Spiritual And Physical

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 Ethiopia as very important to the mix of matters under discussion, yes, very strongly. Ethiopian Royal House calls itself Lion of Judah. Direct trace to David and Solomon and before. Ethiopia…

Swami Stories

In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT My western boots in the sea of sandals at Whitefield, Bangalore, India were a delightful sight. I was the only one who didn’t have trouble locating their footgear. When Swami finished speaking with me,…

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…

Curriculum Vitae Meum

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 Before Swami hauled me in, I had risen rapidly (age 23) to the verge of very great prominence in both academic, governmental and industrial circles. I was a classic “fair haired boy.”…

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…

Redaction

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Regarding any phenomenon, there are five questions: Who?, Why?, What?, Where? and When?. As scientists, we ask, What?, Where? and When?. As philosophers we ask, Why? and What?. As theologians or sages, we…

Memorandum II: The Sai Era

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Memorandum I is here. To: Whom It May Concern From: The Rev. David R.  Graham Date: October 4.  1994 Feasts of Sts. Francis of Assisi and Glenn Gould Subject: Jesus In India Within five…

Taxonomy

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Patristic Christianity is two thirds of a religion, and not more. Dualism and Qualified Non-Dualism are grasped and promoted by Patristic Christianity but Non-Dualism is not. In effect, we have from…

Ritual

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 Actually, I am serious, as you are aware that I am. Christian Science is full of ritual formulae. Science and Health is a most carefully wrought, meticulously scripted work. MBE has…

A View of the Field

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, DIAGNOSIS The salient phenomenon today, world-wide, is that lawyers (Kshatriyas) are attempting to usurp the Magisterium from clergy (Brahmins). Rulers are attempting to confiscate the responsibility of teachers and doctors. Underneath all other activities, this is the operational character of the times.…

Philosophy of Religion / Response Regarding Charles Sanders Peirce

  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 Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is a Transcendentalist, line of Thoreau/Longfellow/Emerson, etc. He’s not a ‘Pragmatist’ as that term is generally used. He is far ahead of James and Dewey, who…

Epigrams II

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   The origin and the termination of the species (a.k.a. genetic variation) is in the genomes, not in the history; in the structure, not in the activity; in the nature, not…

Epigrams I

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT What I am is what is wanted. What I do is part of what I am. Therefore what I do is what is wanted.   Western Civilization is a species of Vedic Culture,…