The Separation between State and Religion

In time we will realize that Democracy is the entitlement of individuals to every right that was in its times alloted to kings. The right to speak and decide, to be treated with decency, to serve and be served by people in a State of “love” that is, to serve with one’s work for the development of ‘life’. To belong to the Kingdom of Human Beings without racial, national, social or academic separations. To love and be loved. To die at the service of the whole and be honored in one’s death, for one’s life and work was legitimately valued. To be graceful and grateful. To have the pride and the humility of being One with the Universe, One with every realm of Existence, One with every living and deceased soul. To treat with dignity and be treated with dignity for One is dignified together with All others and Life itself. To walk the path of compassion, not in the sorrow of guilt but in the pride of being. To take responsability for one’s mistakes and sufferings and stand up again and again like a hero and a heroine and face the struggle that is put at one’s feet and in one’s hands. Millions of people, millions and millions of people might take many generations to realize the consciousness of our humaneness but there is no other dignified path for the human being.

The “work” as I conceive it is psychological and political. Psychology is the connection between the different dimensions within one’s self and Politics is the actualization of that consciousness in our practical lives. Religion is the ceremony that binds the connectedness between the individual and the Universe. The separation between religion, politics and science, the arts and sports is, in the sphere of the social, the reflection of the schizophrenia within the individual and the masses. The dialogue between individuality and the "human" belongs to consciousness. The tendency to develop cults resides in the shortcomings we’are finding in life as it is structured today. “Life” has become the private property of a few priviledged who cannot profit from it because as soon as it is appropriated it stops to be “life” or “life-giving”.

We are all the victims of our own invention and each one is called upon to find solutions. The only problem is believing our selves incapable of finding them. We are now free to use all Systems of knowledge objectively, sharing them without imposing our will on each other. To become objective about our lives means to understand that the institutions that govern its experience are critically important. That we are one with the governments, one with the religious activities that mark its pace, that the arena’s in which we move our bodies and the laboratories in which we explore our possibilities are ALL part and parcel of our own personal responsibility. That WE ARE ONE WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERYTHING AROUND US and acknowledge for ourselves a bond of love in conscious responsibility. That we human beings know ourselves part of each other and are willing and able to act on our behalf for the benefit of each and every individual. That we no longer allow governments, industries, universities or any other institution to run along unchecked by the objective principles of humaneness. That we do not allow gurus to abuse their power or governors to steal the taxes and use them to their personal advantage in detriment of the whole. That we do not allow abuse from anyone anywhere because life is too beautiful to do so and that we are willing to stop the rampant crime with the necessary compassion Conscious knowledge is every individual's right. Conscious action is every individual's duty.

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Wednesday 9 February 2011

TV ad sparks death threats


Josh Jasper thought his television commercial, which depicts a baby as a future rapist, would teach viewers about violence prevention.
Instead, thanks to YouTube, the ad has triggered an international debate and death threats for the Dubuque, Iowa, resident, who heads an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Jasper, 36, the president and chief executive of Riverview Center in Dubuque, said the backlash prompted him to call the police and change his personal information on Facebook from the married father of a toddler to "single."
"I appreciate and respect when people have differing viewpoints," Jasper said. "But for individuals to take it to a personal level and threaten my life, that's taking it too far."
Jasper said the ad was intended to make a point that people are not born violent but can be conditioned to be that way.
He said donations paid for the commercial, which has aired for nearly a year on televisions in northeast Iowa and parts of Illinois and Wisconsin.
A different Riverview Center ad - one that encouraged Super Bowl viewers to look for sexually suggestive and violent ads Sunday - led international audiences to the baby commercial on the advocacy group's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
A men's blog that linked to the commercial said it promotes hatred of men.
The blog drew comments such as: "That is such a disgusting ad" and "I teach my son whenever I can: never protect a woman" and "Josh Jasper should suffer the same fate as Nazi sympathizers after WWII - taken out and shot after a five-minute trial."
The responses exemplify the way anonymous online forums can bring out the worst in people, said Michael Lashbrook, president of the Iowa Police Chiefs Association.
"If people are provided with the forum in which they can post or make comments that are anonymous without any real fear or concern about reprisal, they're going to be far more outspoken and emboldened in some cases to make those types of comments," he said.
Cyberspace, however, doesn't make death threats any less serious, Lashbrook added.
Jasper, a former U.S. Marine who was a crisis counselor for the Los Angeles Police Department, said he doesn't try to target men in his work.
"I probably do focus my attention on redefining masculinity rather than femininity because the vast majority of violence perpetrated in society is done by men," he said. "But an important distinction is that a vast majority of men aren't violent.
"Unfortunately, there aren't enough men and boys who are speaking up saying, 'This isn't OK,' " Jasper said.

Elena: 
All the posts I put from other people are related to what I'm talking about. The fact that people are more outspoken when they are hiding behind a fake name confirms the idea that we are ashamed of our selves and our lives and hide behind strange names to hurt others and our selves for not feeling free enough to stand up to what one says is a strong aspect of the problem. The fear people have of other people is tremendously strong in our days. We have been taught to be afraid of each other, to not trust our selves but as we become acquainted with our humaneness, our own as much as that of others, we'll realize it is not only possible to trust each other but that that trust will bring us to a great civilization in which all nations will share. 


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