Jason Remfrey | Blog

So much going on in this world, I am wondering when all the suffering will stop.  Some day, some way, it all has to change, less we destroy ourselves through nuclear war, rising sea levels (e.g. movie Waterworld with Kevin Costner), stravation, water shortages and war as a result, financial collapse, asteroid (unlikely), famine, global pandemic, the list goes on.

What is required is not some politician saying “hey, we need world peace”, joke.  When most of our leaders are so screwed up they need help even making a decision on what to wear in the morning.

What is needed is not an external change, but inner reflection and inner peace.  Inner peace, amongst other things, will bring outer peace, in such a way we will wonder how close we came to destroying it all.

Never mind, help is at hand.  There are those who wait in the wings for a spark, a ray of hope, and a chance for change.  I’m not talking about any activist, but rather a Peaceful Warrior or two.

May they shine, may they be recognised for who they are and what they have done for this world.  Musicians, actors and actressed, businessmen and women, anyone who has a real creative edge.  These are the people who not only sculpt this physical world, but the invisible energy world that surrounds us, and resides amongst us as well.

Everything is energy, just ask a scientist.  It cannot be denied that we are made up of atoms and molecules, and in this state, anything, and everything can be changed.  Aids, cancer, the handicapped, the mentall ill, the lame, the deaf, the blind.  Nothing is impossible when a power that has never been seen before is unleashed upon this world, in a completely positive way.

Rise Humanity, for you have been called, and allow the Peaceful Warriors to have their way, as they lead all of us into a radiant, glorious future.

Much love,

Jason

My heartfelt thoughts and love go out to those precious souls who lost their lives in the hot air balloon incident today in Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand.

May their Spirits rise to the Heavens, and their souls find peace with God.  May their families cherish their memories, and recognise that their loved ones are Home where they will never suffer again, now, or in the future.

Jason.

Re: Article in New Zealand Television and media, Friday 6th Jan 2012.  The following extracts are from the TVNZ website;

“Destiny Church’s plans to build a ten-acre ‘town’ in South Auckland has many describing the movement as a cult … Footage screened on TV ONE showed the crowd rising and cheering when Tamaki told followers that ten acres of land had been acquired and that “we signed a contract” and that “we can do anything we want – we can build it” … While some defended the church’s right, many were quick to label the church a cult … But others were supportive of the church’s right to build a town. Cameron Setefano put forward the view that Destiny’s detractors should support the town. “As long as their practices don’t impose on others’ lives, and I can’t think of a time they did apart from the anti-gay march a few years ago, then who cares?” he said … Tamaki is now calling for money from members of his congregation; “Much of your seed is going to go toward the foundations of an offering toward our promised land, and that beginning is not going to come without a fruitful start financially,” he said.”

My opinion; The problem with a situation like this is that once a “leader” has begun to accrue wealth, and power, in many cases it goes to their head and they then feel they have to, as in the case with street corner preachers, impose their beliefs on everyone else – including their own followers.  I don’t feel Mr. Tamaki is so mentally imbalanced that there would ever be a Jim Jones scenario here, but leave your thoughts to yourself Brian, live amongst the community instead of living in your “own little world” where you may poison the minds of those who look to you for nourishment.  God’s temple is in the heart, not in any self created, self centered city.

Jason.

Kind of following on from the theme of my previous post (on economics), this one is my thoughts on everything having to be bigger, to be better.

In the old days, now I’m taking ancient days, everyone lived in small communities and did their best to provide for themselves.  In this modern era, everything seems to come from somewhere else, and what does come from here at home, costs three times as much.  What is the price to pay for self sufficiency?

No wonder then there is such a push to get everything from elsewhere, while little or no thought is given to the place of origin where people live on next to nothing, work 16 hour days and have little or nothing to show for it at the end of their week, let alone at the end of their life.

Take an example.  Europe, a global village of sorts.  Now I’m not against the European Union as such, the idea of one passport seems ideal, but the idea of a shared currency seemed strange to me at the time it happened, and now everything seems to be crumbling.  Not sure how much of this had to do with the shared currency, I really am not knowledgeable enough on these matters to know.  All I know is that when the currency came about (the Euro), it just didn’t ring true to me.  So much effort, for such a risk.  An example of getting bigger definitely not getting better, IMHO.

I have an example where I live, where there are two organisations who work on their own providing a service to two entirely different groups of people (both geographically, and in personal circumstances).

The funding agency that keeps them going wants them to merge, so it’s easier for them and means they meet an new funding threshold, which they have determined.  The result is months and months of work for the two organisations, meetings, discussions, planning and eventually (still ongoing at this stage) a whole new organisation to please a few people who only want to serve their own agenda and save a few days effort for them.  The end result?  Less productivity, more bureaucracy, more complexity and the like.  Anyway, that’s how I see it looking in from the outside.

I dunno.  I reckon global growth is good, but sometimes it needs to be tempered with a bit of commonsense and thought for other people.  If the economy collapses, no-one is able to source anything they need, as it is all offshore.  End result?  Back to being villages, except this time with a diminished ability to support themselves.

Anyway, just my thoughts

Steve Keen, an Australian professor of economics, has some really interesting and inspiring ideas for an alternative to our current global economic model.  I watched him on Hardtalk last night, a BBC “interview” programme.

Everything he had to say made sense, was consistent, and given our current global financial situation is a refreshing take on what could be.  Like he says, rarely are politicians leaders, instead, they are basically reactive (mind you we all are to one degree or another), responding to issues as they arrive – waiting for a collapse before being forced to look at an alternative.

He also referred to the “father” of this thinking, who was Hyman Minsky, who sadly passed away in 1996, but I really don’t know anything about this man.

Steve, you look like a true leader to me.  You have my support, if nothing else.

The last post where I referred to my teaching material was in June 2011.  I thought it was close to completion, but it seems I was wrong.  Since then, I have added about 50 pages, so it’s now about 130 pages in size, with about 60 topics.  I have also today added “A Beginners Guide”, which is early on in the book, and here I summarise things in what I hope is a easy to understand format.  As I say in my note to the reader, it is very much an “organic” document, which is to say it is being updated all the time, and this is proving to be the case.

Jase

Well it’s been three or four months since I did anything on “my story”.  Added four of fives pages in the last week, hopefully I won’t continue to be a slack-ass and instead go back to doing a little every now and then like I used to.  Currently 101 pages…

Things are starting to move more quickly now.  I’m looking forward to the future.  It’s nice to know I have support for what lies ahead.