Muslims and God

I now believe that western Christian (not religion) thought is if one empties oneself of human emotions (desire, greed, love, happiness) a silent empty place is opened for the Spirit to flow into; God can reside in a human being. So any action we do to ourselves and others we do as God as our personnel witness. (wash your hands and mind your manners!)



Muslims may believe that God is a great power somewhere outside of humans and this world. So why not kill or treat badly other humans? They have made God into an image of themselves. Rationalization to the extreme! Much different than accepting God (in whatever form God happens to be) into the cool, silent emptiness of non-self.

Diamond and Democracy

Democracy, plutocracy, socialism, fascism, aristocracy, capitalism are all like the facets of a diamond. The diamond if skillfully cut, each face proportionally reflective of the citizens, is beautiful beyond words. But it is the tension in the purity of interior space that is important; it is what holds the diamond together. In other words the interior relationship between all the -isms and -cracies is what holds a society together.