Defiance of existing constitutions and laws by the religious right presage fulfillment of the Henoch Prophecies
Pat Buchanan often has interesting, if not fully logical commentaries. In this one, he stupidly equates the moral legitimacy of the civil rights movement, which was based on ending discrimination against an entire race of people, with the rights of people to disobey the laws of the land and discriminate against others, based on their religious beliefs.
Buchanan, who’s a right-wing Christian, also thinks it’s religiously justified to discriminate against other people because of what they willingly do with each other, because the beliefs of Christians, based on what an imaginary god, savior, etc., supposedly commands, entitles them to do so.
In this particular case the controversy over the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to order the removal of a monument of the 10 Commandments has provoked defiance and Buchanan’s foretelling that it’s all leading to civil disobedience and secession, led by the right and, presumably, by Christians. He somehow fails to note that no court has barred anyone from practicing the 10 Commandments, such as they are. (Here are the actual 12 Recommendations, with an additional excerpt here.)
Rosa Parks fought for her right to be treated like an equal human being, not to inflict her beliefs on others, as proponents of having religious monuments, laws, prayers, etc., do with righteous fervor.
Additionally, another right-wing commentator, Alan Keyes, writes about why he thinks direct democracy is such a threat to the nation. Of course the Swiss have held another opinion for about seven centuries, one that is also shared by the Plejaren.
For those who are paying attention, we are reminded of what the Henoch Prophecies foretold (emphasis added):
- Yet the misery on Earth will continue, as two terrible civil wars will break out in America, whereby one will follow the other.
- Afterwards, the United States of America will break apart and deadly hostility will prevail among her, which then leads to the division into five different territories; and it cannot be prevented that sectarian* fanatics will play a dictatorial role.
And the timing could possibly be related to what Ptaah told Billy Meier regarding 2020.
Could scenes like this, which are further indicators of France’s coming fall to radical Islam – also foretold in the Henoch Prophecies – be similarly enacted by equally fanatical right-wing Christians in the US?
Naw, it couldn’t happen here…right (no pun intended)?
*Religious
Mike, what would you do if civil war breaks out during your lifetime. Would you leave?
Luis,
Not necessarily.
Michael, I think you know where the only safe area is in the USA that you need to be able to go to, i.e. have a separate home ready for you there.
Actually there are many safe areas because it also depends on people’s consciousness. One can attract a lot of danger to themselves in supposedly safe areas too, it happens all the time.
“One can attract a lot of danger to themselves in supposedly safe areas”
Agreed. 22 serious assassination attempts and counting. 🙁
Right, and in the land of…neutrality no less!
And countless shenanigans!
Pat B. may be a nut with religion. But he’s dead on when it comes to illegal immigration. The 3rd World is just walking into the USA. They are already demanding citizenship etc etc. Obama & his lack of border controls is going help break up this country like Bosnia. Where’s Obama with this Illegal alien killing in SF? It doesn’t fit his Leftist open borders agenda that’s why he remains silent. Yet he will defend a criminal like Michael Brown. I’m starting to wonder if Obama is an anti-white bigot. Al Sharpton at the White House over 60 times. As a former Obama supporter I’m finished supporting him. He’s dividing this country not uniting it.
Yes he is, as are any and all other people who recognize that illegal immigration destroys the host country, etc.
Obama’s policies on this are dead wrong.
BTW, please use your real name when submitting further comments to the blog, thanks.
I doubt you ever supported Obama. But I do agree Obama is wrong on immigration policies.
Wow, just wow. As a black woman I must say you’re wrong about everything else besides immigration. This lack of understanding of blacks, and the crap we go through (regardless of whether you care to understand or not) is part of the problem. You are blind.
MH, another good blog!
btw, Destruction of the Truth = Norm ?
“Direct democracy” only works when there is a cohesive culture with consistent and unchanging values that the entire people generally agrees on. A true democracy is thus impossible in the USA where there is no single people or single culture with a “Volkswille” that can reliably agree upon the common good. Instead there is indeed just demagogy and a mob-tyranny that is getting ever worse. Into the vacuum of culture come all kinds of fanatical ideologies to fill its place, as well as materialism and conscienceless greed in all forms. This is already fundamentally a suicidal system. A direct democracy would only be possible if Americans had consistent values in order to elect leaders that embody and practise those values. Ironically, the less controlled a direct democracy is by rigid laws that do not allow digressions from the Volkswille, the more it in reality is just a dictatorship by whomever holds the most cultural, religious and other manipulative influence over the masses.
Democracy in my opinion means that the laws are the dictators, so it is the exact opposite of a dictatorship where arbitrary judgments, political ideologies, or megalomaniacal individuals are the dictators. Democracy does not mean that mass opinion simply overrules the law at any given opportunity, but quite the opposite. It means logical, solid, unchanging and rigid laws formulated by wise people who have the Volkswille in mind.
Dear The Judas-lineage Matthew,
Very nice work. Please keep spreading the empowering truth in your erudite prose.
Ptaah also put it well with “seditiously” (or insurrectionary) [aufständisch]:
“Actually the USA, with its delusion that it plays the role of world police and must snatch world control for itself, is to blame for all that which is evil and bad which it officially brings about in North Korea, in Afghanistan, in Iran and in Iraq, as well as in various other countries of the Earth politically, militarily and seditiously, and will yet further bring about.”
http://www.futureofmankind.co.uk/Billy_Meier/gaiaguys/meier.p14-16sb31.htm
Further suggested reading:
http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/F/Fi/Findley_Paul_-_They_Dare_to_Speak_Out.pdf
The Dyson
I would like to contact you, is there a way I can do this that you would feel comfortable with? Feel free to respond to the email provided. Thank you sincerely.
Yes Forto, what can I help you with?
“The US of A was built by immigrants.”
Believe it or not the USA was inhabited by Indians for thousands of years before any immigrants arrived.
And today most live in very unacceptable conditions, due to the thievery of those who displaced, raped, robbed and disenfranchised them.
“the USA was inhabited by Indians for thousands of years”
High five!
Imagine Australia! Our First People still tell stories about Homo Erectus! (“Very strong, but very stupid. We’d hide behind a tree and club them on the head when they went past.” (a bit off-topic, MH)
Glad to see your comments and the contributions from the new translation…and welcoming more. Just bear with the time differences and my ability to moderate as timely as possible.
I have heard of Aborigines’ “legendary” history stretching back to actual geological events of over 10,000 years ago, and I am aware of the “cryptid” the Yowie, but I did not know that they had recollection of Homo erectus. What was their name for it?
Dear T.J-l. M.,
Huh? Well, since our Mr. Oberblogmeister hasn’t found your unexpected question off the topic of signs-of-the-coming-sectarian-dictatorships, and if I can somehow wedge into my reply a reference to that which the Plejaren have told us about the REAL origins of our sad planet’s thousands of languages – I’ll proceed. Taking brevity into account. Of course.
Short answer: I don’t know. Sorry. But your Internet access is most probably a lot faster than mine.
You’ve asked me to tell you the name (singular) that ca. 30-60 thousand years of Australian “aborigines” (spread thinly over the entire continent, with no written languages) used to describe these various legendary human-cousins who were once still to be found running around all over the place? I do welcome questions, my brother, but not ones like that which might as well just be deliberately designed to rob me of translation time.
My archaeologist friend, who told me the story I passed on, would probably be able to give you the Pitjantjatjara words for the first(?) first Australians, but there also seem to be many variations on the central theme of, “big, strong, smelly, stupid, hairy dudes with no necks”.
And how would knowing that these pre-modern-humanoids were called Bruce or Betty advance everybody’s spiritual/consciousness development here?
http://www.australianyowieresearchcentre.com/yowie-dreamtime-tales-hairypeople.html
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who read too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.” – Albert Einstein
Cheers!
I get worry about the world I will face in the near future. I get more worry about the world our Children will face. I am “scare” when I know I will be part of the community of our children or grand-children in future lives… 800 years the Plejaren said?
This is truth right here. The children are key to our future, but we must show them truth.
Dear Rahl,
Fear only gives the slave-masters what they need to maintain the slavery. I, personally, don’t feel inclined to give them what they want.
And don’t forget that fearlessness [Furchtlosigkeit] is one of “the seven powers of the human being” – along with 1. strength, 2. rationality, 3. intellect, 4. self-discipline, 5. self-control and 6. self-achievement.
http://au.figu.org/seven_factors.html
Rahl, 6 out of 7 is heaps better than almost everybody, and that’s a very big number 6 in your case! 🙂 And I’m the first to concede that thoughts of our painful future would be easier for a senior citizen like me who never sired offspring.
On a brighter note, as a token of my respect for your long-anticipated work, here’s a little quote from our new book translation:
294) Die Art zu Leben (Billy)
Jedes wahrheitlichen Menschen Ziel ist die Wahrheit, das nur durch Lernen erreicht werden kann; der Weg zum Ziel ist aber oft mit Mängeln gepflastert, so nicht gleich ein Erfolg erlangt werden kann, doch die stete Bemühung führt zum Ertrag und also unwiderruflich zum Ziel. Das weiss der wahrheitliche und wissende Mensch, weshalb er nicht fürchtet, nicht zum Ziel und nicht zur Wahrheit zu gelangen.
294) The Way to Live.
The Ziel* of every truthly human being is the truth, which can be reached only through learning; but the way to the Ziel is often paved with deficiencies, so a success cannot be attained immediately, but the constant effort leads to the result and therefore irrevocably to the Ziel. The truthly and knowing human being knows that, which is why he/she does not fear not reaching the Ziel and not reaching the truth.
*Ziel: [tsi:l] (pl Ziele, Zielen) For Billy, the English terms “aim” or “goal” are simply not acceptable as translations for Ziel. Translations such as “end” or “culmination point” describe it better, but these are still inadequate, and so the German has been carried into the English translation.
Cheers!
P.S. Another welcome translation (thanks, Vibka!) from the Australian FLAUers: http://au.figu.org/wise_advice.html
I tried Michael, don’t ever say I didn’t try or anyone else for that matter. I punched my time card and it was ignored.
I think many see the absurdity of the religions of the world, but feel powerless…myself included. I try to ignore the media, the Facebook sheeple posts and instead focus on improving my mental states…but the outward environment doesn’t always seem to reflect the inner realities. I left our country for a third world country for two months and never wanted to return. I came home depressed at the vulgar cultural environment, GMO foods, corporate slavery and the mega-money games that seem to keep us trapped. I am burnt out on this planet, and am not scared, but feeling overwhelmed and tired. *sigh* I question what my life is about anymore… I wonder if the will to partake in cultural warfare, materialistic politics, and the world of corporate prostitution is worth it…but what exists as an alternative? No money, no food, no dignity, and all controlled. Some days I wish I wouldn’t ever come back to this planet again, with humans here…but the war machines of this planetary control is so vast, and the elimination of human rights by political nuts makes me feel like all human progress is lost in the name of fairy tales and superstitions…I don’t feel strong enough spiritually anymore to face the cultural assault on the citizens from all angles, with the hypocritical contradictions, sell-lebrity lies, and the disillioned, mind controlled masses. It’s easy to be a holy man on a mountain but it tests my metal in the valley with the illuminati village. Tips for peace and sanity in this crazy culture would be appreciated. Thanks for all you do, Michael. I use to feel my purpose in this life was to help and make a difference for others spiritually, but today I question if that’s true, and if it would matter anymore. I only hope I am wrong in my thoughts and can bring peace to my heart and balance to my mind.
TopherMon, you write, “Tips for peace and sanity in this crazy culture would be appreciated.”
I reckon, first up, STRIVE to cheer up by changing your morbid, negative thinking [for which you alone are responsible] to vitalizing, neutral-positive thinking. And meditate. And respect yourself. Surround yourself with good nature so it rubs off, even if you have to move far away to find it. (I swapped Boston for remote Tasmania.) And strive to strive!
Billy, The Teacher of the New Age, writes, in The Way to Live,
“The truth can only be found through a true searching, researching and
fathoming. That is also true regarding the truth of one’s own inner nature and
the truth of the power and might of the thoughts. And the truth is that every
single human being can find the truth of his/her own inner nature, if he/she only
rakes around deeply enough in his/her inner self, and is not anxious about the
truth which is to be found. But it is the truth itself about which so many human
beings are anxious; the truth which is only one truth and is nevertheless so very
manifold. And to it also belongs the truth that, through the might of his/her
thoughts, the human being is the forger of his/her own destiny; the master and
creator of his/her own character, his/her personality, his/her morality, his/her
wishes, impulsations and desires. Through the power and might of his/her
thoughts, the human being is the master of the building of his/her own life. This
is an incontrovertible fact which everyone can prove for himself/herself without
any doubt if only his/her own thoughts are thoroughly observed and controlled
and the arising deeds and results are watched and examined. And therefore,
the effect of the thoughts can be observed and controlled, if they experience a
change through a new, good and neutral-positive thinking. The changed
thoughts also call forth changed deeds from which, in turn, changes again arise
for one’s own life and one’s own life circumstances, as well as for the
environment, and indeed according to the kind of the thoughts.”
All the best.
Thanks for that Dyson.
I’ve not heard of the Billy’s work, “The Way to Live” but have read a few other books from him. I will search that out. That might be just the insight to set me right.
You are correct that my thinking was morbid. It was shocking to read that, and it was the jolt I got form your comment to know you are right – and if I stay in that mindset, it will continue to rule my thinking. Thanks for calling that out.
I guess I’m facing a personal spiritual identity crisis, and you are right, only I can vitalize my thought and strive for better. I’ve lived so long seeking approval of other people, that now I realize I must strive to respect myself – and I’m left not really knowing what that means.
Over a year ago I left my ‘job’ in a dark organization in search of a better path. I have an opportunity to do anything right now (which can be difficult with too many options), and my heart and head are pulling in many different directions. That is paralyzing, and is making me deal with what’s in front of me (something I’m not too good at doing – my mind is usually off pulsing the future implications of things) which is why I’ve working in training and development for so long. This makes traditional meditation challenging for me, but vital to bring balance in.
I realize this isn’t the right forum for my personal journey, but your comments are wise, ring true and I know that you are right in quoting Billy’s insight. Only I can take that and figure out how to integrate it. Thanks for your response.
Dear TopherMon,
I’m so blessed to be in a position to help distribute these pearls beyond price of the re-newed teaching of the truth – the teaching of life and the teaching of the spirit – that your thanks seem jarringly out of place, but you are most welcome, and I do thank you for your kind words. It’s good to see that Billy’s simple truths have the same immediate positive effect on others such as yourself as they do on me personally. But this whole exercise is NOT about beating yourself up, so don’t feel so bad about feeling so bad. If you never did, you’d not be happy being happy. And it will pass, unless you have some deep subconscious religious guilt-trip to cope with, at which time, meditate. Oh yes. One’s psyche can hardly be fit and healthy in a weak, sick body, so the will to improve has to be welded in place and effort = success proportionally. So one may NEVER give up. That’s not a right any more than killing ourselves or others is our right. That’s a law of Creation.
The book’s translated by Vivienne Legg & me, and hasn’t been printed yet. And we’re not allowed to do ebooks, so we’re waiting for our greatly admired printers, who – customarily – are covertly harassed/delayed by all the usual suspects. But keep checking back with Michael and read all that’s out there free already, and you’ll have enough to get on with and it’s mostly commons sense, straight talk. You’d get a lot from The Might of the Thoughts. On sale at all good bookstores and supermarkets. (Joke.)
Here’s what BEAM has to say regarding what it means to respect yourself:
[sec. 52 para. 7]
“Human being, whoever and whatever you are; constantly guard yourself against neglecting, or even disregarding or disowning your best and truest and closest friend, thus, namely yourself, with whom you are closest, always and for all times. Therefore, never neglect yourself, and esteem your own friendship to yourself. Be caring, open and honest towards your inner friend, to yourself and to your own “I”. Constantly concern yourself with never turning your back on yourself and thus neither on your inner friend, who you certainly always need. Pay heed that this friend does not just turn away from you when you are in dire need of him/her. Therefore be constantly on guard, because again and again in the life there arise situations and moments which quite especially require of you that you remain true to yourself and to your inner friend. These are situations and moments which quite especially bring the requirement that you do not abandon yourself – even when everyone else abandons you. These are the situations and moments in which your own dealings with yourself, your dealings with your own “I”, are the only ones which are still comforting and the only valuable ones which not only hold you above water, rather which enable you to fight for the life and for the continuation of life. But just consider what would become of you if you failed in such moments, if you would not live in peace with yourself, whereby you would also remain denied all comfort and all help from the side of your feelings and thoughts and from the side of your consciousness!”
Billy says simply that you should treat yourself the way you would want to treat your very best friend. And that includes acting courteously and not letting your grooming/ hygiene, etc. degrade, not dressing in dirty rags and behaving badly, etc. Love yourself as you love all your fellow humans, as bearers of the enlivening spark of Creation known as spirit. That core of every single one of us (and we are all one) has a right to be revered (“honoured in dignity”) – not merely respected. Once that empowering truth is internalised, Earth humanity looks quite a bit better.
And that earlier quote was from section 394, paragraph 9. (No page numbers yet.)
Cheers!
Dyson,
I cannot wait for the book translation, and thank you for this post…it’s such a powerful thing to do (treat yourself the way you would want to treat your very best friend)…and it’s a foreign concept to me that I’m excited to explore. I want to keep the highest thoughts I can think from prime creator around me, and your words have helped. I will spend more time with your words. Best to you and MH.
Dyson,
Reading your comments is like taking a breath of fresh air. And it goes without saying that MH is very logical and reasonable in his conclusions as well . We need more people like this. ( already I can sense the shills, the trolls, the astroturfers, having a bit of a dilemma, trying to figure out a way to counter this uplifting thread, despite the fact that it deals with very serious and dangerous issues.)
What was mentioned about the fear is true. Not giving in to it, not letting it control your life, not falling for the over-the top fear-mongering that is being spewed out by the mass media. I am already past fear. And how can fear play a role when you know that the human spirit cannot die? How can one fear death, when you realize that death is just the other side of life, constantly moving in cycles until the spirit reaches higher levels of consciousness development?
This is an extremely vulnerable time for most of humanity. The ugly face of religion, the true face of religion will be revealed for what it really is. And its not letting go without a fight. It probably is unavoidable, all of this hatred and bloodshed. The consequences of what was done with Jmmanuels teachings, will now manifest.
We are truly a unique planet of imbeciles… despite that, these horrible times will pass, the seeds of truth are being sown, and a time will come when man realizes the fallacy of his own false thinking.
Too true, Jacobus. And the seeds shall be fertilized with the ashes of the old age of belief, or words to that effect. And let’s face it. It’s over. It’s knowledge or nothing now because belief doesn’t work, unless perhaps temporarily within the artificial induced nightmare of being just another mindless marionette in the Bath’s offensively violent Punch and Judy show.
Salome.
Sorry? “the Bath’s offensively violent Punch and Judy show.”??
Ha ha! What a mental image! Try, “Bafath” (retired) (a.k.a. “Giza Intelligences”)
Next time I’ll try to remember to proof read BEFORE uploading. 🙂
I don’t know why, I never do. Which is why you’ve had extra editorial duties…
Hey Mike, this is a good interview!
I’ve seen that guy before somewhere.
“I cannot understand why so many people especially in other countries including the US STILL cling to such ridiculous religious beliefs that are so out of balance that just doesn`t make any sense to me!”
What`s with this stupid godhood thing anyway?
Encyclical Letter Laudato Si Signed May 24, 2015
http://w2.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si_en.pdf
Commentary on jimstone.is:
The world is struggling with propaganda, disinformation, and significant suppression of the truth. The new Pope’s efforts to provide digital access to works in the Vatican Library on a selective basis are a good start. In the meantime, there is a great deal of knowledge which the Church, its libraries and networks can share:
The Church can accelerate access to both the Vatican Library and Archives.
The Church can publish all its information regarding global “black budgets.” This would include any information related to invisible weaponry and technology driving the real governance systems operating on Planet Earth.
My insert: Get a load of this next one:
In the context of understanding what is happening to our environment, the Church can publish all its information on global geo-engineering and weather control programs as part of an open discussion to ensure that the global population and scientific community has accurate data on what is happening to our climate. The Church can provide open access to its financial information and persuade its affiliates, endowments and churches to do the same, including detailed disclosure on a place-based basis.
The Church can encourage global governments to publish their budgets and credit information on a place-based basis. Place-based financial disclosure will permit the alignment of financial ecosystems with environmental ecosystems – a critical step to ensuring a healthy environment. This will create incentive systems which reward the health and well-being of all living things.
The Church can disclose all information on its direct and indirect involvement in any illegal activities, including vote rigging, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering.
The Church can use its shareholdings and ownership positions in media companies to insist on integrity in public information.
The Church can use its shareholdings in pharmaceutical and food companies to insist on integrity and independence of scientific research.
The Church can provide a safe haven for scientists, journalists and other professionals who are targeted for upholding high standards of integrity in science and information.
Individual Freedom
Slavery contributes significantly to the degradation of people throughout our planet.
The Church can withdraw from supporting governments, corporations or any other organizations that support any form of slavery.
The Church can destroy the “control files” of prominent businessmen and politicians created through the use of its networks.
The Church can complete restoration efforts related to its pedophilia activities and publish complete figures on how much the Church has spent on all restoration efforts.
The Church can use its shareholdings and ownership positions in government and corporate securities to insist on a withdrawal of corporate and government support for mind control, torture and slavery and the compromise of individual privacy and sovereignty.
Organized Crime & Lawlessness
My insert: WHOA! TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:
The primary source of environmental damage does not result from market economics – quite the opposite. It results from the lethal combination of organized crime operating powerful and invisible weaponry coupled with invasive digital systems and sophisticated financial tools on scale. In short, those with the ability to kill, to destroy and to steal with impunity combine such force with fiat currencies, unsustainable debt, resource extraction, financial fraud, war and genocide in order to centralize wealth and power in a manner which shrinks total wealth.
Lawlessness on a global scale must be dealt with before it destroys our planet.
The Church can divest its holdings in governments and corporations which engage in these practices. It should encourage its affiliates and members to do the same.
The Church can also disassociate from foundations and not-for-profits that engage in these practices or that launder profits for those who do.
The Church can make clear that the ten commandments apply not just to what we do, but to whom and what we finance.
The Church can stop any and all participation by itself and its networks in narcotics trafficking and disgorge the profits of the same to the people harmed.
Debt & Fiat Currency
No less than The Economist has rightly pointed out that we are chocking on debt, in part because we provide enormous tax subsidies which encourage debt (see The Great Distortion). Debt throws people out of alignment with one another and with the environment around them. Ditto fiat currency which is used in a manner to debase global populations and economies.
We must shift to an equity-based financial system which facilitates the free flow of equity unencumbered by the intervention and control of organized crime. An equity-based system – which includes the financing of small businesses, small farms and local economies with equity – will permit us to evolve a financial system in which we can generate wealth from healing our environment and reducing consumption.
The Church can encourage these changes by shifting the significant funds it manages as well as those managed by its networks.
The Church can encourage governments to reduce laws and regulations that prevent the local circulation of equity or that prevent the creation and success of local currency systems.
Sovereignty is Sacred
A global culture is one which respects the sovereignty of every individual. We respect human rights. We respect property rights. We respect privacy. We respect the right of each human being to make up their own mind.
The Church can withdraw its investments from all governments and corporations (including media) which compromise people’s privacy or which manipulate them via mind control techniques, entrainment technology, subliminal programming or electronics.
The Church can actively encourage its priests and networks to bring transparency to mind control techniques or any efforts to mislead people globally.
The Church can offer sanctuary to scientists, government personnel or journalists who bring transparency to these efforts.
Capitalism: Let’s Try It
Before we dismiss capitalism, we should try it.
Organized crime is not capitalism. It is the application of force to control and to get one’s way. Market economics can solve many of the problems before us – but we have to unleash markets to work rather than prevent them from operating and then blaming the subsequent “mess” on them.
The Church can call for all monies stolen by illegal means in the last two decades to be returned, including trillions which have disappeared from the US government or which have been accrued as a result of financial frauds prior to the bailouts.
The Church can refrain from blaming our current situation on the people who have been harmed by these thefts or from insisting that the subsequent economic damage is a result of the victims’ poor values or “consumerism.”
The Church can withdraw its investment from financial institutions, governments and corporations that: Engage in market rigging and intervention.
Provide unlawful or unethical support to cartels and monopolies.
Engage in the purposeful suppression of technologies which would ease the harm we are doing to the environment.
The Church and its affiliates and members manage trillions in real estate and financial assets. As one of the most significant capitalist organizations/investment networks on our planet, it can institute policies to ensure that it does not invest in companies or governments which behave in the manner described in the latest Encyclical and that its real estate is not used to support such activities.
During Vatican II, the Church forced the sale of significant real estate holdings which were serving communities. The proceeds from these sales were reinvested in corporate securities. The Church can ensure that the Orders for whom these funds are managed have access to full transparency about these investments and are permitted to institute policies which ensure that these investments are managed in accordance with the goals of this Encyclical.
War
Published global military expenditures were $1.7 trillion in 2013. Add secret black budget expenditures and the total was likely much more. These funds – combined with savings from destructive behavior such as gambling, narcotics and alcohol – could be shifted into investment in healing our environment, our education systems, our health care systems and revitalizing global infrastructure.
The Church can bring transparency to all worldwide resources which are related to killing. It can invite its members to pray that these resources be shifted to investments which increase productivity rather than enable a small group of people to own and control the planet.
Invite Feedback
Both the Church and our planet are dynamic living systems. Moving to a healthy global culture and aligning our financial ecosystems with our environmental ecosystems is a journey.
The Church can encourage its entire network to adopt these goals in their lives so that achieving them is a partnership of the many for the benefit of all.
The Church can publish an annual report on its efforts to take responsibility and to achieve these goals internally in its own operations, asset managements and investments and to invite feedback from all of its constituents to help it do so.
Wise as a Serpent
There is often a risk that any important policy will be misunderstood or misused by those who are centralizing control and power. The G-7 nations have experienced a financial coup d’etat. A great deal of money and assets have been shifted out of sovereign governments into private hands – either illegally or under the guise of trillions in bailouts and quantitative easing – while liabilities have been shifted back into governments.
Now that these transfers are complete, it would be convenient to blame the victims and to abrogate their pensions and other savings plans and promises. It would be unfortunate if this Encyclical were used to justify the value of doing so in the name of “reducing consumerism” or to politically outmaneuver the victims by accusing them of being “selfish.”
Economies function on trust and such trust must come from honoring our agreements. As Pope Francis understands, it is easy to blame the victim and to take from the powerless.
Utah Phillips once said, “The Planet is not dying, it is being killed. And the people doing the killing have names and addresses.”
We commend the Pope for calling out for a cessation of the debasement of all living things. Let us hope that his latest Encyclical starts ringing doorbells – beginning with the opportunity to do so in the Church and in the Church’s asset and investment portfolios.
Encyclical Letter Laudato Si Signed May 24, 2015
http://w2.vatican.va/content/dam/francesco/pdf/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si_en.pdf
My comment:
WTF did I just read? Is this for real? Is someone going to die for publishing this? YES IT IS BANG ON, HOW could this have been released as an official document by any organization that expects to live?
What planet am I on?
Those are some pretty remarkable propositions, but I won’t hold my breath for them to reveal the Sepher Yetzirah, the Book of Enoch, the esoteric meaning of Christian symbolism, the fact that nothing in the Bible is an abstract fantasy but represents a mundane reality (e.g. that “Satan” is actually a type and group of human beings), let alone the fact that “the Son of God” (i.e. Nokodemion) is incarnate and prophesying in Switzerland right now and has a lot of “mean” and condemnatory things to say about the “purest” religions Christism/Christianity and Allahism/Islam. It seems to me like a few people in the leftover Bafath-machinery are just desparately trying to put a doorstop in the gateway to the truth before the even-worse-than-the-Bafath “evil giants” begin their reign of terror and mutual destruction.