tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post2094925043443152480..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: More unum, less pluribusDavid G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-66582440716865102582017-08-26T22:24:26.972-04:002017-08-26T22:24:26.972-04:00There comes a point in our spiritual development w...There comes a point in our spiritual development when the bodies of other people don't seem to matter to us any more. We are more attuned to the vibes we get from them than what they look like. We seem to intuit whether the person has his shit together or is incongruent. What allows this perception but the willingness and desire to tune in at a higher level than normally perceived at the ego level. The real test is whether you "get" somebody or are oblivious and not paying attention. It is a wonderful experience when we "get" somebody who has their shit together. It if a moment of flow and grace that seems, sometimes, miraculous.Samanthanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-91067509782321840892017-08-26T20:54:33.352-04:002017-08-26T20:54:33.352-04:00As a Hispanic women my family and I have been accu...As a Hispanic women my family and I have been accused of being rapists and drug dealers by the President of the United States. A man who is married to an immigrant perpetrates fear of people from other lands and religions. The sorriest thing of all is that enough American citizens support his views that they made him their president. He has made it clear he does not want to be my president. I am grateful that UUs have resisted his policies and provided sanctuary for people like me in their churches. I am assured that it will not be this way in heaven and hopefully not this way on earth for many more generations.Maria Sancheznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-51483381462113676972017-08-26T15:22:15.878-04:002017-08-26T15:22:15.878-04:00The reason the bumper sticker, "Not so much p...The reason the bumper sticker, "Not so much pluribus, more unum" is funny is because Trumpism is so divisive. It is interesting how quick people are to turn on one another when they feel aggrieved. It is even more interesting how some scoundrals will capitalize on that grievance to gain power over the aggreived and unaggreived alike. <br /><br />The games people play to cater to the desires of the ego which has led them to believe that the satiation of such desires will make them happy are at the same time horrifying as in the extreme case of the holocaust and genocide and entertaining as the comedy of slapstick shenanigans with the people slapping each other around.<br /><br />At any rate, UUs seem to want to rise above the drama and contemplate higher virtues and their consequential benefits to them I say, "Good for you. And as UU preachers like to say, 'May it be so.'"Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-5312314763443943232017-08-26T15:05:02.027-04:002017-08-26T15:05:02.027-04:00The comments above are reminding me that Marriage ...The comments above are reminding me that Marriage counselors have found in recent years that sex therapy doesn't help couples improve their sex lives much. However, if the counselor can help couples improve their friendship, their sex life usually seems to improve as if it were all on its own.David G. Markhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-90312504317759395922017-08-26T14:44:42.499-04:002017-08-26T14:44:42.499-04:00The comment about cosmic consciousness as an indic...The comment about cosmic consciousness as an indicator of a person's spiritual development is a wonderful idea. This awareness has nothing to do with academic achievement for social class. It is associated with a person's emotional and spiritual intelligence. I have met people with a developmental disability such as what we used to call mental retardation who seem to be very kind, compassionate, sensitive, cosmically conscious people. There is an older lady in my neighborhood who has some signficant health problems and complains of anxiety bordering on agoraphobia but who can rise above these personal infirmities to help others. She has told me that helping others is the only thing that gets her mind off of how terrible she feels most of the time and helps her feel better. We talked about her "ministry" and how God is using her as his instrument to bring comfort and solace to a weary and suffering world. She told me she never thought her work this way before but she liked the idea that it was a ministry.Surrindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-84436601484702675752017-08-26T14:22:56.434-04:002017-08-26T14:22:56.434-04:00Communication restores the link, the melding, the ...Communication restores the link, the melding, the being on the same wave length. Bodies are the enactment of our separation and become the identifier of our egos. Be careful, though in thinking that your body is your self. As UUs should know, the inherent worth and dignity of every person is not based on their bodily shape, color, configuation. It is based on something much grander and more precious. Christians call the body the "temple of the Holy Spirit." Would that we all were aware of this and acknowledged that this is so.Helennoreply@blogger.com