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Thursday, September 27, 2018
Ask Alexa - How fast do lies and bad news travel?
Alexa: Is it true that a lie can travel around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes?
Yes. Bad news travels like wildfire while good news travels slow. That's why you hear that bad news everywhere you go.
Yes. Bad news travels like wildfire while good news travels slow. That's why you hear that bad news everywhere you go.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Ask Alexa - Can I talk about religion with co-workers and acquaintances?
Alexa: Is it acceptable to talk with co-workers and acquaintances about religious things?
21% of people polled in 2017 by the Barna group said they have never had a religious conversation in the last year while 29% said they had " once or twice" over the course of the year. 29% said they had "several times, 14% reported 10-50 times and 7% reported over 50 times. So the answer is 50/50.
21% of people polled in 2017 by the Barna group said they have never had a religious conversation in the last year while 29% said they had " once or twice" over the course of the year. 29% said they had "several times, 14% reported 10-50 times and 7% reported over 50 times. So the answer is 50/50.
UUAWOL ministries index - U.S. cap on immigrants in 2018-2019
- Cap on refugees to U.S. in 2018 - 2019 = 30,000
- Change on cap from previous year = - 15,000
- Actual number settled so far this year in U.S, = 21, 000 (Fiscal year ends on 09/30/18)
- Previous year when number of refugees settled was so low = 1980
- Number of refugees seeking immigration around the world = up significantly due to war and famine
Unitarian Univeralists covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
No matter what games are being played, people are loved.
Today, it seems with cable news, that everybody is a victim of something. On the path of the ego, victimization is the way of the game. Being a victim and accusing others of being persecutors is a media tactic based on the games of "Let's feel sorry," and "Get the bad guy." These are very popular games that keep people emotionally aroused which recruits and retains viewers, and media companies convert these views into advertising dollars. The meta game is "Let's sell stuff."
It is written in A Course In Miracles, "If you react as if you are persecuted, you are teaching persecution. This is not a lesson a Son of God should want to teach if he is to realize his own salvation. Rather, teach your own perfect immunity, which is the truth in you, and realize that it cannot be assailed." T-6.I.6:2-4
The spiritually wise person turns the media off or uses it very carefully. The spiritually wise person turns within and becomes aware that (s)he is loved by existence. We are only victims and persecutors on the path of the ego. On the path of the spirit we are loved unconditionally. Universalists have know this and taught it for millennia but their message has been drowned out by egotists.
In our contemporary times, the spiritually wise person rises above the games being played on the path of the ego. They, first of all, love themselves and protect themselves from the toxic games our society plays, and secondly extends themselves in a loving way to their brothers and sisters reassuring them that no matter what games they mistakenly play they are loved.
It is written in A Course In Miracles, "If you react as if you are persecuted, you are teaching persecution. This is not a lesson a Son of God should want to teach if he is to realize his own salvation. Rather, teach your own perfect immunity, which is the truth in you, and realize that it cannot be assailed." T-6.I.6:2-4
The spiritually wise person turns the media off or uses it very carefully. The spiritually wise person turns within and becomes aware that (s)he is loved by existence. We are only victims and persecutors on the path of the ego. On the path of the spirit we are loved unconditionally. Universalists have know this and taught it for millennia but their message has been drowned out by egotists.
In our contemporary times, the spiritually wise person rises above the games being played on the path of the ego. They, first of all, love themselves and protect themselves from the toxic games our society plays, and secondly extends themselves in a loving way to their brothers and sisters reassuring them that no matter what games they mistakenly play they are loved.
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UU A Way Of Life ministries believes in proselytizing. Biblically, this is know as the Great Commission which is usually a meme for evangelical Protestants based on Jesus' injunction in Matthew 28:18 "to go and make disciples of all nations."
Unitarian Univeralists have a great commission to set their Chalice Fire ablaze across the planet to build a better world everywhere.
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