"The more coherent the observer is, the more refined and unified the observed reality becomes. (What we express, we know!)"
Larry Krantz: Today, Joyce and I would like to consider the magic of consciousness. To begin our time, here is an excerpt from a video that I find quite remarkable. It shows a portion of a love theme played by an orchestra in Hong Kong. The amazing part is that the featured pianist is a three-year-old boy. Here it is: https://toneoflife.org/recordings/Baby-Barron.mp4
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' "...we know that the Creator creates and forms come and go as they must." '
Volker Brendel: Hello, friends! It’s a great pleasure to be with you. It’s been about seven years since I last was in Colorado; it was about time to return. The first impression coming back is that you see familiar sights, street names, and so forth. The airport looks the same. I-25 is still a mess. And, of course, there are the majestic Rocky Mountains—to my eyes, unchanged. Rock solid, you might say. It’s comforting to have some things that can be relied on that don’t change or at least don’t change rapidly.
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"So, what does it mean to live in a collective Creator-Being consciousness?"
Sanford Baran: I’d like to provide some context around the last piece of pre-service music, Goin’ Home, beautifully performed by the South London boys’ choral ensemble Libera. The famous melody comes from the second movement of Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony. William Arms Fisher, one of Dvorak’s students at the National Conservatory, wrote the lyrics in 1922, nearly three decades after the symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall. https://toneoflife.org/recordings/Libera-Going-Home.mp4
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"There is a great transition underway, and it's quite obvious that this transition needs leadership."
The earth is filled with mysterious symbols. A symbol is a representation of something more than itself, and symbols are easily misunderstood. Human consciousness is anchored in a materialistic and literal worldview. The imperial victory of scientific materialism has conditioned us to revere the surface appearances, and to look for materialist explanations of everything. We hold a strong conviction that what we see is what is, but we often miss the meaning. We even miss what is actually there. Studies of “inattentional blindness” show how readily we fail to see what is plainly in front of us. What is seen remains misperceived and mysterious.
Continue reading…"As individuals allow their inherent nobility of character to manifest, a foundation is laid for governance that reflects not just human pragmatism but divine wisdom."
We find ourselves living in interesting times! Who wants to be bored anyway?
On the one hand we may think that current circumstances are totally unprecedented, what with concerns about executive overreach, questions about constitutional boundaries, the routine breaking of governmental norms and unbridled bullying on the international stage. Yet history offers us perspective: down through the ages it’s estimated that there have been thousands of individuals who have assumed the mantle of tyranny. They’ve been kings and emperors, military dictators, elected officials who gradually seized more power, revolutionary leaders who betrayed their ideals, and party secretaries who ruled through fear. The ancient Greeks coined the term “tyrant” over 2,500 years ago, and every generation since has witnessed struggles with humanly devised systems of power, authority, and governance.
Continue reading…"I've been repurposed, I'm an intelligent life detective."
Allan Jonas: A warm welcome to everyone, and I mean a warm welcome. We actually hit 50 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday in Calgary, so I have shed my winter coat.
It’s a real treat to be with you and also to be able to work with Larry this morning. In this moment, we find ourselves, as many would say, in challenging and trying times. There’s a lot of fear, angst, turmoil, and uncertainty out there. But we bring calm, perspective, and assurance. “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.” (Song of Solomon 2:10)
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