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I reject the notion that we are only here to eat.

Our task is much larger. We must move beyond business for accumulating to seeing commerce as intensifying our living. The only way we intensify living is to point life to life. Strike life against life. Mingle them. Allow them to produce what they will produce—more life.

Intensify life more. Open space more. Same thing.

:- Doug.

So we must perhaps raise this to conscious levels, call people to the question, demand a choice. Death or life? Consumerism or abandon? It or Thou? In other words, Power Point or roll up your sleeves?

This is confronting Fear, capital F. We have much to Fear in our shadow. But cast a light and you will love. Fear dies in the light.

:- Doug.

To intensify life: humanity is the intensifying agent in the universe. We are not catalyst, for we are used up, and here to be used up. Not detached facilitator, but host who parties.

:- Doug.

We are asking you What is the very best in you? We are asking you to give that and nothing less. To us. To the us that is so large it is one.

:- Doug.

Attending a larger world beyond rescuing us from a mess: if such is G*d’s role then G*d will be seen inviting us on this larger Cosmos to work.

Now I see G*d as continuing to create universes, complexifying, unfolding: How can G*d not create! This means that G*d’s role—and therefore ours—is structure-preserving differentiation and transformation. This means that G*d wants to involve us in the work of the worlds—creating and repairing and making whole. It is a big task! Bigger than simply pulling us out of our messes. Bigger than simply giving us a couch potato existence in an afterlife. G*d puts us to work—now and forever. So what that means is that we have a G*d much bigger than a lovable old man on a big chair. And a Heaven bigger than sitting around eating sweets and singing Alleluias.

We have an active G*d, one who is action itself. Rhythm and Movement and Song are good metaphors, but they only hint at the shadow of the truth. There is so much to do. This might be another name for G*d.

:- Doug.