Trayvon Martin: How to Stop the Bullying

Trayvon Martin: How to Stop the Bullying

What we are witnessing as events occurring in the wake of the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of self-appointed vigilante, George Zimmerman, are both disgusting and absolutely absurd. As there is no reasonable justification for not having arrested Zimmerman yet, I am forced to conclude that the justice system has failed the Martin Family and the American public yet again. It is very apparent that compassionate concern for the well-being of others and a sense of justice and fair-play are not motivating factors for the members of the Zimmerman family who spoke-out, a prosecutor’s office that cannot seem to make an arrest, an NRA that constantly finds the worst cases, places, and times at which to lend support, many in the media who are milking this for all its worth, and those who have chosen to contribute to a defense fund of George Zimmerman, as if he has somehow been victimized in all of this.

Rule #1 for any business is to stay in business. So, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that the case is being tried in the media. News media outlets are known to ride the wave of one big story until the next presents itself. So, news outlets have ‘experts’ doing voice enhancement and video-analysis, along with exclusive interviews as a means of engaging the public. From the beginning, this was an open-and-shut case. Anyone with half-a-brain could clearly see that the killing should have resulted in an arrest. Up-to this day, the evidence presented has been skewed to give George Zimmerman a fighting chance in the minds and hearts of the viewing public. Perhaps, they are hoping it gets to the point where George cannot get a fair trial anywhere in America. Still, while I think this practice of creating news-media bias is quite disgusting, it has been the way news operations have conducted business for years and it is the price we pay for national attention in the news.

They say – George Zimmerman is suffering from PTSD as a result of all this. Well, I am no expert, but if I had to take a guess as to the cause of this ‘PTSD’, I could say it in one word – guilt! George Zimmerman is surrounded by friends and family who are obviously willing to do anything and everything within their power to protect him – right or wrong, even if it means obstructing justice. So, not only does George harbor the feelings of guilt associated with the killing, he now has to cope and contend with the lying, deception, and trickery orchestrated in his defense. This is likely eating him up inside and with no means of restoring inner peace, he may even become suicidal. In the event something like that does occur, few will make the connection. So, it is really in the best interest of everyone that Lady Justice has her day. The proper application of justice is a restorative measure that has a way of healing the wounds for all affected. To run from justice is to run from the very thing that could bring about the healing that everyone seeks.

Obviously, there are few in this situation with an understanding the aforementioned principle of justice or this fiasco would not have dragged-on as long. So, since it has been proven time and again that the criminal justice system does not work for the American public (in general) and Black Americans in particular, we have no choice but to develop means and methods of protecting and seeking justice for ourselves. History has shown that violent confrontation is not an effective means of solving problems. It only results in more people getting hurt or killed. So, the use of guns in taking the lives of humans is part of the problem – not a solution. Dumb meets dumber when we decide – “Oh, he has a gun, so I will get a gun too.” To attempt to prove to someone that fire burns by setting something ablaze yourself every time they start one is completely illogical.

What tends to work is to discover what motivates people to action and use that as a means of getting what you want. The child who will not eat his vegetables is either offered a cookie as a reward or denied a cookie as a punishment. Where the child is strong-willed, you simply take every child’s cookies away. Thus, the will of the child is broken in realizing he will lose the support of the group. Those who seek justice for Trayvon Martin must realize that we are dealing with bullies who are not moved by a sense of compassionate concern for the well-being of the community or even fair-play and the desire to have each man have his day in court. We are dealing with people who think that whatever they do is right, simply by right of the fact that they have the power and they feel they are better. So, how dare the Martin family question their authority, much less their reason and logic?

These are bullies we are dealing with. They don’t feel things in the way you and I feel. They get a sensation from bumping into people and knocking them down, not helping them up. Attempts to take away their cookie will result in their taking someone else’s cookie, since they feel they are cowboys who are entitled to cookies. So, you have to take away all cookies as a means of keeping these bullies in-line. In the case of justice for Trayvon Martin (and anyone else who cannot get justice), it means a boycott. It means placing sanctions on the state of Florida. We will not spend money in the state of Florida until you decide to do what’s right. We will not vacation there. We will not visit your sports arenas or your movie houses. We will not buy cars or homes there, until this situation is resolved. We might not show up for work. We will choose one grocery store from which to buy food and one gas station from which to buy gas. The rest of you can spend your time figuring out why we are upset.

The chanting, rallying, and hoodie-wearing provided a positive outlet for the anger and frustration felt by the nation over the loss of yet another one of our children. Now, along with supporting a tired and anguished Martin family that has not had time to grieve the loss of their son, we must take action that works. When the money dries up, bigger bullies will begin to surface. These are the kinds of people whose phone calls leave puzzled looks on everyone’s faces for wondering what happened. “Oh, wow! George’s dad brought him to the station to turn him in today. How did that happen? He says he is going to support his son, but that the public deserves to know the truth of this matter – whatever that should happen to be.”

Everyone has a gun. So, the anger and frustration that results in threats of violence will not solve anything. A quiet, dignified show of strength will get the attention of the world. “You gotta’ be real careful. Don’t mess with those people. They will stop eating. They will stop buying gas. They will stop performing for you. They will stop advising you. They will stop all dealings with you. They will stop talking to you. You want to see it get real dark outside. Let something happen to one of their babies. So, be extra careful with how you handle them.” Carelessness and a lack of respect is often an outgrowth of one’s inability to set clear boundaries and consequences. The free for all must end. When we get ready and willing to lay down the law, others will obey. The challenge is – we must first have discipline ourselves. Prayer, meditation, and a better diet are all tools that could be used to expand our awareness and enhance our ability to discipline ourselves. It is time we finally get justice for Trayvon and take some first steps toward stopping the bullies that are attacking and killing our children every day in America.

Copyright. James Will Power. 2012

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The Next Trayvon Martin - A Matter of Time

Americans are to be applauded for coming together to decry the senseless and heinous murder of young Trayon Martin. This is a case where there was no justification for the murder of 17-year old Trayon, no justification for allowing the self-appointed vigilante, George Zimmerman, to walk the streets for so long without an arrest, and certainly no justification for the Sanford, Florida police chief, Bill Lee’s staunch and defiant defense of Zimmerman where the evidence showed, witnesses stated, and the whole world could clearly see Zimmerman was dead-wrong. There is a saying -"Three strikes and you're out." The actions of those entrusted and charged with protecting and serving the Sanford community show us that these folks are completely out-of-touch with even the most rudimentary sense of discernment, justice, and concern for the welfare of the public.

The Million Hoodie March is a commendable movement. It is in-step with the natural evolution of peace demonstrations. As opposed to a disruptive or destructive message, the American public chose to don hoodies as a means of protesting this outrageous miscarriage of justice. Some sent Skittles to police-chief Lee who eventually had a 'crisis of consciousness' that resulted in him stepping-down temporarily. There is simply no way he could satisfactorily respond to questions that are being raised about his professionalism and character, in light of the gross mismanagement of the people in his charge and this case in particular.

Tragedy has a way of unifying the human family in our resolve to see change for the better. Still, I could not help but think that something is missing from this and other movements whose aim is to expose the injustice suffered by the community at the hands of its leadership. If a problem keeps presenting itself perhaps the solution employed is inadequate for satisfactorily handling the problem. Every few months, some innocent teen is gunned-down at the hands of a 'peace officer'. We speak-out. We march. We protest. Then, it happens again. This has been a recurring cycle for many, many generations.

So, are there some 'next steps' that could be employed in ending this cycle of tragic shooting deaths that are the result of the senseless abuse of power? Certainly! I would humbly submit that the embrace of such would constitute an evolution in our social interaction as a species. Before determining the choices available to us, I think it necessary to take a careful look at where we are. What characterizes who we are, our behavior, and what could be termed 'the current level of our collective consciousness' with respect to guns and gun violence?

What does our allowing the continued manufacture of weapons and ammunition that are eventually used to kill other members of the human family say about us? What does the fact that we continue to celebrate the promotion of violence in our media say about us? What does our prevailing attitude about 'getting them' before they get us say about us? When and from where have we adopted this attitude about other members of the human race – that their lives are expendable? Do we not all feel pain when it is inflicted or the hurt and sorrow that accompanies the tragic loss of loved ones?

Given his prejudice, hatred, and distrust of African-Americans, George Zimmerman should never have accepted or been allowed to maintain a position as ‘peace officer’ in that neighborhood. Still, if we look at the history of our species on this planet, we clearly see that conflict of a tribal, ethnic, and racial nature has plagued us for thousands of years. It should not come as a shock to us that Zimmerman had not evolved beyond that behavior himself when we can plainly see that humanity has not evolved beyond it. Simple observation is proof that pigeons are more prone to fight other types of birds than to fight with their own. Most dogs are more likely to attack dogs of other breeds than to attack their own. So, is it sensible to be more outraged that George Zimmerman (who is not black) killed a black man than we would at the killing of black men, women, and children at the hands of other black men day-in and day-out?

Why are black Americans killing one another at such alarming rates? Further, why is there no outcry in the black community commensurate with the heinousness of crimes within and throughout our own community? I think this is a valid question in light of the fact that hundreds-of-thousands of people (many African- Americans) rallied for justice for Trayvon. Where is the rally for a cleaner, more peaceful, more productive black community? Again, I understand. Fear and love are motivators. Something about this handsome young man touched us. And, where we don’t see the faces of the thousands of silent victims who fall to gun-violence each year, this event became a national news story. So, none of this is to state that the community should have been less vocal about Trayvon, but we could stand to be more vocal about black-on-black and black-on-anybody-else crime too. Killing is wrong – period.

Let's re-focus for a minute. As Americans, there was no collective outcry against the injustice suffered by the Afghani families at the hands of the American soldier who went on a rampage killing fifteen people - mostly women and children early in March 2012. We seem to have an 'us versus them' mentality, where we could care less about what happens to them because they are not us. So, the death of ‘them’ is tolerable. I think we can all agree that as a collective, we don’t ‘feel’ for one another in the way that we should. Post 9/11/2001, we were all on high alert. There were fears that planes could fall from the sky at any moment. We needed to protect those we loved. So, we budgeted for TSA agents and air marshals. Flash-forward to today, millions of Americans are groped and mishandled in airports daily. Yet, we allow non-commuter planes to criss-cross our skies daily forming X's and O's, dumping chemical stews only a chemist could appreciate. The dominating emotions are fear and love. These emotions drive us, even to take action against ourselves. Where no one is stoking the flames of ‘fear’ or pulling on our heart-strings, we often find a way to live with anything that has become the status quo.

To be American is to exist with quite a few very, obviously contradictory realities. More Trayvon Martins die at the hands of people who resemble Trayvon Martin than people who look like George Zimmerman. And, we focus more energy on seeking justice where one or two individuals are concerned than on solving the problems that plague the collective. An ad featured on Baltimore's mass transit system reads "Only a punk would hurt a dog." In response, I could not help but think - only a fool would hurt another human. So, again, we have to take a sobering look at just how evolved we actually are in contrast to how evolved we might claim to be. At the root of George Zimmerman's corruption is the fact that he considered himself to be better than Trayvon. He placed a far greater value on his life than on Trayon's life. At the core of police chief Lee’s corruption was that he placed more value on Zimmerman's right to liberty than on Trayon's right to see justice served. At the core of America and our world's corruption is that we allow for invidious cultural and class-distinctions.

So, the first step toward a solution is to realize that we have not yet evolved enough to perceive the oneness of the human family. Certain persons may have evolved individually, but as a collective we seem to be running on that old operating system. Well, the second step toward an evolution in our collective consciousness is to realize the need to stop lending our support to ideas that are counter to our human 'right to life'. This is challenging, because humans have as part of our nature ‘animal instincts.’ Part of what it means to be human is to accept the ideas of ‘fight’ and ‘flight’. The question is – can we evolve beyond these concepts to embrace something better?

Where there is suffering and gross injustice, we must cry-out. Still, greater sacrifices are demanded of us if we are to turn the tide and realize a day where there is no violence on our planet. Humorist and humanitarian, Dick Gregory, is just one example of someone who has dedicated his life to making that greater sacrifice. Not only does he speak out, he sits-in, fasts, and uses the popularity he gained a comedian, civil rights activist, and cultural critic to give more toward the evolution of human consciousness.

Now, whether we inherit a 'violence gene' at birth is uncertain. Still, have you ever noticed that young children seem to realize that we have a relationship with money and guns from birth? A year-old baby will toss the bottle and the rattle from the high-chair. However, you will notice that the same baby keeps a death-grip hold on all dollar bills. Many toddlers, boys especially, will realize early on that playing 'cops and robbers' and getting the bad guys is just something we do.

So, whether it is genetic inheritance or a combination of that and other factors, we have to admit - violence is simply something we do. And, that is an absolutely sad thing, because the Americans who say "I am Trayvon Martin" realize that where Trayvon Martin died yesterday, another Trayvon will lose his life today, and the next will die tomorrow. I mean - it is only a matter of time before an over-zealous cop shoots some kid in the back, a deranged, gun-wielding lunatic shoots up some school, or some over-stressed, exasperated parent kills the children. So, rest in peace, Trayvon Martin. It is bitter-sweet that your short life has to be another call to consciousness for the rest of us. Perhaps, we are one day closer to the moment where we embrace this ultimate challenge we face in our evolution as a species – that of allowing others the same right to life that we hold dear.

James Will Power. Copyright. 2012. James Power is a writer and metaphysics lecturer. He can be reached via e-mail at: jameswillpower@gmail.com

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The Occult Significances In X-Men: First Class

At the outset, let me simply state that there is nothing wrong with the “occult”. The word sounds ominous, but it simply means “hidden”. How many of us have harbored hidden secrets about one thing or another, whether it is something that we were into that we didn’t want others to know about or something we’ve done that we would rather keep hidden? Let me help you with the answer to that one. I’d say – 98% of all people in the Western world have “occult” secrets. So, to say that something deals with the “occult” is simply to say that it deals with the hidden or the mysterious. It can be said there are three levels to third dimensional existence. There is physical existence (which includes physical matter), metaphysical existence (which includes all that we cannot see), and the occult (which are aspects of the mental world that affect this plane of existence).

Well, in the case of the latest X-Men offering from 20th Century Fox, we have something that stretches beyond “metaphysics” principles to delve into the deeper “occult” mysteries. Metaphysics and the occult are not the same. A simple definition for metaphysics is “beyond the physical”, while occult means “hidden”. Something can be unseen and not be hidden. Electricity is unseen, but certainly is not hidden. Or, take for example, Marvel’s Thor, which was released just one month prior to X-Men: First Class. Thor was themed around a world that existed in another dimension – just beyond the reaches of the third-dimensional, material Universe. And, while that dimension was unseen, it certainly wasn’t hidden. In X-Men: First Class, everyone has something to hide. Secret plans, secret powers, hidden histories, hidden physical properties, and hidden places abound in this movie. That’s not to say that there are no metaphysical characteristics to the film. However, it is very clear that the primary focus of the film is the occult.


In X-Men: First Class, Charles Xavier played by James McAvery, is publishing a thesis on mutation for Oxford University. Turns out – he has a hidden power, the ability to telepathically communicate with others, to suspend the continuity of their thoughts, and to implant thoughts of his own. Meeting the shape-shifting Mystique as a child is confirmation for him that there exist other mutants like him. So, Xavier teams with the CIA to track these other mutants (who are also hiding). One only has to watch the film to see that each character has something they either wish to hide or are seeking to uncover.

Further, it is clear that those charged with writing, producing, and directing the film have an “occult” agenda of their own. A picture is worth a thousand words. And, the passive viewer, lulled to sleep by a title they’ve come to know and trust are bombarded with themes and imagery that stab at the conscious and sub-conscious mind like a searing-hot knife. The handsome, highly-intelligent, sophisticated, British-educated, moral and mentally-capable Charles Xavier is in stark contrast to some of the other American characters, who are painted as immature and uncultivated. The class-conscious creators of this film had no problem maintaining the pecking order. At the low-end sit Black cab-driver Armando Munoz (Darwin) who is the first of the X-men to fall (though likely not killed as many film-goers suspect) and stripper Angel Salvadore who is the first to side with the villains. In maintaining the pecking order, the Cubans are weak, the Russians are seen as aggressive and sex-crazed in contrast to the more sophisticated Germans, and the Americans are a little naïve.

Then, there is the ritualistic killing of the CIA agents by Satan (Azazel) for lacking the necessary sophistication to deal with “the mutant problem”. Hint! Hint! There is the British-educated Xavier who teaches the poor Jewish boy (Erik Lensherr) who has something to hide (otherwise why would he need the helmet) how to gain full control of his power. Being extremely powerful, Magneto (Erik Lensherr) is allowed to save face. However, at the deepest level of the ritual, Magneto’s character (who wouldn’t need a gun in a thousand years because he cannot be shot) is left holding the gun (smoking gun). Hint! Hint! The deepest occult significances cannot be discussed at length in this article, but please realize – movies are meant as a means to send messages, both overt and covert.

Even the name X-Men: First Class seems to send a certain “occult” message. Are they trying to say that the movie was done in “first class” fashion? It seems to say something about the position of everyone in that “first class”. Obviously, this is not the first class, as certain characters in the movie did not enter the world of the X-Men until 40 years after Stan Lee first penned the X-Men. Some of these characters are not even the creations of Stan Lee and the original writers.

And, this brings me to another point. The movie skips through time and merges real history with the imaginary. As the brain tries to make heads or tails of all this, we are hit with the more subtle messages being sent in the film. One might say – it’s just a movie. And, you know what? Maybe that’s all it is. Maybe there is a one in eight-hundred, quintillion probability that the hundreds of things I noticed in the movie are merely circumstantial. I would simply like to lastly point-out that no one (in their right mind) is going to spend millions of dollars in making a movie without ensuring that the message they want to send be sent. And, that (to me) is one the deepest “occult” significance in movies –bar none. In most cases, the writers, producers, and directors of movies are painting a picture of the world they see or the world they would hope to see, with high hopes that you will embrace (or at least be found in agreement with) that vision. In the case of X-Men: First Class, it is a vision I chose to begin to forget the second the screen faded to black.

James Will Power

Meta-Report: Signs of Things To Come

MeRt052511: We simply have to consider that the tornados in the mid-west may be a sign of things to come. Perhaps, this is a two-fold warning:

1. Stop adding energy (in the form of agreement) to war, killing, violence, the taking of and shortening of human life and the destruction of mother Earth.

Or

2. Get the hell out of dodge, because hell is erupting.

All this was prophesied to occur long ago. And, with the passing of generations, the full details of these prophecies are often forgotten. We can never be totally certain (of when), but we must begin to feel the current of life and where those currents are leading us. Perhaps, this is just an unusual tornado season. Perhaps, it is something more.

Very soon, I will be posting information on relative "safe-zones" in the United States and why it may be within people's best interest to migrate to these areas. Don't say it cannot be done. People gave up their jobs and homes to travel the country handing out fliers. So, it can be done. Again, much is lost with the passage of time, but history records great migrations to the West and to the North. The time will soon come when we will have to migrate to places of relative safety within America.

James Power

Judgment Day Passes: Now What?

Turns out – the Apocalypse (or Judgment Day) on May 21st, as predicted by Harold Camping of Family Radio, did not come to pass. However, the gateway that was opened with Mr. Camping’s prediction carried with it significant negative energy due to the attention and frustrations of the masses who attuned themselves to the frequency of his prophecy. As the United States drew closer to the 6PM EST hour on 5/21, the energy began to intensify. This resulted in a portal being opened. The energy in that portal opening was further intensified by the fact that 5/22 was a (9/11) and (11/11) gateway. Further, while Camping’s promotion of his numerological predictions purposed a date and time, the antithesis of his prophecy was also realized in the form of the words “No man knows the day or the hour.” No stronger are those words than when any pre-purposed apocalypse event fails to present itself. Further, 5/22 was a Mayan calendar portal day, a day of planetary alignment, and a day of historic ill-omen. With all that energy, 5/22 carried the real force of negative energy and possibility that a catastrophic occurrence might result.

I couldn’t imagine anything of consequence occurring on 5/21, given the gateway was placed at 6PM. I put the gateway at 6PM on the 21st to about 6PM on the 22nd, with the most intense period being in the early morning hours of the 22nd. There were reports of tornadoes in Kansas and Reading in the early morning hours of 5/22. This, to me, was not completely out-of-the-ordinary. And, when 10AM passed, I was totally relieved that we were out of the red-zone period of the negative energy gateway. There would most certainly be reports of events happening here and there, but there was no catastrophic event of significance in the U.S. So, the only people who would have to deal with the Earth-shattering fallout from learning that Judgment Day did not occur would be Camping’s followers (or at least I that’s what I thought). At approximately 6PM on 5/22, as the gateway was closing, a monster tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri decimating the town of 50,000. Thus, the tail-end of this energy carried with it the intense force of devastation. There was no means of escaping this mile-wide monstrosity of nature. There was no warning and nothing in the handbook on survival could have prepared anyone for a tornado of this magnitude.

The only things left in the wake of this momentous event are the test of spirit and the lessons left to us. First, who are we? Do we have the empathy and compassion to realize that the only difference between the citizens of Joplin and us is that we were fortunate “this time around”? Will we pray for them? Will we meditate and send thoughts and feelings of love and healing energy? Some of us will. And, how will we respond to Harold Camping and his followers? Ultimately, they meant well, but unwittingly committed the sin of killing the human spirit? People with families and lives and hopes for something better gave all of that up on the chance that “the Rapture” might occur on 5/21. So many others experienced the fear and frustration of having to wonder whether they would be taken or “left behind”. And, what is to be said about Christian families and legitimate worries that their children would experience “Hell-on-Earth” until October 2011? I am certain that prediction caused many sleepless nights for “true believers”.

Still, as members of the human family, we have the right to be wrong. And, they have the right to our love and forgiveness and embrace as members of the human family. They have a right to be returned to the fold – to one day soon, once again hold their heads up in dignity. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but they are the ones who will ultimately be forced to walk that road for a few months. They will have to pick-up the pieces of lived they left behind. It is the duty of the human family to be at the road-side with a canteen – not just because good intentions do mean something either. Yes! They were warning us. They had concern for the best part of us – the human soul. That counts for something. Still, it is the best part of us “the soul of humanity” that demands we embrace those proverbial “prodigal sons”.

So, we ask forgiveness for them. And, we take from this a lesson about the human spirit. We all have something from God – a longing to be “right”. It’s innate. It’s the part of the perfect GOD in us that demands we align ourselves with exactitude. Thing is – we live in a world of contrasts, dimensions, and subjectivity. So, we are not necessarily here to learn the lesson of being right. We are here to learn the lesson of “unconditional love and understanding”. Can you love? Can you be loveable? Can you love me when I’m wrong? Can you understand that we all err and that “to err is human”? If so, you’ve passed the test of this judgment day. And, now it’s time to study, because Earth is a classroom. And, the next exam is soon to come.
James Power

Motivating Intent

One of the most wonderful blessings afforded me in doing this work is that as I've shared with others, I've grown and developed also. So, as I sit here creating yet another forum (or platform) from which to share what I am learning, I just wanted to take a moment to share some of my thoughts and feelings on intent.

To me, it is very important that we know the intentions of various creators in their creating. That way, we reduce the chance that we fall victim to those with malicious intentions. They say - the road to hell is paved with "good intentions". Well, at the root of every intention is some motivating belief or knowledge. It is when the motivating belief or knowledge at the root of the intention is "false" that others fall victim to the outgrowth of the ill intention.

So, I guess I had better start with my motivating belief or knowledge. That way, you can determine whether my intentions are in-fact "good" and if it is best for you to spend your precious and valuable time attending to what you might find on this website. Further, you should demand that of anyone and anything that vies for your time. You are that IMPORTANT!

Well, I believe that we all have the right to empowerment through understanding and discovery at the deepest level to which we choose to endeavor. It is my belief that is is the right of every human being to gain full knowledge and understanding of the mind, the brain, the body, the soul, the spirit, civilization, the Universe, time, space, energy, consciousness, reasoning, belief, and their functioning and reason for being. I believe these to be great gifts and that we are the benefactors of these gifts and have a responsibility to cultivate these gifts and confer that cultivation to future generations.

For me, discovery is a joyous and wondrous thing. I don't want to force my experience on anyone, as others have the right to put whatever limitations on their experience they see fit. However, it is my intention to share what I've learned and experienced with the many people who would choose to benefit from this knowledge and experience. It is NOT my intention that people diametrically change in the beliefs that they hold dear. It is NOT my intention to promote any single set of religious beliefs, any one ideology, or any course of study as superior to another.
It is my intention that the door be opened to a new and more profound understanding of that which one holds dear for himself - that individually and collectively humanity might be thereby better served.

My intention is that as many as can be touched by this site come to understand that there is beauty and splendor in the multi-faceted cornucopia of religon, philosophy, science, mythology, symbology, and history that contribute to our world's many realities. It is my belief that a greater appreciation of all of it can only lead to man's advance. I decry war, hatred, violence, and intolerance, as I believe these to be the outgrowth of ignorance and fear. All that is - is allowed to be. Were it the GOD's intention that we all be of one race or one system of belief or of one understanding, it would have been so. Thus, I can only conclude that the contrast that results from diversity of being facilitates the ultimate learning experience. This is the understanding I wish to confer with Metaphysics Magazine.

J. W. Power