Paris, MAY 19
- 23
Son, Melvin honored by French Book seller's award Best Foreign Book
It seems a long time since
I
remember that jolly little fellow
who always wore hats, all day
And even all night
His grandmother, Celia
Knew at an early age
That he was especially
Kind, loving, compassionate
And here we are over 40 years
And Melvin is still
Kind, loving, and compassionate
Now a pediatrician
His books on Near Death Experiences
Have received considerable recognition
In the USA
But here in Paris
A new honor
New people
All interested in his new concepts
"Where does God Live?
The Brain Links to the Universe"
Never feeling that his
work
Has proved there is life after death
Melvin thought more and more
Of the extraordinary experiences
Of his patients who came back
from near death
With stories of tunnels
Warm lights and love
Where had they been
We all wondered
His pioneering work on
the
Brain linking with the universe
Has pioneering other books
On the subject of
Where does God live
Religious leaders have
Long told us that
Christ lives within each person
The Divine Spirit is also within
Franciscans tell us
No need to journey anywhere
God works his miracles from within
Each and every one of us
Faith traditions
Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists
All try to find silence within
Solitude, caves are all historic
Religious means of finding God
Pauline Oliveros, Deep
Listening
Has brought her system to
Rennselaer Polytech Institute
To teach students how to learn to Listen
To gain insight from within on learning
She has exercises to cleanse our insides
To better handle problems coming from outside
An evolution of God from
the Old Testament
A raging God who destroys all women, children
Enemies of his Chosen People
A land of Canaan is designated for His Chosen People
When they arrive, all inhabitants, man, women, chilldren
Are to be destroyed, lest there be any remains of
Other religions, God., or people to worship them
The first commandmet
I am the Lord Thy God
I am a Jealous God
But today in the new millenium
While our own government with the
Aid of Great Britain wages war
On Iraq, a preventive strike
With millions of people thrown
Into total despair and suffering
Something new is stirring in the world
Out of chaos are self organizing systems
New thoughts about the
one God
So destructive, with so much rage
Destructive of mankind and our planet
New concepts seem to be spreading
A New Testament,
Some two thousand years old
Brought forth a new concept
A merciful and loving God
This new millenium
Caught in Holy Wars all over the world
Whole nations destroyed as well as
People of varying religions
Now, interfaith seems
to be
Spreading all over the world
All Children of Abraham
Also all faith traditions
Are fleeing from their
Own countries and starting anew
All over the world
Intermarriages occurring
Newly ordained Inter Faith pastors
Christian and Jewish ceremonies
Use both Rabbi and Priest officiating
Women pastors ordained
Episcopalian, Lutherians
Protestant traditions
Even Unitarian congregations
Many new faith traditions
Buddhists
Hindus
Unity Churches
Starting in churches
Now building their own Temples
Starting new congregations
Inter-Faith worship services
Started all over USA
Zoriastarians, children of Abraham
Faith traditions
All finding out how closely
They are related
On the Mall each year
Big Peace Rally with
many children of Abraham
Faith traditions uniting in prayer
Trudy Morse brings together
musicians
To join her in St. Francis Prayers
Let us all be instruments
For peace on earth
And harmony in my soul
AND AT THE SAME TIME
Important successes are
now
Coming into being
Attention is being brought to
Commanders in both the USA
and also GREAT BRITIAN
War is not so glorious for
Soldiers and their victims
We have to think about human rights
of our soldiers who also suffer when
They kill and masacre other human beings
The newspapers are shrieking
news
Tom Franks, Commander of US troops
in occupied Iraq
Brought before court in Belgian
For violating human rights in Iraq
Use of cluster bombs
Killing of civilians
Attacks on infrastructure
Essential for health
Failure to prevent looting of hospitals
Plenty of supporting evidence
Bush outraged and threatened
Belgian, to do a preemptive strike?
And case was withdrawn
Next time, they will be braver!
This is only the beginning of
Accountability for killing innocent
Bystanders during wars in their country
And in UK, many interesting headlines
First time, soldiers are suing
Defence Department for their injuries
In war in which UK is involved
Case was lost, but others will try
And win
Another Big Headline
WARNING TO BUSH FROM
CONTRITE COLD WAR VETERAN
Robert McNamara, US Defence Secretary
During Cuban missile crisis and
First phases of Vietnam war
Has warned of the folly of American
Involvement in Iraq.
New documentary
--FOG OF WAR--
Has just been premiered at
The Cannes film festival
Formerly a cold war warrior
An arrogant automaton
A man often condemned as a
Warmonger - today a very
Different character
Reflective, emotional and contract
--ANOTHER BIG HEADLINE--
WE DON'T DO WAR
War, snaps one irritated Eurocrat
is for wimps
Americans need to understand
That policies intended to divide Europe
Are not conducive to healthy and
Constructive transatlantic relations
Warns the Centre for European Reform
Another --WHOPPING
HEADLINE--
US CONTRACTS COME UNDER SCRUTINY
Awards for reconstruction work in Iraq
Have been criticized because foreign firms
Are not allowed to bid, leading to
Allegations of a US carve-up
GAO (General accounting
office) and
US Aids office of Inspector General (OIG)
Has begun its own investigation
Bechtel's alleged past failings are being
Investigated at the same time
Bechtel is already meeting with big
Moguls of UK business society
To start farming out subcontracts
BRITISH FIRMS FIGHTS
FOR PIECE OF ACTION
Bechtel is holding a seminar
At the Hotel Novotel in Hammersmith
And somewhere mentioned is
Halburton's receiving more contracts
Of course, our Vice President Cheney
Would have us believe he has nothing
To do with these billion dollar contracts
And last, but surely not
least on the
COLONEL COLLINS; NEW INQUIRY AS
TO HOW HE RAN REGIMENT
Minister of Defense is conducting inquiry
into the Royal Irish Regiment
Tim Collins at the center of allegations
That he seriously mistreated Iraqis
This, in spite of beautiful statement on TV
Assuring the world that he is obeying
All the rules of war
Protecting human rights of civilians
Would you believe this
is all in
The Guardian, dated May 23, 2003
I am curious if this has been taken
As seriously in our Washington Post
and the New York Times?