21st Century Dilemma

Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that the only hope for the 21st Century is spirituality.

The question then is what kind of spirituality? We need one unified view that considers the benefit of all beings on the planet.

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Five million homeless in post-earthquake China. Thirty thousand children nearing starvation due to lack food and water in post-cyclone Mayanmar. Six million children starving in Ethiopia due to ongoing drought and high cost of food there. Areas of the United States looking more and more like a third-world country. The US is paying high-price contractors $100 to wash and dry one duffle bag of clothing for our military in Iraq....$250,000 for a mess-hall cook.

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Strange forces are at work. Millions of dollars are spent on election campaigns...trillions of dollars are spent in the middle east mayhem.

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This may be our last chance to take a real stand. Hillary is doing her best to position herself for 2012 after Obama fails to deliver.

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Obama sounds good and he looks good, but maybe it is time to wake up.