Quote of the day.

“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.” ~ Plato (427BC – 347BC).

Excerpts from "Ways with the Grail Message -'In the Light of Truth' ~ by Abd-Ru-Shin"

"...Jesus has already shown you the simple way leading unerringly to the goal, for deep truth lies in the simple words: 'Love thy neighbour as thyself!'"
"With these words He gave the key to freedom and ascent! Because it is an irrefutable fact: What you do for your neighbour you do in reality only for yourselves! Solely for yourselves, since according to the Eternal Laws every-thing returns to you without fail, good or evil, either already here or there. It will surely come! Thus you are shown the simplest of ways in which this step to the good volition is to be understood.
"You should give your neighbour with your being, your nature! Not necessarily with money and goods. For then those without means would be excluded from the possibility of giving. And in this being, in this 'giving yourself' in the relation with your neighbour, in the consideration and respect you voluntarily offer him, lies the 'love' of which Jesus speaks; lies also the help you give to your neighbour, because it enables him to change himself or ascend further, and because he gains strength from it."

A life devoted to God in the spirit of Christian charity is hardly still possible today on the basis of a childlike belief, for the conviction of the existence of the One Creator has long since been degraded to humanised images of God and conflicting denominational dogmas that cannot be reconciled with earnest thinking. Moreover, these contribute substantially to the fact that ever-diminishing numbers of people still recognise values in the present religious concepts.

For an effective new approach traditional belief no longer suffices. Genuine conviction is imperative!This, however, is primarily associated with knowledge. Therefore Abd-Ru-Shin substantiates his explanations in the Grail Message with the activity of all-embracing Creation-Laws that interweave all spheres of this visible world as well as the vast realm "beyond the five senses".
Abd-Ru-Shin describes these Creation-Laws - synonymous with the Will of God - as the "Language of the Lord":

"The whole of Creation is the Language of God, which you should earnestly strive to read, and which is by no means as difficult as you may think."

In addition he states:

"You earthmen are in this Creation to find supreme happiness! In the Living Language which God speaks to you! And to understand this Language, to learn it, and to sense inwardly the Will of God in it, that is your goal during your journey through Creation. In Creation itself, to which you belong, lies the explanation of the purpose of your existence, and at the same time also the recognition of your goal during your journey through Creation! in no other way can you find either.
"This demands of you that you live Creation. But you are only able to live or experience it when you really know it.
"With my Message I now open the Book of Creation for you! The Message clearly shows you the Language of God in Creation, which you must learn to understand so that you can make it completely your own."

Adages from the motherland

Yoruba is one of the major African languages, spoken by approximately 20 million West Africans (Southwestern Nigeria, Togo, Benin and Sierra Leone). Pockets of Yoruba language speakers and culture are to be found in South and Central America ( Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba) and there are sizeable Yoruba speaking communities in both the US and Britain. Recently, there have been developments in the UK to include Yoruba as a recognized minority language.

Here are a few Yoruba's adages that have been passed down from generation to generation:

ISÉ NI ÒÒGÙN ÌSÉ........Work is the antidote for poverty.

MÚRA SÍ ISÉ RE ÒRÉÈ MI.......Work hard, my friend.

ISÉ NI A FI Í DI ENI GIGA.......work is used to elevate one in respect and
importance (Aspiring to higher height is fully dependent on hard work).

BÍ A KÒ BÁ RÉNI FÈYÌN TÌ, BÍ ÒLE LÀ Á RÍ;......if we do not have
anyone to lean on, we appear indolent.

BÍ A KO RÉNI GBÉKÈLÉ,.....if we do not have anyone to trust (we can depend on...).

À A TERA MÓ ISÉ ENI.....we simply work harder.

ÌYÁ RE LÈ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ.....your mother may be wealthy.

BÀBÁ SÌ LÈ LÉSIN LÉÈKÀN.....your father may have a ranch full of horses.

BÍ O BÁ GBÓJÚ LÉ WON,........ if you depend on their riches alone.

O TÉ TÁN NI MO SO FÚN O,......you may end up in disgrace, I tell you.

OHUN TÍ A KÒ BA JÌYÀ FÚN,.....whatever gain one does not work hard to earn.

KÌ Í LÈ TÓJÓ.....usually does not last

OHUN TÍ A BÁ FARA SISÉ FÚN,....whatever gain one works hard to earn

NÍ Í PÉ LÓWÓ ENI.....is the one that lasts in one's hands.(while in ones possession)

APÁ LARÁ, ÌGÙNPÁ NÌYEKAN...... the arm is a relative, the elbow is a sibling

BÍ AYÉ N FÉ O LÓNÌÍ,....you may be loved by all today

BÍ O BÁ LÓWÓ LÓWÓ,......it is when you have money.

NI WON Á MÁA FÉ O LÓLA......that they will love you tomorrow.

TÀBÍ TÍ O BÁ WÀ NÍ IPÒ ÀTÀTÀ,.....or when you are in a high position.

AYÉ Á YÉ O SÍ TÈRÍN-TÈRÍN,.....all will honor you with cheers and smiles.

JÉ KÍ O DI ENI N RÁÁGÓ,....wait till you become poor or are struggling to get by.

KÍ O RÍ BÁYÉ TI Í SÍMÚ SÍ O......and you will see how all grimace at you
as they pass you by.

ÈKÓ SÌ TÚN N SONI Í DÒGÁ,.....education also elevates one in position.

MÚRA KÍ O KÓ O DÁRADÁRA.....work hard to acquire good education.

BÍ O SÌ RÍ ÒPÒ ÈNÌYÀN,.....and if you see a lot of people.

TÍ WÓN N FI ÈKÓ SE ÈRÍN RÍN,....making education a laughing stock.

DÁKUN MÁ SE FARA WÉ WON.....please do not emulate or keep their company.

ÌYÀ N BÒ FÓMO TÍ KÒ GBÓN,.....suffering is lying in wait for an unserious kid.

EKÚN N BE FÓMO TÓ N SÁ KIRI.......sorrow is in the reserve for a truant kid.

MÁ FÒWÚRÒ SERÉ, ÒRÉÈ MI,.....do not play with your early years, my friend.

MÚRA SÍSÉ, OJÓ N LO.....work harder, time and tide wait for no one.

"Good or bad" - by J Martins, P-Square & Timaya

Chorus:owey (eh) (2x)everybody say na which kind life b dis sayowey (eh)
J Martins Verse:(everybody say)if you like you good ehif you like you bad ehanything weh you do for dis lifema broda na for your head ohhdis one na true story oh J martins and timaya ehanyhow wher we deh quest de gona so di people dem ah mental oif you get money, you no getna so some people go deh vex sayif you talk, you no talk, dem go say you to talkmek you just deh jolly deh godem mama, dem papa mek you hear me wellWho God has blessed no man can curse.

Repeat Chorus

Timaya Verse: Chai Chineke mecall me Timaya, just because im getting higherbad belle people don deh wonderay ma brother man i dey strike like thunder saydem deh call me TimayaNa be obeyi papa one of Bayelsaay everybody don begin deh wondersay Timaya deh be like baba zooka (say chai)Na me be di paya payalike an R.kelly paya payaeh everybody wanna paya payamama and papa dem deh begin to deh paya payaChai, say na me b di paya paya, paya paya, paya payaeh everybody wanna paya payamama and papa di people dem deh want to deh paya paya

Repeat Chorus

ey oh oh ohoh oh (oh oh)oh oh oh (oh oh oh)oh oh (oh oh)People dem people demoh oh oh (oh oh oh)oh oh (oh oh)oh oh oh (oh oh oh)oh oh (oh oh)yhyhe get as you go do dem (do dem)some people deh sit down for corner deh critisize you (deh pompay)fire go deh burn demall dem bagass weh deh plan mek i fallu go see meh deh go up higheranyhow weh u be mek you know say baba God dey for your side ehmek una hear am ehJ martins and donkamass ey yh
Chorus 3owey eh (unu bia le)owey eh everybody say na which kind life b dis say eh ehowey eh (unu bia le)owey eh (unu bia le)owey (unu bia le) eheverybody say na which kind life b dis say eh eh eh ehowey eh eheyy

na me b di paya payalike an r kelly paya payaey everybody wanna paya payamama and papa dem dey begin 2 deh paya payachai x2

Quote of the Day

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.

Bertrand Russell

Quote of the day

Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

Laurence J. Peter - US educator & writer (1919 - 1988)

The Solahara desert

8:30 Monday morning and I was sitting in traffic on the 1-2-1 finally on my way to the airport in Dallas. See, i'd been up since 5am and i was set to get to the airport by 7:30 skippin out on all the traffic. But, about 1o miles out, I realized i'd forgotten my phone so I jimmyd back, got it and head out again. Only this time, i realized i hadnt picked up my boarding pass, Perfect!!!!

So i'm sitting in traffic wondering why there's a flashing red light on highway ramp and we, and by this i mean all 200 cars on the highway ramp, have to stop and potentially yield to every vehicle tricklin through on the adjacent road. As always i have NPR playing and heard something that sent me into some mini euphoria -
I'd been asking myself why a guy like Mr. Gates or somebody doesnt pull investors, such as himself, together and launch a gigantuous project to lay state of the art solar panels accross the the 1000's of acres of dessert accross west Texas, Nevada, California and other Desserts in the United states. This will surely provide enuff energy to power the entire country and then some (please DO NOT quote me)!

But here I was listening to a project being planned in the EU in colaboration with Africa to build a bi-continental power grid. This grid would incorporate both solar and wind turbine technology that would generate energy to power both continents and then some. The plan? Make the Sarah dessert one great big solar field and line the southern coastal region of europe with fields of wind turbines. Combined, this would be the single largest power source in history.

I'm not going to call us out. But we in America are "chasing cars!"
Do we have the technology to accomplish something equal or greater? - Yes
Do we have the money to accomplish somethign equal or greater? -... we got credit!