RELIGION or POLITICS - This is INTERESTING ......

Hi y'all on this monday of a new week, may it be a really good one for alllllllllllll.

I was reading a book by Randy Wayne White, and an interesting conversation came along which I found appropriate for the times, as it was meant to be and felt it worth passing along. A sort of warning for your future.

One man said to this other chap he was talking to -- "Let me give you a condensed version of why we need strong people in political office with good motives. He goes on, "Shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely a hundred people and here are the ratios.




There would be 57 Asians, 20 Europians, 7 South Americans, 9 Africans, and 8 from the U.S. Seventy of those people would be non-Christians, eighty would live below the poverty level, and half the world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people, all citizens of the United States. And only 2 of those hundred would own a computer.

The other's response was "Meaning there are dark days coming for a pampered nation". To that, the response was, "Unless we get very tough, quick, yes".

I too believe, Dark Days Are Coming, and whether the condensing of the world figures are correct or not I've no idea, but I do know we are a papered nation, and subject to the Universal Law Of Cause and Effect. What holds true for people is also true for nations as well. Best we get behind the swelling movement to get America back to a Republic, and a government by the People.  Cheers.     CJ 

RELIGION or POLITICS - Can we talk?? Eastern Wisdom etc.

Happy sunday y'all.

I ran across some Eastern wisdoms, and thought this'd be a good day to put a few down here for whatever good they might generate. I liked them and so should you, right? Right.

1. The true MIssion of religion is to help people manifest the power within themselves to over-come their difficulties and be happy.

2. People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

3. The Universe is Life itself. When we die our lives melt back into the greater life of the
     Universe and are nowhere to be found, much like the interval of sleep, when our minds are 
     seemingly nowhere. Just as we resume our mental activities from the previous day upon 
     awakening, so too are we born with our karma from previous existences. In this way, just 
     as we sleep and wake, we are born and die, maintaining an eternal cycle of life.

4. There are three kinds of LAW: Social and Moral Law; Culturally and Acceptable Behavior; 
Civil and Criminal Law, or legally acceptable Behavior; and Universal Law of Cause and Effect. We may avoid the consequences of the first two, but NEVER the third.

Now, you should get something out of these wisdoms if you are like me and most people living in this world. So, Cheers, and all that good stuff.  See ya.     CJ 

RELIGION or POLITICS ?? Buddhism - Cause and Effect. The Case.

Greetings on hump day, here once again, so we are making progress on the week, cheer up.

Tit for tat, what goes round comes round, you reap what you sow, etc. But let's get serious, and you'd best pay attention.

In Nichiren Buddhism, it's Cause and Effect and is a Universal Law, and as laws go, it is best to heed it as a Law just like any man-made Law. Like, if you make a bad cause there will be nobody to arrest you. And if you make a good cause, there will be nobody to pin a medal on you.

But here is the thing, once a Cause is made, rest assured, the consequence is starting to work. You know. Good Cause, good effect. Bad Cause, bad effect. Inevitable and absolute. No time limits. Sadly, in this age, Cause and Effect is a principle most people take for granted. Nichiren Buddhists live by this Law, with great respect. Does that mean we do no wrong or make bad causes, heck NO, but if we do make a bad cause we know why and accept the bad consequence. We don't run to some Deity way out yonder somewhere and ask for forgiveness or moan about "Why ME".

You see, in this Buddhism we know that this Great Spiritual Power resides within each of us on earth, that's why it's power. So this Power is available to us constantly, so when we pray we actually are praying to ourselves. We pray by chanting, and there is never a doubt that are prayers will not be anwered, just as certain as we know we are subject absolutely to the Universal Law of Cause and Effect. What a wonderful of happiness to know that no matter what life has to offer, we can handle it, take it on, whatever. Even best, it will prove itself.

All for hump day. I will go into a bit more detain in my next blog. If you are not strongly biased against other spiritual ideas and philosphies, the check back for with an open mind and who knows, you might start to see a new way of life. A beautiful way.    Cheers      CJ