our modern intelligent humanity lie the grounds for an unshaken optimism as to human destiny. ... The key to humanity's trouble (focusing as it has in the economic difficulties of the past two hundred years and in the theological impasse of the orthodox churches) has been to take and not give, to accept and not share, to grasp and not to distribute. This has involved the breaking of a law which has placed humanity in a position of positive guilt. War is the dire penalty which mankind has had to pay for this great sin of separateness. Impressions from the Hierarchy have been received, distorted, misapplied and misinterpreted and the task of the New Group of World Servers is to offset this evil. Humanity has never really lived up to the teaching given it. Spiritual impression, whether conveyed by the Christ, by Krishna or by Buddha (and passed on to the masses by Their disciples) has not yet been expressed as it was hoped. Men do not live up to what they already know; they fail to make practical their information; they short circuit the light; they do not discipline themselves; greedy desire and unlawful ambition control and not the inner knowledge. To put it scientifically and from the esoteric angle: Spiritual impression has been interrupted and there has been interference with the divine circulatory flow. It is the task of the disciples of the world to restore this flow and to stop this interference. This is the major problem facing spiritual people at this time. (12/25/02) | |
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Kuro5Hin -- After Republican Senate majority leader Trent Lott's decision to step down, Senator Bill Frist is about to become one of the most powerful men in America and the world. Who exactly is Bill Frist? What is the significance of this change in leadership? (12/25/02) | |
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New York Times: Business -- General Motors, which has been the most reticent major carmaker when it came to the prospects for hybrid vehicles, intends to offer some form of hybrid electric power on five of its major models over the next four production years, according to people briefed on the plan. G.M.'s plan, which will be announced next month at the North American International Auto Show here, is a surprising endorsement of the fledgling hybrid technology, which improves gasoline mileage by supplementing the internal combustion engine with electric power. G.M., the largest automaker, will offer several versions of the hybrid technology. The most advanced will be on the Saturn Vue sport utility vehicle, while less advanced versions will be available on the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, a coming Chevrolet pickup called the Equinox and the Chevrolet Malibu. (12/25/02) | |
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New York Times: Health -- Mr. Leon is executive director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and Ms. DeWaal is director of the food safety program at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has been a watchdog on the food supply since 1971. Their book outlines simple precautions one should take when buying or preparing food, clearly and calmly identifying which items should be avoided. It covers food safety, food-borne ailments, the effects of different food choices on the environment, and the obligatory and more familiar diet and nutrition issues. ... On balance, the authors say, America's food has improved over time, "even though our society now faces some new, quite troubling safety and health concerns." (12/25/02) | |
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New York Times: Environment -- A federal judge found Los Angeles in violation of the Clean Water Act today, holding it liable for 297 sewage spills from January 2001 to July 2002. The ruling by Judge Ronald S. W. Lew of Federal District Court here could result in fines exceeding $8 million — $27,500 for each spill — and court-ordered remedies. "The City of Los Angeles can no longer treat daily sewage spills as business as usual," said Steve Fleischli, executive director of the Santa Monica Baykeeper, an environmental group that sued the city about the spills four years ago. "This sets the stage for liability on thousands of spills." In court documents, Baykeeper, which was joined in the suit by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and several community groups, contends that the city has a "chronic, continuing and unacceptable number of spills from its sewage collection system." From 1993 to January 2002, according to documents, the city reported 3,000 spills from its pipes. "This isn't a third-world city. We should be able to do a lot better," said Fran B. Diamond, chairman of the regional water quality board. (12/25/02) | |
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