WAWA/WeAreWideAwake is my Public Service to America as a muckracker who has journeyed seven times to Israel Palestine since June 2005.
WAWA is dedicated to confronting media and governments that shield the whole
truth.
We who Are Wide
Awake are compelled by the "fierce urgency of Now" [Rev MLK, Jr.] to raise
awareness and promote the human dialogue about many of the crucial issues of our
day: the state of our Union and in protection of democracy, what life is like
under military occupation in Palestine, the Christian EXODUS from the Holy Land,
and spirituality-from a Theologically Liberated Christian Anarchist
POV.
"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all...and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave...a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils." George Washington's Farewell Address - 1796
"My aim is to agitate & disturb people. I'm not selling bread, I'm selling yeast." Unamuno
"Imagine All the People Sharing All the World." John Lennon
"If enough Christians followed the gospel, they could bring any state to its knees." Father Philip Francis Berrigan
"You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down." Tom Petty
"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution." Emma Goldman
"We have yet to begin to IMAGINE the power and potential of the Internet." Charlie Rose, 2005
Only in Solidarity do "We have it in our power to begin the world again" Tom Paine
"Never doubt that a few, thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
"You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:32
DO SOMETHING!
Photo of George shown here and in web site banner courtesy of Debbie Hill, 2000.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that, among these, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; and, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it. -July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence
2008 was the year that the year of my birth and my age were the same number: 54.
Because I have endured many episodes in my life when balance was just an elusive word, So, That was 54...will be about my trials and errors, what I learned and what I do now.
So, That was 54...I hope will inspire others who are seeking balance in mind, body and spirit.
So, That was 54... is dedicated to all who seek to live life to the full; which is fulfilling ones vocation.
So, That
was 54... An e-book "The struggle is in the mind. We must bury our own monsters and stop condemning people. We are all Christ and Hitler. We want Christ to win. We're trying to make Christ's message contemporary. What would he have done if he had advertisements, records, films, TV and newspapers! Christ made miracles to tell his message. Well, the miracle today is communications, so let's use it."-John Lennon
The more I learn, of less I am certain, except for the need to remain open to the Mystery we call God;
Creator of unfathomable diversity Artist of intricate details who crafted verdant mountains where fragile flowers dwell who designed the ocean depths and no human eyes have yet to read their deepest tales.
So it is with us; unknown realities within The Divine indwells; thirstily seeking us as we search hungrily for what we desire to possess; Peace of mind and life to the full.
So many voices in the world striving to convince, when all that really matters is the peace that can be within;
Begins with Detachment from outcome, just do your best.
When one lets go of the need to control and to self-defend When one has a heart for the poor and oppressed When one seeks and sees The Divine within all creatures and events When one trusts The Holy is in control-although the daily news denies it. When one accepts The Other has a plan and desires to find it. When one comes to understand The Eternal Mystery is more than any concept And welcomes the diversity of men rather than deny them.
When one accepts we will not stand on any accomplishment, But on our motives and the love that drives it.
When one is aware that evil as well as good cut through every human heart And learns to make friends with silence The Light is ever present to guide us.
Silent time in nature is as necessary as bread Prayer is poetry and service her manifestation.
To forgive is divine and necessary to be divinely forgiven. And therein lies the peace that passes all understanding.
And every drop of dew are but tears from heaven, Shed each day a new, For me, for you For what we did and did not do To help bring in The Kingdom.
And the Kingdom comes from above and it comes from within.
IMAGINE a kingdom of sisterhood of all nations and all men.
I do.
I also believe that education is the way to compassion, and compassion the way to change.
So once again, I will leave my sanctuary to go-bear witness and report from Israel and occupied Palestine as my way to commemorate 2008;
The 60th Anniversaries of Israel, NAKBA and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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John Lennon was born 68 years ago today. His physical presence left us 9 days after Dorothy Day's did in 1980. Read more...
"HOPE has two children.The first is ANGER at the way things are. The second is COURAGE to DO SOMETHING about it."-St. Augustine
"He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust." - Aquinas
Everyone has the right to freedom of
opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
" In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."-Mother Teresa
“You cannot talk like sane men around a peace table while the atomic bomb itself is ticking beneath it. Do not treat the atomic bomb as a weapon of offense; do not treat it as an instrument of the police. Treat the bomb for what it is: the visible insanity of a civilization that has ceased...to obey the laws of life.”- Lewis Mumford, 1946
The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership....a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures." - William Fulbright
“Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” - Rev. MLK
Establishment of Israel
"On the day of the termination of the British mandate and on the strength of the United Nations General Assembly declare The State of Israel will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel: it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion it will guarantee freedom of religion [and] conscience and will be faithful to the Charter of the United Nations." - May 14, 1948. The Declaration of the Establishment of Israel
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