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path has immediate relevance for the war with iran kornfield quotes gandhi i have only three enemies my favorite enemy the one most easily influenced for the better is the british empire my second enemy the indian people is far ore difficult but my most formidable opponent is a man named mohandas k gandhi with him i seem to have very little influence kornfield wrote individually and as a society we must move from the pain of our speed our addictions and our denial to stop the war he then cites a statement by napoleon bonaparte near the end of his life do you know what astonished me most in the world the inability of force to create anything in the long run the sword is always beaten by the spirit kornfield s summary compassion and a greatness of heart arise whenever we stop the war it is possible to stop the war and come into the timeless present to touch a great ground of being that contains all things this is the purpose of a spiritual discipline and of choosing a path with heart to discover peace and connectedness in ourselves and to stop the war in us and around us from caught in its own doctrine why israel cannot win stop or endure the iran war by tahir azad small wars journal arizona state university june 24 2026 leave a comment coherence consciousness gratitude health humor interspiritual resources june 25 2026 june 24 2026 jack kornfield joe elmore recently introduced me to jack kornfield born in 1945 at camp lejeune nc raised jewish on the us east coast graduated from dartmouth college in 1967 in asian studies after switching from pre med he joined the peace corps and asked to be assigned to a buddhist country he served in thailand and studied buddhism there as well as in india and burma kornfield is a veteran buddhist teacher he co founded the insight meditation society in barre massachusetts then he co founded the spiritrock meditation center in california in 1984 the year his daughter caroline was born his major life themes have been meditation mindfulness and compassion joe recommended two books by kornfield a path with heart 1993 and the wise heart 2008 from a path pp 15 16 there is an old story about a famous rabbi living in europe who was visited one day by a man who had traveled by ship from new york to see him the man came to the great rabbi s dwelling a large house on a street in a european city and was directed to the rabbi s room which was in the attic he entered to find the master living in a room with a bed a chair and a few books the man had expected much more after greetings he said rabbi where are your things the rabbi asked in return well where are yours his visitor replied but rabbi i m only passing through and the master answered so am i so am i from tending the garden of the dharma for 25 years by walt opie for spiritrock august 22 2014 jackkornfield com 1 comment animals civility hope humor interspiritual nonviolence reconciliation june 24 2026 america s buddhist moment last night i reflected on america s buddhist moment that occurred a few months ago by reading an old david pham article buddhist monks bring walk for peace to washington dc and a less than 5 minute abc news video of the monk s journey from fort worth to dc it was encouraging to see the growth of the visibly touched crowds that welcomed them as they walked buddhism is self consciously a philosophy rather than a religion the non confrontational spirit of the monks from fort worth was a refreshing lesson for americans of all persuasions perhaps particularly so for those who have been steeped in a competitive or confrontational religion such as some forms of christianity or islam i think of buddhism as an added healing balm or flavor as i drifted off to sleep i thought of the pre war negotiations between the us and iran led by the president s son in law and a real estate colleague rather than veteran diplomats and i wondered what it would be like if a buddhist group from a neutral or non aligned nation developed some expertise in conflict resolution among nations like the us and iran dogs welcomed just sayin bhikkhu pannakara holds aloka the peace dog on february 12 2026 in dc via american community media when we visited the monks in selma as they approached the edmund pettus bridge aloka made eye contact with another dog among the by standers and gave a warning growl to keep it away from the monks prompting a gentle tug on the leash 1 comment coherence consciousness movies music prophetic voices quotes tragicomedy june 23 2026 june 22 2026 when the dealin s done kenny rogers 1938 2020 recorded his signature song a folk ballad entitled the gambler in 1978 the chorus begins you got to know when to hold em know when to fold em i thought of rogers song when the current us president famously told the ukraine president in a televised oval office conversation that vis a vis russia you don t have the cards i thought of the song again when a news report suggested that our president doesn t have the cards to prevail in his war with iran our president believed a massive preemptive strike by the us and israel would be obliterating and would lead to a quick iranian surrender his premature claims of victory reminded me of the wisdom warning from lines three and four of the gambler s chorus you never count your money when you re sittin at the table there ll be time enough for countin when the dealin s done the first stanza of the gambler is a gem of wisdom literature every gambler knows that the secret to survivin is knowin what to throw away and knowin what to keep cause every hand s a winner and every hand s a loser a weaker hand can prevail if the other players drop out in a 1967 movie luke jackson paul newman won a hand with nothing because no one called his bluff he said sometimes nothin can be a real cool hand from the gambler a music video by kenny rogers via youtube see also capitulation day the dimensions of defeat and the chance of recovery by timothy snyder thinking about july 19 2026 trump threatens iranian negotiators safety they walk out by robert hubbell today s edition newsletter june 22 2026 leave a comment interspiritual civility art health music hope justice june 22 2026 june 21 2026 the gift of worship after many years as a planner or leader worship in retirement has been a gift by too many people to count almost entirely folks at first church birmingham from those earlier active duty years i have a deep appreciation for the prayerful investment of thought time and energy that creates two simultaneous traditional and contemporary worship services available via lifestream that are relevant uplifting and challenging experiences that help me begin a new week the various elements of music movement proclamation visuals and engagement gracefully flow together in artful holy mystery that offers a powerful contextual and transformational moment in time and space one example yesterday we baptized twin infants in the traditional service as the twins were presented to the congregation three gifted musicians embodying sacred diversity led the congregation in singing a meditation hymn entitled for everyone born these words from that hymn helped me put human brokenness unjust wars inequality and injustice within a larger timeless context of hope as we blessed those children with holy water that expresses our yearning for all children and all creation for everyone born a place at the table for everyone born clean water and bread a shelter a space a safe place for growing for everyone born a star overhead for everyone born a place at the table to live without fear and simply to be to work to speak out to witness and worship for everyone born the right to be free from everyone born during the traditional worship service at first church birmingham united methodist june 21 2026 for the worship bulletin click here 1 comment agency civility coherence faith justice leadership sunday dinner june 21 2026 june 21 2026 harry washington jon meacham s biography of thomas jefferson helped me understand that lingering loyalty to britain continued in america until the war of 1812 last week a friend directed me to a 2025 article in the atlantic about an often ignored group black loyalists one of them was a slave named harry born in africa around 1740 harry was sold to george washington in 1763 he was one of 20 slaves to flee mount vernon when lord dunmore virginia s royal governor offered emancipation to slaves willing to fight with the british harry washington enlisted with the black pioneers britain s first black regiment their motto was liberty for slaves by the war s end some 20 000 black americans had served as active members of the british military about three times as many as had fought as patriots and many tens of thousands more had fled plantations to support the king s cause by cooking cleaning and caring for livestock from the atlantic article cited below the black pioneers was a military construction unit harry washington later served in a british artillery unit after the war he avoided capture by the patriots and was among 410 passengers to land in nova scotia on a french cargo ship that had been captured by the british eventually he migrated to sierra leone from the black loyalists by andrew lawler the atlantic october 8 2025 leave a comment agency bridge builders hope inclusiveness justice leadership prophetic voices june 20 2026 a long shadow rainy weather provided an opportunity to finish reading thomas jefferson the art of power jon meacham s epilogue includes reflections about jefferson by abraham lincoln in 1859 all honor to jefferson who had the coolness forecast and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document an abstract truth applicable to all people and all times a rebuke and a stumbling block to tyranny and oppression and by franklin roosevelt in 1932 jefferson taught the country that federalism represented only a minority of the people that to build a great nation the interests of all groups in every part must be considered and that only in a large national unity could real security be found and by harry truman in 1948 i have a profound faith in the people of this country and their commonsense their love for freedom and justice is not dead our people believe today as jefferson did that people were not born with saddles on their backs to be ridden by the privileged few and by ronald reagan speaking at the university of virginia in 1988 the pursuit of science the study of the great works the value of free inquiry had their first and firmest advocate and their greatest embodiment in one who watched this university take form from the mountainside where he lived the university whose founding he called a crowning achievement to a long and well spent life directly down the lawn and across the ellipse from the white house are those ordered classic lines of the jefferson memorial and the eyes of the 19 foot statue that gaze directly into the white house a reminder to any of us who might occupy that mansion of the quality of mind and generosity of heart that once abided there and has been so rarely seen there again from a less than 5 minute clip of a c span video of monticello benefactor david rubenstein s interview with jon meacham about thomas jefferson the art of power in the james madison building at the library of congress leave a comment filed under america american revolution history politics thomas jefferson art consciousness inclusiveness justice reconciliation science technology june 19 2026 sally hemings 1773 1835 since may 6th with pen in hand for underlining i ve been reading thomas jefferson the art of power yesterday i read about his inauguration as president in 1800 jon meacham has provided a framework for reflection in these days leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence sally hemings one of jefferson s slaves entered my consciousness in 1998 with the news that her descendants dna indicated thomas jefferson also was their ancestor it was during our tour of monticello and subsequently reading meacham that i grasped the significance of the jefferson hemings relationship that personal relationship embodies the searing tragedy of our founders failure to abolish slavery at or soon after the nation s beginning jefferson knew slavery was evil he tried and failed on several occasions to move virginia the colonies and the nation toward the abolition of slavery even as he enjoyed its benefits sally hemings is an inspiring example of strength courage and fidelity the science of dna has given us a fuller understanding of thomas jefferson the hemings jefferson relationship amplifies the importance of the declaration of independence and jefferson s other writings even if he was unable to grasp their full implications there s much about our heritage that i have yet to fully grasp and integrate into my personhood surely this is true for each of us we are after all works in 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