tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215445102561565352.post6145927944686535673..comments2020-03-26T10:49:26.004-05:00Comments on Ruthie B In Love: The Greatest of These ~ Reflections on an ElectionRuthie B in Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08344492485961751450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215445102561565352.post-9120581268974296342012-11-05T12:25:09.634-06:002012-11-05T12:25:09.634-06:00Really excellent 'another' way of looking ...Really excellent 'another' way of looking at it. And, there is no doubt that dictatorships are born one lie, one election at a time. Interestingly though, half our population feels that about one team vying for the presidency. Another half of our country feels exactly the opposite. Who's right? Who's wrong? <br /><br />And maybe, just maybe, what is here is meant to not last. I don't want that to be the case. And I keep thinking about what my 'other' spiritual mentor always asks: 'What are you contributing?'<br /><br />If it isn't love, it isn't helping. Gandhi stood up for people and for rights, but I think he succeeded because he did it from a place of love, not (eventually) anger and vitriol. <br /><br />Keep asking. Keep making me stretch. I don't have any answers. I'm just trying to stay free of all the muck.Ruthie B in Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344492485961751450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215445102561565352.post-31160866828291513622012-11-05T09:57:11.610-06:002012-11-05T09:57:11.610-06:00Hiya Ruth... trouble here! I have a question for y...Hiya Ruth... trouble here! I have a question for you... Hitlers Social Scientists, I think it was Goebbels, said that its easy to convert a democracy to a dictatorship, but one of the first tasks is to disarm the population. Now we all know the physical and legal steps to disarm the population, its underway in the US as we speak... but more insidiously, how do we psychologically disarm a people? What if the original message of all religious leaders has been perverted almost at source? What if Jesus's teachings and those in the Bible relating to Love have been deliberatedly twisted like much else, to almost neuter a free persons capacity to defend his life and the life of those who depend on him? The message of universal, unceasing, unconditional love has been toted as the highest ideal for about 2,000 yrs now but what if it is not TRUE? and has NO Spiritual authority..? Just a thought... xxSatishnoreply@blogger.com