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Holy and Sacred: Turd or Temple
by cleaves Friday, Feb 24 2006, 1:55am
international / peace/war / commentary

The famous Shiite Askariyah shrine (Golden Mosque) in Iraq has been targeted and destroyed but by whom remains unclear at this stage. Regardless of the intentions of those responsible, one dramatic (and historically consistent) point cuts through the hysteria and mayhem. That of the importance (or otherwise) of sites that are deemed sacred or holy and the 'location' of this attribution in human consciousness and/or human societies/groups. Social history records naturally occurring phenomena, rocks, rivers etc; structures built by men, temples, obelisks etc; cyclic astronomical phenomena, eclipses, comets etc, all of which have been attributed by humans with special significance at one time or another, whereas none of these produced or naturally occurring phenomenon are ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’.

bombed shrine

If God (perfect equanimity [peace]) exists as creator of this infinite universe then everything is holy or sacred. However, if man created God then the attribution of sacred and holy becomes particular and not universal – value judgements are of men not Gods. We are left with the obvious conclusion that the holy and sacred are attributive processes; objects/sites or otherwise, have no intrinsic holiness whatsoever. Sacred sites are prescribed ‘locations’ for those who have been LED to believe in the fabricated fictions of others.

The twenty-first century began with a very old ‘song’, WAR; the manipulation of the masses with signs and symbols invested with emotive power has once again harnessed the masses to do the bidding of the few – when will they ever learn? It is in the interests of the minority to ‘manage’ the majority in this way; it has always been thus – at least as long as history records. However, today people from all cultures are beginning to become aware that they have been manipulated and enslaved by their leaders and belief systems. As a result of this growing awareness, belief systems (religion) that are utilised as a means of deception and to create conflict and divisionism are becoming redundant. It is LIFE that is the one most sacred and holy phenomena in existence, the life we share with universal existence and each other – not the death to which our leaders would guide us!

http://cleaves.zapto.org/clv/newswire.php?story_id=166

The evidence that points to Bin Laden and other Arabs for the attacks of 9/11 has been questioned and left wanting (tattered) by the logic of university professors across the United States and elsewhere (see above link). Yet a nation has gone to war to serve the interests of the few. The destruction of the Golden Mosque follows exactly the same formula as the 9/11 attack – notwithstanding it may have been perpetrated by other interests. The question and test for humanity is really whether or not the awareness of people will be left wanting once again or will an enlightened and intelligent response occur.

We can assure the murdering Bush administration and their cohorts in crime, the ‘Arab terrorists’, that they will be held accountable for their crimes by their own respective populations in the not too distant future – the tune they play is old, familiar and TRANSPARENT.

The machinations of those that lead has been exposed, their despicable, self-serving methods are now in plain view. The last screams to be heard will be those of the leaders receiving the judgements of the people.

We are One.

Peace.

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