I am tired of seeing spirituality ignored by the Left and manipulated by the Right and mocked by the crass and ignorant. I am part of a faith-based, spiritual community that recognizes the unity of social justice, environmental sustainability and spiritual depth. I value a society that promotes caring relationships. I am committed to reviving the element of the sacred in daily life. I am devoted to promoting social responsibility in local and national governments and corportations. I am a passionate advocate of infusing our educational system with values of personal responsibility, tolerance, caring and gratitude to replace the ego-centric, narcissistic, Cyborg curriculums that pass for education, I am a passionate lover of the Earth and strongly promote stewardship of the environment.
"But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." Jesus of Nazareth – Matthew 5:39
"My nonresistance is active resistance in a different plane. Nonresistance to evil does not mean absence of any resistance whatsoever but it means not resisting evil with evil but with good. Resistance, therefore, is transferred to a higher and absolutely effective plane." Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolent resistance or nonviolent action is the practice of applying power to achieve socio-political goals through symbolic protests, economic or political noncooperation, civil disobedience and other methods, without using violence.
What Gives Me Hope
"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out." ~ Václav Havel
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
I would establish a Department of Peace!
What/who changed my life and why
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy. A Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, vegetarian, and a moral thinker.
"There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia."
Kurt Vonnegut - Sirens of Titan
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