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Thursday, December 6, at 7 PM EST: THE HISTORY OF GOD (continued) with The Cosmic Detective, using as the primary reference for this topic "THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER" book A HISTORY OF GOD, authored by Karen Armstrong (b. November 14, 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England). Ms. Armstrong is also the bestselling author of "The Battle for God" (2000), "Islam: A Short History" (2000), among many other books, spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun, taught modern literature at the University of London, teaches at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and the Training of Rabbis and Teachers, and was awarded the 1999 Muslim Public Affairs Council Media Award...and much more.

"Karen Armstrong is the most provocative, original, and inclusive thinker on the role of religion in the modern world." Exclusively Represented by The Lavin Agency http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/karmstrong.html

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Thursday, December 13, at 7 PM EST: Professor William Christopher Epler (Bill) 'Proteus' teaches at two universities. In his words; (1.)  I stopped one year short of finishing a PhD in Philosophy since I wanted to write my dissertation on Alan Watts and my committee freaked out, so I decided academic philosophy was a contradiction terms and went into math.  I also started that Ph.D. from scratch in my late 30's, and not many people dare to to that.

(2.)  I spent several years in my youth passionately playing the piano (sometimes practicing 10 hours a day).  I had a shot at 2 world class teachers, but life intervened and my Rachmaninoff ambitions didn't come to pass.

(3.)  I used to do lots of Kundalini Yoga, but the Sikhs left Albuquerque, and I sort of ran out of yoga centers.

(4.)  I am married with 2 adorable daughters whom I love, as I tell them, more than the sky.

(5.)  I started to write around 10 years ago and have manuscripts to burn of plays, poetry, essays, partial novels, and (as you know) quantities of op-eds.  I have the material  for several diverse books and I may compile it and see about publishing. As you can see, I have a least at book of material on my blog (including a play, poetry, and lots of out of the box stories).  I think you would enjoy my short stories if you find time to read some, e.g., the caR, the staR, the birD, bonE, and the rooM, as a few suggestions.

(6.)  I have several mathematical conjectures I may do some hard core research into.  I particularly like Bayesian probability which is a subject I could say some interesting things about since the alternative is "frequentist' probability which is grounded in British Empiricism, whereas Bayesian probability is related to continental Rationalism, especially Kant.  Many people don't know about these mathematical/philosophical connections, but they certainly exist. 

As he describes on his The Liberation of Realism web site "The reality/thought distinction lies at the precise center of human existence. The problem is that thought (including religious and scientific thought) keeps abstracting theoretical realities "behind the scenes" of raw living, but ultimate realness is where we already are. Spontaneous, immediacy is itself reality process and the sublime self activity of that which is already the case forever transcends the thinking about point of view. Thus, mystery groundedness is all . . ."

Professor Epler wrote about his statement above that "It pretty much says everything and most of my essays are variations of those themes.  It is self evident to me that ultimate realness is where we already are and that "time and space" are merely conceptual human projections into that which is already the case.  An ancient Chinese word for nature is tzu-jan which means (very roughly) the of itself so, hence immedicying is the of itself soing of untheoretical realness.  These things can be said like a bouquet of intutions which harmonize  into a greater whole. Most of my essays are grounded in these intuitions.  Many years ago, this life ceased to be personality grounded, and that has been wonderfully spiritually liberating.  Said differently, the dreamer isn't what finally "wakes up", but rather the dreamer is what something more real wakes up from. The more real is all. "

A liberal American, PhD mathematician, bipedal Earthling.

http://www.theliberationofrealism.blogspot.com/

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William Wilberforce Amazing Grace is a 2006 film directed by Michael Apted about the campaign against the slave trade in 18th century Britain, led by famous abolitionist William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the film also recounts John Newton's writing of the hymn. From: Amazing Grace (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

the 100th human Although this book is published under the "Fiction" genre, the fundamental concept is real to many of us who are functioning on the level of cosmic conscious awareness of possibilities. As the quote attributed to Albert Einstein states  "Imagination is more important than knowledge", which I interpret as meaning ‘knowledge is the conscious awareness of a done deal, i.e., that which is known about what is a happening and what has happened.' And, imagination is a mental projection of what can happen. Many of us have heard it said that "All good things must come to an end." Likewise, it is reasonable and logical to think that ‘All bad things must come to an end.' In other words, everything is cyclical. And, astronomically and astrologically the 26,000 years phase of Pisces with an emphasis on learning the potential and power of Belief systems is ending as this earth and Milky Way galaxy moves and shifts into the 26,000 years phase of Aquarius with the emphasis on learning and Knowing the validity and power of the unity and Oneness of this world and the Spirit World. With this perspective and priority clear in our thinking, choices and behavior we can create the best reality of the future desirable habitation for life on this planet for ALL. In this scenario rather than being careful what we are asking for, we can be confident about what we are asking for, mentally projecting and creating as we mentally evolve beyond blind faith in beliefs that allow for the perpetuation of confusion, dysfunctional relationships, continuous wars and conflicts in individual psyches, which manifest in perpetual wars between individuals, groups and nations. In the 100th Human, Chris Fenwick has comprehensively, beautifully and most interestingly - with intrigue - described how this most desirable future can be achieved. Leaving us with the most important question for each of us individuals to answer for ourselves, which is - Are YOU IN on and with this, doing YOUR part to make it real? Fear no-thing. Believe it, or not. Avoid ignorance, or deal with it. Beliefs can change, the Truth does not change - Claim YOUR inherent right to KNOW the difference. Have no doubt. the 100th human Tell the Truth and Run is now on DVD! Reviews of Tell the Truth and Run  If you have a high speed connection, you can watch this remarkable film online FREE. Click here to view Still images from the film also available. http://www.celebrateyourlife.org/ Eva Ravenwood's "The Spiritual Envoy" ABC/Nightline News: UFO Mystery Is Anyone Else Out There  The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations ALIENS AND THE VATICAN (<Free audio interview) Richard Syrett audio archive The Disclosure Project Why now?> http://newconnexion .net/article/ 07-07/Exopolitic s.html Exopolitics (<click to listen to free interviews by the man who is known as  the founding father of Exopolitics, Alfred Lambremont Webre, J.D., M.Ed. formerly with the Stanford Research Institute)  COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS Do-It-Yourself Manual Ebook Huh? Yep, 'thangs' are moving fast - and speeding up - as we slow down and quiet our INdividual Conscious Awareness.