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Alas, all my previous good intentions have been set aside in order to accommodate the demands of the moment. Perhaps my situation is representative of the problem at large. Life is simply overwhelming. And, as Rodan says, "The more complex civilization becomes, the more difficult will become the art of living." (etc. pg 1772)
It is "the land of the free and home of the brave" which is leading the fast lane parade. Bigger, better, faster and MORE is the order of the day. We are on a collision course. People hell-bent to out-do the next guy, and step on the heads of others to get there, send the message that affects the collective consciousness of society. Perhaps only after we manage to eviscerate most of the global population will Urantia decide to settle down and appreciate the value of a simple life. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
I think it was Randy who earlier asked, what if we were to teach little girls that their body belonged to them so that they could control impregnation. Well, that would be wonderful. It would be wonderful, first, for the little girls who, in this society, are taught that their entire purpose for being here is as a commodity for pleasure and procreation. If, in fact, people continue to procreate irresponsibly (from the pleasure-lure instead of from a sense of purpose), they are merely carrying on the old testament legacy of replenishing the earth but without considering what their actions are doign to the earth. We really don't need any more children for awhile!
It was China, wasn't it, that put a stop to overpopulation? And, if I recall, they were quite fierce about it. While I was not too pleased to learn that they were eliminating virtually all little girls while letting a select few little boys be born, to even out the population, it reaches that point, in animal husbandry, when you have to thin out the herd or they will overrun the pasture and the whole herd will die of starvation.
So as long as we propagate like animals, we will behave like animals. And this is why ideas like parenting licenses and procreation licenses have merit. But methinks the liberty bell has rung too long in America to be silenced. We are a country of "self-will run riot." Even the Patriot Act and encroaching fascism won't stop the impending battle between the haves and the havenots. We're over-due for a civil revolution here.
Perhaps out of this great struggle some of us can begin to forge the values in the Urantia Papers, which teach that the home is the cradle of civilization, which promotes the idea that whereas the ancients exposed unwanted children do die, moderns refuse to bear them, which teaches the concept that we are not simply propagating the earth, which is plenty filled already, which assures women that we are not merely sex toys and baby-makers and which promotes the idea that men are noble sons of God.
This will not be resolved before the spring semester, maybe not before 2012, but we need to start walking in that direction. Like Machiventa did for Jesus, we need to begin taking the steps that will prepare the way for the next revelation. In this way we will be supremely motivated by love to do good to others and we will foster much good in our country and on our world as a result. We need to fill in, through evolution, what revelation fails to accomplish. It is a process.
The real thing is to not get discouraged, to not grow weary, but to seek strength from our Source and encouragement from each other, as we trudge the road to happy destiny.
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Gerdean O'Dell
Author: "Secrets of Promise"
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