?In all your getting, get wisdom. Wisdom is the principal
thing.? In all your giving, give wisdom. Wisdom is the greatest
of gifts. Let us daily increase in wisdom, love, gratitude,
reverence, healing, peace, joy, happiness, laughter and
prosperity.
A great warrior nation, born in bloodshed, grows by bloodshed
and in spite of bloodshed. It excels in bloodshed and develops
the physical power to destroy the planet many times over. I
think of blood covenant. Abraham with his Creator and Jesus with
His followers. We can see the bloodshed of war results in blood
covenants between survivors. Victors assist the vanquished.
Today, every living being shares a common bond. We are all
survivors, from long lines of survivors.
Some have survived by martial superiority. Some have survived by
covenant, contract and treaty. Most have survived by wits, luck
and choosing wisely from perceived alternatives. Whether
survival is a result of competing or cooperating successfully,
choosing appropriately to the situation has become imprinted in
our genes. Congratulations survivors!
We use time to mark our progress. More importantly, we use time
to identify and understand the natural world of cycles. From
nano-seconds to great ages, sunrise to sunset, we observe and
expect repetition; the primary learning device of all creation.
We plan a day or year based upon our understanding of relatively
short cycles. To receive maximum benefit from short cycles, we
need to know and understand the great cycles.
We call the long cycle?s ages. The Machine Age reluctantly gives
way to the Information Age. The Piscean Age (Jesus to now)
violently gives way to the Aquarian age (next two millennia)
which character is science and brotherhood. The Age of Man (Adam
to present) gives way, kicking and screaming, to the millennial
Kingdom Age. (Peace, order, planetary restoration.)
Every age is chaotic in transition, often violently challenging
survivors. Tradition becomes all which helped our ancestors
survive. Progress struggles to get free of tradition. Three or
more simultaneous age changes point to trouble times three.
Survivors will be culled. The wheat separated from the chaff and
the tares. Those who hold violence in disdain will hire those
who do not, to secure life and property. What could possibly go
wrong?
The soldier does not make the ultimate sacrifice when she comes
home in a body bag. She makes the ultimate sacrifice when she
takes the loyalty oath, subverting self interest for a cause.
Any cause. A slave contract is drawn so the soldier does the
will of her commanders as long as required. Should the
commanders be fools or traitors, the soldier cannot judge. She
can only obey. Greater love has no person than to lay down her
life for her professional superiors. Does love and nobility
trump wisdom? ?Wisdom is the principal thing.? Is it too late to
choose wisdom and a comforting, comfortable future of positive,
personal security in the midst of violent chaos? Not while we
yet breathe survivor breath.
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