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8-10-'69: WHO STANDS FAST? oct '69 = 5730 ....

~!@!~
only the man
whose final standard is not his reason
his principles conscience freedom or his virtue
but who is ready to sacrifice all this
when he is called to obedient and responsible action in faith and in
allegiance to g*d: the responsible man who tries to make his whole life an
answer to the question and call of g*d ~
where are these responsible
people?
~!@!~
civil courage
in fact can grow only
out of free responsibility of free men ~
it depends on a g*d who demands responsible action in a bold venture of faith and who promises forgiveness and consolation to the man who becomes a sinner in that
venture ...
~!@!~
WE GREW UP
in a generation of legend
a generation of fear of heaven
and divine providence
with the almighty casting his merciful eye
on all his creatures
seeing each and everyone of them
and working miracles
and wonders
in a generation of belief in an afterlife
in reward & punishment
in the thirty-three hidden righteous men
wandering the earth and the seventy-seven hidden
righteous men
wandering all over
the world ........
~!@!~
ONE of these legends was jerusalem ...
~!@!~
no other city in the world
not Athens not Rome not New Amsterdam or New York not any other city
has had so much love lavished upon her as jerusalem ...
so much poetry so much human living word
of g*d and no other city in the world
has been mourned and wept over
as has jerusalem .......
~!@!~
SO we have to try
to comprehend the secrets of our existence
FULL of contradictions ups & downs
the noblest the most despised and depressed
the inbetweens:
a unique type of animal
whose openly expressed and secret lives both are informed by yearnings of
redemption repentance and salvation and at the same time
resistance to
and weariness of the realization of these yearnings
realized
when they were to any extent realized in tragi-grotesque form
this movement and that revolution
young men were leaders until the -'ism' came
and drove them to statehood
the inevitable solution
the only solution
the anti-answer surrounded by sanctities immemorial yearnings
messianic aspirations poverty and filth
celestial and earthly
suppressed and
liberated
~!@!~
no thing
is perfect and pure
there is no complete satisfaction no thing is ideal
but
we live in order to perfect to purify to satisfy thru ideals
this anti-these syntheses
the jews are wrong with their nationalism
and so are the arabs with theirs
religion is oldfashioned and nonsense but wisdom is necessary and up to date!
'isms'
are madness leading to discrimination but
all human beings are ONE family
not just tourists &
businessmen:
to travel is useful and a must
and money can be as dangerous as power and violence
and work is healthy as long as
you like it
~!@!~
mediocre words
and idealistic or commercial sentences are cheap and widespread
so WE need something more breathtaking
and it is all up to us
you & me
for
to ne free means
to be able to do what is necessary
to be free mens to be free of violence
and that is why we will go on searching till we find "IT"
OTHER ways to change the world
like
not being overcome by evil
but overcoming evil by doing good
and if our 'enemies' are hungry we will give them to eat
and if they are thirsty give them to drink
not anymore avenging
ourselves
as it is said: recompense to no one evil for evil
but abhor that which is evil
and cleave to that which
is good ...
FOR illusion
breeds disappointment and
disappointment breeds despair
those who do not delude themselves find their balance
more quickly ...
belief
hope and love are meant
to serve ALL human beings when
idle fairytales dogmas and theories are gone and while
the values of our soul still are becoming what they are not yet
we are all becoming human beings
we are not what we are
we are not what we were
but we will be what we will be
genesis alpha omega male female yin yang ~
star of david cross of christ the moon of mohammed and the sun of china and japan/korea
hammers and sickles of comrades in arms but not as before
more like companions friends rather than foes
banning bombs while building our
new world
thru pro & con and left & right and inbetween where we are now
but will not always be
fixed
~@!~
we will be
free in feeling thinking singing song and poems opinions thru
creative words and works of art
the art of loving and living
and doing what we
have to do
without
force
as was meant by those words of old:
and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
love works no ill to his neighbour
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law
for we know now that it is
high time to awake out of the sleep
for now our 'salvation' is nearer
than ever
before
~!@!~
the night
is half spent and the day is at hand
let us therefore cast off the works of darkness
and let us put on the armour of light
and let's walk honestly
as in the day
not in rioting and drunkenness
not in chambering and wantonness
not in strife and envy
any more
~!@!~
love suffers long
and is kind
love wants not itself and is not puffed up
love does not behave itself unseemly
seeks not her own
and is not easily provoked
thinks no evil
rejoices not in iniquity
but rejoices in the truth
bears all things
believes all things
hopes all things
endures all things
LOVE NEVER FAILS
to attain a greater measure of awareness
and with it of freedom
entails a certain amount of suffering and even risk
is after all
an educational process
that would and could not avoid this
for it is not just simple technical training
that ceased to have any relationship to the civilizing of
our mind
~!@!~
EVEN THOSE
who do not find this interesting
will by this contact have become a little less stolid in their prejudices
a little more careful in their commitments
and a little more sceptical
about the commitments of others
and also perhaps a little more compassionate
in their journeys thru
society
~!@!~
UNLIKE
puppets we have the possibility
of stopping in our movements: looking up and perceiving the machinery
by which we have been moved ~
THIS ACT
is the first step towards
freedom
which
started a long time ago
on our journeys
without
end
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