Neverending Quest

“At each stage of human existence the adult man is off on his quest of his holy grail, the way of life he seeks by which to live. At his first level he is on a quest for automatic physiological satisfaction. At the second level he seeks a safe mode of living, and this is followed in turn, by a search for heroic status, for power and glory, by a search for ultimate peace; a search for material pleasure, a search for affectionate relations, a search for respect of self, and a search for peace in an incomprehensible world. And, when he finds he will not find that peace, he will be off on his ninth level quest. As he sets off on each quest, he believes he will find the answer to his existence. Yet, much to his surprise and much to his dismay, he finds at every stage that the solution to existence is not the solution he has come to find. Every stage he reaches leaves him disconcerted and perplexed. It is simply that as he solves one set of human problems he finds a new set in their place. The quest he finds is never ending.” Dr. Clare W. Graves

“… it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life.” Jim Collins | Good To Great

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness …” King of Kings

Passover/Easter Weekend 2019

After the unfortunate fall of Adam and Eve [ Eden, ] humanity has been through this long process [ not so long, when viewed from the Eyes of Eternity, ] for the redemption of individuals, the re-establishment Eternal Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven, and the restoration of the part of Creation affected by the fall.

Since no one has been made perfect yet during the past and present stages of the evolutionary process, on this side of Eternity, great leaders have, not only, the ability to accept the truth and the fact that they themselves are a work-in-progress, but the developed maturity and wisdom to work with other imperfect individuals.

The Perfect One, The King of Kings, who’s incarnation, life, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, enthronement, is widely celebrated this weekend, exemplified great leadership through His unwavering commitment to the Eternal Cause, and in the process of advancing it, transforming the individuals from His primary inner circle, as well as most of the people He interacted with who were ‘open’ to the reality of His Essential Nature and Eternal Kingship, as it is clearly recorded on the accounts of His “first advent.” For instances, the wealthy chief tax collector [ Luke 19:1-10, ] the adulterous woman [ John 8, ] the woman who’ve had many husbands [ John 4, ] … Peter, one of His main disciples [ Matthew 26:33–35; John 21:17, ] … among many others historical accounts, without mentioning the countless encounters before and after His “first advent,” like His interactions with individuals documented on the Old Testament, the conversion of Paul [ Acts 9 ] documented in the New Testament, and the ongoing work that He is presently doing. “… remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age.” Eternal King of Kings [ Matthew 28 ]

While it is true that we won’t fully grasp and comprehend the depth, breadth, … multidimensionality, … of what He accomplished through His crucifixion and resurrection, until we have a complete view of reality and the perfect understanding that is yet to be attained, those who’ve tasted the experience of the rebirth, spiritual development [ evolution, ] and the truths of the Eternal Kingdom’s New Covenant, have also experienced the truth and mystery of the cross …

“… Pontius Pilate: What is truth, Claudia? Do you hear it, recognize it when it is spoken? | Claudia Procles: Yes, I do. Don’t you? | Pontius Pilate: How? Can you tell me? | Claudia Procles: If you will not hear the truth, no one can tell you …” The Passion of The Christ

“After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people. The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, “This man truly was the Son of God!” And many women were there, watching from a distance.” Matthew 27

May we continue to live and learn to lead from and in synchronicity with the Invisible/Eternal King of Kings, the firstborn among the Sons and Daughters of the Eternal/Universal Kingdom, as we’re been prepared to … reign for ever and ever. Revelation 22:5


Happy Easter/Passover 2019!

Gelson Rocha



Recalling President Ronald Reagan’s Easter/Passover radio address to the Nation on April 2, 1983:

My fellow Americans:

This week as American families draw together in worship, we join with millions upon millions of others around the world also celebrating the traditions of their faiths. During these days, at least, regardless of nationality, religion, or race, we are united by faith in God, and the barriers between us seem less significant.

Observing the rites of Passover and Easter, we’re linked in time to the ancient origins of our values and to the unborn generations who will still celebrate them long after we’re gone. As Paul explained in his Epistle to the Ephesians, “He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. So then you were no longer strangers and aliens, but you were fellow citizens of God’s household.”

This is a time of hope and peace, when our spirits are filled and lifted. It’s a time when we give thanks for our blessings — chief among them, freedom, peace, and the promise of eternal life.

This week Jewish families and friends have been celebrating Passover, a tradition rich in symbolism and meaning. Its observance reminds all of us that the struggle for freedom and the battle against oppression waged by Jews since ancient times is one shared by people everywhere. And Christians have been commemorating the last momentous days leading to the crucifixion of Jesus 1,950 years ago. Tomorrow, as morning spreads around the planet, we’ll celebrate the triumph of life over death, the Resurrection of Jesus. Both observances tell of sacrifice and pain but also of hope and triumph.

As we look around us today, we still find human pain and suffering, but we also see it answered with individual courage and spirit, strengthened by faith. For example, the brave Polish people, despite the oppression of a godless tyranny, still cling to their faith and their belief in freedom. Shortly after Palm Sunday Mass this week, Lech Walesa faced a cheering crowd of workers outside a Gdansk church. He held his hand up in a sign of victory and predicted, “The time will come when we will win.”

Recently, an East German professor, his wife, and two daugthers climbed into a 7-foot rowboat and crossed the freezing, wind-whipped Baltic to escape from tyranny. Arriving in West Germany after a harrowing 7-hour, 31-mile journey past East German border patrols, the man said he and his family had risked everything so that the children would have the chance to grow up in freedom.

In Central America Communist-inspired revolution still spreads terror and instability, but it’s no match for the much greater force of faith that runs so deep among the people. We saw this during Pope John Paul II’s recent visit there. As he conducted a Mass in Nicaragua, state police jeered and led organized heckling by Sandinista supporters. But the Pope lifted a crucifix above his head and waved it at the crowd before him, then turned and symbolically held it up before the massive painting of Sandinista soldiers that loomed behind. The symbol of good prevailed. In contrast, everywhere else the Holy Father went in the region, spreading a message that only love can build, he was met by throngs of enthusiastic believers, eager for Papal guidance and blessing.

In this Easter season when so many of our young men and women in the Armed Forces are stationed so very far from their homes, I can’t resist recounting at least one example of their sacrifice and heroism. Every day I receive reports that would make you very proud, and today I’d like to share just one with you.

While the San Diego-based U.S.S. Hoel was steaming toward Melbourne, Australia, on Ash Wednesday, its crew heard of terrible brush fires sweeping two Australian States. More than 70 people were killed and the destruction was great. Well, the crew of this American ship raised $4,000 from their pockets to help, but they felt that it wasn’t enough. So, leaving only a skeleton crew aboard, the 100 American sailors gave up a day’s shore leave, rolled up their sleeves, and set to work rebuilding a ruined community on the opposite end of the Earth. Just Americans being Americans, but something for all of us to be proud of.

Stories like these — of men and women around the world who love God and freedom — bear a message of world hope and brotherhood like the rites of Passover and Easter that we celebrate this weekend.

A grade school class in Somerville, Massachusetts, recently wrote me to say, “We studied about countries and found out that each country in our world is beautiful and that we need each other. People may look a little different, but we’re still people who need the same things.” They said, “We want peace. We want to take care of one another. We want to be able to get along with one another. We want to be able to share. We want freedom and justice. We want to be friends. We want no wars. We want to be able to talk to one another. We want to be able to travel around the world without fear.”

And then they asked, “Do you think that we can have these things one day?” Well, I do. I really do. Nearly 2,000 years after the coming of the Prince of Peace, such simple wishes may still seem far from fulfillment. But we can achieve them. We must never stop trying.

The generation of Americans now growing up in schools across our country can make sure the United States will remain a force for good, the champion of peace and freedom, as their parents and grandparents before them have done. And if we live our lives and dedicate our country to truth, to love, and to God, we will be a part of something much stronger and much more enduring than any negative power here on Earth. That’s why this weekend is a celebration and why there is hope for us all.

Thanks for listening, and God bless you.

Note: The President spoke at 9:06 a.m. from Rancho del Cielo, his ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif.



The original Passover, found in the Bible, is a memorial to God passing over the houses of the children of Israel when He killed the firstborn of man and beast in Egypt. This miraculous event and its meaning occurred during the night of the fourteenth of the Hebrew month Nisan. It is not a memorial of the Israelites’ exodus out of Egypt.

“On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every first-born male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will PASSOVER [ from where we get the term Passover ] you …” [ Exodus 12 ]

The Bible meaning of the Passover, for the New Testament Christian, revolves around the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It is a memorial of His death as the true Lamb of God. Believers partake of unleavened bread and wine in remembrance of the sacrifice of Jesus’ beaten body and shed blood. The ultimate sacrifice for our redemption. [ Hebrews 10 ]



An account demonstrating the reality of the Eternal Kingdom’s justice, after the temporary body one of Jesus Christ’s friends, John the Baptist, was unjustly decapitated:

LETTER OF HEROD TO PILATE THE GOVERNOR.
Herod to Pontius Pilate the Governor of Jerusalem: Peace.

I AM in great anxiety. I write these things unto thee, that when thou hast heard them thou mayest be grieved for me. For as my daughter Herodias, who is dear to me, was playing upon a pool of water which had ice upon it, it broke under her, and all her body went down, and her head was cut off and remained on the surface of the ice. And behold, her mother is holding her head upon her knees in her lap, and my whole house is in great sorrow. For I, when I heard of the man Jesus, wished to come to thee, that I might see him alone, and hear his word, whether it was like that of the sons of men. And it is certain that because of the many evil things which were done by me to John the Baptist, and because I mocked the Christ, behold I receive the reward of righteousness, for I have shed much blood of others’ children upon the earth. Therefore the judgments of God are righteous; …


Hell Weekend | The Gospel of Nicodemus
Christ’s Descent to Hell Before His Ascension

“… And I know now that he is Almighty God who could perform such things, who is mighty in His dominion, and mighty in His human nature, who is the Saviour of mankind. …

… AND while Satan and the prince of hell were discoursing thus to each other, on a sudden there was a voice as of thunder and the rushing of winds, saying, Lift up your gates, O ye princes; and be ye lift up, O everlasting gates, and the King of Glory shall come in. …

… While David was saying this, the mighty Lord appeared in the form of a man, and enlightened those places which had ever before been in darkness, And broke asunder the fetters which before could not be broken; and with His invincible power visited those who sate in the deep darkness by iniquity, and the shadow of death by sin. …

… Then the King of Glory trampling upon death, seized the prince of hell, deprived him of all his power, and took our earthly father Adam with Him to His glory. …”

What is the true American Cause in the world today?

While West Europe is undergoing a process of secularization while the post-socialist East, de-secularization, what is America’s cause in the world today? What does America stand for now?

“These men are certainly not [ consciously ] building ‘Jerusalem.'” Iron John | Robert Bly

Jerusalem [“And did those feet in ancient time”]
By William Blake

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land.

EK IK PK | K W M [ L ] | “As He [ The embodiment of the King Energy ] approached [ Jerusalem ] and saw the city, he wept over it [ emotional honesty ] and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you [ wholeness, completeness, prosperity, … ] — but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.” Luke 19

The King Within

Self-Assurance

Self-Assurance is similar to self-confidence. In the deepest part of you, you have faith in your strengths. You know that you are able — able to take risks, able to meet new challenges, able to stake claims, and, most important, able to deliver. But Self-Assurance is more than just self-confidence.

Blessed with the theme of Self-Assurance, you have confidence not only in your abilities but in your judgment. When you look at the world, you know that your perspective is unique and distinct. And because no one sees exactly what you see, you know that no one can make your decisions for you.

No one can tell you what to think. They can guide. They can suggest. But you alone have the authority to form conclusions, make decisions, and act. This authority, this final accountability for the living of your life, does not intimidate you. On the contrary, it feels natural to you.

No matter what the situation, you seem to know what the right decision is. This theme lends you an aura of certainty. Unlike many, you are not easily swayed by someone else’s arguments, no matter how persuasive they may be. This Self-Assurance may be quiet or loud, depending on your other themes, but it is solid. It is strong. Like the keel of a ship, it withstands many different pressures and keeps you on your course.

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Alexander Hamilton

January 11, 1755/57 – July 12, 1804 – Eternity

One of the “Founding Fathers” of the United States, advisor to General George Washington, American statesman, Lawyer, Economist, Political Philosopher, …

Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many. | Alexander Hamilton

It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government. | Alexander Hamilton

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. | Alexander Hamilton

President Reagan’s Farewell Address to the Nation | 1/11/89

After eight years as president of the United States, Ronald Reagan gives his farewell address to the American people.


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January 11, 1989

My fellow Americans:

This is the 34th time I’ll speak to you from the Oval Office and the last. We’ve been together 8 years now, and soon it’ll be time for me to go. But before I do, I wanted to share some thoughts, some of which I’ve been saving for a long time.

It’s been the honor of my life to be your President. So many of you have written the past few weeks to say thanks, but I could say as much to you. Nancy and I are grateful for the opportunity you gave us to serve.

One of the things about the Presidency is that you’re always somewhat apart. You spend a lot of time going by too fast in a car someone else is driving, and seeing the people through tinted glass — the parents holding up a child, and the wave you saw too late and couldn’t return. And so many times I wanted to stop and reach out from behind the glass, and connect. Well, maybe I can do a little of that tonight.

People ask how I feel about leaving. And the fact is, “parting is such sweet sorrow.” The sweet part is California and the ranch and freedom. The sorrow — the goodbyes, of course, and leaving this beautiful place.

You know, down the hall and up the stairs from this office is the part of the White House where the President and his family live. There are a few favorite windows I have up there that I like to stand and look out of early in the morning. The view is over the grounds here to the Washington Monument, and then the Mall and the Jefferson Memorial. But on mornings when the humidity is low, you can see past the Jefferson to the river, the Potomac, and the Virginia shore. Someone said that’s the view Lincoln had when he saw the smoke rising from the Battle of Bull Run. I see more prosaic things: the grass on the banks, the morning traffic as people make their way to work, now and then a sailboat on the river.

I’ve been thinking a bit at that window. I’ve been reflecting on what the past 8 years have meant and mean. And the image that comes to mind like a refrain is a nautical one — a small story about a big ship, and a refugee, and a sailor. It was back in the early eighties, at the height of the boat people. And the sailor was hard at work on the carrier Midway, which was patrolling the South China Sea. The sailor, like most American servicemen, was young, smart, and fiercely observant. The crew spied on the horizon a leaky little boat. And crammed inside were refugees from Indochina hoping to get to America. The Midway sent a small launch to bring them to the ship and safety. As the refugees made their way through the choppy seas, one spied the sailor on deck, and stood up, and called out to him. He yelled, “Hello, American sailor. Hello, freedom man.”

A small moment with a big meaning, a moment the sailor, who wrote it in a letter, couldn’t get out of his mind. And, when I saw it, neither could I. Because that’s what it was to be an American in the 1980’s. We stood, again, for freedom. I know we always have, but in the past few years the world again — and in a way, we ourselves — rediscovered it.

It’s been quite a journey this decade, and we held together through some stormy seas. And at the end, together, we are reaching our destination.

The fact is, from Grenada to the Washington and Moscow summits, from the recession of ’81 to ’82, to the expansion that began in late ’82 and continues to this day, we’ve made a difference. The way I see it, there were two great triumphs, two things that I’m proudest of. One is the economic recovery, in which the people of America created — and filled — 19 million new jobs. The other is the recovery of our morale. America is respected again in the world and looked to for leadership.

Something that happened to me a few years ago reflects some of this. It was back in 1981, and I was attending my first big economic summit, which was held that year in Canada. The meeting place rotates among the member countries. The opening meeting was a formal dinner for the heads of government of the seven industrialized nations. Now, I sat there like the new kid in school and listened, and it was all Francois this and Helmut that. They dropped titles and spoke to one another on a first-name basis. Well, at one point I sort of leaned in and said, “My name’s Ron.” Well, in that same year, we began the actions we felt would ignite an economic comeback — cut taxes and regulation, started to cut spending. And soon the recovery began.

Two years later, another economic summit with pretty much the same cast. At the big opening meeting we all got together, and all of a sudden, just for a moment, I saw that everyone was just sitting there looking at me. And then one of them broke the silence. “Tell us about the American miracle,” he said.

Well, back in 1980, when I was running for President, it was all so different. Some pundits said our programs would result in catastrophe. Our views on foreign affairs would cause war. Our plans for the economy would cause inflation to soar and bring about economic collapse. I even remember one highly respected economist saying, back in 1982, that “The engines of economic growth have shut down here, and they’re likely to stay that way for years to come.” Well, he and the other opinion leaders were wrong. The fact is, what they called “radical” was really “right.” What they called “dangerous” was just “desperately needed.”

And in all of that time I won a nickname, “The Great Communicator.” But I never thought it was my style or the words I used that made a difference: it was the content. I wasn’t a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn’t spring full bloom from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation — from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries. They called it the Reagan revolution. Well, I’ll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense.

Common sense told us that when you put a big tax on something, the people will produce less of it. So, we cut the people’s tax rates, and the people produced more than ever before. The economy bloomed like a plant that had been cut back and could now grow quicker and stronger. Our economic program brought about the longest peacetime expansion in our history: real family income up, the poverty rate down, entrepreneurship booming, and an explosion in research and new technology. We’re exporting more than ever because American industry became more competitive and at the same time, we summoned the national will to knock down protectionist walls abroad instead of erecting them at home.

Common sense also told us that to preserve the peace, we’d have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So, we rebuilt our defenses, and this New Year we toasted the new peacefulness around the globe. Not only have the superpowers actually begun to reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons — and hope for even more progress is bright — but the regional conflicts that rack the globe are also beginning to cease. The Persian Gulf is no longer a war zone. The Soviets are leaving Afghanistan. The Vietnamese are preparing to pull out of Cambodia, and an American-mediated accord will soon send 50,000 Cuban troops home from Angola.

The lesson of all this was, of course, that because we’re a great nation, our challenges seem complex. It will always be this way. But as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours. And something else we learned: Once you begin a great movement, there’s no telling where it will end. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world.

Countries across the globe are turning to free markets and free speech and turning away from the ideologies of the past. For them, the great rediscovery of the 1980’s has been that, lo and behold, the moral way of government is the practical way of government: Democracy, the profoundly good, is also the profoundly productive.

When you’ve got to the point when you can celebrate the anniversaries of your 39th birthday you can sit back sometimes, review your life, and see it flowing before you. For me there was a fork in the river, and it was right in the middle of my life. I never meant to go into politics. It wasn’t my intention when I was young. But I was raised to believe you had to pay your way for the blessings bestowed on you. I was happy with my career in the entertainment world, but I ultimately went into politics because I wanted to protect something precious.

Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: “We the People.” “We the People” tell the government what to do; it doesn’t tell us. “We the People” are the driver; the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which “We the People” tell the government what it is allowed to do. “We the People” are free. This belief has been the underlying basis for everything I’ve tried to do these past 8 years.

But back in the 1960’s, when I began, it seemed to me that we’d begun reversing the order of things — that through more and more rules and regulations and confiscatory taxes, the government was taking more of our money, more of our options, and more of our freedom. I went into politics in part to put up my hand and say, “Stop.” I was a citizen politician, and it seemed the right thing for a citizen to do.

I think we have stopped a lot of what needed stopping. And I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

Nothing is less free than pure communism — and yet we have, the past few years, forged a satisfying new closeness with the Soviet Union. I’ve been asked if this isn’t a gamble, and my answer is no because we’re basing our actions not on words but deeds. The detente of the 1970’s was based not on actions but promises. They’d promise to treat their own people and the people of the world better. But the gulag was still the gulag, and the state was still expansionist, and they still waged proxy wars in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Well, this time, so far, it’s different. President Gorbachev has brought about some internal democratic reforms and begun the withdrawal from Afghanistan. He has also freed prisoners whose names I’ve given him every time we’ve met.

But life has a way of reminding you of big things through small incidents. Once, during the heady days of the Moscow summit, Nancy and I decided to break off from the entourage one afternoon to visit the shops on Arbat Street — that’s a little street just off Moscow’s main shopping area. Even though our visit was a surprise, every Russian there immediately recognized us and called out our names and reached for our hands. We were just about swept away by the warmth. You could almost feel the possibilities in all that joy. But within seconds, a KGB detail pushed their way toward us and began pushing and shoving the people in the crowd. It was an interesting moment. It reminded me that while the man on the street in the Soviet Union yearns for peace, the government is Communist. And those who run it are Communists, and that means we and they view such issues as freedom and human rights very differently.

We must keep up our guard, but we must also continue to work together to lessen and eliminate tension and mistrust. My view is that President Gorbachev is different from previous Soviet leaders. I think he knows some of the things wrong with his society and is trying to fix them. We wish him well. And we’ll continue to work to make sure that the Soviet Union that eventually emerges from this process is a less threatening one. What it all boils down to is this: I want the new closeness to continue. And it will, as long as we make it clear that we will continue to act in a certain way as long as they continue to act in a helpful manner. If and when they don’t, at first pull your punches. If they persist, pull the plug. It’s still trust but verify. It’s still play, but cut the cards. It’s still watch closely. And don’t be afraid to see what you see.

I’ve been asked if I have any regrets. Well, I do. The deficit is one. I’ve been talking a great deal about that lately, but tonight isn’t for arguments, and I’m going to hold my tongue. But an observation: I’ve had my share of victories in the Congress, but what few people noticed is that I never won anything you didn’t win for me. They never saw my troops, they never saw Reagan’s regiments, the American people. You won every battle with every call you made and letter you wrote demanding action. Well, action is still needed. If we’re to finish the job, Reagan’s regiments will have to become the Bush brigades. Soon he’ll be the chief, and he’ll need you every bit as much as I did.

Finally, there is a great tradition of warnings in Presidential farewells, and I’ve got one that’s been on my mind for some time. But oddly enough it starts with one of the things I’m proudest of in the past 8 years: the resurgence of national pride that I called the new patriotism. This national feeling is good, but it won’t count for much, and it won’t last unless it’s grounded in thoughtfulness and knowledge.

An informed patriotism is what we want. And are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world? Those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew up in a different America. We were taught, very directly, what it means to be an American. And we absorbed, almost in the air, a love of country and an appreciation of its institutions. If you didn’t get these things from your family you got them from the neighborhood, from the father down the street who fought in Korea or the family who lost someone at Anzio. Or you could get a sense of patriotism from school. And if all else failed you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture. The movies celebrated democratic values and implicitly reinforced the idea that America was special. TV was like that, too, through the mid-sixties.

But now, we’re about to enter the nineties, and some things have changed. Younger parents aren’t sure that an unambivalent appreciation of America is the right thing to teach modern children. And as for those who create the popular culture, well-grounded patriotism is no longer the style. Our spirit is back, but we haven’t reinstitutionalized it. We’ve got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom — freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It’s fragile; it needs production [protection].

So, we’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion but what’s important — why the Pilgrims came here, who Jimmy Doolittle was, and what those 30 seconds over Tokyo meant. You know, 4 years ago on the 40th anniversary of D – day, I read a letter from a young woman writing to her late father, who’d fought on Omaha Beach. Her name was Lisa Zanatta Henn, and she said, “we will always remember, we will never forget what the boys of Normandy did.” Well, let’s help her keep her word. If we forget what we did, we won’t know who we are. I’m warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit. Let’s start with some basics: more attention to American history and a greater emphasis on civic ritual.

And let me offer lesson number one about America: All great change in America begins at the dinner table. So, tomorrow night in the kitchen I hope the talking begins. And children, if your parents haven’t been teaching you what it means to be an American, let ’em know and nail ’em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.

And that’s about all I have to say tonight, except for one thing. The past few days when I’ve been at that window upstairs, I’ve thought a bit of the “shining city upon a hill.” The phrase comes from John Winthrop, who wrote it to describe the America he imagined. What he imagined was important because he was an early Pilgrim, an early freedom man. He journeyed here on what today we’d call a little wooden boat; and like the other Pilgrims, he was looking for a home that would be free.

I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still.

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she’s still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

We’ve done our part. And as I walk off into the city streets, a final word to the men and women of the Reagan revolution, the men and women across America who for 8 years did the work that brought America back. My friends: We did it. We weren’t just marking time. We made a difference. We made the city stronger, we made the city freer, and we left her in good hands. All in all, not bad, not bad at all.

And so, goodbye, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.

Note: The President spoke at 9:02 p.m. from the Oval Office at the White House. The address was broadcast live on nationwide radio and television.

December 10, 2018

Note: 21 days left before the beginning of the new year. Leaders, make sure your priorities for 2019 are clear so you can respond to the demands of our times by making choices in line with your priorities, leading firmly, giving clear direction to your lives and to your realms, and not being directed by circumstances. One of the few well known Kingdom leaders throughout history, who lived and performed his duties in sync with the Spirit’s evolutionary process, knew well about the importance of spending time [ for contemplation, transformation, … ] with the Eternal/Invisible King, in order to know Him and His will, to the point of being transformed in character and nature. He went from being the youngest son, number 8, in a family hierarchy that couldn’t see his potential and Heaven’s plan for his life, to number 1 in a legitimate kingdom hierarchy, during his time, that’s now evolving into a global Kingdom “on Earth as it is in Heaven.” | Gradually developing process from 1, Abraham, … to 12, … to ≈ 2.5 billion now, … heading toward Revelation 22 | “I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.” E. K. | “You are my Son; today I have become your Father. Ask Me, …” E. K. | The highest priority of a genuine kingdom leader, born from above, is Heaven’s priority — to know and to advance Heaven’s agenda. Make time to clarify your purpose, your meaningful role in the epic story, to stay syncronized with the heartbeat of the Eternal Kingdom, source of potential, and to learn about what needs to be done for next 250 years. Remember, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. | #EKIKPK #KWML #Kingdom

George Herbert Walker Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush | 19242018Eternity
We are eternal spiritual beings living in a spiritual universe.

Today, we are celebrating the first 94 years that George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States of America, has lived so far and his graduation to a new stage of the process, beyond the “hoax.” | “I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.” G. H. W. B. | We don’t stop until our Eternal Father’s Kingdom, Creator of All Things, has overtaken every aspect and dimension on Earth that was surrendered to the Kingdom of Darkness, including His Sons’ and Daughters’ rule over what’s been entrusted to us to be great stewards of it with Him, in addition to the restoration of all things. I’m glad you have arrived at a place where you can now view everything from a completely different vantage point, George H. W. Bush.

We’ll see you soon!

Gelson Rocha [ December 1, 2018 ]



“But the day before he passed away, he wrote me a note: “This is all an elaborate hoax.” I asked him, “What’s a hoax?” And he was talking about this world, this place. He said it was all an illusion. … He wasn’t visiting heaven, not the way we think of heaven. He described it as a vastness that you can’t even imagine. It was a place where the past, present, and future were happening all at once.” The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife | Eben Alexander



Be ahead of all departure, as if it were already
behind you, like the winter which is almost over.
For among winters there is one so endlessly winter,
that, wintering through it, may your heart survive.

Be forever dead in Eurydice—, singing ascent,
praising ascent, returning to pure relation.
Here, among the disappearing, be, in the realm of decline,
be the ringing glass that shatters even as it sounds.

Be—and yet know Not-being’s condition,
the infinite ground of your innermost movement,
that you may bring it to completion but this one time.

To that which used-up, as to nature’s abundant
dumb and mute supply, the unsayable sums,
joyfully add yourself and the result destroy.

Rainer Maria Rilke [ tr. Cliff Crego ]

 

November 16, 2018

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite living music legends. It’s impossible to forget your birthday, Diana. On November 16, 1964, the bright smiles of heaven pierced through the atmosphere when on earth, a brilliant jazz pianist and singer with one of the most beautiful contralto voices was being born. Fifteen years later, on the exact same date, a boy who loved your music from the first note he heard, and never stopped loving it ever since, was also born on November 16, 1979. The part of his life that was spent on music was partially influenced and inspired by your passion, talent, genius and brilliance.

As the boy was growing up, listening to your songs, looking at your album covers, your photographs and performances, … it looked too familiar. The goldish hair, the birth date, the love of music, especially of jazz, … so he went changing, … more time in the sun, tanning, trying new fashion, changing the color of his hair, … but while he liked intelligent and meaningful conversations, didn’t like thoughtless and shallow talk, loved to work hard and couldn’t understand people who didn’t, you were always there, in the good and bed times, enriching his memories ‘on the make,’ filling the atmosphere of his work environment with your magical vocals and piano playing, adding texture, nuances, emotion, eros, passion, sexiness and beauty to his life; providing the perfect background music for the Christmas seasons when he would “ride, sing and jingle the bell all the way!” | “… Now the ground is white, Go it while you’re young, Take the girls tonight, And sing this sleighing song, …”

Picture 1: The boy at the center of the picture. | Picture 2: [ Left ] The boy at the back of the pony. [ Right ] Holding his sister’s hand inside of a catholic church, after eating lots of ice-cream. Inside the church, he was rubbing himself against the person behind him, thinking it was his mother, when suddenly, a strange voice spoke, not nearly as beautiful as yours, … realizing it was not his mother, he turned abruptly and after catching a quick glimpse of the lady, he run outside the church and refused to get back inside … | Picture 3: Changing the color of his hair and trying new fashion, … he didn’t like to wear a belt, he thought it was too much unbuckling, unbuttoning, unzipping, … | Picture 4: The youngest boy in the group playing a bass guitar with the older boys. | Pictures 5, 6, 7, 8: Glimpses of part of his journey, while playing music at churches with “Devil May Care, Temptation, Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, …” melodies trying to re-gain access and infiltrate his heart and mind, not at the appropriate time and location.

There was a specific time on his journey, when he was working extra hard to advance the causes he was deeply passionate about, he would go home, park his Toyota 4Runner and get into the curvy Infinity FX35, just because it was better crafted with a superior quality sound system to enhance the listening of your music, and he would just drive away with you as one of the main musicians on his playlist, altering his brain waves and heart waves, as he was unwinding from work and drinking deeply from your gifts. Those memories are now deeply embedded into his being. As his journey progressed, and he was maturing, he was no longer the same as he used to be, however some things did not change, for instance, he will always be dazzled by your music, you will always have a special place in his heart, and he will always be grateful for the amazing talent, unique style and beauty you brought to this world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-IqzrDRzoA

To Music | Rainer Maria Rilke

Music. The breathing of statues. Perhaps:
The quiet of images. You, language where
languages end. You, time
standing straight from the direction
of transpiring hearts.

Feelings, for whom? O, you of the feelings
changing into what?— into an audible landscape.
You stranger: music. You chamber of our heart
which has outgrown us. Our inner most self,
transcending, squeezed out,—
holy farewell:
now that the interior surrounds us
the most practiced of distances, as the other
side of the air:
pure,
enormous
no longer habitable.

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Happy Birthday to one of my favorites, you will always have my unspoken affection,

Gelson Rocha [ November 16, 2018 ]



Spotify Playlist | Diana Krall »

The Eternal-KWML-God

“God is the Eternal, Independent, and Self-Existent Being; the Being whose purposes and actions spring from HimSelf, without foreign motive or influence [ Great Warrior; ] He who is absolute in dominion [ Sovereign King; ] the most pure, the most simple, the most spiritual of all essences [ Lover; ] infinitely perfect; and eternally self-sufficient, needing nothing that He has made; illimitable in His immensity, inconceivable in His mode of existence, and indescribable in His essence; known fully only by HimSelf, because an Infinite Mind can only be fully comprehended by itself. In a word, a Being who, from His Infinite Wisdom [ Magician, ] cannot err or be deceived, and from His infinite goodness, can do nothing but what is Eternally just, and right, …”

— Adam Clarke


Mediatorial King, Son of God and Son of Man, first-born of many, dual sonship, “… And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor [ Magician, ] Mighty God [ King, ] Everlasting Father [ Lover, ] Prince of Peace [ Warrior.” ] Is9:6


Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that the Eternal King is in you?” 2Cor13:5


The First Gospel of the INFANCY of JESUS CHRIST | CHAP. XXI.

1 Disputes miraculously with the doctors in the temple, 7 on law, 9 on astronomy, 12 on physics and metaphysics, 21 is worshipped by a philosopher, 28 and fetched home by his mother. p. 58 AND when he was twelve years old, they brought him to Jerusalem to the feast; and when the feast was over, they returned. 2 But the Lord Jesus continued behind in the temple among the doctors and elders, and learned men of Israel; to whom he proposed several questions of learning, and also gave them answers: 3 For he said to them, Whose son is the Messiah? They answered, the son of David: 4 Why then, said he, does he in the spirit call him Lord? when he saith, The Lord said to my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, till I have made thine enemies thy footstool. [ Psalm 110 ] 5 Then a certain principal Rabbi asked him, Hast thou read books? 6 Jesus answered, he had read both books, and the things which were contained in books. 7 And he explained to them the books of the law, and precepts, and statutes: and the mysteries which are contained in the books of the prophets; things which the mind of no creature could reach. 8 Then said that Rabbi, I never yet have seen or heard of such knowledge! What do you think that boy will be!