A New Version of the "Lord's Prayer" for Our Modern Age

O Source and Fount of all that exists--
That which is in the inner realm of spirit,
and in the outer realm of physicality--
Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Friend and Lover,
And much more than these--

May the descriptions and names of you be ever considered sacred!

May knowledge of the oneness and totality of the universe, as well as
actual unity and harmony with the same, come to us all,
as we are ready to receive and partake thereof;

May we be better prepared to receive and partake of this universal oneness and love.

May all that occurs in this universe be ever in harmony with the one totality.

May all of our legitimate and reasonable needs and aspirations be fulfilled--those that do not infringe upon other living beings. And where we must infringe upon other living beings in order to survive, forgive us, we pray, for it is in our nature at this stage of our existence, and we cannot do otherwise.

May tolerance and mercy be extended to us when we wrong others, and our survival is not actually at stake--to the same extent that we ourselves extend that same tolerance and mercy toward others who may wrong us.

May we better accord ourselves into harmony with the universe.

We ask all of this, not that it is not already the case everywhere around us (even if we can't always see it), but rather because we are as yet merely infants in our understanding of things--in our ability to rationally and lovingly deal with each other and with the larger universe.
We also ask these things because the act of asking shows that we are growing in our awareness, and are truly and conscientiously attempting to better accord ourselves into harmony with the universe.

May peace and love reign everywhere and always!


Amen.




T.J. White,
15 August, 1996

Mankind's Paramount Purpose in Life

Question:

Does God intervene, act, or make any kind of difference in this world, or in the affairs of men?


An Astute Observation:

"Who you are is the difference that God makes ... and that difference is LOVE."

(The "Being of Light" [i.e., "God"], as quoted by Dannion Brinkley in his 1994 book, Saved by the Light, p.25.)


The Answer:

To rephrase Brinkley's quotation, we may say that yes, God does indeed make a difference in this world, but only through us, when we act from Love, because "God is Love". (1 John 4:8)

We are the sometimes semi-sentient, oftimes unconscious agents through whom God acts in this world--making a difference in this world through love and involvement (i.e., compassion):

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, ..." (Donne)

And the medieval German theologian and mystic known to us today as "Meister Eckhard" also said the following:

"God can no more do without us than we can do without him. ..."


Conclusion:

Believe me, I understand fully the significance of what I am saying here. These ideas are not bandied about lightly. The question is: can mankind accept them?



T.J. White,
12 May, 2005

Some Particularly Disquieting Orwell

It's not a matter of whether the war is not real or of it is. ...

Victory is not possible.
The war is not meant to be won;
it is meant to be continuous. ...

A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance.
This new version is the past, and no different past can ever have existed. ...

In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation.
The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects, and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact. ...

George Orwell (1903-1950),
quoted in Michael Moore's 2004 film, Fahrenheit 9:11