+ updated at 2:37pm EST on Wednesday, February 2
+ I appreciate this post -- http://www.evolvingchristianfaith.net/2010/12/trinitarian-calling-unity-in-and.html -- and made a comment. More recently, this blogger offered "Introducing Slavoj Zizek." I made a comment not published yet.
+ a RETWEET: For the last week, Democracy Now! has covered the protests in #Egypt closely. View all of our reports in our archive: http://ow.ly/3P0O1
+ Spirituality and Practice is offering a course on InterSpiritual Meditation. It began Sunday. Not to late to sign up. I wrote the following on the Introductions and Intentions pages:
I believe we must work on creating a new faith for a new earth. The planet needs a new narrative, a compelling story we can all hear and enjoy and sing and dance to the beat. It has begun. Actually it began a long time ago. But we still have a long way to go.
A course like this which brings together people from different wisdom traditions is essential. I wouldn't miss it, even though it overlaps with the other S&P course I'm taking.
Sign Up!
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 240
+ updated at 3:15pm EST on Wednesday, January 20, 2011
+ I am taking another internet course offered by Spirituality and Practice: Practicing Spirituality with Brother David Steindl-Rast. It is inspiring and illuminating. It's now in Day 10 of 40 but the lessons are relatively short. You can catch up. You can join in on the marvellous sharing in the forum at any time. You don't have to go back to the beginning. The cost is $29.95 and worth every penny. You would be helping to support the best website in the universe.
+ Democracy Now! offers an interview on the recent events in Tunisia. Blurb: "We speak with journalist Anthony Shadid, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, who is in Beirut where the government collapsed last week. Tunisia has 'electrified people across the Arab world,' Shadid says, 'mainly for that prospect of change, that change can actually occur in a lot of countries that seem almost ossified at this point."
+ The Spirituality and Practice Newsletter is always a good read. The current one is definitely a good read. It begins with the following Teaching Story: "There is a story about Achaan Cha, a famous meditation master in Northeast Thailand. He was accused by someone of having a lot of hatred. Achaan Cha replied, "That may be so, but I don't make any use of it." An answer like this comes from a deep understanding of one's own nature. It is a rare person who will not allow himself defiled thought, speech, or action." — from Be an Island by Ayya Khema
Read the rest of the newsletter.
+ I am taking another internet course offered by Spirituality and Practice: Practicing Spirituality with Brother David Steindl-Rast. It is inspiring and illuminating. It's now in Day 10 of 40 but the lessons are relatively short. You can catch up. You can join in on the marvellous sharing in the forum at any time. You don't have to go back to the beginning. The cost is $29.95 and worth every penny. You would be helping to support the best website in the universe.
+ Democracy Now! offers an interview on the recent events in Tunisia. Blurb: "We speak with journalist Anthony Shadid, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, who is in Beirut where the government collapsed last week. Tunisia has 'electrified people across the Arab world,' Shadid says, 'mainly for that prospect of change, that change can actually occur in a lot of countries that seem almost ossified at this point."
+ The Spirituality and Practice Newsletter is always a good read. The current one is definitely a good read. It begins with the following Teaching Story: "There is a story about Achaan Cha, a famous meditation master in Northeast Thailand. He was accused by someone of having a lot of hatred. Achaan Cha replied, "That may be so, but I don't make any use of it." An answer like this comes from a deep understanding of one's own nature. It is a rare person who will not allow himself defiled thought, speech, or action." — from Be an Island by Ayya Khema
Read the rest of the newsletter.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVE GRIJALVA SPEAKS TO AMY GOODMAN
"Politics in Arizona Have Become Fueled by Hate...Driven by Anger": Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Shooting of Giffords. Go to http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/10/politics_in_arizona_have_become_fueled
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 174
+ updated at 4:14pm ESDT on Wednesday, May 5 (cinquo de mayo)
+ The Abundancetrek Blog is coming back to life (hopefully!) with a new series of posts (hopefully!). Go to Joyful Wandering -- 1.
+ IT'S UNSEASONABLY HOT. Once again the temperature along the Erie Canal has soared above 80 degrees F. This is the Sixth day this year that we have seen the temperature rise above 80 and it's early May. The overall record of the past several decades shows global warming is well underway and this year's weather is underscoring this trend.
4:17pm UPDATE: Very chilly weather is coming our way for the next few days. So, I guess the Global Warming Deniers around here can gloat again ... as they did this winter when we had several very cold spells. I suppose that if you want to be in denial, you can always find the evidence you are looking for.
+ Two segments of Democracy Now! focus on the huge and dangerous power of the oil industry and particularly BP:
BP Oil Spill Highlights Poor Safety Record, the Worst of Any Oil Company in America
AND
BP Funnels Millions into Lobbying to Influence Regulation and Re-Brand Image
+ Democracy Now! offers Phoenix Suns to Protest Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law. "Opposition continues to grow against Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, which allows police officers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant. On Tuesday, city councils in the Arizona towns of Flagstaff and Tuscon both passed measures to sue the state over the new law. Meanwhile in California, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to boycott Arizona. The National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns have announced their players will wear jerseys showing their team name as 'Los Suns' in a playoff game tonight to protest to the new law. Today is also the Mexican holiday of cinquo de mayo. On Tuesday, Phoenix Suns point guard and NBA All-Star Steve Nash spoke out against the law in an interview with ESPN. Steve Nash: 'I’m against it. I think this is a bill that really damages our civil liberties. I think that it opens up the potential for racial profiling and racism, and I think that it’s a bad precedent to set for our young people, and represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world. I think we have a lot of great attributes here and I think it’s something we can do without and hopefully it will change a lot in the coming weeks.'"
+ Democracy Now! reports the following very troubling news: BP: Spill Could Be 10 Times Current Estimate. "The oil giant BP has privately conceded the size of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be ten times greater than current estimates. The New York Times reports a senior BP executive told a closed-door Congressional briefing that a ruptured oil well could be spewing as many 60,000 barrels of oil a day. The expanding oil slick meanwhile has hit the shores of Louisiana’s Chandeleur islands, a wildlife refuge 60 miles from New Orleans."
+ The Abundancetrek Blog is coming back to life (hopefully!) with a new series of posts (hopefully!). Go to Joyful Wandering -- 1.
+ IT'S UNSEASONABLY HOT. Once again the temperature along the Erie Canal has soared above 80 degrees F. This is the Sixth day this year that we have seen the temperature rise above 80 and it's early May. The overall record of the past several decades shows global warming is well underway and this year's weather is underscoring this trend.
4:17pm UPDATE: Very chilly weather is coming our way for the next few days. So, I guess the Global Warming Deniers around here can gloat again ... as they did this winter when we had several very cold spells. I suppose that if you want to be in denial, you can always find the evidence you are looking for.
+ Two segments of Democracy Now! focus on the huge and dangerous power of the oil industry and particularly BP:
BP Oil Spill Highlights Poor Safety Record, the Worst of Any Oil Company in America
AND
BP Funnels Millions into Lobbying to Influence Regulation and Re-Brand Image
+ Democracy Now! offers Phoenix Suns to Protest Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law. "Opposition continues to grow against Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, which allows police officers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant. On Tuesday, city councils in the Arizona towns of Flagstaff and Tuscon both passed measures to sue the state over the new law. Meanwhile in California, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to boycott Arizona. The National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns have announced their players will wear jerseys showing their team name as 'Los Suns' in a playoff game tonight to protest to the new law. Today is also the Mexican holiday of cinquo de mayo. On Tuesday, Phoenix Suns point guard and NBA All-Star Steve Nash spoke out against the law in an interview with ESPN. Steve Nash: 'I’m against it. I think this is a bill that really damages our civil liberties. I think that it opens up the potential for racial profiling and racism, and I think that it’s a bad precedent to set for our young people, and represents our state poorly in the eyes of the nation and the world. I think we have a lot of great attributes here and I think it’s something we can do without and hopefully it will change a lot in the coming weeks.'"
+ Democracy Now! reports the following very troubling news: BP: Spill Could Be 10 Times Current Estimate. "The oil giant BP has privately conceded the size of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be ten times greater than current estimates. The New York Times reports a senior BP executive told a closed-door Congressional briefing that a ruptured oil well could be spewing as many 60,000 barrels of oil a day. The expanding oil slick meanwhile has hit the shores of Louisiana’s Chandeleur islands, a wildlife refuge 60 miles from New Orleans."
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 162
+ updated at 2:33pm ESDT on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
+ TruthOut offers "Welcome to Glennbeckistan" by Chip Ward. It begins: "What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let's call it Glennbeckistan, where white, patriarchal, religiously zealous, Tea Party-type patriots hold a super-majority in both houses of the legislature, sit in the governor's mansion, and control most local governments. It's a place so out of sync with the rest of the nation that states' rights and even secession are always on the agenda. It's a place where gun-ownership trumps all other rights, climate change is considered an insidious socialist conspiracy, and a miscarriage can be investigated as a potential crime. Welcome to Utah."
+ CNN offers "Christians from political left and right sign 'Civility Covenant'" by Dan Gilgoff. It begins: "A group of more than 100 prominent Christians ranging from evangelical minister Jim Wallis on the political left to Nixon White House aide Chuck Colson on the right released a document Thursday calling for an end to the fight club tone of the national political discourse."
+ Democracy Now! offers "Rage on the Right: Christian Militia Raided in Michigan; Tennessee Skinhead Pleads Guilty to Obama Assassination Plot" in video or audio or transcript format. Excerpt: "Well, earlier this month, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report called 'Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism.' It tracks a major rise in domestic right-wing extremist groups in the United States. According to the report, the number of right-wing militias tripled last year to 127. Two chapters of the Hutaree militia, one in Michigan, the other in Utah, were included on the list. Mark Potok is director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, and that’s where he joins us."
+ I have done more planning for our trip to Germany in June. See "Germany 2010 -- 7" at The Abundancetrek Travel Blog.
+ Democracy Now! offers "International Uproar over Uganda Anti-Gay Bill, Study Finds American Evangelicals Encouraging Homophobia" in video or audio or transcript format. Excerpt: "In the report that you have done, Reverend Kapya Kaoma, you say in the United States the renewal groups are the problem in the Episcopal Church, the United Methodist Church USA, the Presbyterian Church USA, US conservative evangelicals and the Institute on Religion and Democracy, the neoconservative think tank that for decades has sought to undermine Protestant denominations’ tradition of progressive social justice work."
Plutocrats fund the IRD and many of these so-called renewal groups which poison the atmosphere of our mainline denominations.
+ Spirituality and Practice offers a review of the animated film, My Neighbor Totoro. Excerpt: "The haunted house is not a scary place filled with terrible creatures but a space inhabited by beings we cannot understand or control. When they make their presence known, they are accepted by Satsuki, Mei and her father. Here the world of spirit is taken seriously, perhaps because of the pervasive influence of Shintoism in Japan where nature and all her mysteries are reverenced."
+ TruthOut offers "Welcome to Glennbeckistan" by Chip Ward. It begins: "What if the Tea Party ruled? Imagine a land, let's call it Glennbeckistan, where white, patriarchal, religiously zealous, Tea Party-type patriots hold a super-majority in both houses of the legislature, sit in the governor's mansion, and control most local governments. It's a place so out of sync with the rest of the nation that states' rights and even secession are always on the agenda. It's a place where gun-ownership trumps all other rights, climate change is considered an insidious socialist conspiracy, and a miscarriage can be investigated as a potential crime. Welcome to Utah."
+ CNN offers "Christians from political left and right sign 'Civility Covenant'" by Dan Gilgoff. It begins: "A group of more than 100 prominent Christians ranging from evangelical minister Jim Wallis on the political left to Nixon White House aide Chuck Colson on the right released a document Thursday calling for an end to the fight club tone of the national political discourse."
+ Democracy Now! offers "Rage on the Right: Christian Militia Raided in Michigan; Tennessee Skinhead Pleads Guilty to Obama Assassination Plot" in video or audio or transcript format. Excerpt: "Well, earlier this month, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report called 'Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism.' It tracks a major rise in domestic right-wing extremist groups in the United States. According to the report, the number of right-wing militias tripled last year to 127. Two chapters of the Hutaree militia, one in Michigan, the other in Utah, were included on the list. Mark Potok is director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, and that’s where he joins us."
+ I have done more planning for our trip to Germany in June. See "Germany 2010 -- 7" at The Abundancetrek Travel Blog.
+ Democracy Now! offers "International Uproar over Uganda Anti-Gay Bill, Study Finds American Evangelicals Encouraging Homophobia" in video or audio or transcript format. Excerpt: "In the report that you have done, Reverend Kapya Kaoma, you say in the United States the renewal groups are the problem in the Episcopal Church, the United Methodist Church USA, the Presbyterian Church USA, US conservative evangelicals and the Institute on Religion and Democracy, the neoconservative think tank that for decades has sought to undermine Protestant denominations’ tradition of progressive social justice work."
Plutocrats fund the IRD and many of these so-called renewal groups which poison the atmosphere of our mainline denominations.
+ Spirituality and Practice offers a review of the animated film, My Neighbor Totoro. Excerpt: "The haunted house is not a scary place filled with terrible creatures but a space inhabited by beings we cannot understand or control. When they make their presence known, they are accepted by Satsuki, Mei and her father. Here the world of spirit is taken seriously, perhaps because of the pervasive influence of Shintoism in Japan where nature and all her mysteries are reverenced."
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
COFFEE BREAK 126
+ updated at 5:21pm EST, Tuesday, January 19, 2010, another anniversary of my day of birth.
+ Democracy Now! offers “Haiti is Shaken to the Core”: Amy Goodman Reports from Port-au-Prince. Excerpt: "And what we did yesterday is what few journalists have done: we left Port-au-Prince, and we went along the coast to Carrefour and to Léogâne. This is the epicenter. This is where the United Nations issued its statement, saying they acknowledge 90 percent of the buildings were down, that thousands of people were dead. But, they said, unless they could ensure security, they would not be providing aid there. Now, this is tremendously frightening. As we passed through the epicenter, a young man hailed down our car, and he said, 'Please, we see some helicopters overhead, but they don’t stop here. We have no aid. We have no food.'"
+ The thaw which began last week continues. Most of the snow which fell in early January has now disappeared along much of the Erie Canal.
+ Sufi Wisdom:
My Sufi master once said: If you put the world between you and God, the world becomes a spiritual obstacle; if you use the world to remember God, the world becomes your spiritual friend. — Robert Frager in The Wisdom of Islam
"To Practice This Thought: See the world around you as evidence of God's presence." This is The Spiritual Practice of the Day at Spirituality and Practice.
+ Democracy Now! offers “Haiti is Shaken to the Core”: Amy Goodman Reports from Port-au-Prince. Excerpt: "And what we did yesterday is what few journalists have done: we left Port-au-Prince, and we went along the coast to Carrefour and to Léogâne. This is the epicenter. This is where the United Nations issued its statement, saying they acknowledge 90 percent of the buildings were down, that thousands of people were dead. But, they said, unless they could ensure security, they would not be providing aid there. Now, this is tremendously frightening. As we passed through the epicenter, a young man hailed down our car, and he said, 'Please, we see some helicopters overhead, but they don’t stop here. We have no aid. We have no food.'"
+ The thaw which began last week continues. Most of the snow which fell in early January has now disappeared along much of the Erie Canal.
+ Sufi Wisdom:
My Sufi master once said: If you put the world between you and God, the world becomes a spiritual obstacle; if you use the world to remember God, the world becomes your spiritual friend. — Robert Frager in The Wisdom of Islam
"To Practice This Thought: See the world around you as evidence of God's presence." This is The Spiritual Practice of the Day at Spirituality and Practice.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
COFFEE BREAK 20
+ I am eager to add suggested links or your thoughts to this or a future Coffee Break. You can comment below or send an e-mail to john@abundancetrek.com
+ Democracy Now! offers "Sen. Bernie Sanders and Nurses Union Leader Rose Ann DeMoro Urge Obama to Embrace Single-Payer Healthcare System." DN! blurb begins: "President Obama is expected to host a group of Democratic Congress members at the White House later today. The meeting comes one week after Obama said he would consider supporting a mandate-based approach to healthcare and the creation of a public insurance option."
+ I like the fact that more and more Democrats are now apparently getting on board for a government health care plan which is available to all Americans in direct competition with the private insurance companies. President Obama has said health care is a right. This is a way to make it so.
+ The Four Precepts offers "Embrace Your Destiny!" by Thomas Merton. Excerpt: "We will never be fully real until we let ourselves fall in love - either with another human person or with God."
+ Fired up by Ed Schultz, I just sent this email to my Representative, Mike Arcuri through his house website: Dear Mike, If you support universal health care -- either single payer OR a new government plan combined with private insurance plans -- I believe you can count on enthusiastic support in the next campaign. Please don't let your vote be influenced by the plutocratic interests. Vote for US. love, john + www.abundancetrek.com + "Be the change you want to see" -- Mohandas Gandhi
+ Democracy Now! offers "Sen. Bernie Sanders and Nurses Union Leader Rose Ann DeMoro Urge Obama to Embrace Single-Payer Healthcare System." DN! blurb begins: "President Obama is expected to host a group of Democratic Congress members at the White House later today. The meeting comes one week after Obama said he would consider supporting a mandate-based approach to healthcare and the creation of a public insurance option."
+ I like the fact that more and more Democrats are now apparently getting on board for a government health care plan which is available to all Americans in direct competition with the private insurance companies. President Obama has said health care is a right. This is a way to make it so.
+ The Four Precepts offers "Embrace Your Destiny!" by Thomas Merton. Excerpt: "We will never be fully real until we let ourselves fall in love - either with another human person or with God."
+ Fired up by Ed Schultz, I just sent this email to my Representative, Mike Arcuri through his house website: Dear Mike, If you support universal health care -- either single payer OR a new government plan combined with private insurance plans -- I believe you can count on enthusiastic support in the next campaign. Please don't let your vote be influenced by the plutocratic interests. Vote for US. love, john + www.abundancetrek.com + "Be the change you want to see" -- Mohandas Gandhi
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
COFFEE BREAK 4
+ Unusually mild weather has come to the Erie Canal. Winter will return tomorrow and stick around for a while.
+ I finished reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. She thoroughly documents the destructive trail of suffering left by the Chicago School of massive privitization all over the planet.
+ Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has written another book on the Palestine-Israel situation: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work.
+ Bill Moyers asks an important question and gives the unfortunate answer. The question is: “Why will Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! never show up on ‘Meet The Press?’”
+ Maybe next year! The Northeastern University Huskies made it to the Beanpot Hockey Tournament championship game for a change but lost 5-2 to the Boston University terriers.
+ I finished reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. She thoroughly documents the destructive trail of suffering left by the Chicago School of massive privitization all over the planet.
+ Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has written another book on the Palestine-Israel situation: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work.
+ Bill Moyers asks an important question and gives the unfortunate answer. The question is: “Why will Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! never show up on ‘Meet The Press?’”
+ Maybe next year! The Northeastern University Huskies made it to the Beanpot Hockey Tournament championship game for a change but lost 5-2 to the Boston University terriers.
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