An Orbit Of Influences

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT When I was at seminary (Union Theological, NYC, 1965-1969) I took a course by a strange but brilliant P named Peter Putnam. It was on systems theory and theology. I ended up writing…

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…

Delusion

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Matter is a gross aspect of consciousness and consciousness is one name for the prius, which is also named truth and bliss. The distinction between spiritual and material is artificial, a result of the epistemological phenomenon called delusion. Reality is non-dual (non-tri-al, etc.).…

Ecumenical Theology

Religious Basic Training For Leadership In The Family Of God This is an offer to lead a year-long seminar at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on the subject of ecumenical theology.  Details are: The purpose of this seminar is an assimilation of intellectual and moral content. Meetings are for clarification of material already digested, through recitation…

How I Got To Be A Bus Driver!

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Wasn’t easy! 🙂 Started in late 60s when I wondered just what the hell a theologian was going to do with their life in this secularized environment. Tried the futurist/communications consultant bit even before graduating seminary but theoretical interest got so far…

Sadhana

Back around ’69 I developed from Bateson and Wiener and myself a three stage leading to fourth stage stageless stochastic structure of mental/emotional activity. I did not know it but it was the trimurthi leading to experience of statelessness in not crude language. The articulation was systems theory of the time, which was very capable…

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.”…

On Population And Dharma

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 ordinary wisdom in many circles is that humanity suffers from overcrowding of living spaces. The view is widespread. The so-called condition of overcrowding is employed to explain many social and…

The Sarva Dharma Symbol

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 Swami Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Sarva Dharma Symbol All-Weather Sticker The drawing at the top of this page was made by Mary Graham after the original drawn on the back…