I've been down al lot of hard roads--that I put myself down and I'm not complaining about. I can't think of anyone, Richard Nixon or Josef Stalin that I wouldn't talk civilly to or give a free meal to, and I've been in jails, prisons, projects and wilds with some real psychos like I hope you have no need to meet. There's a real guardian angel over me or I wouldn't be here at all.
I got disillioned with flag waving during Viet Nam--stupid me, I volunteered! That was an awakening! Set me really looking for the things you're talking about.
I was putting forward what I remember of history and what I see of the present with a few percent speculation about the recent past and immediate future in the hopes others would get as disillusioned as I was back in Viet Nam times and opt out of that old world order into the kind of world you're talking about.
You? You don't need it. You've already woke up. Good head on your shoulders, good ideas. But I hope we pull more folks off that freight train to hell, and pretending to wave my flag doesn't entertain me.
I think George Bush is in a very tight place. I imagine he's trying to make the best out of what mistakes his father and others before him made. I'm waiting to see what he knows about how to do that. While I think he'd be better being up-front about things, I don't imagine it will work that way. But he may be getting it all out into view anyway. I have no way to tell. I'm in no position to judge. The best I can do is see how it all comes out in the end. Seems like it will be interesting.
I put what I did on the list because I don't close my eyes and cower, but prefer to keep my eyes open and try to be calm and above all, non-judgmental.
I told you who I would vote for and what I think will help, but I'm not trying to slam ANYONE. I probably do that sometimes when I'm too unconscious.
I've been up all night writing on a manual abaout making rain, and now must pick for my CSA. Here's a bit of what I was laboring so hard at. Writing is work.
I don't think I've met you before, have I?
Best,
Hugh Lovel
The Elements
Just how is nature organized? The ancients called the elements fire, air, water and earth. But, I'd better be clear what I mean by element. There might be some confusion between the four elements of classical thinking and the hundred plus elements of the periodic table.
Sulfur is what we commonly associate with fire. If you want a fire, strike a sulfur match. With air we think of nitrogen as nitrogen in its pure form is the main component of air. With water we associate hydrogen, which comes from the Greek word for it. In German it is Wasserstoff, the stuff of water). Finally carbon, the basis of life, is associated with the earth. Carbon forms the hardest of all minerals, diamond.
I could compare earth, water, air and fire to what is known as the solid, liquid, gaseous and radiant states of matter. It is an obvious basis of comparison, but the word element here refers to more than state. Each of the elements has a specific character associated with its state, namely the characters of sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon.
Then there is ether. Ether is what enlivens each of the physical elements. In India the four physical elements are associated with the four fingers of the hand while the thumb represents the ether. It is the agency of organization. If we associate ether with oxygen, we then have what we might call the five sisters, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen and carbon, which along with a handful of minerals form our physical bodies. In agriculture, in at least in quantum agriculture, these five are usually free for the taking from the environment. It is not normal to have to buy them. Normally, the best things in life are free. The fact that so much of modern agriculture applies so much salt nitrogen-and pays good money for it-is an indication of how badly deranged it is.
Four Ethers
Because the principle of organization, the ether, works differently with each element, we can say we have four ethers. With the four elements we have something substantial that we can measure. But with the corresponding four ethers all we have is an organizational principle that indirectly shows its effects in the way organization arises.
The organizational principle for fire is warmth. There is little difference between warmth and fire, as they go hand in hand. If you just had sulfur by itself you would not have fire. But when sulfur combines with oxygen, fire and warmth occur. We might place sulfur is on the fire side of the substance/ether divide and oxygen on the warmth side.
For the air to give life it must have oxygen too, albeit that in the air it is inactive, just as the nitrogen is inactive. With air we have a level of greater density where the organizational principle is light. Air is the perfect medium for conducting light, and light goes with air hand in glove.
Then with water we have an even denser level. Though light doesn't even penetrate water well, tone thoroughly permeates it. The vibratory characteristics we know as sound also involve chemistry, as water is the natural medium for chemistry.
Lastly, the earth with its crystal-lattice structures provides the densest organization of all, the life ether. To see where the organization of water crosses over into the life ether, watch crystals forming out of solution. Water chemistry often leads to crystal formation-or dissolution. Since we're discussing discussing rain it is notable that rain drops condense around particulate mater in the atmosphere such as dust, smoke particles and pollen.
Accompanying Phenomena
What if we look at some of the phenomena that accompany rain? Two of the most notable are lightning and thunder. Commonly in early summer when thundershower activity goes well, clouds build up densely with good definition and sharp boundaries. Both the warmth and the light ethers become highly charged. The clouds act as accumulators for both. When the warmth ether becomes overloaded it cascades over into a flash of light. This overloads the light ether, which in its turn cascades over into the tone ether as a clap or rumble of thunder. With the thunder comes the rain, as tone is the ether associated with water.
When the atmosphere is the hottest, as in July and August, we may see what is called "heat lightning." Heat builds up so greatly that, when concentrated too much the warmth ether precipitates into light ether, causing flashes of light in the atmosphere. If it is dry and there is not much cloud formation there may be little or no thunder and rain. Under such conditions
Dear Ones,
I am new to the whole listserve, but not to spiritual science.
I wrote a long response to this the other evening after I returned from the Josephine Porter Institute, and it vaporized off my screen, well here goes again, lets see what comes...
Humanity has crossed the Threshold into the Age of the Consciousness Soul.
That means us.
It is easy to slam the polititians, to point the attention at the Multi-nationals. and talk about sustainability, etc,
or why isn't BD more "seen" in the world, any number of gripes and assessments.
When we do this, unseen forces are able to utilize our 'juices' for the emergence of Materialism further into the Earths being.
Rudolf Steiner gave a plan for the antecdote to this reality. Associative Economics. It has gone un-done. Yet there are individuals working diligently to sort this through for all our benefit, of which, in Freedom we can come to practice and implement.
The ways I expereince the build up of these adversarial forces is any time I judge, assess, perpetrate, victimize, behave as if I am a victim, anything that smacks of any of these behaviors, leaves out the possibility of LOVE in the (world).
I am not talking of some warm fuzzy.
Spiritual Science speaks to that now Love is no longer a given, it must be created, created by us, Human Beings here on the Earth.
How is Love created?
Attention, interest, warmth, investment.
In the OTHER. I work for you. I labor for you.
Work to Create Peace and Love for us all,
Jane Parker
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