No Security, Only Opportunity

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Looters want stability.  Builders want opportunity. People Make Things Up.  They probably are convinced that they…

Liberation Theology

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Alert: In May of 2015, I became aware of indications (and here, here, and here) that Liberation Theology is a disinformation active measure of the KGB … and, one presumes, its continuation under the…

Corpus Christianum And Moslem Ummah

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Correlations exist between what are called Corpus Christianum and Moslem Ummah. What are Corpus Christianum and Moslem Ummah and what is their significance linguistically, theologically, ideologically and as phenomena of history? Corpus Christianum…

You Worry Me

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Whether or not the following is an urban legend has not been and probably will not be determined. However, it expresses the antipathy Indo-Europeans feel regarding the presence of Arab, Iranian and Asian…

On Law Itself

Some thoughts: 1- President George W. Bush is going to be regarded in the same breath as Lincoln and Washington. Their mantle rests on his shoulders. I trust him. My only criticism of President Bush is that he has not put the country on war footing, as during WWII. 2- There is no requirement that…

The Importance of Soldiers

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I have been listening to the St. Matthew Passion (Karl Richter conducting) just now and saw for the first time (!) an obvious and primal significance: that the first stable recognition…

Where Is The Church? … Take One

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Faith, Prayer, Service, Evangelism The Church comprises four activities.  The Church, therefore, may be identified by the presence of these four activities.  They are: Faith Prayer Service Evangelism Where these activities…

The Continuing World War Against Caliphism

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, We are engaged in fighting The Continuing World War Against Caliphist. Caliphism is causing The Continuing World War Against Caliphism. Caliphists (wrongly called terrorists, jihadis [as if!], muslim fundamentalists/extremists, insurgents, Islamists) oppose remediation of their misogynist habits and societies. It is happening despite their…

Short Takes, AUG98-NOV99

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Another thought on this “where does the Kshatriya spirit go” during Kali Yuga?”  The generic and most important answer is that it goes where everything good goes, namely, into the monastery, which is…

Sappers And Miners

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, The Flatland social taxonomy is significantly different from the Vedic, which claims to be universal and perpetual and is commended by common sense. Vedic taxonomy is: Sages Teachers/Clergy/Scholars Governors/Soldiers/Judges Producers (Agriculture, Industry and Finance) Laborers All are equally important — society cannot function without…

Sonrise

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, I So-And-So, I have realized what it is you wish us to understand: vedanta and, therefore, the parameters of acceptable discussion are the details of your marketing plan for your line of products. Vedic/Pythagorean scholars and theraputes do not accept much less…

On The Justification Of War

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT In Honor of Our Fallen Army Special Operations Soldiers and Navy SEALs The notion of a just war is discussed throughout Christian theological history and most theologians assert that there is…

Army

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the question of progress/promotion in an Army career, this is my answer: 1- You do not have to think about this because The Almighty is taking care of you and…

The Solar Dynasty

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT On the subject of India and USA, I want to mention a little history that I find enlightening and cheering. The summary is that USA is, as Swami said, member of…

Three Depositions On Theological Education

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Deposition  I: Curriculum For A Theological Education Deposition II: Delusion And The Doctrine Of Original Sin Deposition III: A Festival Composition For The Feast Of The Holy Trinity D e p…

Implications of Incarnation Theology / A Conversation

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A Christian Scientist and I were discussing the sentence, “Reason is the record of our connectivity with God.”  A conflation of my side of the conversation follows. Reason is a word…