HARK Newsletter - November 2004 Issue

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Welcome to the HARK Monthly Spiritual Newsletter.

In this month's newsletter:

In this month's newsletter:
1. Inspirational quotations
2. New on our web site
3. SELF HELP - books and newsletters
4. Remember, Remember, the 5th of November
5. and FINALLY..

1. INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS:

"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday" Pearl Buck

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see" Winston Churchill

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" George Santayana

"There is only one religion though there are a hundred versions of it" Bernard Shaw

"The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion" Robert H Jackson

2. NEW ON OUR WEB SITE

>>>> NEW READER - ELORYIA RA

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Eloryia is a featured radio and television guest (author of "Ascension, A Trilogy of Transformation" and other books). She uses her ability to see auras, as well as clairvoyance and clairaudience to gain insight for your reading. Through your reading she will guide you to peace of mind, true love, financial prosperity and the freedom to follow your dreams.

Read more about Eloryia at http://www.hark.net.au/eloryia.htm

3. SELF HELP BOOKS & NEWSLETTERS

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4. Remember, Remember, the 5th of November by Julie Hargreaves

Right about now, there are armies of children around Britain foraging for wood and other combustible material (also known as "chumping") in order to stack bonfires for the annual ritual which occurs on the 5th November. Part of the getting ready to set light to Britain also includes making a Guy Fawkes look-a-like, which gets dragged around and used as an excuse to demand money from passers-by with the cry of "penny for the Guy". Then when the big day finally arrives, it gets shoved on the bonfire as the final salute and it's big send off in glory.

This has been going on now, for 399 years, ever since the first thwarted "terrorist" plot by religious zealots attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Back then, it was catholic zealots who wanted to change their world using violent and explosive means and the orders for this treasonous act apparently went all the way up the chain of religious command, some suggesting even to the top of the Catholic tree. Guy Fawkes was the man with the match, who was discovered in the basement of the Parliament buildings in a rather too compromising situation along with a large quantity of explosives. Needless to say there were other co-conspirators, all of whom were executed. But, Fawkes is the guy (sorry!) that people remember and who gets the roasting every year.

Nowadays, the religious zealots may be wearing a different mantle, but the methodology for enacting change hasn't itself changed much in the last 400 years! Some people still think that the way to solve society's problems involves pyrotechnic statements of a terminal kind. And just as religious leaders then were implicated in the dark deeds down in the dungeons, the supposedly spiritual leaders of some communities now still believe that the road to God should be a bloody one.

It's interesting to note that the backlash from the gunpowder plot had the opposite effect to that which the conspirators desired and resulted in tighter controls on their brand of religion with apparently public support. Spot any parallels here?

Isn't it now time we climbed out of that particular groove of cultural consciousness and started playing life to a better tune?

Perhaps we could try the ancient and wise maxim - LIVE AND LET LIVE?

Footnote: for all the bonfire night revellers - the law of 1605, which compelled the population to celebrate the thwarted plot, by lighting bonfires every 5th of November, was repealed in 1859 - so you can stop now!

5. AND FINALLY ...

A priest, a rabbi, and a mullah are in a row boat in the middle of a lake. After a while the priest says 'Whenever I find myself out on a lake like this I think about the time when Jesus walked upon the water, and I feel compelled to follow his example.' And with that the priest gets up, steps over the edge of the boat and walks across the water, completing a full circle around the craft before stepping back in and resuming his seat.

The rabbi looks at the priest and says 'I know what you mean. I often have the same urge to demonstrate that what Jesus did was a natural manifestation of the miracles of the Jewish holy men with whom he studied.' The rabbi stands up, steps over the side and duplicates the priest's performance.

The mullah stares at his two colleagues in amazement. But he cannot allow himself to be bested in this duel of devotion, so he too steps over the side and promptly sinks like a stone. As he struggles to the surface, the priest and the rabbi haul him back into the boat and the three holy men resume their seats, the mullah wringing out his robes, the priest and the rabbi lost in prayer.

The mullah sneaks a glance at the other two who are nodding and murmuring with closed eyes. Unable to stand their "drier than thou" attitude he again steps over the side and does a wonderful imitation of one who would sleep with the fishes. The mullah is again hauled from the depths and returned to his seat. The priest and the rabbi return to their prayers.

The mullah rises for the third time, but the rabbi places a hand upon his arm and says to the priest, 'Father Murphy, are you called to action?'

'Yes,' the priest replies, 'I suppose we better show our friend where the rocks are before he drowns himself.'

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