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Maslow Comment:  Maslow wrote during the early and middle of the 20th century which was dominated by the materialistic paradigms of stimulus response psychology, the behaviorists (Wundt, Watson, Skinner, Miller & Dollard).  The concurrently developing analytical schools of psychology that were defined by Freud, Jung, Erickson and their follows were dismissed by scientists as worthless because in their minds, these paradigms could not be subject to their scientific protocols.  Therefore Maslow, who along with Rollow May, Carl Rogers, George Kelly, and other existentialists and phenomenological psychologist created what was called the "Third Force" in psychology had to tread lightly.  To proclaim any concept or paradigm that rested in or even allowed for a concept of spirituality would have had the effect of  driving them out of their universities and livelihoods.  So the innocuous term "self actualization" was used. (See Maslow, 1984,  his last major work, for his closest approach to an overt concept of Spirituality.)

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8Before they went to sleep, she came up to them on the roof 9and said to the men: “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before you. 10For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea£ before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11As soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no courage left in any of us because of you. The LORD your God is indeed God in heaven above and on earth below. 12Now then, since I have dealt kindly with you, swear to me by the LORD that you in turn will deal kindly with my family. Give me a sign of good faith 13that you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.” 14The men said to her, “Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land.”

15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the outer side of the city wall and she resided within the wall itself. 16She said to them, “Go toward the hill country, so that the pursuers may not come upon you. Hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterward you may go your way.” 17The men said to her, “We will be released from this oath that you have made us swear to you 18if we invade the land and you do not tie this crimson cord in the window through which you let us down, and you do not gather into your house your father and mother, your brothers, and all your family. 19If any of you go out of the doors of your house into the street, they shall be responsible for their own death, and we shall be innocent; but if a hand is laid upon any who are with you in the house, we shall bear the responsibility for their death. 20But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be released from this oath that you made us swear to you.” 21She said, “According to your words, so be it.” She sent them away and they departed. Then she tied the crimson cord in the window.

22They departed and went into the hill country and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the way and found nothing. 23Then the two men came down again from the hill country. They crossed over, came to Joshua son of Nun, and told him all that had happened to them. 24They said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before us.”  (NRSV)

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Benjamin Franklin became a Freemason (while in France.) He arranged for funding of the revolution from Masonic and other secret orders in France (e.g., Rosecrucians) while there as Ambassador from the United States.  The United States was then founded by a group of men in which 52 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were Freemasons [Mackey, 1917,  p 1046].  All 15 of George Washington's top generals were Freemasons, five of them Grand Masters.  Washington himself was Grand Master of the Alexandria (Virginia) Lodge. [Ref Mackey, 1917, p 1046]   The Great Seal of the United States, and our official currency (e.g. the humble dollar bill) is embossed with images that have profound Mystical significance (but only for those with eyes to see.)

For example, on the reverse of the seal, there is the pyramid. The pyramid's use as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh was a secondary use.  Its principle use (due to its dimensions and construction according to sacred laws) was as a temple for the priests who were contemporary custodians of the most ancient Spiritual Truths until the death of the Pharaoh. [van Auken, 1999]

On the dollar bill's pyramid there are 12 layers of blocks (symbolic of the 12 tribes of Israel, which number is mystically significant going back beyond Pythagorean numerology. [Note:  related to ancient Egyptian astronomy (and perhaps even more ancient sources)  which tracked the annual route of the sun through the 12 astronomical "houses" of the night sky, with their recognized systematic influences on human activity.] The Roman numerals on the bottom row of the pyramid indicate the founding year, 1776.  [ref Hall, 1988, p LXII]  The characteristics of each of the 12 tribes is described in the occult dimensions of The Qabbalah, the Mystical text of Jewish origin. [See also Fillmore: The Twelve Powers of Man, 1995 reprint, which is based upon this Mystical guidance]

At the top of the Pyramid is a triangle, the shape of the Greek letter D (Delta,) which represents the name of GOD. It symbolizes the all seeing eye of GOD.  This not a reference to the primitive, vengeful, anthropomorphic God of Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals, but the transcendent universal GOD as worshipped by the original Gnostic Christians whose manifestation is described in The Secret Doctrine of Theosophy [Re Blavatsky, 1888/1988].  The pyramid contains 72 blocks (six representatives from each of the 12 tribes of Israel):

"The 72 stones are the 72 arrangements of the Tetragrammaton, or the four lettered name of God--the Divine part of nature completing the works of men.  These four letters can be combined into 72 combinations, resulting in what is called the Shemhamforesh, which represents, in turn, the laws, powers, and energies of Nature by which the perfection of man is achieved.  The Pyramid then is the Universal House, and above its unfinished apex [symbolizing the imperfection of mankind as an incomplete work] is the radiant emblem of the Great Architect of the Universe."  [Brackets added: Hall, 1944, 1972, p 179]  Read the allegory of  "The House of Three Rooms" in this work.

There are 13 (another mystical number described in Hall, 1988, [op cit., p LXIX]) each of the leaves and olives on the olive branches held in the right claw, symbolizing our preference and will to peace; 13 stars (for the original colonies,) tail feathers (balance,) and arrows in the left claw symbolizing our readiness and willingness for war if provoked.  There are sacred inscriptions in Latin: e.g., Noves Ordo Seclorum--" a new cycle of the ages, E Pluribus Unum-- "out of many, one" (which does not refer to the unit of money) and Annuit Coeptis--  "GOD smiles on this" placed over the triangle with the single eye at the top of the pyramid.  This Delta symbol represents the sixth chakra or the focal point of the intuitive mental plane that connects with the Spiritual information-energy fields.  Both of the latter inscriptions contain 13 letters in acknowledgment of the 13 colonies and the sacred number 13. (Ref Hall, Manly P., p XC)
See additional technical information grounded in Masonic Qabbalistic numerology.

The importance of this Mystical symbolism on our national seal, or on our common currency, has nothing to do with these symbols themselves. They only serve to remind the Spiritually endowed and stimulate the Spiritual Consciousness that a Spiritually empowered observer brings to these symbols that contains the Mystical power.  Without this Spiritual Consciousness, the symbols are meaningless, as can be found in trivialized materialistic interpretations for these symbols. As indicative of our nation's growing Spiritual impoverishment, pressures now exist within the materialistic corporate controllers of our government to remove these Sacred symbols from our money altogether.  ["Forgive them for they know not what they do!."]

There are detractors to this type of Spiritual interpretation and its link to Freemasonry.  When you visit any such source, keep in mind that Freemasonry has its roots in ancient Gnostic Principles even prior to the Christian Gnostics.  The line of Apostolic Successors (Proto-orthodox Christians) of the evolving Christian church, successfully persecuted the Gnostics from visibility during the first 300 years of the church [See NOTE;  see also details  at the end of part 3 of 3, Intro Dialogue.] Then the Apostolic Successors turned their inquisition on the Freemasons and other secret societies (alchemists, original Illuminati, Rosecrucians, Knights Templar, and others) who nevertheless preserved elements of these ancient Gnostic Principles in secret. For example, Isaac Newton, an alchemist in his latter years, took great pains to hide from the church his in depth involvement with alchemy, the Qaballah, Gnostic, and other Mystical sources.  [Ref the radical film: ARNTZ, William, CHASSE, Betsy, & VICENTE, Mark, 2004, What the Bleep do We know?, Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) & Captured Light Industries: Lord of the Winds Films, LLC;  PDF study guide] 

At the time of the revolution, it was not healthy to be a Freemason in colonial culture, let alone an enemy of the British Crown.  Consistent with the practices of all secret Mystical societies to sow doubt and confusion among their detractors, they frequently hid, destroyed, or never kept records that might be found incriminating.  Hence the detestation of Freemasonry among some of its religious and secular opponents. Such criticisms, when found, ought be interpreted with an informed grain of salt.  Better still, surrender you own understanding being developed from this and other sources and surrender your current understanding and confusion to Meditation.  Best of all is to enter Meditation in the The Silence, to nurture those influences from the Realms of Spirit, the only home of TRUTH.

The United States of America is an example of success in intentionally creating a Spiritually grounded advanced benevolent society.  [See details, The Secret Destiny of America, [Hall, 1944]  But the very success of the United States, or any Spiritually directed undertaking, does not guarantee worldly success for those Builders who risk to advance a Spiritually endowed cause based upon the Gnostic Wisdom and teachings of Jesus.  The fate of America's founding fathers has been documented, and all of them are True Heroes. They, and their supporting families, knowingly risked and accepted to suffer enormously, and did in most cases, in order to create the Spiritual legacy that is The United States of America.  The Spiritual integrity of The United States of America is now under assault from the corportists as aided and abetted by the religious right.  This trend has disastrous portent for our Democracy's future.  President Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist and Evangelical Christian, has written a well informed, thoughtful,and disturbing account of the religious right's pernicious influence in American politics today.  [Recommended, Carter, 2005]  

The world should realize that the current high profile opposition to Christian symbols, the word "God", and the use of prayer and religious ceremony in our public institutions has nothing to do with any real rejection of God, Jesus, or our Judao-Christian culture. The real reason is because the Christian religious right has co opted these symbols and is using them as weapons in their sectarian struggle for worldly political power, and in service to their goal to impose their values and beliefs on all others.  

The real reason then, why moderate and progressive Christians oppose the use of these symbols and rituals in public applications, is because the power mongers of  the Christian right have successfully hijacked these Christian symbols for tactical applications in their struggle for political power.  In serving these goals, they repudiate the teachings of their Jesus ("You cannot serve both God and mammon.") This betrayal by the religious right is the real reason for opposition to these symbols in public places, not because they are less Christian or Spiritual, but because they feel pressure to resist the religious right's tactical and strategic use of these symbols and rituals in public, in sectarian institutions, and in other secular activities. 

The power and majesty of the Spiritually grounded legacy our founders gave us was so potent that we continue to benefit today, even after 200 years of human weakness in our political leadership, even as this legacy is being progressively betrayed by corporate and sectarian greed, and their lust for worldly power.  These fatal goals are aided and abetted by Spiritually naive right wing sectarian interests and a Spiritually challenged electorate.  In their own lust for worldly power, much of the electorate has been successfully seduced to either ignore or give uninformed zealous support for the right wing's religious and sectarian betrayal of our Spiritual legacy.  

For this reason, as the Spiritual power behind these sacred symbols fades from the Consciousness of our political and corporate leaders and the greater American public, the USA slides into decline and eventual oblivion.  We  will not succumb to Chinese or Islamic aggression alone.  But we will succumb to Spiritual neglect, corruption, and emptiness.  In negligently facing this fate, we join every other great civilization before us who perished into oblivion because of their arrogance and ignorant neglect of Spiritual Truth. [e.g., in addition to world civilizations  like the Chaldeons, Babylonians, Egyptians, Alexandrians, and Romans, see also the alternating cycles of kings and prophets in the Old Testament.]

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OT/MP takes a somewhat different perspective on the teachings of Jesus. The purpose of Jesus' message was not to make us dependent and trapped by having to cling to the literal plank of His teachings. Rather, for those with "eyes to see and ears to hear" He has prepared us to give up the wooden plank to walk on the water and entirely transcend the storms of worldly life without any dependence on planks.

"Moral contempt for bankers and their power over others would endure across the centuries and into the  present time, but the process of capital accumulation established its own justification.  The morality was exalted in the Protestant ethic of John Calvin; the mechanics were elaborated by the classical economists who accompanied the rise of industrial capitalism.  Bankers were assured that by doing what they had once been forbidden, they were actually doing good for all." In- Greider, William, Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country, (NY: Simon and Schuster), 1987. (p- 172)

"The awkward little secret of the American System was that modern recessions did not flow ineluctably from mysterious natural forces in the business cycle.  Recessions were induced by the federal government.  In seven recessions since World War the same transaction had preceded each contraction [of the economy]:  the Federal Reserve's decision to force up the interest rates to an abnormal level" (p 393)

"The orderly world described in economics textbooks was thus inverted.  Economics taught that finance existed to facilitate business and commerce, that the real economy was the core of capitalism and that finance merely served it like a veil.  When money's value was given paramount priority, the order was turned upside down.   The diverse energies of the real economy, the vast aspirations of Americans generally, would now be suppressed in order to protect the interests of money." (p 620)

  "Certain principles of money were not subject to alteration by the modern technocratic managers.  They might be ignored or forgotten for a time, but they could not be repealed.  One of these principles was the ancient biblical injunction against usury,  The particular definitions of usury had changed over the centuries, but the moral meaning had not.  Usury was present when lenders insisted on terms that were sure to ruin the borrowers."  (Greider, op cit., p 707)

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Conversion or elimination of all "unbelievers" is a sworn goal that is required of all Muslims as an article of their faith. An "unbeliever" is any person not sworn to and devoted to the principles and obligations set forth in The Holy Qur'an. Believers are required to slavishly follow the dictates of The Holy Qur'an.  In the face of suras (chapters/verses) like those shown below, how is it possible to trust any claim of good will or proclamations of good faith by even so called "moderate" Muslims? 

Those Muslims who lust for secular power can conveniently hang their evil agendas on these scriptural hooks.  Under the rules defined by Islam, any deceitful and lying tactic is approved in order to overcome the infidel and propagate the faith, whether by fair means or foul.  As quoted in part two of the three part Introductory Dialogue, America must come to believe the truth in the following declaration with its dire implications:

Abu Bakar Bashir, an Islamic cleric who is the alleged leader of an Indonesian terrorist cult, Jemaah Iskmiah, with links to Al Qaeda, has said, "There are only two acceptable outcomes for Islam. To win or to die." [CNN Presents,  "Seeds of Terror," 8:00 p.m. EDT, June 21, 2003]"

The table below compiles comparative quotes from two translations of The Holy Qur'an.  The Dawood translation (copyright 1956-1974) has had 13 printings across four revisions during five decades. It is the most widely read and studied source of The Holy Qur'An  in the United States to the current day.   The Ali translation is slightly less militant. It is the translation that was provided the author by the American Muslim Council as the authoritative edition.    

Where the "exceptions" from The Holy Qur'an noted below refer to "just cause," ask who makes that decision? 
Ask who it is that defines the "limits" that Islam is not to "transgress."
And also consider whether or not we "...have been warned beforehand..." regarding our promised death at the hands of Islam. 

Since the quotes below are from the most sacred text of Islam, The Holy Qur'an, is there in fact an Islam that is not militant? WHERE ARE THE ISLAMIC SCHOLARS OF GOOD WILL WHO ARE PREPARED TO REFUTE THESE EVIL PASSAGE?  I plead to hear their voices.

The writer alleges himself to be a person by the name of Frank Collins.  By his comments and their tone, he is obviously a militant defender of Islam. His chilling words are posted here verbatim.   They need to be taken seriously, as well as the hatred with which they are packaged:

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Posted April 11, 2007 7:54 PM

See link to letter from an American Airlines pilot immediately below that I offer as an antidote to the above expression of Islamic hate.

WHAT MUST BE DONE??  
The assertions in the MP's Introductory Dialogue (Part 2 of 3) state what must be done.  To visit that guidance and gain an appreciation of the scale of the effort required, please visit the concept "When Killing is essential for life [Begins with "The Vigilant and Dispassionate Phagocytes."]  Further, in Dialogue 1, (On The Nature of Consciousness) you learn that minds that are limited by a primitive (concrete) consciousness cannot be reasoned with from a different or higher level of consciousness [Because of the dominance of Concrete HIP (Human Information Processing) competence, developed as Dialogue 4.] 

Therefore, when any such group is prone to violence as the sole, primary, or inevitable means for achieving their political goals, they must preemptively be utterly, ruthlessly and completely destroyed, along with their entire supporting infrastructure.  Of course as noted in that Introductory Dialogue, (Part 2 of 3), such a draconian resolution must be accomplished only as a last resort in the context of rigid adherence to the conditional cautions and warning protocols discussed in that dialogue.

To apply the C/consciousness paradigm presented by OT/MP [glossary, def. of C/consciousness], evidence of good faith by the Islamic community should only be trusted given clear and persistent efforts by credible Islamic scholars and leaders in America and overseas, to refute these and other hostile passages taken from The Holy Qur'an. These hostile passages must be refuted as being the true words of Mohammed.   Until these passages are refuted, there MUST be NO accommodation with Islam.  No such agreement contrary to the mandates of Islam can be trusted to be anything more than a deceptive tactical device to cause the "unbelievers" to lower their guard and be eliminated.

Western scholars who have looked into the roots of The Holy Qur'an suggest the possibility that such repudiation could be obtained. They suspect that revisionist elements who followed Mohammed have perverted his teachings in order to advance their ego driven power and control agenda of world conquest. One of the foremost early 20th Century scholars into the Mystical legacy of humanity, Manly P. Hall, wrote about "The Faith of Islam," in his master work re-published in 1988, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.  He wrote:

"Everything to the contrary notwithstanding, Mohammed is not responsible for the contradictions and inconsistencies in The Koran, for the volume was not compiled and did not assume its present form until over 20 years after his death...  From what is known of the man Mohammed, it is reasonable to suppose that these nobler and finer portions represent the actual doctrines of the Prophet; the remainder are obvious interpolations, some arising from misunderstanding and others direct forgeries calculated to satisfy the temporal ambitions of [a] conquering Islam." p  CXCII

Note the following as ominous evidence of the REAL and latent threat from Islam as it is presently practiced.  The revelations of Iraqi prisoner abuse at the hands of United States soldiers in Iraq reported during the spring of 2004 led to a paroxysm of concern, apologies, and investigations that terminated the careers of most of those responsible.  Yet this "torture" was minor compared to the beheading, violent torture, and other routine anti-human actions and practices of the Islamic terrorists and their supporters in Iraq and elsewhere.  Why then, is there is silence across the world of Islam as to their own outrages, and why do they not acknowledge the apologies and corrective actions of the US military once these abuses by Americans came to light?  What is the hidden message here?

Even worse, consistent with the model of C/consciousness taught by the MP [in Dialogue 1], the Muslems continue to rage against this lapse of American ethics while they do not acknowledge America's overt concern for our own errors expressed in the punitive actions upon those perpetrators of that prisoner abuse, nor do they acknowledge the remedies being installed to protect against subsequent abuse. What does this suspicious silence mean?  In countless interviews by the media political wonks on every network, why do they not ever directly and pointedly challenge the representatives of Islamic apologists and defenders who visit their programs about these hostile suras?   Their religion mandates that all non believer's be killed, a mandate for genocide.

The United States leadership needs to immediately go to the religious root of Islamic violence, and quickly demand, that the Koranic teachings in advocacy of violence and the exclusion of "unbelievers" be formally repudiated.

This corrective action must be done by both the followers of Islam, and especially by Islamic clerics and scholars across the world, and most especially by those in the United States. SURELY IT IS CLEAR WHAT IT MEANS IF THEIR SILENCE CONTINUES?   "By their works ye shall know them."  As promised in accordance with the science and Metaphysics of OT/MP:

Use your browser's "back" button to return to the various jump points in OT/MP that brought you to this note.

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     1. I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.

     2. I will obey my special orders and perform all of my duties in a military manner.

     3. I will report violations of my special orders, emergencies, and anything not covered in my instructions to the commander of the relief.

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"On 11 - 13 November, this ongoing discourse will move to Washington, D.C., as the FORTUNE Global Forum 2002 gathers the heads of the world's largest multinational corporations to focus on "The Power of Leadership: Mastering the New Realities."

"Participation is by invitation only and is limited to chairmen, CEOs, and presidents of major multinational corporations. [emphasis added] Top caliber guests, global representation, a strategically focused program led by the editors of FORTUNE, the intimate size of the meeting, and interactive formats ensure that the FORTUNE Global Forum is the premier summit for global executives."

There is an annual secret convocation held each year at Bohemian Grove, California, to which only invitations permit admittance. The alleged purpose of this convocation is for select corporate and government (read congressional) elite to play and romp with no serious discussions of any kind on the agenda. Sure!  No press or media are allowed.

See also patterns of disinformation and secret meetings noted at the following sites:

http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id1054/pg1/

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"As a serious student of the conditions necessary for revolution, Tocqueville tried in the late 1840s to warn the governing powers in France about the possibility of overthrow.  He was convinced that the government and the Court had so offended the people that democratic passions would soon overturn the government.  On January 27, 1848, Tocqueville, a deputy, rose in the Chamber of Deputies.  'They tell me that there is no danger because there are no disturbances,' he said.  'They say that there is no visible perturbation on the surface of society, there are no revolutions beneath it.  Gentlemen, allow me to say that you are wrong. Disturbance is not abroad, but it has laid hold men's minds.'   Within four weeks the people revolted, the king fled, and the Second Republic was proclaimed.'"

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"The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Viewed by this light it becomes a coherent scheme, and not the monstrous maze the laity are apt to think it. Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble."  in Bleak House by Charles Dickens, Chapter 39

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"Ah! in what a monstrous moment of pride and passion he had prayed that the portrait should bear the burden of his days, and he keep the unsullied splendor of eternal youth!   All his failure had been due to that. Better for him that each sin of his life had brought its sure swift penalty along with it.  There was purification in punishment. Not "Forgive us our sins" but "Smite us for our iniquities" should be the prayer of man to a most just God...

But this murder--was it to dog him all his life? Was he always to be burdened by his past? Was he really to confess? Never. There was only one bit of evidence left against him. The picture itself--that was evidence. He would destroy it. Why had he kept it so long?   Once it had given him pleasure to watch it changing and growing old.  Of late he had felt no such pleasure. It had kept him awake at night.  When he had been away, he had been filled with terror lest other eyes should look upon it. It had brought melancholy across his passions.  Its mere memory had marred many moments of joy. It had been like conscience to him. Yes, it had been conscience. He would destroy it.

He looked round and saw the knife that had stabbed Basil Hallward. He had cleaned it many times, till there was no stain left upon it.  It was bright, and glistened. As it had killed the painter, so it would kill the painter's work, and all that that meant. It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.  It would kill this monstrous soul-life, and without its hideous warnings, he would be at peace. He seized the thing, and stabbed the picture with it....

When they entered, they found hanging upon the wall a splendid portrait of their master as they had last seen him, in all the wonder of his exquisite youth and beauty. Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart.  He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage.  It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was."

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