Unconscious Agents.

The Hippies and Baby-Boomers stood for peace, love, justice, and equality.

And as such they were unconscious agents of Jesus Christ*.

But the unholy alliance of the religious right, Generation X, and the corporations destroyed these ideals and principles.

And so the right wing killed Jesus.

And evil prevailed.

(*The philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King was based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.)

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The D-Generation.

Beginning in 1984 Generation X launched a generational war against the Baby-Boomers.

This was fed by Ronald Reagan's rhetoric and endorsed by the religious right and corporate plutocrats.

But rather than the judgement of God they claimed to be this right-wing violence destroyed the Baby-Boomers' ideals and principles.

We were reconstructed into mere consumers and pleasure seekers.

All that remained was holidays, tickets, and must-watch T.V..

Any political activism was labelled Marxism and dismissed.

We were blamed, shamed, and bashed.

And so the world became a darker, more ignorant place.

And it has continued on this path to this day.

So the time has come to return to the ideals of our youth and reassert our spiritual principles.

Peace and love, justice and equality, freedom and integrity - these things can save us.

But the greatest of these is Love.

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The Heart.

God looks on the heart.

And the heart is located slightly left of center in the body.

The strong right arm of God can too easily become a Nazi salute.

But the softer approach of the center-left reflects the position of the heart in the body.

And this is where we should anchor our politics.

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The Believer's Heart.

"'"Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water."'"  

John 7:38 (NRSV)

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Stiff-Hearted.

Materialism makes the heart stiff.

It is unsympathetic and stingy.

It allows but a trickle of love to emerge.

And they must live on this pittance.

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The Desert.

If you live your life chasing worldly prizes:

Money, possessions, fame, status, power, authority, victory.....

These things do not satisfy.

They are empty boxes.

And your life will be a desert.

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The World We Cannot See.

When Bob Dylan referred to "the world we cannot see" he was referring to the collective unconscious.

And the "Commander in Chief" of this world as the devil.

You may not believe in the devil but Bob Dylan obviously does.

His deliberately ambiguous comment about a deal he made with this "Commander" casts a shadow over his role as an Evangelical Preacher.

He may claim to be Born Again.

But he may just be the biggest liar.

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