SELF EVIDENT NOT SELF FULFILLING

SELF EVIDENT NOT SELF FULFILLING

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS ARE SELF EVIDENT

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

NOBLE WORDS

THAT LAUNCHED OUR NATIONS

NOBLE WORDS ARE SLOGANS

NOBLE ACTIONS ARE NOT

IN SO MANY CASES

WE HAVE MISSED THE MARK

WE COUNTED SLAVES

AS THREE FIFTHS OF A MAN

DISPOSSESSED THE LOCAL PEOPLE

THEN DESPISED THEM FOR HOMELESSNESS

WE ARGUE

HANG THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN A PUBLIC PLACE

NOT THINKING OR CARING

THAT TO DISENFRANCHISE A PERSON

IS TO STEAL HIS BIRTHRIGHT

WE MARCH OUR YOUTH OFF TO WAR

HAVE THEM DO HORRIBLE THINGS

WITNESS HORRIBLE ACTS

RETURN MAIMED IN MIND AND BODY

ORDERED TO KILL FOR QUESTIONABLE REASONS

YOU SHALL HONOR YOUR FATHER

AND MOTHER

ALL LIVING THINGS

WE ARE A GOD FEARING PEOPLE

AND HIS NAME BETTER BE

JEHOVAH

NOT ALLAH

G*D

BRAHMA

BUDDHA

GREAT WHITE SPIRIT

KAMI

EXCESS PROFITS

AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS WAGES

LIMITING THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

THE RICH HAVE PRIVILEGES

AT THE EXPENSE OF THE POOR

THE STRANGER IN OUR MIDST

 IS OSTRACIZED

WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR

I LOVE MY COUNTRY

BUT NOT BLINDLY

TO IGNORE HER FAULTS

IS TO DO HER NO SERVICE

ANY OF US WHO DO NOT LIVE UP

TO HER STANDARDS

DO HER NO SERVICE

WE HAVE MUCH TO BE PROUD OF

BUT IF IT DOESN’T INCLUDE ALL

IT’S A LIE

IT DOESN’T LIVE UP TO OUR FOUNDING WORDS

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

FRANK A VOLLMER

LUNGTA

LUNGTA

THE TIBETANS CALL PRAYER FLAGS

 LUNGTA

WHICH LITERALLY MEANS

WIND HORSE

PRAYER FLAGS IS A MISNOMER

IF IT IS THOUGHT

THAT EVERY FLAP OF THE CLOTH

IS A PRAYER TO THE GODS

BUT INSTEAD IT IS A PRAYER

OF BENEVOLENCE

AND FOR WELL BEING

ON THOSE PEOPLE AND THINGS

THE WIND TOUCHES

AFTER IT FLAPS THE CLOTH

BEYOND THE THOUGHT OF THE LUNGTA

IS THE CONCEPT

THAT IF YOU WISH YOUR NEIGHBOR WELL

YOU WILL TREAT THEM WELL

IT’S LIKE THE PALMS

WE HOLD

ON PALM SUNDAY

JUST A BRANCH OF A TREE

BUT IF IT REMINDS US

OF CHRIST’S PASSION

AND MOVES US

TO LIVE A LIFE

WORTHY OF SALVATION

IT BECOMES A HOLY THING

A SACRAMENTAL

AN ORDINARY THING MADE HOLY BY USE

HOW MANY SACRAMENTALS

ARE COMMON TO THE RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION

ROSARIES

OR COUNTING BEADS

PILGRIMAGES

TO HOLY PLACES

CLERGY

SACRIFICES

WHERE THE VICTIM BECOMES THE MEAL

CODES OF CONDUCT

SACRED WRITINGS

AND PAINFUL TO SAY

FRACTIONS

FACTIONS

PREJUDICE

HATRED

BETRAYAL OF THEIR FOUNDER’S MESSAGE

WALLS TO SHUT OUT NON BELIEVERS

WALLS WHERE GOD WOULD HAVE NONE

GOD SO LOVED HIS CREATION

HE ESTABLISHED NO WALLS

TO THE EXTENT

THAT WE AS HUMANS

ARE CAPABLE

OUR HEARTS

SHOULD BE AS WIDE AS GOD’S

FRANK A VOLLMER