1. OT/MP
IS NOT ADVICE: OT/MP must be treated
as a compilation of options designed to support your insight and decision
making in terms of your personal needs and contemporary issues.
Only you have the power to inform yourself. Therefore, OT/MP should
be accepted as a thoughtful collection of opinions, not advice or council.
While the author may have opinions
on everything, he offers advice on nothing. You are responsible for
extracting from OT/MP all concepts, ideas, and strategies that you find
are relevant, useful, and helpful for you. The author cannot know
what those will be for you, nor for any Pilgrim who visits the site, nor
the context in which you and others will implement OT/MP's concepts.
Therefore the author is not and cannot be responsible for how you interpret
and apply this material.
2. COPYRIGHT
DISCLAIMER This site uses quotes and citations
under the "fair use" doctrine (e.g., in support of criticism and
commentary) as permitted in traditional publishing, which includes attribution
to my source, and where possible, a link to the source site. Copyright
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While I expect cooperation from
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OT/MP and is testimony to one important abuse of power by large corporations.
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right to know.
Where it occurs, this type of corporate
abuse constitutes a real cost to you the reader, to the authorities I would
cite, and to our society. Such restrictive practices are not acceptable
in a Democracy. To the extent censorship by denial of such quotations is
present, it is one important indicator of the growing threats to our freedoms.
When corporations act to control the dissemination of information by use
of economic and/or legal coercion, such denials illustrate the dangers
that arise from abuses of corporate power getting out of control as documented
in this e-book. [Reference]
3. RELIGION:
OT/MP holds that religion can and should be a crucial and positive element
in nurturing the Spiritual growth and development of its adherents.
The positive value toward religion general should not be confused with
the perversion of religion that OT/MP has defined as "religionist."
[see
definition]
4.
CAPITALISM: OT/MP is not taking
a stand against capitalism, nor for that matter does a it take a position
against communism or socialism. However, OT/MP does take a strong
stand against predatory capitalism,
and the corruptions of power that also afflict classical communism and
socialism.
5. ABORTION:
OT/MP
neither advocates for nor condemns abortion as an option for any given
person. OT/MP does affirm the right and responsibility for every
woman to choose or not choose abortion in her particular case for the following
reasons. The current debate on abortion is a religion grounded debate,
based on the belief structure of a Christian religious perspective, in
particular fundamentalist and Catholic Christianity. The Christian
position is formed on their definition of life, and when life begins.
However, while human life begins can be identified scientifically
by accepting that point of conception where sperm and ovum are united,
it is by no means clear when the Soul actually occupies the living body.
The point at which human life
begins, i.e., when the Soul occupies the body, is a matter
of personal belief.
This belief ranges from
a position which holds that a human life begins at the moment a fetus is
conceived, to as long as a week after birth. Therefore, no person
or group can, nor should they, have a right to define for others that point
where human life begins according to their own criteria,
nor should they be permitted to create civil or criminal law based on their
unique understanding and view so as to force others to obey such laws.
The decision on abortion should
involve only the mother, and the father, in the presence of competent medical
advice and Spiritual
guidance, to be the sole determiners of the decision. The father
is included because a man is dependent upon woman to give birth to his
child, and his right to parenthood should be treated equally with that
of the mother. The decision on abortion must be a Spiritual
(not religious)
grounded decision. Therefore, such a decision is far more complex that
can be addressed in this summary. Additional details are found in
Dialogue 6, as influenced by the dynamics of Karma and Reincarnation.
6. LAWYERS:
the law ought be one of the most important and valuable contributions to
the Spiritual health of humanity. On one hand, OT/MP holds
that "the law"
is the single most important potential for creating a fair and just society,
one grounded in Spiritual (not
religious) Principle. On the other hand, for the reasons given,
OT/MP holds the current state of art in the practice of law in contempt.
"The law" ought be the routine source of simple justice, creating
social stability, and promoting trust and respect among those who find
themselves in dispute. "The law"
should be a valid and powerful mirror of THE
LAW. But today, it is perverted by the
human ego's ultimate obsession with power and control by those who create
and own the law, its lawyers and judges. Thus lawyers struggle in
ego
managed power and control contest that define
bitter win-lose contests. In these struggles, except for those who feed
at the trough of the law, all parties to the litigation are harmed, regardless
of the outcome. The likelihood of justice in our courts today exists
in direct proportion to one's ability to pay for it. It is a consummate
evil, a festering lesion on the face of humanity.
7. SCOPE
VS SPECIALIZATION: The author does not pretend
to have the current state of art or in depth information about any of a
dozen specialty areas that are brought together as the Mystical Paradigm.
Accordingly, he asks not to be judged as a specialist in any area in which
you may have such credentials. Instead, the Mystical Paradigm should
be understood to be a Holistic Paradigm, that
integrates and applies ideas and concepts from science (e.g. consciousness
studies, General Systems Theory) and Metaphysics (the study of Reality
and Spirituality.)
The MP applies these insights to
a critical analysis of contemporary issues in politics, economics, government,
and journalism among other areas of professional specialization.
The author has prepared the Mystical Paradigm to empower each specialist
in their area to more effectively relate their area to the larger dynamic
Reality that has created today's real world of experience. The author
expects that students being prepared to work in any specialty area will
be empowered to more effectively function in their area once they understand
the Principles that define the Mystical Paradigm.
8. EDITING
& GRAPHICS: the author is unable to afford
the costs of editing. Therefore, he is left to release this project
with regrets that the improvements afforded by competent editing
are not available. Likewise, all of the graphics not attributed to
others are the work of the author who is not a professional graphics designer.
While some graphics may lack a professional touch, the author believes
all graphics used are quite serviceable. To
find out how you can help overcome these shortcomings, please visit the
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