Interfaith work is also play- hopefully

----- Being lighthearted about interfaith work and talks is key, i imagine, to the success of the interactions----

when it comes to religious/spiritual views, we lack common language and often end up misunderstanding each other. many discussions take place when participants are drunk or high on some kind of substance. this leads to problems that could easily have been avoided if only the folks had waited until they were calm and ready to tackle such a discussion. passion is part of our psyche, when it comes to right and wrong and the BIG questions.

Most folks live day in and day out not worrying too much about the big picture, the focus remains on survival and all that entails. And then, of course some of us cannot help ourselves. Personally, I think about the BIG questions in some sort of way on a daily basis. What does that make me? Religious? Spiritual? I do not relate to these labels so well. A friend of mine says to me "Well, you have spent a lot of time 'there'.."

to be continued...

choices

choosing to medicate or choosing to sit with what ails you can be challenging. you must know which way to go, since you are your own best doctor in many ways, and have been your whole life.

what are the true laws we all really live by now, now that the 1990s have created space for the chaos that reigns government to persist, even when calm cool alternatives exist. Plants cannot be outlawed. Forms of self expression cannot be outlawed. Fighting unjust laws created a movement not long ago, the civil rights movement, in the USA. Now, we continue to need to be vigilant about protecting freedom from people who have agendas that stifle true alternatives to oppressive conditions.

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