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Thanks to Pablo Méndez!
We would like to thank Pablo Mendez for his great help in doing the makeup for the "Girls on the Verge" and "Bruised Beauty" series. We had fun and were inspired while working with Pablo.
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Individualism...
Today, a particularly insidious obstacle to the task of education is the massive presence in our society and culture of that relativism which, recognizing nothing as definitive, leaves as the ultimate criterion only the self with its desires. And under the semblance of freedom it becomes a prison for each one, for it separates people from one another, locking each person into his or her own 'ego'.
Within You...
"If you bring forth what is within you,
what you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you,
what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
Be truly One...
"The Master sees things as they are,
Without trying to control them.
(S)He lets them go their own way,
And resides at the center of the circle.
He or She understands that the Universe is forever out of control,
and that trying to dominate events
Goes against the current of the Tao.
Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, The whole world belongs to you.”
Without trying to control them.
(S)He lets them go their own way,
And resides at the center of the circle.
He or She understands that the Universe is forever out of control,
and that trying to dominate events
Goes against the current of the Tao.
Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, The whole world belongs to you.”
Religion, Inc.
Do we not feel it? These are the 'final times' that we have been reading about and awaiting for centuries. A final battle looms...
Belief in something is necessary in these times; and yet many flail and flaunt and flounder -conscripted into commercial mindsets; pathologies of ignorance and fear.
A profound and consumptive doubt...
As always, Others See(k) Truth...
Many now believe that Jesus walks among us; others of course believe that manifestations of His Spirit have always been among us. Thus, battling or transcending doubt, many ask: 'Where is He?', 'How will He appear to the World this time?'
As politicized or institutional religion would have, we are mired in schisms. 'Crusades', 'clashes', 'religious war' whip about many a worried if superficially complacent conscience.
And yet, seeking Unity within our faiths -we find much to embrace. We find Him. Indeed, Christians are awaiting His return. Islam as well is waiting for Him to return. Can we thus speak of 'we'?
'We' adore and embellish His icon; 'We' consider such to be blasphemy...
Indeed, Christian faith remains elusive in the west. Certainly, throughout Europe we vacillate between a demode Christianity while lauding something along the lines of a commercialized Jesus gluttony. Behold a 'commodified renewal movement': the Da Vinci Code, the rehabiliation and publication of the Gospel of Judas. Lest we not forget our 'Jesus is my Homeboy' t-shirts -by now emblematic of kitsch....
Indeed -where- who is He?
Or rather, as so many are clamoring to know through remembrance -Was it not they, did they not come in twos?
If Christian faith fails so many, is it not because we have not heard, or spoken the true Word of the Jesus movement... one returns to the notion of schism, division, commodification....
Whether perceived as 'reality' or morning news, we are living a fevered pitch of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes, global warming... Nature riots, asserts Her transcendent power. Meanwhile, wars, famine, riots in Paris, Brazil; urban seams split, the crowds are screaming for...
The stage is set.
It was said,"Many have been called, few will be chosen."
As we are each called to bear witness & testify, embracing Truth: Beware the ministers of error, the clutter and canons of Religion, Inc.
Seeking Wisdom...
In these, our Final Days, do we not seek immersion
into the formlessness of the (m)other.
Just as before any notion of naissance or Beginning,
we know no division; we are enveloped by remembrance.
At once One -beyond caricatures of Good and Evil....
and yet, mirrored perfectly in these forms, our
divisions of self, desire, birth and death dissolve
into a white bliss....
Here yet There-
We see(k) True Wisdom.
into the formlessness of the (m)other.
Just as before any notion of naissance or Beginning,
we know no division; we are enveloped by remembrance.
At once One -beyond caricatures of Good and Evil....
and yet, mirrored perfectly in these forms, our
divisions of self, desire, birth and death dissolve
into a white bliss....
Here yet There-
We see(k) True Wisdom.
It has arrived...
Dear Friends,
GISUS are proud to announce that our website is completed and on-line.
See it & read it.
This project is a work in progress. We would greatly appreciate your participation in it. Feel free to drop us a few lines of opinions and questions...
Enjoy and enlighten...
Preace be upon you.
GISUS are proud to announce that our website is completed and on-line.
See it & read it.
This project is a work in progress. We would greatly appreciate your participation in it. Feel free to drop us a few lines of opinions and questions...
Enjoy and enlighten...
Preace be upon you.
Coming soon...
Dear Friends,
We will be ready to launch our website very soon. As it has been written, it will be. We truly tell you.
Love,
G I S U S
We will be ready to launch our website very soon. As it has been written, it will be. We truly tell you.
Love,
G I S U S
Welcome to All who pass through this Space.
Welcome to the blog of GISUS.
You shall see the truth unveiled when you are pure of heart.
Go in Peace.
G I S U S
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