as the wise men from a foreign land, ask the locals where the king of the locals can be found. The church generally has no idea where the One can be found, just as King Herod has no idea where the king of the Jews can be found, as he considers himself King of the Jews, and the church believes it has the highest and greatest joy. This joy that the majestic daughters have encountered is considered foreign to the church, just as any other king is considered a threat to Herod. Another understanding is that as the three majestic daughters come to know the One, their adoration of the One grows, or rather they come to adore him.

This whole scene is like a child asking their parent a confounding question. A question such as “Where do babies come from?” can confound a parent who strains to answer the child both honestly and in a way they can understand, as well as present the appropriate attitude with which the child should approach sex and birth.

Finally, God save whoever bears a temptation to the majestic daughters of communion. The head of the household will take action against anyone who bears an alternative to their authority, just as King Herod seeks the death of any child considered as born to be king of the Jews. It does not matter that the bearer or child is only a part of all that is to come, they must be eliminated as they are the means by which it will come. The action of Herod is against God, and the baby Jesus is only the means by which God comes, and therefore the target of Herod. Likewise, the means by which the One comes will be the target of the head of the household, and the head of the household, as well as the church, may choose to act against God by acting against the bearer of the One. The One may be considered to be God, as it is an infinite source, but God is unfathomable and undefinable, so any image of God, such as a One, is not God, but rather only another image of God. God does not live in the Sistine Chapel any more than He lives anywhere else, but there is an image of God on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Feast of Christ the King, Sunday, November 20th, 2011

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Verse 3 3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 3 3 When the head of the household heard this, all the church was disturbed.

from the animation text of HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 3 Discussion

So the role of King Herod is played by the head of the household. A matriarch of a family is the economic and social leader of the family, as the king is the social and economic leader of the nation. More commonly though, in western society, it is a patriarch who is the head of the household. It doesn't matter whether it is a female or a male leader who has authority over the household, just as it doesn't matter whether a queen or a king is in control, neither is interested in entertaining any challenge to their authority.

To call Jesus “Lord” or “King”, is to give Him authority over economic and social issues, as well as everything else. He as well, asks for total obedience to His authority. He wants all of me, you, or us, more so than any other king. But He wants us to surrender to Him willingly, and will not force us to pay Him homage, but rather patiently waits and encourages each of us to acknowledge Him and accept His blessings.

So trying to serve two masters will make one hate one master and love the other master. Jerusalem at the time, had two masters, and God as well. The King Herod, the Roman rule, and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of being itself. And this choice between these three would have to be made daily. Jesus was challenged whether it was lawful to pay taxes to Rome or not. He answered with the question “Who's face is on the coin?”. Being the Roman Emperor's face on the coin, Jesus said “Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's”. And that is the way to sort out how to deal with more than one master, but still leaves the love of one and the hatred of the other.

So if there is the head of the household, the head of the nation, and the King of Heaven, then give to each his due. The problem arises when one authority wants homage out of its jurisdiction. The church may be all knowing in the way of following Christ as Lord, but it has failed in directing how one should proceed once one is committed to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. This the church has left up to the individual to sort out on their own. And this is where this idea of marriage picks up. The idea of the One of marriage demands the application of all Jesus taught and was, or is, to the sacred relationship of marriage. Any interference by any authority, whether the nation or the household, is interference in the application of the direction of Jesus. This is why the household and the church were disturbed when they heard the question of the previous verse - “Where is the One who has been born above all? We have felt his joy in communion and have come to adore him”, - they were enjoying undue authority over the relationships of the members of the household, or nation, and recognized this question and expression of love as a threat to their authority. The household saw a devotion greater than it knew, to an other beyond their authority, and the church likewise saw a devotion greater than it knew, again, to an other beyond its authority.

This is common in popular culture, this overbearing interest of the parent or parents, in the relationship of their adult children. Surely adolescents need guidance, but this is not forever, as even the crown acknowledges that adults, over the age of 18, are responsible for their own decisions, regardless of whether their parents feel they are capable or not. Indeed, many parents deliberately undermine the adult child's ability to take care of themselves independently of their parents, so as to keep them under the authority of the household. This servitude is different in each culture, but prevalent in all cultures. It is as rampant with fathers as it is with mothers, with respect to male adult children as it is for female adult children.

And this overbearing influence of a parent or parents undermines any One relationship the adult child may venture into. It truly becomes a marriage of two families, and the ensuing battle for control between them, rather than a significant balance of whole and part in the form of a marriage of equals. Not only that, the parents of the adult child have their own relationship as husband and wife that suffers neglect by the undue attention given to the adult children. Both fathers and mothers are guilty of neglecting their spouse in the interest of maintaining authority over their adult children.

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Sunday, the first day of Advent, November 27th, 2011

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Verse 4 4 When he had called together all the chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christa was to be born.

a 4 OR Messiah

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 4 4 When all were consulted the head asked where the Christ was to be born.

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 4 Discussion

Looking back now, I could have written “One” instead of “Christ”, but what I wrote, I wrote.

As a union of whole and part, Christ, or the Messiah, or the Anointed One, has dominion over all of us. We each are inclined toward the whole or the part, whether by choice or gender, and this inclination moves existence forward, albeit in a struggle as well as in peace. We are limited to the extent in which we are a union of whole and part, as a world or as individuals. Christ is the union of whole and part, in history as well as for all time. Christ is the Word, before all worlds. This eternal union of whole and part which is existence can be brought forth in marriage as well as many other ways. We all exist in this union of whole and part and anything new is created first as a union of whole and part. So in marriage there is the potential for creation, to the extent that the union of whole and part exist. Christ, as union of whole and part, is synonymous with the One of marriage.

So the head of the household, having heard the daughters ask where the infant One was, must track down this challenge to their authority, under the guise of curiosity and genuine interest. This is what Herod was doing and this is what the head of the household does. Under the assumption that they have the best interest of the infant One or the infant Christ as their intention, they draw their enemy closer than their friends and prepare to deal with this challenge to their authority.

The members of the church, or the chief priests and teachers of the law, may be open to the gift of the One or Christ, but nevertheless, they unwittingly allow the infant One or the infant Christ to be threatened. Each member of the church must choose for themselves if they will accept this occurrence or oppose it. There will not be a consensus arrived at, but rather, each person will decide for themselves if they will accept the One or the Christ and act accordingly.

So the One or the Christ, may appear as a person, but in reality it is a relationship. The other person in your relationship my appear to you as the One, but in reality the One is the relationship you have with the other person, rather than the other person themselves. This is a common error, this confusing the joy of the relationship with the other person, the object of your intentions. The other person may truly be the essential origin of your joy, but in reality it is your relationship with the other person that is the true source of the joy. The other person without you is nothing more than any other stranger, but your relationship with that individual bears great joy.

This true source of joy, the relationship, is trickier to explain with respect to Jesus Christ, but is still true of your relationship with Jesus Christ. To begin with, did you ever personally shake Jesus' hand ? No you haven't. But Jesus is a source of great joy. He did many things, in the past, but it is His presence to you today that brings you joy. You have not shaken hands with Jesus, but you live in an eternal relationship with Him and this is the true source of your joy. The relationship with Jesus is present to you today, if Jesus the man is not present to you today.

That is why it is so important to act on your relationship with Jesus, or your spouse, so that the relationship may bear fruit. The consequences of your actions are the only thing that really exists in this world, that can bear witness to the relationship, which bears witness to the eternal existence of the Christ or the One. The little things we do each day for Jesus or our spouse are the only things that exist in reality, and especially so for those beneficiaries of our actions based on our relationship with Jesus. What ever you do for the least of these, you do for Jesus. And the same is true for the One of the marriage relationship – whatever you do for your spouse, no matter how inconsequential, you did for Jesus, the Christ, and the One of marriage.

Finally, sometimes it is important to do nothing. This allows the spouse to come to act on the relationship. Joseph, allowed Mary to nurture Jesus in her way, and supported the Holy Family as best he could. He safely took them into hiding in Egypt, and safely brought them back to Nazareth, as opposed to Bethlehem, where Herod's influence still threatened the infant Christ. But the immaculately conceived Mary, was the one to raise Jesus up to fulfill his mission, with the blessings of Joseph. Joseph may have known that Jesus was the one to do all Joseph longed to see, rather than Joseph doing it himself, in a futile grasping at God. The union of whole and part was allowed by Joseph to exist between Jesus and his mother Mary, and blessed by Joseph, who may have judged it more powerful than anything he and Mary could accomplish. This one man, Jesus, was a product of an immaculately conceived Mary and her relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and may have been more than anything Joseph could have come up with, so he honoured Jesus by allowing Him to do his work.

Jesus is the perfect person, if Mary is the perfect Mother, and Joseph is the perfect Father. We are all called to be perfect people, in the image of Jesus, as children of God, and secondly called to be spouses, and thirdly called to be parents. The union of whole and part that exists and existed in Jesus Christ, is most readily available and full of potential in the marriage relationship. It does exist between parent and child, but this is an imbalance of power, where a true marriage is a perfect balance of whole and part.

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the Second Sunday of Advent, December 4th, 2011

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Verse 5 5 ”In Bethlehem in Judea”, they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: . .. ...

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter two, New International Version

Verse 5 5 “In the macropolis of David” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

from the text of the animation, HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew’s Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 5 Discussion

So this is the kind of thinking involved in the experience of the One. Bethlehem was a town in Judea. It was the birthplace of the King David. So it is known as the city of David. Now a city can be big, and referred to as a metropolis, which is a word with either Greek or Latin roots. Bethlehem was a small town, I believe.

The Acropolis, which means at the top of the city, is a fortified hill in Athens on which the Parthenon stood as a Doric temple to the virgin god Athena. And finally, the prefix “macro” is from the Greek makros, and is a “combining form meaning long, large”a. I did not look any of this up when I wrote the text of this animation, but now that I have looked it up, let's figure out what this means.

My thinking at the time of writing this, was that the Acropolis was a temple to all the gods of Greece, and that “macro” meant all as well as large or many. So the Macropolis of David would mean the temple to all the gods of King David, which, David serving the one God, would mean all the approaches of King David to the one God. But now that I have looked up the roots of this word Macropolis that I made up, let's see how one could interpret this made up word.

Macro means long or large, and polis means city. Metropolis, means mother-city, but can refer to any large city. So correctly and literally, Macropolis means a long or large city.

But Bethlehem is a small town, so why refer to it as a large city? I was not referring to the town of King David's birth nor the town where Jesus was born. I was referring to “where the Christ was to be born”, and in this animation story, the Christ, or One, is born in the, let's say, long or large city of David. For this to make sense, we must see the word “Macropolis” as having a religious context, and having the meaning of the large city of David's gods. And since both King David, and the author, David Foster, serve the One God, this plural gods means the many approaches to the One God.

The boy David was the son of Jesse, and a shepherd who was called upon to slay the giant Goliath. He later became King and wrote many psalms, as well as marrying the wife of a man he sent to certain death. His most popular psalm is known as the 23rd psalm which begins “The Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing that I want.”

David led a wondrous life as poet, warrior, shepherd and king. He truly had a thorough understanding of his Lord and God. The city of his knowledge of his Lord and God would be very large and magnificent.

So there you have it - this is the meaning of the answer to where the Christ was to be born- in the Macropolis of David. It takes a bit of thought to make sense of this stuff, but the experience is worth the effort and makes for a nice Sunday drive around one's mind.

This is what is meant by the Christ being born in the city of David, Bethlehem, and Joseph being a descendent of David – the Christ bears many of the aspects of King David, mainly the spiritual aspects. It is not important who Joseph was a descendent of, nor is it important what the geographic location of Jesus' birth was – it is most important what the Christ was building upon, which is the legacy and establishment of King David.

King David was a celebrated individual in the Hebrew faith. His life was held up as an example of one who was devoted to God and blessed by God. It was promised to him that the Messiah would be one of his descendents. This was not an incidental favour bestowed on David, this was an acknowledgment of his closeness to God. This is what is important, that David was close to God, as Christ would be close to God. David's offspring are incidental, as is the place of his birth, but his closeness to God is of primary importance.

So the One, or Christ, appears in the legacy of King David, rather than in a small obscure town or glorious lineage. Deliberation on the psalms and history of King David points to the Christ, and the One.

Finally, this animation text is the story of my experience of the Gospel of Matthew, and how I find the truths of the Bible played out in my life. It is a coincidence that my name is David and that I may appear as a spiritual scout, reporting on the spiritual territory that our people are entering into. Many may feel that it is obnoxious to write all this, and to dwell on my experiences, but I feel it is important for me to share my experience, as I am able, as we all should do, to identify and establish spiritual truths to those that follow us. None of us live in a vacuum - we all share this life with the others around us. Identifying and clarifying our existential nature is a joint endeavour of all of us. This, I find, is more important than what I will get for Christmas, or what state I will be in financially when the tally is taken. I readily welcome any comments and discussion, whether supportive or critical, and can be reached at vid932008@gmail.com .

a Page 361, Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Warner Books Paperback Edition, © 1984

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the third Sunday of Advent, December 11th, 2011

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Verse 6 6 ” ‘ But you, Bethlehem, in the Land of Judea, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’ b ”

b 6 MICAH 5 : 2

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 6 6 “ ' The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” ' a

a 6 MATTHEW 22 : 44 ;

LUKE 20 : 42-43 ;

PSALM 110 : 1

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 6 Discussion

So which is more important – the legacy of King David, or the geographic location of the birth of the Christ or the One? Well for one thing, this animation is specifically about the birth of the One, so the legacy of King David, as maintained and fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth is more important to this story of the One. But the geographic location of the birth of Jesus is something to be considered for those who are drawn to supernatural occurrences. Jesus being born in the city of King David, Bethlehem, is important to those looking for supernatural signs and acknowledgments of God. But be careful that these supernatural occurrences are not an attempt by Satan to mislead the overly simplistic. I'd rather try to know God, although He is ultimately unknowable, and develop an understanding, than be at the whim of any supernatural claim that comes along.

But the Wise Men, or Magi, were looking for the geographic location of the birth of Jesus, so the scripture quoted to them makes a geographic claim that Bethlehem would be where the Anointed One will be born.

Where did the Wise Men get this idea to come and visit a baby in Judea? My understanding is that there are two ways something can be known – wholistically and partially. The Wise Men came upon their knowledge wholistically. This wholistic way of knowing things can be explained by an example. If you see a stallion come out of a barn, and then after a gestation period, see a colt come out of the same barn, you would know that there is a mare in the barn. This is the wholistic way of knowing things. Alternatively, if you go into the barn and find a pregnant mare, then you know there is a mare in the barn. This would be the partial way of knowing things. It is the classic idea of the problem of the One and the Many – if there is one, then how can there be many ? The Wise Men saw signs and came looking for the baby in the manger. I have generally gone looking for the mare, and tried to further my understanding through inquiry, consideration and integration of what little I know.

But Jesus, as a balance of whole and part, knew far more than even the church has imagined. The Wise Men saw signs and knew the Anointed One would be born, but Jesus, as the Anointed One, knew many more things through the integration of the whole of his awareness with the parts of his awareness. Also, Jesus was in a geographic location that gave him a unique whole view. And, Jesus was at a historical time that gave him a unique whole view. These signs of the place and time were what the Wise Men knew and so were able to locate the manger.

So as a balance of whole and part, the One, which the majestic daughters of communion have encountered in the church, is of the legacy of King David and made alive in the life of Christ, and can be tracked down just as the Wise Men tracked down the manger, by inquiry, consideration and the integration of what little one may know.

So in the animation, the Lord said to David's Lord, “sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a

footstool for your feet.” So which Lord is which ? I would argue that there is a the classic Lord of the Old Covenant, which I would refer to as the Father, but David's Lord, is the Christ, the balance of whole and part, which would suffer and die as the Son, to bring about a new heaven and a new earth through His resurrection. In the legacy of King David, there is the new inkling of the idea of the Trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. To me, the Father is being, the Son is the knowledge and awareness of being, and the Holy Spirit is the love of being. And the Christ, which is Greek for “the Anointed One”, who was wholistically anointed due to his place, time and nature in the reality of the world, is the eternal balance of whole and part. This balance of whole and part is of the legacy of King David, and sits at the right hand of the Father, the Lord of the Old Testament. The balance of whole and part is the action of the nature of existence and draws all existence to it. Existence – Father, Being; acts by the balance of whole and part – Christ, the Word, the Son; and is motivated by love – the Holy Spirit. To sit at the right hand is to be the lead actor in the organization of the throne's occupant. So the One may be found in the macropolis of David, where David's Lord sits at the right hand of the Lord, until

the Lord makes the enemies of David a footstool for his feet. Today's reading from the Second Book of Samuel, Chapter Seven, verses 1-5, 8-12, 14 and 16, is how King David realized he was living in a proper house, while the Ark of the Covenant, the gift of the presence of God, was housed in a tent. David expressed this to the prophet Nathan, who told him to go ahead and build a better “house for God”. But that night Nathan became aware that God would raise up a house for David, as David had wanted to build a house for God. “Moreover the Lord declares to you, David, that the Lord will make you a house.” “I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne, David, shall be established forever.”

I believe David will be remembered as a leading founder of the thought of the Trinity, and the balance of whole and part.

Finally, to see this whole seating arrangement, if David can be seen to be sitting at the right hand of his Lord,

Christ, or One, and not all of them are benevolent. Many people came to Judea looking for enrichment, but many were like the Romans and saw opportunity for wealth rather than spiritual enlightenment. But in the nature of the One, anyone who is not totally committed will fall away as the will of the One prevails. Another way of looking at it, is, there is only one One for each individual, and all else falls away as the will of that one One prevails. We are all called to fulfill our lives as the One intended, and this is unique for each one of us. This being, and furthering our knowledge of being, precipitating further love of this being, is ultimately beyond full knowing, and this leaves a constant opportunity for surprise growth. Any threat to this ultimate purpose will ultimately fall away. Likewise, as with the Magi and King Herod, the One will prevail over the threat presented by the head of the household. The head of the household likewise sees the One as a threat to their authority, whether it is or not, and has a malicious interest in pursuing the One, so that it may be eliminated and no longer threaten their authority.

Where the Magi followed a star, the majestic daughters are following the joy as a guide to the presence of the One. This joy prevails over all else, and is easily pursued like a game of “getting warmer” - “getting colder”. So when exactly the joy had appeared, would guide the head of the household as to what the circumstances were when the joy had appeared, and provide information as to what may be eliminated so as to eliminate the joy. This could be a person, place or thing. It could be a lover, a prophet, a book, a drink or any other amusement, as long as it provides a joy that threatens the authority of the head of the household. Normally, this is just the head of the household being responsible for their charges, but if there is a limit to their responsibility – a point at which they are to relinquish their authority, then the head of the household is grasping at authority that they are not intended to exercise. Yet the One will prevail, as the infant Jesus was saved to gain maturity.

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

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Verse 8 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I may go and worship him.”

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 8 . .. ... 8 and sent them out to find the One, and report back so that he may be adored by all.

from the text of the animation, HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 8 Discussion

There you have it - Herod claims he wants to worship the infant One, Jesus. There are many who claim they want to worship similarly to how one may worship, yet there is a vast array of how many people comprehend their faith, our faith. Yet by their fruit you will know them.

The body of Christ, the church, is a compendium of various understandings. What one may see clearly, can vary greatly from what another may understand thoroughly, and the church is made up of these many understandings. They all may be correct, each in their own context, but in an infinite context, each one's understanding comes up short. Combined, all these comprehensions make up humanity's comprehension of God, and may actually be complete, one day. Nevertheless, by their outcomes, one will know which comprehension is of God and which is opposed to God.

As well, there is a parable of Jesus, somewhere, where he illustrates that to uproot the weeds, or understandings opposed to God, would damage the understandings, or crop, that are of God. Better to let them alone, and when the day of judgment comes, the harvest, when all are taken up, let God sort out what is of Him and what is opposed to Him.

In light of this, I would propose, that as the world was created as good, and therefore all is good, there are not any weeds or understandings opposed to God, but rather conflict between differing limited understandings that are all of an unlimited God. There really is no one who willingly opposes God, by definition of God being an infinite unlimited purpose, but limited understandings of an unlimited God. Satan is real, however, and is manifested by one limited understanding trying to obliterate another limited understanding. This pursuit of destruction is where Satan comes into play, rather than anything being worthy of destruction, the act of pursuing destruction throws out the baby with the bath water. This is why one must forgive – to let God sort out what is of Him on the day of judgment, at the harvest, when the time comes to exercise judgment and act on that judgment. The good news is that there is likely no end to God's created world, as he set it into perpetual motion, but the bad news is that this day of judgment can come at any time, to any person, and happens frequently, as necessary.

Herod may have been correct in asserting that he must perpetuate his authority for the good of his people, but when he acted to obliterate what he considered opposition to his authority, he acted as Satan the opposer acts, and opposed another understanding of authority. Jesus himself said his kingdom is not of this world, so he had no intention of opposing or obliterating any state authority, whether Herod or Pontius Pilate, the Jewish state or the Roman Empire, but was rather, establishing an infinite kingdom, not a limited earthly kingdom. His kingdom would guide earthly kingdoms, as it has in all Christendom, rather than oppose and try to obliterate earthly kingdoms. Render unto God what is God's, and unto Caesar what is Caesar's. So Herod was limited, mistaken, in his opposition and attempt to obliterate what he saw as opposing him.

Verse 10 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 10 10 When they felt the joy they saw stars.

from the text of the animation, HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 10 Discussion

The Wise Men, or kings from the east, or Magi, when they saw the star, they were overjoyed, but the majestic daughters, when they felt the joy, they saw stars.

This is a phrase that isn't used much anymore, to see stars when one is overcome. It is an expression, like

many expressions, that has come and gone out of popular use. This is often overlooked, how much our language rests on common phrases. But just look at the difficulty high school students have with reading Shakespeare. The phrases used in Shakespeare are definitely not common today, yet they remain very expressive to those who take the time to consider what these expressions could mean, as well as refer to the many guidebooks published on Shakespeare.

Our language relies heavily on repeated phrases, and when one changes these phrases, or creates new phrases, the audience is challenged to ascertain the meaning of such new phrases. So in reality, which is a phrase, we do not communicate with words but with phrases. And anyone who creates new phrases, has challenged their audience to understand them.

Taken further, the use of buzz words such as “popular morality”, or “global economy”, or “downsizing”, or “stalemate”, or “worst case scenario”, or “clock ticking”, or “lockout”, or “diversifying”, or “global demand”, or “skyrocketing”, or “underground economy”, or “privatizing”, or “high-tech”, or “down turn”, all express an idea more specific than the word or words alone mean. We do not communicate with words, but with phrases. “ Now having said that, God knows what's going to happen over the next few months.” - Rene Morissette, Toronto Star, Friday, January 13th, 2012. There's a sentence that is completely made up of phrases ! To an audience 100 years before or after her writing, this sentence may not make any sense at all, to the casual reader !

So if we communicate with phrases, rather than words, are we really thinking about what we are communicating ? I believe that we get hung up in common phrases and do not really think about what we are reading or what we are expressing. This animation writing requires that the audience think about what is being expressed, more than any popular entertainment demands. And then the natural extension is that the audience will think about the original Gospel text and what it is really saying.

Jesus saves, Moses invests !

Jesus saves ! Moses shoots ! He scooooorrrres !!

There are two plays on the use of an overused common religious phrase - “Jesus saves!”. The problem is that when communication gets bogged down in overused phrases and expressions, it fails to communicate anything at all, as the audience fails to receive any new idea, and so throws the communication in the dumpster with all the other discarded messages. Buzz words are a waste of time, and an even worse waste of time than a challenging creation of new phrases. The only problem is that the new phrases, seeming unintelligible, are discarded along with the overused phrases. But at least there is the chance that some meaning may get across, as opposed to using the same old buzz words, where there is certainty that no message will get across.

All the “thee”s, “thou”s, and “shall”s of the King James Bible, do not merit their use as implying that a more important message is being communicated than the use of common words would imply. Christianity was spread in Greek, the common language of the people at the time, and not in the loftier languages of Latin or Hebrew ! All this use of lofty language detracts from the practicality and obvious nature of the christian message, and I will not use lofty language to promote the marriage relationship. I will use parables, examples and other challenging forms of communication to bring the real message to the audience, rather than to exclude the audience from the message that marriage is the salvation of society, as well as society's greatest challenge.

Finally, if this message is so obvious, why do most people find it to be obscure? Well, where is your nose ? Did you have to think about it – as to what I meant by that question? The most obvious can very easily be overlooked, and we need to be mindful of even the obvious, which we often overlook. Will you die ? - of course! But are you spending all your waking hours aware of this ? I think not. Have you incorporated this fact into your daily life ? Perhaps you have a retirement plan, but what is your resurrection plan ? This is real. Act like it.

Whether one is aware of it or not, they will die. Whether one is aware of it or not, their actions have a cumulative ultimate infinite goal. This is a fact. If one tosses popcorn in the movie theatre, this may be random but there will be popcorn to be swept up, and this is a fact. So what is your ultimate infinite goal ? Are you only thinking about the next job, or are you thinking about your next death ? This self discussion is your religion, whether you believe it or not. Is this what you want ?

So don't talk to me about how a job is necessary when I am not allowed to do a good job by my employer and co-workers who are playing politics as they screw up even the simplest of tasks. I am not interested in your finite religion. Do what you want, and leave me to the death of my own choosing, if it be that. Don't talk to me about an education where I am to cheat the results all the way through to only end up in debt. I'll educate myself, thank you. Do what you want, and leave me to the death of my own choosing, if it be that.

This writing is passive and can easily be avoided, as can the animation. When one is ready to appreciate any of this, it will be here. My next death will be mitigated by this work, if only because I alone value it.

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Sunday, January 15th, 2012

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Verse 11 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 1111 On coming to the house they saw the One of their mothers' and they bowed to worship him. One opened his treasures and they received gifts of gold and fragrant flowers and perfumed soap .

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 11 Discussion

This is a long verse with a lot to it, so let's list what will be covered in this discussion. First of all, there is how the majestic daughters saw the One of their mothers', then how they worshiped him, and how One opened his treasures and they received the three gifts.

The One, the balance of whole and part, is the anointed one, or Christ, in our world today. It, or he, as it is referred to when apart and beyond us, lives in the communion of the people around us, as well as in each of us individually, and brings joy with his presence. So the One, is not particularly the man, but the relationship that exists between the friends, of whom the man is one. The One, the joy, is present among the friends including the man, but also has been a part of the women's lives before, which causes them to recognize it when they are with the man. Specifically, the women have experienced this joy in the presence of their parents, including their mothers, so that is why they find there, the One of their mothers. The majestic daughters are following in the path of their mothers.

The joy has been present to all of us, and we recognize it when we encounter it. We pursue it. It is the joy of the union of whole and part, and not only exists in romantic relationships, but beyond as well, to include all of existence. But romantic relationships, as a balance of whole and part, female and male, have the greatest potential for bringing the One to the world, and the joy with it.

This pursuit entails leaving behind other interests for the sake of the pursuit of the joy. We bend to the pursuit. We turn away from other interests to focus on the joy of the One. We bow and worship this anointed union of whole and part, female and male. We seek it out and accept what it offers.

Worship – what is it really ? Well, first of all, we all worship, whether we admit it or not. The question becomes,

instead of why worship this or that, but rather the identification of what we already worship. What are we willing to sacrifice our sense of self and self respect to an object of worship to allow it to flourish. It has been claimed that many people worship money, and this is so, since most people will do things for pay that they would not do otherwise. Picking up garbage in the street is one example. Unless one is paid, they will not act in the community interest by picking up garbage from public places. There can be more to it then the purpose of getting money, but the fact remains that being paid will influence one to act beyond their self interest. Worship is the same, this deference of self interest to a higher interest. Nevertheless, being paid makes the service to be in the person's self interest, as the pay will serve the person's self interest when they spend it. Self interest is not the problem, but the choice of which larger purpose is in a persons self interest. This is where your worship is – the choice of a larger purpose that is in your self interest enough to allow you to defer your self interest to it. Many people despair that the larger purpose they defer to will not redeem them, and this is what evangelists appeal to – that there is a larger purpose that will redeem one and all, and then the evangelists go on to explain this larger purpose to anyone with an ear.

Work and pay is just one example of this worshiping, amongst many others such as the success of one's children, the honour of one's parents, the honour of one's self, the power one has over others, the respect the community pays to one, and on and on.

But just as one worships the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, there are other guides in one's worship, such as a Sunday school teacher, a parent, a respected friend, a minister, a public official or perhaps a teacher. Likewise, a spouse can and should be a very prominent guide in one's worship of their God, as Christianity points to a balance of whole and part today as well as throughout history. I assert that one's spouse is above all humanity in deserving one's worship and service, and this, I believe, is in accordance with the late Pope John Paul II 's Theology of the Body.

Then One will open their treasures and the participants will receive gifts. The gifts that the Wise Men, or Magi, gave the baby Jesus had significance. Gold was for kings, frank-incense was for the sacred, and myrrh was a balm, not a bomb but a balm, for the dead. This signified the role Jesus was to play, as king, sacred to all, conquering death by dieing. This was the work Jesus had to do, beyond his role as a teacher, he had concrete things to accomplish.

Having accomplished them, Jesus sends us out on the same path, but not to die as he did, on a cross two thousand years ago, but to die to ourselves for the greater good of us as well as ourselves. Where is this greater good? I profess that an infinite understanding held by a finite individual is necessary for any greater good, and this infinite understanding can only be had by finite individuals who participate in marriage, the perfectable union of whole and part, female and male. This endeavour will require the death of oneself many times over before much may be accomplished. Yet each death will be swallowed up in the new, more infinite life that follows. The gifts of the One signify this.

The gifts of the One, from its' treasures, are gold, fragrant flowers, and perfumed soap. They signify the kingship of the balance of whole and part, female and male in the One relationship, the sacredness of such a relationship, and the cleansing of the world in just such a relationship, washing away the filth of the old world in preparation for the new life accomplished.

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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

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Verse 12 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 12 12And being warmed in a dream they resode by another way .

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 12 Discussion

Where the Magi, or Wise Men, were warned in a dream, and therefore proceeded to avoid something, specifically what Herod might do, the three majestic daughters are warmed in a dream, and drawn toward a course of action, rather than seeking to avoid something. What they were drawn to was a different course from the one they were pursuing, and thereby lived differently than before. The Magi, on the other hand, simply chose a different route by which to return to their country. The majestic daughters have chosen a different way to live their lives.

“Return” versus “reside”, which in the past tense, rather than “resided” I made up the word “resode” as the past tense to “reside”. The Magi are traveling, returning to their home country, but the majestic daughters are home, where they reside, and living differently, by a different way. Surely the Magi are transformed by their experience, but the majestic daughters are far more transformed by their experience.

The majestic daughter on the left, is the married one, and she has chosen to repent, and try to address her

marriage in a new, better way, and avoid any of the pitfalls she is already aware of, having fallen into them in the past. She holds onto her previous course, but adjusts it to avoid that which she has already become aware. She seeks the One in her marriage. The majestic daughter on the right, the married elder, has chosen rebirth, as she maintains her course, through failure, and onto a new life, shepherding a new flock. For her, nothing has caused her to reconsider anything about her choices, and rather, she has met with failure and been transformed by circumstances around her, into a new kind of elder. She has been true to the end. She has held fast to her faith and inherent convictions, and witnessed the world around her change and open up to new opportunities, in a new world, with a new, more infinite understanding. She seeks the One in her ministry, as well as her marriage.

The majestic daughter in the middle, considers whether to choose repentance or rebirth. We do not know what her choice is or will be, but we know she has been presented with the choice. She seeks the One in her relationships but whether she does so by repenting, turning back and trying again, or rather by rebirth, holding fast to her convictions and faith regardless of the repercussions, we do not know.

This is the choice we are all faced with when our faith is challenged – do we change ourselves and maintain the course, or do we stand firm in our convictions, weathering the storm through to a new world, not bending to the influences around us but instead being swept up and whisked away in the resulting changes around us. This is death and rebirth, as opposed to repentance, this standing firm and being swept away.

Repentance is older than rebirth, traditionally, as John the Baptist was baptizing with water for repentance before Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit. The two are different. This is stated clearly by John the Baptist himself, in Matthew chapter three, verse eleven :

“I baptize you with n water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with n the Holy Spirit and fire.”

n Or “in”

Matthew 3 : 11, New Revised Standard Version

Repentance is like a training ground for rebirth. Unless one is certain that they are correct, they would rather try to be more correct, than proceed in error. But once one is sure they are correct, the correct choice is rebirth, yet one may avoid death and rebirth at their own peril.

Although repentance is part of christianity, rebirth is its main teaching, as Jesus died on the cross and was reborn to new life. No christian can avoid rebirth any more than anyone can avoid death.

Consider the first martyr, Stephen, who was stoned as Saul watched over the coats of the crowd that stoned him. Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit – Acts 7, verse 55 “But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.” New Revised Standard Version. In the next verse he is actually quoted as saying so. Stephen stood firm to the end, and was accompanied by God at his end. He died. What was beyond death for him we do not know. This death was without rebirth in this world.

But there are many ends in this life, that go on to becoming beginnings as well as ends, and may foreshadow a beginning beyond one's end in this earthly life. Who's to know ? Nevertheless, we die to one life and begin another, as any child dies to childish behaviour and becomes an adult. It is the perseverance in spite of the consequences that may bring new opportunities, where other choices are sure to maintain the current situation. Look at Stephen Biko, of South Africa. His death resounded around the world and caused people to act differently than they would have otherwise.

Yet marriage offers new life, to those that persevere, and this is most pregnant with opportunity for those who persevere in spite of the consequences. If one is to die, let it be for marriage, as all of christianity points to the maintenance of marriage, and regardless of traditional religion, this union of male and female makes practical sense, that both genders are destined to participate in growth and improvement.

So if you are to repent, repent toward marriage; if you are to die, die for marriage; and if you are reborn, it is likely due to your marriage, not only of male and female, but of part and whole. And this view of the world allows for the greatest joy I have ever known.

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Sunday, January 29th, 2012

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Verse 13 The Escape to Egypt 13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 13 The Escape to Civilization 13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared before father and said “Get One up, take mother and escape into civilization, for the head of the household is going to search for the infant One to kill him.

from the text of the animation, HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 13 Discussion

Joseph had a dream, and acted upon it. In his dream, he saw and heard an angel tell him to escape with his family to Egypt, because the Jewish head of state, Herod, whom the Wise Men had visited, was going to search for the child to kill him. In fact, Herod didn't search for the child, as far as we know, but instead had every child two years and under, in the region of Bethlehem killed. So something as simple as acting on a dream had serious consequences, or rather, not acting on the message of a dream would have had disastrous consequences.

But why go to Egypt? Egypt at the time was very civilized and prosperous. Since the time of Jacob and Joseph, with his coat of many colours, Egypt had been the bread basket of the middle east, with the cultivation irrigated by the Nile. During Jesus era, Egypt was a prosperous civilization. Sure they had pagan gods, but they were civilized and there was order. This is what civilization is – order. In Canada, we defer to the Crown, and the Crown keeps order. We used to be called the Dominion of Canada, harkening to the phrase “God's Dominion”. As far as infinite consensus goes, though, it has nothing to do with order. The biggest stick is the Crown, and its will will be done. This has nothing to do with gods, God or infinite. There is only arbitrary rulings, which patch up conflicts without resolving them, that are enforced by the bigger stick.

Anyone who is injured, will suffer their injury, and the bigger stick cannot make that better, only appease dissension with a ruling. It is like the parable statement “ If you who are evil, know to give your children good things, than so much so will God give you good things.” The Crown, or bigger stick, may or may not be good, but it is not God, and will only appease dissension to maintain order – its order, the Crown's order, and further their control of that order. This is civilization – the maintenance of a finite order, by whatever means, on an infinite creation. There is much lacking between this finite order and infinite creation, but there is and will be order.

Judea on the other hand, was governed more so by God, and everyone's interpretation of God, which made it akin to the wild west, as it is to this day. Rebellions and submission cycled constantly. There was a lack of order. There was God, and religion, but there was still no infinite consensus, so there was not order. The Romans had to constantly exercise their power through the use of force to impose order, just as it is today in Palestine. Just as the natives of North America, failed to maintain an infinite consensus, and thereby appeared uncivilized, without order, Judea was not civilized, or at least not as civilized as Egypt.

So Joseph took his family to the civilized region of Egypt, where no arbitrary executions were allowed, because it was civilized and there was order to keep and maintain, even if it was away from the Temple and the heart of Judaism, the faith of Jesus' youth.

In the animation text, the head of the household, with their authority being challenged by this new infant One,

the relationship between a female and a male, seeks to kill it. One can easily imagine the constant barrage of criticism, arbitrary rulings and condemnation the One relationship suffered at the hands of this challenged head of the household. Just as Joseph could not endure the infanticide and fled, the One relationship must escape, even if they are to part from their God – their partner. Otherwise the destruction of the One is certain.

Furthermore, this departing, is like a martyrdom, that although a serious defeat, allows the martyred One to grow in the awareness of the community in spite of its end. It is not the end of the One, but the beginning of the sacred life of the One. Jesus would have to do something to honour all those who died just because he was born. This would sober up even Jesus ! And whether or not the One

in the animation remains the relationship between the two specific people at the time, or becomes a One relationship between two different people, the One survives. The escape honours and preserves the One for all time.

I omitted the “stay there until I tell you” part from the animation text, and that was likely just an oversight, but

what was written is what was written. I suppose it didn't speak to me, but looking back now, I would suggest that there is no sign as to when the One relationship may reunite, other than when directed by the Holy Spirit, if they reunite at all.

I also omitted the taking of the child or the infant One with them, which again was likely an oversight, but perhaps that did not speak to me. Nevertheless, the One survives as the father and mother survive.

Finally, in any One relationship, a balance of female and male, whole and part, the participants take any of the

three roles of parent, friend and child, and may be reciprocated by the partner taking any of the three roles. If one spouse acts like a parent the other may respond by any role of child, adult or parent, and their need not be any conflict no matter what role the response takes. The same is so for the roles of child and adult; the other spouse may respond in the role once again, of parent, adult or child.

In the animation text, father is given the message, and he takes mother. Both spouses are acting like parents,

with knowledgeable care, understanding and nurturing of the infant One, the relationship.

So even though the One was not stated as being taken, it exists just as Jesus is present to each and all of us today. And though no one is waiting to be told by an angel in a dream to return from civilization, the One awaits its return to the participants in any relationship with the potential of balancing whole and part, female and male.

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Sunday, February 5th, 2012

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Verse 14 14So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, . .. …

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 14 14 So they got up, took the One during the night and left for civilization, . .. …

from the text of the animation, HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 14 Discussion

Joseph took the initiative, and took the child and his mother, during the night and left for Egypt. In the animation text, however, both parents got up and took the infant One, and left for civilization. Both parents acted jointly, rather than one leading the other. It was a mutual decision. The infant One must be protected, and civilization is its only chance. The persecution of the One was too great for the juvenile being to overcome. It could be argued that if Jesus was divine, he could have saved himself, but such was not the case. Divinity does not overcome evil by exerting its power or authority, but by forgiveness. God makes the sun to shine on the evil and the good.

In the grand scheme of things, the infant Jesus, and the One, are protected by divine providence, just not in a magical way. Too many people seek magical solutions to their suffering, rather than participating in God's providence by seeing the opportunities he offers and taking him up on them. It is like the joke Father Paul, at St. Christopher's in Clarkson told at least once: A person prayed to God everyday in church for years - “God. .. .. please let me win the lottery!” This went on most of their lifetime. Then one day, as this person was losing their faith, they were once more, for probably the last time, praying - “God. .. .. please let me win the lottery!” Just then, the heavens opened before them ! A bright light shone down, and a voice was heard - “Help me out . .. . buy a ticket !”

Another one is a little dryer, but goes something like this. A survivor was lost at sea in a lifeboat. They prayed desperately for God to save them. Then one day a ship arrived and spotted them. They launched a rescue craft and just as they were approaching the lifeboat, they called out “Can we help you?” The survivor replied “ I'm O.K., God will save me !”

So if God makes the sun to shine on the evil and the good, and forgiveness is how to combat the opposer, Satan, then what is there for one who is suffering? Prayer, a constant sorting out of one's needs, categorizing and prioritizing and goal setting and planning and assessing and reassessing, including determined action, will resolve our situations so that we may live in JOY ! We will all die, and few are so bold as to pray to escape death, even if I have, yet we may die in JOY ! If we believe in the resurrection, as we claim to, including the resurrection of the body, as stated in both the Nicene and the Apostles Creeds, then what is death but a new beginning. Pray to be faithful in the face of death, and rely on the promise of the resurrection.

So the taking of the infant One into civilization is not its end, but a new beginning.

In the animation, the man is arrested in front of the home of a majestic daughter, as she looks on with her family. How is this escaping ? Well the persecution was so intense that the infant One would not survive unless he escaped. The parents co-operated in protecting the integrity of the infant One, yet the relationship seemed to end, just as Jesus was taken to Egypt, seemingly never to come back. But what of the One? It continues in the hearts and minds of the spouses, regardless of the presence of the other spouse, and becomes a sacred ideal, to condense once again, as it did with the majestic daughters in communion, on another suitable relationship, and guide that new relationship through any persecutions it may encounter, armed with the knowledge of past persecutions. Joseph did not return from Egypt with his holy family until Herod had died. Likewise, the One will not appear again until the persecutions it has suffered are no longer a threat, presumably when the head of the household has changed, one way or another, as this animation plays out.

Think of what would have happened if the man wasn't arrested, and the life of the One was not cut short. The persecutions would have continued, and whittled away any chance the One may have had of becoming mature. At the hands of the head of the household, the One would have been crippled and corrupted, as it dodged and bent itself out of shape to try to maintain its integrity amongst the false accusations and outrageous demands of the head of the household.

Joseph did not make any claim against King Herod, in any court. He went away and came back. Likewise, if the man is charged, he is guilty, rather than make a case against the head of the household. Let the blame rest on those making the accusations. If being a criminal was good enough for Christ, Peter and Paul, then it is good enough for us. Civilization, once again, is not interested in any infinite resolution, just order, and anything that threatens the good order of society, whether for the better or the worse, will not be tolerated. Nevertheless, civilization's imposition of order has saved the One, even if only as an ideal, to be reborn anew at a later time, in another place, with who knows being the spouses.

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Sunday, February 12th, 2012

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Verse 15 . .. ...15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” d

d 15 HOSEA 11 : 1

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 15 . .. ... 15 where they stayed until the next end of the household. But the prophet foretold: “But the more they called Israel, the further they went from them.” b

b 15 HOSEA 11 : 2

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 15 Discussion

The entire quote, from Hosea, is as follows -

11 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 The more Iy called them, the more they went from me;z they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols.

3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in mya arms; but they did not know that I healed them.

4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love.

I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks.b

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y Gk; Heb; they

z Gk; Heb; them

a Gk Syr Vg; Heb; his

b Or who ease the yoke on their jaws

New Revised Standard Version / Catholic Edition

!! the animation text is from the New International Version

One has to keep in mind, that each spouse in a sacred One relationship, ministers to the other spouse just as that spouse ministers to them. So in the animation text, even though each spouse calls to the other, the further apart they become. Taking the footnotes in the above full quote into consideration, the second verse would read “The more they called them, the more they went from them.” Once the relationship is severed, the participants must stabilize themselves since the loss of the balance of the relationship has put each of them far out of balance, and each must recover from the loss. The severance has taken hold, and neither spouse can bridge the gap that has opened up between them. This is the nature of sacred One relationships, that they may be volatile if not managed, nurtured, allowed and honoured. Eventually, as we are all aware of romantic relationships, the balance is lost and the relationship topples catastrophically. We all know this to be true.

So what hope is their for romantic relationships, balancing whole and part, whether in full romance or just any balance of whole and part, such as societies, enterprises or any other endeavour ? The answer comes from a marginalized people, living in third world conditions, right here in Canada. The answer is to roll, like a kayaker, using the momentum that topples the craft by adding to it to bring the craft right around and back into an upright position. What does this mean, theologically or philosophically ?

Well, if forgiveness is how to deal with evil, sin, and opposition from Satan the opposer, then allowing this toppling force, and even adding to it, will bring the endeavour back up into a new upright life. This is death and rebirth. This is why it is so essential to understand this truth of life that is everywhere around us – this death and rebirth. If one opposes the toppling force, one will end up stuck in their toppled position, and unable to recover to an upright position, as the inverted position is just as stable as the upright position, if not even more stable, but without the advantages of being upright. This may be why many people have more faith in failure and evil than in success and upright behaviour – the inverted position is ultimately the most stable.

Yet continuing with the kayak roll analogy, if the roll fails, there is the option of a wet exit, so even ultimate failure need not be final.

I am intrigued by the boldness of the original quote in this verse from the Gospel of Matthew. The writer of Hosea, is talking about the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt, so to use this quote to strengthen the case for Jesus being the Messiah, as Jesus came out of Egypt, seems to me to be a bit of a stretch. That's poetic license for you ! My stretches are not so outlandish after all.

The next end of the household, is the opportunity for the return of the One. The household need not be destroyed, but it will come to an end, and be reborn to a new life and awareness, that may allow for the sacred One, by then more mature, to alight once again on a romantic relationship of the majestic daughter. By then, the daughter may find the head of the household more willing to entertain the possibility of an addition to the inner circle that can benefit all, rather than see the interest the majestic daughter has in maintaining a sacred One relationship as a threat to the authority of the head of the household. This would be just as Herod's successor did not see a magical threat to their authority in the prophesied juvenile Jesus.

We all know what happens in society today, when a relationship ends. There is the political sides that must be

consolidated and maintained. This means former acquaintances can no longer entertain their relationship. Two camps precipitate from a common society and no link between the two camps is tolerated, although the existence of the other camp may be tolerated. Individuals may act on their own, and strengthen their acquaintance with a member of the other camp, but they do this only if their integrity allows this and generally their own camp may see this behaviour as benign.

So the faithbook friends become blocked, as communication channels are closed, to allow the healing of each spouse to take place.

But what of the roll ? If each spouse, as in a two person kayak, with two cockpits, acts cooperatively, the relationship can survive this death to be reborn again, if they allow the death to occur and even encourage it, knowing that it leads to new life. This could have happened between the two original spouses, as each pays attention and watches for signs and text messages that indicate the actions of the lost spouse to them. Each can prepare a place for the lost spouse in their life, looking to their eventual return.

But when they fail to return, a wet exit is necessary, which means a lot of trouble undoing the advantages of being in the relationship, swimming through their own circumstances, probably to find dry land, to prepare to be on their way again.

Societies must accept their death and rebirth, and even encourage the forces that topple them, so as to emerge upright in the new day. This has happened with the transformation of the population from an agricultural workforce to a manufacturing workforce. Today our leaders must recognize new opportunities that the workforce may take up, such as clean energy, and push in that direction, encouraging the death of the fossil fuel economy and the birth of renewable resources, to occupy the labours of society's members, keeping in mind that people need to work, regardless of the distribution of wealth.

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Family Day, Monday, February 20th, 2012

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Verse 16 16When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 16 16When the household realized they had been outwitted by the majestic daughters, they were furious and it was commanded that all knew Ones in the macropolis of David be destroyed .

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R. David Foster

Verse 16 Discussion

When the rage hits, there is not any reasoning that can be done by others with the person in the rage. The situation is lost. So then those in the company of the person in a rage can not do anything other than isolate the person in the rage. Herod, being in control of his kingdom despite his rage, issued orders that were carried out, but failed to accomplish the purpose he had for those orders, as the infant Jesus escaped with his parents to Egypt.

Likewise, the head of the household finds them self in a rage when they realize that the majestic daughters have outwitted them, and the infant One has escaped unharmed, as it survives without being tainted as being anything other than infinitely good. Sure the sacred infant relationship no longer exists within the household, but it exists in the awareness of the majestic daughters and is still sacred and untarnished. It is still an ideal in the minds of the majestic daughters, as the household has failed to discredit sacred One relationships and their balance of whole and part. The infant sacred One relationship remains to rule all else, and is worshiped and glorified. The head of the household has failed to end the life of the infant One sacred relationship by discrediting it.

So in the animation text, “it was commanded that all knew Ones in the macropolis of David be destroyed .”

“Knew” is spelled with a “k”, as in “knowledge” as well as being novel. The “knew” ideas that came forth from the macropolis of David are commanded by the head of the household to be destroyed, as Herod commanded all the new boys, in the city of David, under two years of age, be destroyed. But how does one destroy an idea? In this “information age” it is very hard to destroy an idea once it has taken hold. Communism knows all about that. So does South Africa – it knows all about that as well!

The attack on the knew Ones in the macropolis of David, is lame, being pathetic at best, and fails to achieve any purpose. It is like throwing stones at a

tank, or using a slingshot against artillery. The attackers can try to discredit and mock the ideal of the sacred One relationship, but it has been established and will prevail. Likely there will be bullying and mockery and slander, but it will fail to discredit the potential of a sacred One relationship, balancing whole and part, and rendering great Joy to the spouses.

This is not a radical idea at all. Even in the chaos of the the nove l The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where the earth is destroyed at the beginning of the story, just to make way for an interstellar highway, the protagonist is engaged in a sacred One relationship with a woman who has rejected him for a two headed alien, if only because he is President of the Universe, but even then only because he can provide her with a knife that makes toast as it slices. She knows such a relationship is unfruitful and entertains the possibility of something better. This longing for the Joy of a sacred One relationship is universal. This idea that there can be more in a relationship is universal.

But how does one go about improving on one's sacred One relationship? Many people claim it is the fault of the other spouse, and so spend their time trying to trade up, and don't realize that there are fundamental differences between the sexes that will never change, but can be harnessed in such a way as to provide the great Joy everyone longs for.

And regardless of romantic relationships, the Joy is prevalent in any balance of whole and part, such as a sports car on a winding mountain road, or a thoughtful and unexpected gift. A dance can bring the Joy of a balance of whole and part, just as any other art form, balancing whole and part, can bring wonder, awe and Joy. Being at one with the universe can be a source of Joy, yet ultimately being at one with the universe is essentially another balance of whole and part.

So “the One who has been born above all” was found in the macropolis of David, after feeling his Joy in communion, yet was attacked by the head of the household only to escape into civilization. That's about it altogether.

But furthermore, any grasping at infinite good, rather than letting it just come in its own time, is basically what sin is, and leads to the loss of what was sought. A spouse will resent any attempt by their spouse to take from them that which is not offered. And the other spouse will resent the holding back of something, rather than offering it as one offers all of themselves in a sacred One relationship.

And condemnation is condemned. One must accept what is offered, and if insufficient, be patient and endure, rather than throw the baby out with the bathwater to only find themselves in a relationship with a different person but the same problems as the previous relationship.

These are the ideas taught by the sacred One relationship that the majestic daughters have seen escape from the persecution by the head of the household. They are not unlike the teachings of the fulfilled Jesus, as the balance of whole and part is present fully in Jesus.

Yet the relationship has ended, as the Magi left for their homeland, and the sacred One has left for civilization. Understanding does not relieve the anguish of the loss, yet the One survives to live another day, in another relationship or even a new relationship with an old spouse. Who knows what the future may hold. The key is to pay attention, and be aware of the present, fully understanding the past, as the new kingdom of heaven may come as a thief in the night, when one least expects anything to occur, if I may mix a few metaphors.

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Monday, February 27th, 2012

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Verse 17 17Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: . .. ...

from the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter Two, New International Version

Verse 17 17Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: . .. ...

from the text of the animation HESUS JOY CHRIST / Matthew's Two

written by R David Foster

Verse 17 Discussion

Quoting the Bible is probably liberally overdone, and deserves a discussion of its own. As well as other quotes in other episodes of HESUS JOY CHRIST , below are the three quotes in this episode being discussed – Matthew's Two .

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Verse 6

6 ” ‘ But you, Bethlehem, in the Land of Judea,

are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;

for out of you will come a ruler

who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.’ b ”

b 6 MICAH 5 : 2

Verse 6

6 “ ' The Lord said to my Lord:

“Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies

a footstool for your feet” ' a

a 6 MATTHEW 22 : 44 ; LUKE 20 : 42-43 ; PSALM 110 : 1

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Verse 15

. .. ...15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.” d

d 15 HOSEA 11 : 1

Verse 15

. .. ... 15 where they stayed until the next end of the household. But the prophet foretold:

“But the more they called Israel,

the further they went from them.” b

b 15 HOSEA 11 : 2

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Verse 18

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,

weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children

and refusing to be comforted,

Because they are no more.”a

a 18 JEREMIAH 31 : 15

Verse 18

18“ Restrain your voice from weeping

and your eyes from tears,

for your work will be rewarded. “c