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The Revealed Religions

The revealed religions are of special importance to us. Those religions, that trace back to one human being, that told other human beings, he or she had been bestowed upon a revelation by God, and who asks others mostly by threatening with eternal perdition to believe this very revelation. The revealed religions are quasi the top of the religions of the I, the ‘ego’.

Not only the God, who is said to have given a revelation, is an ‘I’, an ‘ego’. Also the revelator speaks as an ‘I’, that asks others to submit their ‘I’ to his. If we consider the matter impartially we notice the revelator to be only talking of himself und that the belief he is asking is the belief in him, the revelator.

Thus he also suggests at the very same time, God will under no circumstances bestow a similar revelation upon anyone else, that everybody else is excluded from a similar revelation and that God him/herself will abide by this revelation for all times to come. The revelator raises thus not only above his followers but also above the God revealed by him. That is why particularly the revealed religions require enlightenment and purgation.

by Bert Hellinger

Mistakes

A man aproaches the Mullah:

"Nasrudin, why is it, that Allah does not talk to me like he does to others?"

"O sure He does" says Nasrundin "he uses your mistakes to tell you the way!"

Enlightenment

"...did any of your students ever become enlightened?"
"Sure. many of them"
"How can you tell?"
"Easy. They stop following me or anyone else, do not talk ceaselessly about 'teachers', 'teachings', 'spirituality' and other such matters, and they go on with their lives free from fears and pretences."

A mere Candle

To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle.

Don Juan Matus as quoted by Carlos Castaneda

Remind me of who I am!

Each day an old man while beating a drum would sing out his stories of justice and peace. In spite of his neighbors ridicule he would not stop.

One day a young man yelled out to the old man:
“Why do you do this? No one is listening. No one is changing.”

He gently says to the young man:
“I do not do this to change you but to remind me of who I am.”

Support Jimmy Carter's meetings with Hamas leaders.

Dear Supporter of a Just Foreign Policy,

Former President Jimmy Carter, predictably, is being denounced for today's meeting with the exiled leader of Hamas in Syria.

Carter's critics are wrong. Talking to Hamas, which won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, is a necessary part of creating peace. As Carter himself said, "There's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process."

Please sign our petition - co-sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace¹ - to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain asking them to support former President Carter and support talks with Hamas:

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/carter.html

Jimmy Carter knows that 64 percent of Israelis have said they want their government to talk with Hamas about a cease-fire.² He knows that after Hamas won the January 2006 elections, it was willing to declare a ceasefire and allow President Abbas to negotiate with Israel on behalf of all Palestinians.³

Jimmy Carter knows that the blockade of Gaza being carried out by Israel, the U.S., and Egypt has actually strengthened Hamas in Gaza,⁴ as 90 percent of Gaza's factories have closed and many former employees are now working for Hamas.

Jimmy Carter knows that Efraim Halevy, former head of Israel's Mossad, has called for Israel to negotiate with Hamas.⁵ He knows that before the Annapolis conference, a bipartisan group of U.S. foreign-policy experts, including former national security advisers Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft, sent a letter to President Bush and Secretary Rice saying that "genuine dialogue" with Hamas is "far preferable to its isolation."⁶

Indeed, he knows that the U.S. has encouraged Egypt to talk to Hamas about negotiating a cease-fire.⁷ How can it be a scandal for Jimmy Carter to talk to Hamas, but not for Egypt to talk to Hamas at U.S. direction?

If the United States truly wants a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians - as opposed to just pretending that it wants one - it must deal with Hamas.

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/carter.html

Thanks for all you do for a just foreign policy,

Robert Naiman, Patrick McElwee and Chelsea Mozen
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org

Please contribute: We need your support to continue our work.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/donate.html

References:
1. See the webpage for the organization Jewish Voice for Peace:
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org

2. "Poll: Most Israelis back direct talks with Hamas on Shalit," Yossi Verter, Haaretz, February 27, 2008
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958473.html

3. "Carter Defends Plan to Meet Hamas Despite Israel Criticism," Agence France Press, April 13, 2008
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/13/8260/

4. "Gaza's Unemployed Have Handouts or Hamas," Griff Witte, Washington Post, April 13, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041201969.html

5. "Ex-Mossad chief wants Israel to talk to Hamas," Michel Hoebink, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, February 21, 2008
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/080221-israel-mossad

6. "Bipartisan Foreign Policy Leaders on Annapolis Conference," Daniel Levy, Prospects for Peace, October 10, 2007
http://www.prospectsforpeace.com/2007/10/bipartisan_foreign_policy_lead.html

7. "Brushoff for Carter Over Plans for Hamas Meeting," Griff Witte, Washington Post, April 15, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402654.html

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