Do people awakened eschew the world?

Is it true that people who are awakened become detached from worldly affairs?

No. Awakened people become more compassionate towards the people caught up in the drama of the path of the ego. While they, themselves, are no longer attached to the things of the ego, for they have intentionally detached themselves, they still love intensely their fellow human beings and the things of the planet earth.

There is the phenomenon of a "therapeutic depression," a grief for the suffering on the path of the ego. The Christian mystics call this the "gift of tears."

Awakening hastens the Atonement. Awakening is an extension of the light of the Holy Spirit into and individual's life and into the communal life of humanity. The individual has become holy and this holiness sanctifies the world.

It is written in A Course In Miracles, "No darkness abides anywhere in the Kingdom, but your part is only to allow no darkness to abide in your own mind. This alignment with light is unlimited, because it is in alignment with the light of the world. Each of us is the light of the world, and by joining our minds in this light we proclaim the Kingdom of God together and as one." T-6,II.13:3-5

As UU preachers are inclined to say, "May it be so."

My Kind Of Church Music - Let It Be, Across the Universe

Ask Alexa - What did Hermann Goring say about manipulating a population to the political will of the politicians?

Alexa: What did Hermann Goring, the Nazi propagandist say about manipulating the voters to the politicians will?

Hermann Goring said, "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country". It worked well in the U.S. to engage in the Vietnam War, engage in the Afghan and Iraq war, and continue a 17 year war on terror, as well as build a wall along the Mexican/US border and bar Muslims from the United States.

Are the awakened ones perfect?

The idea that awakened people have never engaged in unethical behavior or don't currently is wrong. Many saints have had quite scandalous lives before they became awakened. Some people who claim to be awakened, enlightened, seem to engage in behavior that is narcissistic and exploitive. Jesus tells us that "by their fruits you shall know them."

Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so too is holiness. Holy people can appear to do hurtful things to themselves and others. The question is not whether awakened people do unethical and harmful things, but how they manage the harm they have done when they become aware of it.

An awakened person is quick to recognize unethical and harmful behavior, admit his/her transgressions, repair the harm done, and seek reconciliation with those who have been harmed.

In Unitarian Univeralism we covenant together to affirm and promote seven principles many of which are ignored, overlooked, or intentionally broken periodically and sometimes on a regular basis. No one is perfect, and no group is perfect. Those who are awakened are very aware of the transgressions and offenses. Awakened people recognize that these transgressions and offenses create drama on the path of the ego, and yet they persist to focus on the path of the spirit and uplift the Divine as benificents of grace.

Amazing grace pervades the lives of the awakened and is dimly perceived by those who aspire to find a better way.

Awakening does not make one perfect but blessed and beloved.

UUAWOL ministries index - Self identification of freshman at Yale and Harvard

• Percentage of freshman at Yale who self identify as LGBTQ = 23%
• Percentage of freshman at Yale who self identify as "somewhat" or "very" conservative = 10%
• Percentage of freshman at Harvard who self identify as LGBTQ = 18%
• Percentage of freshman at Harvard who self identify as conservative = 12%

My Kind Of Church Music - Justice, Bruce Cockburn

 What's been done in the name of Jesus?
What's been done in the name of Buddha?
What's been done in the name of Islam?
What's been done in the name of man?
What's been done in the name of liberation?
And in the name of civilization?
And in the name of race?
And in the name of peace?

Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else

Can you tell me how much bleeding
 It takes to fill a word with meaning?
And how much, how much death It takes to give a slogan breath?
And how much, how much, how much flame
Gives light to a name
For the hollow darkness In which nations dress?

Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else

Everybody's seen the things they've seen
We all have to live with what we've been
When they say charity begins at home
They're not just talking about a toilet and a telephone
Got to search the silence of the soul's wild places
For a voice that can cross the spaces
These definitions that we love create --
These names for heaven, hero, tribe and state

Everybody Loves to see Justice done On somebody else

Ask Alexa - is the world safe?

Alexa: Is the world safe?

According to Daniel Pinker in his book, Enlightenment Now, human kind has never been safer but you would never know it with the 1% filling our media with terror and horror stories to sell us things and manipulate our political behavior.