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They only know war, let them figure it out on their own

Posted on July 22, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Man cries and clings to his dead child A friend responded to a video of a weeping man being pried away from his young daughter who was dead on a burned out hospital floor.  She was killed by Israeli missile … Continue reading →

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Response to My Letter to Secretary Kerry regarding Gaza

Posted on July 22, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

  I wrote to Secretary Kerry’s office to express my concern over the situation in Gaza…and this was the reply and my synopsis below : “………July 22, 2014 Dear Skip, Thank you for your message concerning the issues surrounding the … Continue reading →

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Change Without Begins Within

Posted on July 19, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

It is easy to forget, and impossible to know, that where we are today is the result of a change someone made or failed to make in the past. These subtle forms of complicity are more treacherous than rotten deeds … Continue reading →

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Killing time

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Oppression is a disease to be eradicated.  Sadly humans are carriers.  But if this (photo of Pakistani female pilot, Ayesha Farooq) were an American male fighter pilot, flag on his helmet, in an American F-16 going on the same bombing run against … Continue reading →

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Measured Time, Immeasurable Perpetuity

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Measured time is illusory – so much, that memories, in so far as they can be remembered now, are no more real than the present moment, which itself is completely and utterly transient. Poof! It seems the facets of illusion … Continue reading →

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Missing Men

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’d no real idea what I was looking at – it seems a sublime visage foretells the future, more than it reveals the present moment. There is one channel, many rivers…best not to confuse the two. Suffice to say, men … Continue reading →

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God In, God Through

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

God “in” the other is really God “through” the other. inhale of a beloveds kiss fans the flames of higher awareness… Sensual journey toward a divine arrival. God is everywhere and everywhere, and where there is not a “where.” So … Continue reading →

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Evolution and Balance

Posted on July 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Interesting video. A thousand years ago, we didn’t live until 80 years old, population was under control, and human discovery was in the early stages of exponential growth, which continues to accelerate. If Darwin is right (and he is), humans … Continue reading →

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The Unchangeable Change

Posted on July 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

It is easy to forget, and impossible to know, that where we are today is the result of a change someone made or failed to make in the past.They taught us in land navigation that the best way to never … Continue reading →

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Ask

Posted on July 11, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

What’s on my mind lately? Thanks for asking. I’m hungry; I cannot ask for food, I must ask for permission. I am hurt; I cannot ask for a doctor, I must ask permission. I’m safe under my tarpaulin roof; I … Continue reading →

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