trying to promote understanding (and a note to PKD)

[Guest guest]

Hi - Yes. There's a great book called Public Vows: A History of

Marriage and the Nation by Nancy F. Cott that details this (for

American history).

 

I also wanted to say that the "divinely ordained hierarchy" that

harms us all so much is rooted in most human cultures' religion, law

and daily practices, spiritual and secular, east and west. That is

why it is so important for people not to mistake the raft for the

journey, nor to mistake the raft for the shore, etc. And why it's

important to keep a sense of humor, and listen to others.

 

Just now I was thinking about Eckhart Tolle's advice of listening to

silence, not just words. Silence has much to teach us. I'm thinking

of this for PKD, actually.

 

 

, Max Dashu <maxdashu@l...>

wrote:

> Hi Mary Ann,

>

> Thanks. As for Blackstone, he was an Englishman, and it was English

> law that formed the basis of U.S. law. He also notoriously summed

up

> women's legal (non) status as perpetual minors at the mercy of

their

> husbands' whim, with no rights to their own person, property, or

> children. The Napoleanic code did the same for France. All regarded

> these ideas as self-evident truths, supported by the church. Untold

> human damage... I regard the bravery of those who rose up to

> challenge the crushing weight of these traditions as a deep

spiritual

> strength and service to humanity.

>

> Max

>

> > Blackstone had the

> >same idealization regarding king(s), which is odd considering it

was

> >a break with the king that led to the colonists coming to America.

> >Yet we have the same destructive hierarchical notions here, too,

> >underlying our own institutions of church, state, workplace and

> >family life.

>

> --

> Max Dashu

> Suppressed Histories Archives

> Global Women's History

> http://www.suppressedhistories.net

>

>

[Guest guest]

kualalu nanavidha madakim ghadi pari bhitarim sidha akasa ase tem na

ghadi jetha bhumi khanje tetha sahjaemci adate mandale ase taisa atma

sarvagatu paripurna jethicam tetha sahaju mandatu ase.

Amaranath samvada II 2

 

The Potter creates different kind of jars but he doesnt create the

space within the jar, it was there before .

Wherever you may dig a hole water will appear. Just like that Atma is

all pervading and perfect it appears spontaneously everywhere.

 

while in the station in the london underground if the train appears

you will always hear that mantra pronounced: "Mind the gap"

> Just now I was thinking about Eckhart Tolle's advice of listening

to

> silence, not just words. Silence has much to teach us. I'm thinking

> of this for PKD, actually.

>

>

> , Max Dashu <maxdashu@l...>

> wrote:

> > Hi Mary Ann,

> >

> > Thanks. As for Blackstone, he was an Englishman, and it was

English

> > law that formed the basis of U.S. law. He also notoriously summed

> up

> > women's legal (non) status as perpetual minors at the mercy of

> their

> > husbands' whim, with no rights to their own person, property, or

> > children. The Napoleanic code did the same for France. All

regarded

> > these ideas as self-evident truths, supported by the church.

Untold

> > human damage... I regard the bravery of those who rose up to

> > challenge the crushing weight of these traditions as a deep

> spiritual

> > strength and service to humanity.

> >

> > Max

> >

> > > Blackstone had the

> > >same idealization regarding king(s), which is odd considering it

> was

> > >a break with the king that led to the colonists coming to

America.

> > >Yet we have the same destructive hierarchical notions here, too,

> > >underlying our own institutions of church, state, workplace and

> > >family life.

> >

> > --

> > Max Dashu

> > Suppressed Histories Archives

> > Global Women's History

> > http://www.suppressedhistories.net

> >

> >