For someone who works with technology daily, I am a little out of it. I must admit that I'm one of the last to jump onboard with the new, hip technological means for expressing one's views and beliefs and for meeting people from all parts of this magnificent planet.
I've opened up a myspace account and not yet completed my page...which is typical. I have very little time to do so.
And now...here I am with a blog...will this fare any better than my little corner of the myspace world? I can say with near 100% certainty that YES, the blog will survive. And why, you may ask, will this be any different? (Hell...go on...ask, I know I did)
Simple...I'm a gay, war-hating, spiritual democrat living in rural southwest Virginia trying to figure out my place in the universe, where I've been and where I'm going. With that description of me, isn't it obvious I have some strong ideas and opinions? And what better place to rant and rave than via the blog.
So what can you, the potential reader, expect from this blog? Humor, opinions, information, challenges, literary quotes, song lyrics, ...and a helluva lot of fun!
I warn you now...up front...in the beginning...any opinions expressed by me are just that...my opinions. I do not mean to alienate or offend anyone with my opinions. If you agree with me, great. If you disagree, great...I welcome discussion and, it's been known to happen, maybe you can change my mind on something! Then again, maybe not.
The God
Monday, January 29, 2007
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The Goddess
DECLARATION OF THE FOUR SACRED THINGS
The earth is a living, conscious being. In company with cultures of many different times and places, we name these things as sacred: air, fire, water, and earth.
Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and body of the Mother, or as the blessed gifts of a Creator, or as symbols of the interconnected systems that sustain life, we know that nothing can live without them.
To call these things sacred is to say that they have a value beyond their usefulness for human ends, that they themselves become the standards by which our acts, our economics, our laws and our purposes must be judged. No one has the right to appropriate them or profit from them at the expense of others. Any government that fails to protect them forfeits its legitimacy.
All people, all living things, are part of the earth life, and so are sacred. No one of us stands higher or lower than any other. Only justice can assure balance: only ecological balance can sustain freedom. Only in freedom can that fifth sacred thing we call spirti flourish in its full diversity.
To honor the sacred is to create conditions in which nourishment, sustenance, habitat, knowledge, freedom, and beauty can thrive. To honor the sacred is to make love possible.
To this we dedicate our curiosity, our will, our courage, our silences, and our voices. To this we dedicate our lives.
Taken from The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and body of the Mother, or as the blessed gifts of a Creator, or as symbols of the interconnected systems that sustain life, we know that nothing can live without them.
To call these things sacred is to say that they have a value beyond their usefulness for human ends, that they themselves become the standards by which our acts, our economics, our laws and our purposes must be judged. No one has the right to appropriate them or profit from them at the expense of others. Any government that fails to protect them forfeits its legitimacy.
All people, all living things, are part of the earth life, and so are sacred. No one of us stands higher or lower than any other. Only justice can assure balance: only ecological balance can sustain freedom. Only in freedom can that fifth sacred thing we call spirti flourish in its full diversity.
To honor the sacred is to create conditions in which nourishment, sustenance, habitat, knowledge, freedom, and beauty can thrive. To honor the sacred is to make love possible.
To this we dedicate our curiosity, our will, our courage, our silences, and our voices. To this we dedicate our lives.
Taken from The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
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