http://forall.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Freedom en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:34:11 GMT 2009-12-31T13:34:11Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace http://shuharilegacy.com/blog Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Gary J. 2009-12-29T23:40:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966224&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Lose interest in Thought and you are Free to Be Happiness Itself. [Rich Note: Alternatives to the third line of today’s offering include: Eternally Now, Everlasting Joy, Everlasting Life, Everlasting . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:33:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966224&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-28T23:33:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965307&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace China is just another in a long line of nations who have exploited the continent’s riches for their own country’s progress. Current TV’s Vanguard series takes a look at China’s . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:12:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965307&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Stacey "Yeah, I Said It" H. 2009-12-28T07:12:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace The impoverished nation of Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral home, keeps popping up in the news, and not in a good way.  Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist who tried to ignite a destructive . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-28T07:10:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964007&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace i   On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab of Nigeria, who claimed to be an agent of the terroirst group al-Qaida, attempted to ignite an exlposive device aboard   . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:31:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964007&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Timothy V. 2009-12-27T04:31:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963612&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace I was brought up to believe that religion, among other things, preaches tolerance; tolerance for another’s faults, tolerance for opposing points of view and tolerance for a different set of beliefs. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:53:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963612&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Firoze H. 2009-12-26T15:53:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962971&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace     After all the lights and all the bows No longer promise brightly After all the songs and all the bells Fall silent as the night I wish you love . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:34:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962971&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace John Knight 2009-12-25T21:34:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962777&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace CHRISTMAS With Christmas so near, It’s that time of year; God’s Spirit made real. God’s Love that we feel. Again born in mind, God’s image divine; The Joy of His sharing, His . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:33:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962777&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-25T16:33:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962763&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace The Birth of Jesus Took us from a “God Without" To a “God Within." The Birth of Christ took Mankind from a “God Out There" To a “God In Here." [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) One . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:10:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962763&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-25T16:10:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961175&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace God is Real as the Aware Presence One Is but Not as a Concept. [Rich Note: This one is really a distillation/summation of a 3 page, hay-ku impregnated, 4 hour, polished-up, flow of consciousness response . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:31:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961175&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-24T03:31:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960739&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace A very special fairy tale for the times (thank you, Mariana & Ann) Tierra Madre and the Sacrifice of Ursus Polaris © 2009, Bent Lorentzen . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:03:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960739&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-23T20:03:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960007&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace click for book excerpt and to order   This book is a finalist in its category of EPIC's e-book awards. This is only my 2 nd ever recommendation of a book in my . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:09:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960007&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-23T09:09:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958161&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Consciousness is a Vibratory State of the Awareness You Are. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Snow Sculpture (2002); A rather interesting "vibratory state" of Awareness both "in here" and "out there," as . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:15:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958161&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-22T06:15:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956576&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Wow…even though the New York Senate voted down the measure to allow gay couples to marry in the state earlier this month; shocking proponents of same-sex marriage as polls indicated in early December . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:04:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956576&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Stacey "Yeah, I Said It" H. 2009-12-21T08:04:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956404&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace There’s plenty of outrage going about in America; for some it may be the health care reform issue, the decision to commit additional troops in Afghanistan or the state of the economy – but . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:09:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956404&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Stacey "Yeah, I Said It" H. 2009-12-21T05:09:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956034&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace It seems that the only thing Congress can agree on is war. War-funding defense bills sailed through both the House and Senate this week. The vote in the House was 395 to 34 while the Senate vote . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:55:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956034&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-20T22:55:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955189&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace How can you relate To Existence except in And as Consciousness. What do you know that Does not arise as a State Of your Consciousness. How can what you see Be other than a State of Your own Consciousness? . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:49:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955189&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-20T02:49:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952330&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace   As the Senate winds down with their plan to further destroy our economy with healthcare reform, they have thrown away any semblance of transparency or desire to actually reform healthcare. The . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:57:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952330&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Troy Stouffer 2009-12-18T02:57:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950863&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Being Present and Aware is not dependent On relative thought. Mind depends on the Thought process to exist while Consciousness does not. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption)  Liberty Bell (2007 Wikipedia . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:17:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950863&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-17T03:17:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947432&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Is your Attention On What You Really Are or A Story of Mind? Attention rooted In What You Really Are is Outside the Story. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) X Marks the Spot (2009); A rather amazing “cross . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:03:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947432&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-15T04:03:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945550&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Tony Blair has said that if the WMD ploy didn't work in the buildup to the war in Iraq, he would have found some other reason to launch the preemptive invasion. In an interview aired on the BBC this morning, . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:09:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945550&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-14T01:09:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944770&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace   The December 13, 2009 Danish daily Bornholm Tidende (Times) sub-header states: (from Ritzau News Bureau feed, translated) The Police (mass arrest) Action was Unprovoked   . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:31:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944770&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Bent Lorentzen 2009-12-13T10:31:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944520&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Being Present and Aware as I Am takes no Effort on my part. Being Present and Aware as I Am is the Heart of the Matter. Being Present and Aware as I Am is the Father in the Flesh. [Rich Note: (Photo . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:00:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944520&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-13T03:00:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943722&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Have you ever noticed how a seemingly innocuous statement can sometimes trigger unexpected emotions? Such was the case this morning as I read an article in the L.A. Times. Under the headline "Senate . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:25:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943722&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-12T10:25:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940119&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Being Present and Aware is Fundamental To everything else. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Map and Territory (2008); As the map is not the territory, neither is relative thought, sense or feeling the Aware . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:39:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940119&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-10T04:39:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937979&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace I’m not a fan of Ayn Rand for several reasons including that I think she was a horrible writer (were editors afraid to stand up to her?) and I think most of her theories are too simplistic . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:44:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937979&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-09T01:44:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936317&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace You Are Present and Aware before the next thought Comes into Being. You Are Present and Aware prior to any thought About Being That. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Zen Garden 40 (2002); You were Present . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:35:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977936317&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-08T04:35:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934651&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Today lives in infamy, but not for the reasons you’ve been told.  The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exactly 68 years ago today, was not an unprovoked, dastardly assault on an unsuspecting . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:17:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934651&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-07T08:17:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934017&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace As the echoes of President Obama’s Afghan strategy begin to fade, the action in the battle zone is heating up. CTV News, Canada’s largest private news organization, reported today that a major . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:49:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934017&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-07T00:49:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932790&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Attention resting In the Source of the next thought Is Open to Grace. Attention kept on The Source of the next thought is A Vessel of Grace. [Rich Note: (Photo Caption) Bird on a Wire (2009): . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932790&grpId=3659174697243420&nav=Groupspace Richard Hay 2009-12-06T03:50:06Z