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4 Dual Pole Bedini Motor - by Darcy Klyne
Hello Energetic Forum!
Its been a couple years since I've started a thread here on these forums and after adding to the R-charge thread, i've felt like i should leave that for others to discuss their experiences and open one dedicated to my build specifically.
I apologize if some of what i post here is repeated from that thread. However i have just recently posted 2 videos to youtube to illustrate my motor in action.
The first is a basic overview of my arrangement and running characteristics.
In the second video i demonstrate "Generator Mode" as described in the Advanced Bedini Handbook that Aaron and Peter put together.
Brief overview of my build:
Primary Batteries : 12 - 12volt deep cycle 130 amp hour batteries arranged in parallel for 24volt @ INPUT. Charged by continuous connection to 1280 watt solar array.
Secondary Batteries: 2 separate banks of 8 - 12volt deep cycle 130 amp hour batteries arranged in parallel for 24volt @ output. Charged, alternated and discharged on a 3600 watt 24volt inverter for house hold use daily.
4 Dual Pole Motor - basic kit provided by R-charge.net C/O Rick Friedrick
-32 individual MJL21194 transistor circuits with 1N5408 blocking diodes.
-4 coils of 8 strand 18 guage wire as power coils to 32 Bedini circuits.
-2 inner hub timing wheels. One with 8 slots for opto microprocessor and trigger transistor 2n3440 to MJL21194 gate transistor to each of the 4 - 8 circuit boards. Second with 1 slot for opto microprocessor to fire once per full rotor revolution (8 power cycles) via 2n3440 transistor to gate of VS - 50RIA100 Thyristor SCR which manages the collection and dumping of FXR3 6800uF 6800MFD 400VDC capacitors on to the secondary battery banks as well as separate timer to SCR on the same wheel for generator coil output.
-2 FXR3 capacitors are in parallel on the discharge circuit and 2 capacitors in parallel conditioning the rectified generator coil output.
Most other details are fairly self explanatory.
Thank you for your interest. I'll be posting more here on a regular basis and making more videos over the next few weeks. I'm looking forward to some guidance on the best way to load the generator coils in my set up to loop back into the COP equation.
Darcy Klyne
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Last edited by thedude; 04-06-2016 at 06:18 PM.
Useful schematics
The schematic that i found helpful with regard to setting up an opto-microcontroller and 2N3440 to my SCR cap dump...
And two very artistically done that illustrate a similar arrangement with different triggering mechanisms...
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That is so beautiful. Your post on transistor and diode details
is exactly what I first used and they got hot in GENMODE.
When I went from MJL21194's up to the brother MJL4281
and threw my cheap azz diodes out for some fast ones
that I mounted on separate heat sinks I doubled my
output. Think about that statement. Same input and
because I did not waste energy in the form of heat
my output went way up.
The diodes act as resistors when they get hot. I know this
is going to sound ridiculous but I used 30amp sinkable fast
recovery diodes on a single 14 awg strand, needless to say
with zero heat at any amp draw.
You want a friction free system. The R-charge is a quick
and dirty entry level teaser that gets you to explore.
I learned this the hard way also. I smoked my diodes in
GENMODE at about 1.5 amps per strand using 10 amp diodes
but they were not high freq diodes. 60hz is what some
diodes are rated for and anything higher the power
handling drops off.
Even at 300-500hz a diode may only be good for 1/20th
of it's ratings. I don't know how hard it would be to add
in some sets of diodes and sinks.
But all in all your set up is stunning.
Even my MJL21194's got hot over nothing when I went
from 12volts to 24volts. I learned that a 30volt dc output
using a 28vdc source battery produced a much higher
peak voltage across the transistor that bordered it's
max capability.
The industrial standards handbook says an MJL21194
operating at 70-80 volts is at it's peak and this is why
it has a 3X or 200volt max. Remember when your transistor
is fed 28vdc it is toggling at a much higher peak say 3X That.
And those spikes are gonna eat those junctions for lunch
in a short ime at only slightly elevated power outputs. Then
you will be soldering again, like me.
But the brother to it is the MJL4281 and has a 350 volt
max, so you see that transistor is at it's max handling range.
The MJL4281 does cost more but not that much unless you
are in a business to make money and are cutting costs
every way possible.
Last edited by BroMikey; 04-03-2016 at 08:35 AM.
I'm actually excited to have a clear direction to proceed now. I felt a bit like i'd stalled out on the level of progress and i have you to thank Bro!
Today i removed and replaced my diode array that was acting as a bridge rectifier for my gen output with a proper 1000v bridge rectifier. Small change with no apparent benefit. Not much i can do until i can afford some passive components. I'm sorta laid off of work atm so i'll be a bit getting them in. This business of being an electronics enthusiast is a catch 22. When ever i have the time, i seem to lack the money. When i have the money, i seem to lack the time. lol But i'll get the parts.
I mentioned that i'd ran some tests with my tesla pancake coil acting as the capacitor bank on the radiant output. My output leaped over 31-34 volts on the secondary banks and i had to increase resistance on the base of my gate transistors to turn off my neon bulbs while the system was running! Suffice it to say, that was a test that i could not run for very long. I found a way of increasing amps dramatically, but heat threatened to destroy everything. I'll be ordering spares of everything and make sure to have camera running for future experimental setups.
I'm pumped! Thanks again BroMikey!
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Last edited by thedude; 04-03-2016 at 10:07 PM.
opto trigger circuit
Hi The Dude and all,
I have an 8 coil DP running with 8 gen coils.
Been trying to have good understanding of Opto trigger cct.
I wired mine to fire when the blade is in the slot.
40% on time.
I was not getting enough amp draw and changed the individual tranny resistors to 1ohm and was stilll not getting plenty of amp draw at 12v or 24v.
After studying the schematics from Rick F, it seemed that he wired the sensor to the HD113 wrong. I redid mine to agree with his except this apparent error.
I gained about 30% in amp draw but not what it seemed that I should have.
I studied his some more and could see that his should function, so I bread boarded his. His causes the circuit to fire when the blade is out of the slot so I had 60% on time and abundant amp draw. I had a 35amp fuse in place so I stayed under that at 12v but with my 1ohm tranny R's and 60% on time I couldn't get a scope shot that showed a full H wave without going into the "oh no zone."
Now please allow me a few "silly questions",
Do I have Rick's trigger circuit correctly in place with it firing when the blade is not in the slot.
What is the duty cycle of the timing wheel (blade) that he ships.
Thank you all for being here,
My pics are at:
bro d
Last edited by Donald Haas; 04-05-2016 at 05:07 AM. Reason: correct link
"That is so beautiful. Your post on transistor and diode details
is exactly what I first used and they got hot in GENMODE."
Hi Bro Mikey,
Are you talking about a Dual Pole build?
One with strong neo's on both ends of the run coils which are present in the two rotors?
Bro d (your brother from a different mother)
I took a picture of the timing wheel on my motor from r-charge, the best that i could. I never measured its gauge, but i would estimate that it has a 1/3rd on time gap on it. Off for 2/3rds. By estimation.
Here is close up of your previous schematic.
and one of the trigger from R-charge
I'm pretty sure you've discovered this already, but your (top) above schematic has positive current running to both the collector and emitter of the H11D3. I may be incorrect, but I don't see that the emitter pin 4 on the H11D3 should go any where but the base of the trigger NPN transistor in order to get it to fire to your gate transistor. In the r-charge schematic, the opto emitter will operate when the opening in the timing wheel is present. So the duty cycle of the circuit is determined by the ratio of opening to blocked portion of the timing wheel appropriately. On when open, sounds like you had that figured.
I use this same relationship to fire to the gate of my SCR for my cap dump circuit with only one gap on my other timing wheel. Effectively dumping my capacitors once per full rotor revolution or 8 motor cycles (8 magnets on my rotor).
In aligning the timing wheel opening with your magnets on the rotor, choose the direction of rotation that you wish to operate in, then have the opening in the timing wheel occur as close to 1/4" to 1/2" past top dead center (magnet to coil relationship). Set it up there and then test, adjust slightly in either direction and test again. I found that much trial and error was needed. When i thought i was getting a strong "H" wave profile and higher amperage and what i thought was good rpm, i still wasn't where i needed to be. Additional adjustments were needed to find that sweet spot. Its remarkable how much performance can be gained by only the slightest adjustment. Important to have a lot of patience in tuning the timing wheel.
Also it is good to consider that the running performance of the motor does not change as much with varying the the resistance on the base of the gate transistor, when using a timing opto circuit and not a coil trigger. By this i mean that efficiency does not appear to be affected in the same way as it does when using a trigger coil to fire your power transistors. While the running RPM will obviously go up and down (using opto) with the base resistance, the efficiency profile is much more of a linear relationship.
Great to have you posting here Donald. I'll do the best i can to help. Please keep in mind that i am a layman grade dude. :P Hopefully we'll continue to have others contribute.
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Last edited by thedude; 04-05-2016 at 08:04 AM.
There you all are, the internet was off here til just now.
Thank you kindly. My comments were centered on devices. I have yet
to build a hall effects triggering setup but THE DUDE came thru
for us all.
Even tho I have not built these forced type triggering circuits
I have speculated this as compared to JOHN B. basic SG dia.
Forced switching like with a hall effects must not ignore a coils
happy spot, if that is done a much lower duty cycle should be
used to prevent heating.
In other ways of looking at this we could use the teeter todder
analogy where as long as the persons on either side work together
the process glides along smoothly without using excess energy.
This is the coils happy spot.
I don't care what the triggering method is that a person uses.
Many times a hall effects system is used to give the operator
more control say down at the lower RPM's range and on up
to max. However we can not ignore the fact that the coils
want to operate at a couple of bands of fundamental and
harmonic frequencies where conflicts are diminished.
There are several rpm ranges in any system that are
perfectly tuned to give excellent results and the other
frequency ranges just a few harmonics over will cause
elevated stress.
This is heat generated by harmonic conflict.
Remember those coils still want to be set at their happy
spot or you are going to get wasted energy build up in the
We can take the analogy off the playground and apply it to
common sense solutions as simple as they may seem.
Last edited by BroMikey; 04-06-2016 at 09:12 AM.
Yeah, the forum was not talking to the database properly there for a bit. Good to see it back. Your absolutely correct about bad alignment (inharmonious) generating heat. I found many adjustments of the opto trigger were horrible and would run with massive overheating. Or even just spinning the rotor in the opposite direction in its current setup will do the same for me.
I ordered some MUR8100EG diodes. They were the fastest that i could afford (in stock). other specs were comparable or better than 1N5408. i'm not certain i'll be able to heat sink them them very easily with my arrangement. I'm considering leaving as much of the legs of the old diodes attached to my board and installing double pin binding terminals to eliminate soldering in the future. I couldn't afford the MJL4281 upgrade just yet. Wish i could though. I'm hoping the new diodes will land by Friday and ill have something to work on over the weekend.
I have a Flir Thermovision Short wave infra-red camera and i've been itching to break it out for a few shots. So i'll make a video of the before temps and then do a comparison in my upcoming video after the new diodes are in. I'm pretty confident that we'll see a temperature decrease, even if there isn't a major change in efficiency. The transistors will likely be a contributor on the efficiency factor, more so than the diodes. Even if its just temperatures that improve, i'll be very happy and it will open to door to future experimentation.
I'm considering taking out the existing 18 gauge gen coils ( of varying impedance) , which are hardly contributing to the 12 volt battery bank in their present state and rewinding a flat alternator like a windmill generator uses that i can mount to a frame on the outside of the back of the motor. In that fashion i can have easy access to them, and make use of all that 18 gauge wire that i paid good money for. :P I'm not happy with what they are producing in their present state and feels like unnecessary drag on the motor with the core material that they have in them. Doing more harm than good IMO. Even just a store bought windmill PMA would produce some major current off of all that kinetic energy that could loop back into the primary to improve the COP equation. I'm pretty confident that it can handle quite a bit of counter torque efficiently.
@ Donald. In looking, and trying to recall the timing wheel, i've remembered that the opto sensor light mount just barely fit between the opening in the fly wheel. Was something i realized when i was making fine adjustments. That might give you a better idea of the size of the gap albeit without the actual radius of the wheel itself, you'll still have to make an approximation.
I'm going on a bit long here so i'll post again when i have something more to report.
Thanks again!
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Last edited by thedude; 04-06-2016 at 10:21 AM.
[QUOTE=thedude;287420]Hi Donald, your replication looks awesome! Good work on those boards. You'll be running top speed in no time i'm certain.
I took a picture of the timing wheel on my motor from r-charge, the best that i could. I never measured its gauge, but i would estimate that it has a 1/3rd on time gap on it. Off for 2/3rds. By estimation.
Here is close up of your previous schematic.
I'm pretty sure you've discovered this already, but your (top) above schematic has positive current running to both the collector and emitter of the H11D3. I may be incorrect, but I don't see that the emitter pin 4 on the H11D3 should go any where but the base of the trigger NPN transistor in order to get it to fire to your gate transistor. In the r-charge schematic, the opto emitter will operate when the opening in the timing wheel is present. So the duty cycle of the circuit is determined by the ratio of opening to blocked portion of the timing wheel appropriately. On when open, sounds like you had that figured.
Hi Darcy,
Glad we are back on line.
In the trigger circuit that I posted there is no H11D3.
I have an LED to indicate power present.
When I started with Opto switching, I used IR diodes and the schematic looks the same as an opto sensor cct. I learned to wire it the way my posted circuit is wired. On my DP this didn't get it. With Rick's method it appears that the LED in the H11D3 and the Transistor in the opto sensor are in series.
and this bumps it up substantially.
In my posted circuit when the blade interrupts the gap it fires which is opposite to Rick's. Don't understand that yet.
I bread boarded Rick's version and have to wait for resistors of the recommended size. His version allows abundant amps.
Thank you for the much needed info regarding Rick's circuit and timing wheel. Thank you also for the encouraging words.
On another note it seems that all roads lead to RF engineering.
I'm looking into it. I prefer not to post rambling speculative thinking.
Keepin' on,
bro d
Hi Donald. Yeah, was worried we were losing the forum there. :P You definitely welcome and forgive my confusion on your schematic (i did miss read the polarity at your X1 as well). Ah, i understand now. I thought you had H11D3 in operation. I do recommend the R-charge schematic Rick Friedrich provided if you can, which sounds like the direction your already heading. haven't varied from it at all in my set up and it really works great. Has not given me any trouble and is built exactly as described in schematic. However, i do completely understand working with what you have on hand, as has been my situation many times in the past. I just want to be sure you don't feel i'm having any trouble with RF's trigger arrangement at all. My temp issues are not related.
@ All
On a side note, the temperature issue i'm resolving in my build has to do with using "Generator" mode which bonds the Negatives of primary and secondary via large blocking diode in conjunction with cap dumping setup (not to be confused with generator coils) and pushes my amps up over 30amps @ 24+voltages on the input (over 720 watts). I'm actually able to push the amps up even higher with experimental Tesla pancake coil (1.5" copper ribbon) in place of my discharge caps. In my build, leaving the motor running in "Generator" mode raises the temps up to 60c+ on my 1N5408 diodes and up to 40c+ on my MJL21194. Which is why i'm switching to fast switching diodes MUR8100EG and MJL4281 transistors. In regular operation mode, my temps are less than nominal (45c diode and 35c transistors) and not much of an issue.
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Last edited by thedude; 04-06-2016 at 08:06 PM.
Transistors, FETs, Diodes, & such
I purchased both of the mentioned transistors and some FETs from AliExpress.com and saved a bunch on them. Look at buying 50 or 100.
So far, they seem to work so I'm hoping that I didn't buy knock-offs.
If someone will post some numbers for high speed, high amperage diodes, I'll check those out too.
Also, Taydaelectronics is a good source for some things.
This is the way I run my coils. This one runs at 3000hz so the fast
diodes are very much needed.
I drew the dia wrong so now it is fixed. This is my 14 awg wind.
I wanted to run more than an amp or two.
new timing wheel and cct board
Hi Guys,
I have a high speed CNC router (27" X 30" table) and I cut my motor parts with it. It does iso tracks for cct boarts and wood carving also.
The new timing wheel for firing when the sensor slot is open and a cct board for Rick's trgger circuit were machined tonight.
I can make the change when the 330ohm, 3W R's come in a day or 2.
Mean time I took my old circuit and added the H11D3 and a 2n3439 (350v version of the 2n3440) and we're sending 12v from the run batt into the collector of the MJL Gate driver. It does 17A at 24V, which is pretty close to what I wanted. She runs about 1400rpm. 1 ohm resistors on the trannys and not heat problems. Close to one to one charging with 2, 24v banks.
I've installed 8, 100W LED's off the Gen coils over a section of my bench and they do a great job. More pics in my drop box soon.
My 8 gen coils are 29ohms of #22 wire and there is 1, 100W LED wired to each coil. No series or parallel connections. There is switching over the bench for 2 at a time. DPDT's
We win,
bro d
Great stuff!
@ BroMikey - Nice to see your schematic, its great to see alternative arrangements. I can appreciate the parallel transistor set up given your input voltage. I'm guessing that you see some pretty high rpms. I checked your 30EPF12 diodes to the ones i ordered and i think i'm in the same ball park, at least in the nanosecond department. Thanks for sharing Bro.
@ Donald - Great to hear Don! Your not wasting any time are you. I'd love to have a CNC for fabricating. I've had one on the back burner for about 5 years now. Your setup looks great and your gen coils are doing better than mine, although i know the potential is there for great improvement in my arrangement. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your build.
Donald, I hope you don't mind that i took the liberty of uploading your images to my host modvid.com to display them here.
Hope to see more from you soon.
Thanks to you both for contributing to the thread. Its great to have company while working on these projects!
Will be posting more on my build by Fri night i hope.
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Last edited by thedude; 04-07-2016 at 08:49 AM.
I don't mind your posting my pics. They are out dated already, but generally the same.
I've redone all 4 busses and have them in circular copper tubes under the machine. I've also removed the switch box to try for more amps. But you have helped to reduce my ignorance.
My router is built from a manual. I spent about $5K in parts.
Building the KRMx02 CNC — Kronos Robotics
bro d
up grade
Hi Darcy,
Been running at 12v/10ohm R's with the new timing disk and circuit.
Every thing looks good.
Up to 26amp input with a clean scope shot. The H wave looks like a very amped out ssg.
I really appreciate your help.
bro d
correction: The 26amp is AC. DC is 36Amp
I've also added 10ohm branch resistors.
Planning to add a pot to the base of the single gate transistor.
Last edited by Donald Haas; 04-09-2016 at 02:43 AM. Reason: correction
Now I really want a CNC!
@ Donald - Well now i really want a CNC! lol I can't wait until i have some income again. Thanks for the link to Kronos Robotics and your project pics. That is the way i'd like to go (ie - build it myself) but its always much nicer to see that someone else has been successful first and willing to show it.
On the point of ignorance, i'm afraid i don't deserve any credit, aside from maybe conquering my own ignorance. :P Thank you, but I've really only followed the schematic that R-charge provided. Maybe i've shared a little more than he did openly perhaps, i thought it was the "Giving Path" (hope you get my meaning). Your success is your own Donald. Great work my friend!
I can't help but have the feeling that the time for sharing our technology is getting short. Hard to be specific about this, but it is a growing notion that i have. I feel that the next coming years are going to be very complicated for society. Energy alternatives need to be shared.
I had other schematics and links i wanted to post here, but something keeps blocking my submission. Very curious.
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Last edited by thedude; 04-08-2016 at 01:55 AM.
Flir Agema Thermovision
In preparation for swapping out my 1n5408 diodes for MUR8100EG fast reacting ones, i'm doing some temperature analysis of the circuits, motor coils, interconnecting cables and batteries. I have the diodes and will be swapping them in this weekend. (found some faulty spots) Transistors will be coming soon.
4 Dual Pole Bedini Motor Video Part 3 - FLIR Thermovision Analysis
Some conflicting readings from my infrared gun thermometer, leads me to believe that the gun is not accounting for the reflective emissivity of the diode casings. NTE 5817 diode at the common bond of primary and secondary for "generator" mode is showing cool on the gun and very hot on FLIR camera, 1N5408 circuit diodes are showing hot on the gun and cool on FLIR camera. I'm inclined to believe the FLIR Agema Thermovision 550 shortwave infrared camera, although i could be wrong. However, it is a very expensive camera and is designed for this sort of operation. Anyone who understands why thermometer gun is reading the way it is would be appreciated.
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Last edited by thedude; 04-09-2016 at 04:56 AM.
Questions & contribution.....
Thanks for the drawing Mikey, I appreciate it.
I looked up those diodes on Newark.com, them priced them on AliExpress.com. Still expensive.
Then, I did a general search on Newark for Fast Recovery Diodes: Diodes - Fast & Ultrafast Recovery Rectifiers (600V or >) | Newark element14
A search on some of these part numbers on AliExprss produces some reasonably priced results.
I have some questions about the Dual Pole:
Are the coil cores 'Air Core', or 'welding rod core'?
Is the wire length for the motor windings 150 feet?
Are the generator coils located exactly between the motor coils?
Can the location of the generator coils be adjusted?
What is the wattage of the Base Resistors?
Thoughts on coils:
Has anyone considered weighing the motor coils and adjusting them so that they all weigh the same?
I believe that the generator coils can be would of a smaller gauge wire but wound until the mass (weight) of the generator coil equals that of the motor coils. Also, it might be helpful when using multiple strands of wire on a generator coil to connect the strands 'series aiding'.
Now, for some fun .......
The Dual Pole has a shaft .... why not attach a Fisher & Paykel motor to it and use it to power the Dual Pole.
The F & P can provide AC, or rewound and 'Bedini SG'd' to produce DC.
See below:
Diodes - Fast & Ultrafast Recovery Rectifiers (600V or >) | Newark element14
This may be worth a look: DSEP29-06A;
Shop DSEP29-06A online Gallery - Buy DSEP29-06A for unbeatable low prices on AliExpress.com
Enjoy, and thanks!
Last edited by GlenWV; 04-09-2016 at 04:48 PM.
Hi Glen,]
some answers in blue
Last edited by Donald Haas; 04-10-2016 at 03:36 PM.
It was a random event when I bought 30epf12 diodes and when
I went back to buy more all I could find cheap was 40EPF12
Here is how I get them cheap.
10pcs 40EPF12 Encapsulation to 247 Fast Soft Recovery Rectifier Diode | eBay
Newark has a few but they rate them different. I stopped buying
from them for a while. They charge more and more again for shipping.
I can't afford double for my experiments either.
Last edited by BroMikey; 04-10-2016 at 12:47 AM.
New Ctt
Hi Gentlemen,
I've cut a small board with Rick's trigger cct up to the primary gate driver.
After running it for a while, there is a need to tune the pwr into the 2 trannys, so I've cut a new board and have added pots to deal with tuning into the base's of the trannys.
Running at 12v, charging has not been good into a 24V fork lift battery that is slightly smaller than the run bank. Running 38A in.... Workin' on it.
bro d
Last edited by Donald Haas; 04-11-2016 at 10:21 PM.
Phototransistor Switch Apps
This explains the two modes that I've ignorantly encountered and more.
Bro d
question about the trigger wire
Hello guys,
I need a little help,
I have a question about the trigger wire, I know I might look stupid, but I wonder whether each coil is provided with a trigger wire, or only one coil has a trigger wire, which is for all transistors, and whether the same thickness as the other 8 wire ??
sorry for the bad English
connection diagram. Is this your question?
Yes,just a few more questions, the thickness of the trigger wire is the same as the power wire, or is thinner as the SSG ??
and the trigger wire connects the same as the Bedini SSG ??
thank you very much for your quick response
power wire then use 23awg trigger.
I used 14awg power wire and trigger 20awg
Perhaps you know exactly which wire Rick Friedrich used for his dulalpole 8 motor,for the power and trigger wire??
distrust personally. I don't know what to believe about him.
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But one thing I didn't realize back then was that you don't necessarily have to be in a current state of stress for your body to feel it and to react in a stressed way and that stress was serious. I was perfectly calm or seriously enjoying myself when my body reacted in these strange ways. Years have passed since then, I eventually spoke with my doctor and agreed to start taking an anti-anxiety medicine. I would rather not have needed to take the medicine but I knew that I needed something more to help with the stress. Also, my dear friend Melissa, would not let me leave the doctor without acknowledging just how stressful my life actually was and without getting some sort of "help". Thank you Miss!!
Fast forward to just a few hours ago. As I was working around the kitchen, I let out a nice, deep sigh. My son asked me what the sigh was for. I'm not sure that he was prepared for the answer. You see, packed inside that one solitary sigh, was a minefield of emotion, struggle and stress. Ready to dive in? Okay.......I'm in the middle of baking 6 dozen cookies, I'm trying to clean up from a lunch that I didn't have to make (holla), which led me to the sink that was getting quite full of the day's dishes, which led me to the fact that the dishwasher needs to be unloaded. I should stop and unload it, re-load it and then wash the extra dishes, but......I need to get this baking done. Oliver doesn't seem very happy at the moment, I should be out there with him and Maggie so that Joe can get his work done. Jaysen (the one who asked me the loaded question) was busy working on a paper and Jessica was upstairs, but also has a work load that needs attention. From there I thought, Joe should take the kids outside, they would love that, but I know that he won't want to do that, no one ever wants to go outside. Why don't I ever want to take the kids outside? Somehow, I jumped from that to wondering if I will ever open an actual bake shop, if we will ever move from NJ to AL. Maybe I'm just letting my OCD get the best of me. Why can't I just be content where I'm at? Maybe something really is wrong with me.........
I struggle with anxiety, daily. Anxiety coupled with hormones, coupled with a new diabetic diagnosis can and does lead to thoughts and feelings of depression. If you add to that the wonderful fullness of my life (read stress) at any given moment, I could actually be considered a ticking time bomb. Okay, maybe not quite, but lately it seems like just about anything can set me off into an anxiety ridden tizzy.
Take today for instance. I had to force myself out of bed. I forced myself to get dressed today. I forced myself to write in my gratitude journal that I haven't touched in a year. I forced myself to read the Word. I felt good after that. The day was going fine. Once I started to bake I could feel the annoyance coming on because there was no room to put anything. But I talked myself down and just moved things out of my way. I was still good. Then, all of a sudden, it was too late. I was on a downward spiral. Now, it didn't stop me, or render me useless. I was still working and baking, but I think that if Jaysen hadn't asked me what the sigh was about, that negative feeling would have continued and grown.
My point in sharing this today is that you never know who is dealing with anxiety or depression. Many of us hide it well. Some may actually be afraid of admitting their disorder, or may not even know that it is a disorder and not just normal stress. Some are embarrassed and/or ashamed, therefore they would never even think about asking for help. It seems that learning to listen to my body because of the diabetes is also causing me to focus on my emotional health as well. I am trying to be more aware of my thoughts and feelings and I'm also trying to let those closest to me know how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. Recognizing those things that could be causing those feelings is essential to getting healthy.
If you think that you may suffer from anxiety disorders, do some research, talk to someone, get help. I believe that if we can be more open and honest about our humanity, we can help one another. We need to create an environment in our lives and online where we feel safe to express a struggle or a fear. We all need to know that we are not alone in this or anything else that we may be struggling with. The world is so full of hatred and judgement, let's make sure that we are not contributing to that by putting on blinders and pretending not to notice the suffering or by putting on a mask and pretending that we are not suffering.
Please know, that this is a safe place. How Sweet it will be to come together, share in our struggles and our joys and to be united.

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|Master of Buddhism
Majick W. RavenHawk
This particular class is written quite well. I have been a practicing Zen student for over 30 years and I am glad to see all the different nuances within Buddhism covered. It is not only learning about the philosophy/religion that is important , yes we are better human beings by learning the differences of each culture and religion. What I find is that it is better to live the experience. By finding what resonated with your inner being and following your heart allowing your true essence to find its purpose while here on this planet at this time.
The understanding that we are all Buddha and Buddha in nature we can come to grasp that we are all interconnected in the essence of consciousness. There is truly no "us and them", there is only the oneness. It struck me as incomprehensible when I witnessed a man on the news ranting about how he did not think it was his place to help those who were in need during this recession and had lost their homes. He stated that it was their own fault for making bad judgment calls on investments and having little savings. He felt that if they had to live on the streets so be it as long as he took care of himself. The ranting was loud and full of rage. I wondered if somewhere down the line he might not suffer the fate of those he refused to help and how he would feel if others turned their backs on him. Whether or not people understood what they were getting into during the time of greed and attachment one good thing has come from it. It has shown how painful it is to have such great attachment to the material so much so that one loses their own identity and becomes the "things". It has also produced many who understand and have reached out in compassion to help those struggling during these times.
As the Buddha taught that attachment only brings suffering is so true. Without the attachment there is no suffering because the "want" no longer drives us and the "things" not longer define who we are. We are part of the collective consciousness or unconsciousness. The choice is ours. Should we decide to suffer or reach a point of non-suffering, it is ultimately up to us and what resonates with our very being. Should we awaken or slumber in our suffering.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Spiritual Awareness
Insights into Spiritual Awareness course
By: Rev. Frank L Ducharme
Although I have read the book Celestine Prophecy some time ago and found it very inspiring, this course detailed step by step each insight that brings a new level of understanding. I have found this to be very enlightening and reaffirming to my practices and beliefs. I can say I have truly enjoyed this course and looked forward to each and every lesson. This course was not only a learning experience but a lesson of growth and development.
To slow down and put the habitual repetition of every day life aside for a moment and pay attention to the subtle signs that are easily missed. The signs and guidance are there we just need to open ourselves to see and accept them. We need to trust ourselves and trust what we feel and act upon what our instincts tell us not how we are conditioned to react. We must retrain ourselves not to get caught up in life's daily routines but to experience life and the world around us to better see all it has to offer.
There are times we should think of our selves but we must also think of how we all affect each other, How our own actions affect the others around us and future happenings. One action or reaction can affect so many and how others may act or react in future situations. Every conversation no matter how mundane it may seem hold a message and has meaning, We need to pay attention to every thing that takes place in our daily lives because some ware sometime it may have a greater meaning or a lesson we need to learn. One may see a particular situation as a bad experience but we needed it to take place for one reason or another to learn from and break the cycle.
I was born into a Roman Catholic home as was my father and grandparents, my mother however was raised protestant and had what I would say different views. Upon entering school I went to a private Catholic school from first grade to eight having religious classes on almost a daily bases. Some ware between fifth and sixth grade I started to realize the contradictions I was being taught and started questioning what the priest and nuns were saying and teaching and believe me that was not what you were suppose to do. Throughout my teenage years to early adult life I searched for a belief system that I could wrap my head around, something that made sense and I could wrap my head around. At almost thirty I began a serious study of Wicca and the Pagan ways and things began to make sense. It is a belief and an ever evolving practice that encompasses what I have felt for so much of my life and is a way of growing that does not restrict or control.
Whether we realize it or not all of us thrive on energy, Energy from the center of the universe. We as humans have ways of sucking that energy from one another, one such way is threw conflict and control. Those who constantly try to control every one they come in contact with, who dominates every conversation are generally insecure in one way or another. Some ware in there lives they are not in control at all and so every ware they go the may feel the need to control every aspect and by doing so they will suck the energy from every one they come in contact with. Another method of control is seen threw conflict, some people feel or believe they can only gain power and control threw conflict and manage to drain the life power from others until there is nothing left. Once you realize that you don't have to control others to get the power you require, that by fowling the principles of the insights you get all the power you need naturally life become so much simpler and easier to navigate, you can be truly happy and at ease.
Once we realize that the energy we thrive on can be obtained from some ware other than the people around us, that the universe itself has all we need and its there for the taking we just need to learn how to accept it. We need to take care of our selves by diet and exercise, and slow down a bit to enjoy the sights sounds and savor the tastes that we encounter on a daily basis. Through meditation and relaxation we can relieve the daily stress and focus on the positive energy. For if we can put forth positive energy and keep a positive attitude then we can affect everyone we encounter in a positive way and keep the positive flow of energy flowing around us. We also need to pay attention to each and every interaction we have on a moment by moment basis to see and realize what each conversation means, what message is their for us. Every experience we have on a moment by moment basis happens for a reason, we need to pay attention and learn from our experiences in order to evolve into a higher being. If we can affect more and more people we encounter with positive energy and a positive attitude and teach them to do the same, imagine the ripple effect it can have on society and how the world could change.
We are all here on earth for a purpose, to experience everything that occurs throughout our lives for a reason. To encounter everyone we meet in our lifetime on purpose, there are no chance encounters or coincidences we actually chose our entire life's journey at the moment of birth. We choose our parents and family and friends to shape our life's experiences so we could learn and feel what we needed in order to evolve to the next level for the next time around. Each life we choose what we need to experience in order to learn from those encounters. Each and every time we choose what we need in order to proceed for the next time we are born. When we succeed in learning what we need we will then advance to the next level of existence.
At this point in our history, we are not yet at the point of soaring as the eagle, but rather we are still caught up in the good versus evil. Our world is in chaos. Our leaders are ineffectual, religion has lost its purpose and that a great transformation is nearing. The transformation is not the result of a mythical "second coming," but rather must stem from the higher thoughts of man; a man that reconnects mentally with the center of all that is in order to break our cycle of destruction and ignorance. The time is getting close and, as the Hopi have said, "it is we who we have been waiting for." Higher human consciousness is attempting to break, alter, or change the current cycle. A cycle filled with ruinous dogma, fear, greed and confusion. Humanity is approaching a moment in time where he can consciously choose his next evolutionary step.
A great vibratory train is headed straight for us and that we must choose to either stay in its way or to get off of the track. If there is disaster, it will be because we stayed on the track. As with Nostradamus, the Book of Revelations and other prophecies, we are given the tools, in the form of a largely pictorial code, to raise our awareness, our vibration and our very nature above the 'slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.' It is time to look deeply into the tools and images that been offered as a gift to our time and learn the true revelation of their inner meanings.
"The return of the Goddess and all of her wisdom."
Once we transform into multisensory beings we will then see the beauty in everything and everyone. We can then look past the inabilities and disabilities and see the true abilities and potential. To recognize our intuitions and senses and true abilities and trust out gut feelings to guide us. Prophecy, telepathy, and clairvoyance will be accepted and taught as the norm. We will then be whole again.
The methods and activities set forth in this course are not necessarily a new concept but very important for awareness and self growth, and so simple. It is so very easy to get caught up in life's challenges and the daily routine, one needs to take the time for yourself ; reflect and keep in touch with the energy around us. Everything we need to continue growing and evolving is their we just need to recognize and utilize it.
Blessed be to all
Frank L Ducharme
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
|Buddhism Course
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Comparative Religion
Final Essay for Comparative Religion Masters
The Comparative Religion Masters course distilled a complex topic in a coherent and well-designed format with super adjunctive reading recommendations and website options. One of the critical elements I gained through exploring the material of the course is not only an appreciation of the shared elements of faiths, but also their unique differences. As I read through the opening lesson's discussion of the philosophical interpretations of the nature of God, I could not help but also ask what is the nature of the differences between these faiths and how do these differences ultimately shape how we find our religion. As a psychologist, I am deeply embedded in questions associated with how individuals come to make their choices, as well as issues of cultural difference. Recently, I finished reading Chet Raymo's When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy and he emphasizes the role of parents and our primary cultures determining our religious affiliation—in his own bias (he is largely against religion as something that is counter-intuitive to the revelations of our contemporary sciences, but that is for another discussion all together!) he holds that such determination cannot truly reflect the development of an authentic religious self, which must be engaged with and consciously chosen. I would hazard a guess that many faiths would take issue with the notion that one should "choose" their faith, as many hold that God "chooses" you. Nevertheless, as I read through the lesson material, I wondered at the process unique to our contemporary time and increasing global culture of how we come to choose our faiths. What are the subtle differences that draw our focus? I asked myself, having grown up an Episcopalian and traversing through many religious paths before settling on religious naturalism and shamanism, what invites me in to these paths? When I consider the elements of Catholicism that I feel drawn to—what stops me from considering myself a Catholic? I found it amusing that the author of our material found a website that allows you to input answers to find which faith resonates most closely with you! This of course added to my own questioning of how has our access to the Internet changed how we relate to religion and are we really the first generation who has choice and thus can embody a new kind of fervor in our faith? I know that these are more questions than specific facts learned, but this is how I engage with material and likely is a reflection of my own background in the sciences. I find more is gained when I retain an openness to being deepened by questions than by answers.
There were specific elements of the course that I thoroughly enjoyed, such as the ongoing use of recommended reading at the end of each lesson, thus allowing me to deepen my knowledge of a topic that struck me. I thoroughly enjoyed discourse 19's discussion of religious archetypes and found this a superb way of exploring the shared elements of religious roles in an organized fashion. This also appeals to my psychological background in the possibility of how might individuals, not attaining a more professional role in a religion, engage with these roles on a personal level either through embodying them or through relating to others in these roles. I also found discourse 11's exploration of the fundamental questions religion seeks to answer (afterlife, painful experiences, suffering, etc.) to be well organized and providing some areas for fascinating further examination. I loved the definition of sacrament: "It has at its core the belief that taking into the body something that is divinely charged will unify the microcosm and the macrocosm" (Discourse 12). I found this to be a profound statement that explores an underlying philosophical position of what is above, so it is below. As such it highlights the notion of union with the Divine and speaks to our hopes of bringing this energy and the associated conceptions of the afterlife or the personality of the Divine into everyday human existence. It does also suggest that human also hold a fundamental conception of themselves as somehow lacking and their surrounding world as that which is filled with suffering. Indeed, the sacrament appears to be the solution to the issue of suffering and may provide a fascinating psychological benefit to allow individuals to experience a sense of resiliency and power through their capacity to engage in this specific behavior (likewise underlying ritual/ceremonial behavior whereby individuals provide an offering to a deity in the hopes of securing a different outcome in their physical, every-day life). I absolutely loved the flow chart in the concluding chapter about the interconnective development of religion, although I would disagree with the notion that a Goddess tradition underlay all others—more on this in a moment.
I think what I least liked was the two discourses on hermeticism, alchemy, and secret societies. I would not consider these religions per se as systems of magic or perhaps philosophy as they lack real theological clarity and other elements that define religion. I think a chapter on philosophical influences would have been enough to explore hermeticism. I would have liked to have seen greater exploration of the philosophical elements of religion that are introduced in discourse one and how religions seek to answer these philosophical positions. I do think Neopaganism and its religious children (Wicca, Druidism, etc.) should have been more widely visible in the entirety of the lesson alongside older faiths.
My main point of contention with the course is the author's supposition that a Goddess faith underlay all other traditions in the last discourse. There is substantial archeological dispute about this view largely asserted first by Robert Graves in The White Goddess and later by Marja Gimbutas and a handful of feminist scholars—none of whom other than Gimbutas are in fact archaeologists. All of which has been argued against by mainstream archaeology, including women within this field. I would direct the author to Lotte Motz's The Faces of the Goddess, which provides counter arguments to the underlying beliefs that God was initially a woman. It's worth the read to ensure that one's assertions are accurately and not presented as "fact". What would be a more historical accuracy would be to discuss the Goddess traditions within the contemporary context, where they have a powerful life of their own as explored by Starhawk, Z Budapest, and Carol Christ for example. Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Rev. Katherine MacDowell
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Christian History
Final Essay for Masters, Christian History
One of the first striking elements of the course, which may or may not have been intended by the author, was the initial framing of the purpose of the course as one that ultimately explores history from a theological–revelatory perspective. Dr. Loy opens his lesson with an exploration of Paul's historical assessment that the Greeks, Romans, and the Jewish people had participated in the historical preparation for the emergence of Christ. While I would argue that this bears no resemblance to the field of history per se, it does illuminate one perspective of how history is interpreted theologically. This is a striking continuance of how the gospels themselves reexamine and reinterpret the Hebrew Scriptures outside their Jewish theological and social contexts and within the Christian frameworks. In this fashion, what I am ultimately arriving at, is one of the most striking elements I gained from the course was an awareness of and appreciation for the continued tradition of interpreting historical events as the unfolding revelation of God's direct involvement in human lives. While I am not a Christian, I can appreciate the vitality that such, what might be best termed, a "theohistorical" examination provides in assuring the continued potency of the faith and reinforcing the centrality of the theological belief that Christianity is the final covenant and revelation of God to humankind. In short, history is preparation for Christians—it is a place of continued discover of God's will.
This sense of unfolding revelation and continued vitality was also illustrated in the course through its examination of the theological, how Christians came to think about and understand their faith, development over time. Dr. Loy does a superb job in exploring the diverse fruiting of thought that emerged after the death of Christ and the rise of monastic orders and the structured Catholic Church. One thing that I would suggest would be a continued discussion of this unfolding through contemporary times that examines the true diversity of theological strands that have framed the diverse Christian views; in this fashion, truly examining the past and current breadth of the unfolding revelation of God within the Christian faith.
I was also struck with the relationship between the unfolding of the Christian faith and Christendom—that is a Christianized political environment. Dr. Loy discusses at length the growing complexity that such merging led to liturgically; additionally following this it appears the Christian church also underwent significantly greater refining of complex theological issues such as freewill. On the one hand, Pope Gregory asserted that while we inherit sin, we do not inherit "badness"—thus human beings not only engage in redemptive behavior through the baptismal and continued participation in the Eucharist, affirming their relationship to Christ, but are charged with engaging in rigorous self-assessment to ensure they are engaging in right-acting behavior. What questions I was left with in this lesson (16) was the precise definition of sin from a theological level as Gregory saw it—are the seven deadly sins defined at this point, is sin reflective of something less tangible, how is it defined against its Hebraic origins? I also found this theosophical element a fascinating one in that, to some degree, it logically undermines the notion that one can interpret the unfolding of historical events from a revelatory and theologically preparatory way. Pope Gregory appears to address this aspect by holding there are exceptions to the predestined versus freewill argument by suggesting there was an "elect" exempt from free will. I would have liked greater clarification as to who reflected this.
All in all, I enjoyed the course and I appreciated Dr. Loy also attending to issues pertaining to women within the church, violence that emerged as the Church became a political authority, as well as defining the unique differences between East and West Christian structures and the source of this schism.
Katherine MacDowell
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Defining Spirituality
|Defining Spirituality Essay
Rev. Francis J Douse, ULC Seminary
This is my essay for the Defining Spirituality course with the ULC Seminary. A matter of confusion on my part had occurred, which is not a good start on any course of study. I was thinking the course dealt with actually defining what spirituality is, which would have been a monumental task in itself effort to devise let alone study. Instead, I soon discovered it was quite different to my expectations and truthfully some prejudices on my part and yet it has proven enjoyable, informative and complemented studies and thoughts I've followed during my life.
The course itself explored the basis of current Western thought and how it has developed over the centuries, this was presented in the context of ministering to scientific and/or rationalist minded people.
Manifest Matter and Mysticism at the Heart of All Things
Something I felt was implied if not asserted was that matter can be manifest or at least manipulated by will. But this is not expanded upon, or at least not to the point where a minister is attempting to breach the gap between themselves and someone who is scientifically minded, can discuss the matter in a meaningful way. The hardened rationalist will be looking directly for logical evidence during such a discussion and I did not feel that 'rational' examples were given. I would have liked to have seen this explored in more depth. The course writer states that science proves mysticism to be at the heart of all things and whereas I can agree, again, I cannot see how a rationalist will accept that statement without irrefutable evidence. I've encountered some concepts posited to support this, firstly Shrodinger's cat - a quantum mechanics thought experiment. A cat (or other living organism) is placed in a sealed box with a poison. According to the Copenhagen Interpretation, the cat is both alive and dead until the box is opened, the act of observing the end result determines the outcome. Another is a phenomenon known as wave-particle duality, for example photons behave like a wave or a particle depending on how they are being observed. Whereas these seem almost mystical and would indicate that the mind does affect matter, the reality may be more complex. For example, with the cat experiment the Copenhagen Interpretation is just that - an interpretation and there are and probably will be more now and in the future.
The Classics, The Cave and Philosophy
I've always believed that a classical foundation is a good starting point for education and for understanding our roots in western culture. I enjoyed the material presented especially the cave allegory by Plato. It was similar to an example given to me when studying quantum theory at university. In this example, imagine a sheet of paper which represents a 2 dimensional world in which 2D stick people live. They can only perceive the X and Y axes, there is no Z axis for them - it is beyond their perception. Now imagine I take pencil (which can also be a Platonic perfect form) and pierce the paper on which they live, I pass the pencil through along it's length and remove it on the other side. What would the folk in 2D world see? A 3D pencil? No. They see a dot form where the pencil pierces, the dot grows into a circle, the circle persists for a time and vanishes. The idea that a 3 dimensional object had passed through their world would be ludicrous to them! It underlines the limits of our own perceptions and knowledge.
Although we are concentrating on western philosophy, no man is an island. There is a massive jump from the Greek philosophers to the Renaissance thinkers, I believe an acknowledgment must be given to Islamic scholars who gathered and built upon Greek knowledge and it's re-introduction to the west. Also Constantinople should be given a nod, as the capital Eastern Roman Empire it persisted another 1,000 years after the collapse of the west, and traded heavily with the Islamic world especially in regard to the ancient texts. Such knowledge was highly prized and the Byzantine book markets still survive to this day. After it's fall in 1453, the great Byzantine thinkers came westwards bringing the knowledge with them. Similar events occurred in Spain too. I admit I am over-simplifying a complex issue but none the less, a paragraph about where the knowledge was and how it was used when Europe languished in the so-called Dark Ages would have been useful.
One thing I am not too clear on. Renaissance thinkers worked (generally) within the rules of the Church (and failure to do so would be at their peril) and many have been men of great faith, yet rationalists build on that foundation to assert their own cold God-less world views. I'm not sure how they reconcile or reconciled that. How many of these more recent philosophers will still stand the test of time in another 1,500 years or more? I would be surprised if the likes of Plato and Aristotle aren't still read. Will Nietzche's syphilitic nihilism still hold any real value? How much philosophy is useful and how much is just plain old over-thinking? These are issues I have been motivated by the course to question and to continue seeking meaningful answers to.
Atheism - A Clear and Present Danger
Atheism is a subject that was explored. There are those who use the foundation of other philosophers and thinkers (many of whom had faith) and a conceited reliance on logic, reason and science to support their atheism. Just as I cannot prove the existence of the Divine using science, they cannot disprove it. I assert that atheism is simply a belief and not a 'non-belief' as some would say. It is a system of belief like any other, and a narrow myopic one at that. For the atheist, life essentially has no meaning, no purpose. We are born, we live, we die and that is it. Anything else is just wishful thinking and fantasy, a coping mechanism to deal with our own mortality, it is placed into the same category as Father Christmas and the tooth fairy.
I further assert that reason, rationalism and science cannot be used in any context of spirituality anymore than carpentry can help in mountaineering, they are separate fields of human endeavor. Also from all the experiences I have had with atheists - and I say this as a former atheist myself, that there are those who reject the Divine because they had a limited and naive view of it to begin with. If one has been exposed to a literal view of God as a human dressed in white with a long grey beard sat on a throne behind pearly gates, then I could sympathise with their rejection, after all, such symbolism is a relic from Greco-Roman paganism. To me, to rely on science to provide 'proof' that God does not exist is a lie and a conceit because science has no bearing on faith whatsoever.
I believe that extremist secularism and atheism as espoused by Richard Dawkins represents a real danger in society, just as real as religious extremism. Here in the UK as more and more are brought up without any spiritual dimension whatsoever, society is in a real and demonstrable moral free-fall. Nobody thinks twice now when an 11 year old boy fathers a child with a 15 year old girl! Even here in York, I've witnessed with horror a medieval church being transformed into a hedonistic nightclub! The moral vacuum has lead to over-inflation of the ego, loss of self-respect and ultimately damage to the soul. It is a sorry state of affairs and very few seem to even care.
My own conclusions
As I said in the introduction, I had a little confusion about the course when I began but it has proven to be a most insightful and enjoyable course. I believe that there is no conflict between science and spirituality as they are separate endeavours. Science deals with what can be observed and measured while God is beyond all things, ineffable and transcendent, as mankind learns more about it's place in the cosmos God will always be beyond touch. For me, He is beyond mathematics and reason, He has revealed Himself to me and thus in my mind I have all the evidence I need.
Science is not a subject where one should place all of his or her stock, it;s a systematic way of objectively viewing what we perceive, it provides no meaning and no idea of what happens after death. Science has limits, we will never know what happened before the Big Bang, we don't even know how the universe will end, only that there is an almost biblical cosmic struggle between dark matter holding the universe together, while dark energy seeks to pull it apart. We think the universe is one of many and we know the universe is some 14 billion years old, we know many things and their mechanisms. We know the odds of producing a world full of complex creatures are against us, let alone the mass extinctions that life has fought through. The odds against us being here are literally astronomical and yet here we are. Is it by an intelligent design or simply pot luck? As stated in the discourses, we can only say we know nothing.
As sad as it is, there will be people we cannot minister to. I have encountered people who simply cannot believe in a concept of a soul and anything of a Divine nature. This is anathema to me, to reject one's own soul is like rejecting the mind and consciousness itself. Approaching scientifically minded people is possible if they have a seed of spirituality within them, as ministers we can nurture that and allow it to grow to its full potential.
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Comparative Religion
Comparative Religion Final Essay
Rev. Ira J. Potter
Although I have casually studied various religions over the course of my life, Kythera Ann's course offered so much more information than I couldn't have found on my own. The courses themselves were very well written and I am still enjoying the suggested activities, as there are many and some require planning in order to participate. Overall, this course was everything I hoped it would be and more than I have a right to ask for.
Through this course I gained a better understanding of my own beliefs and where they come from. I have fashioned my own beliefs by learning and living. I was surprised by how much I have unconsciously taken from eastern beliefs, such as meditation and reincarnation. I was also able to confirm my belief that there is a universal truth within most religions, a cosmic connection that binds people of faith. Religious morals are also universal, i.e.: respect your elders, don't steal, don't kill people, etc. Where beliefs may differ, morals are almost always the same in any given religion.
The best thing about this course is that it is unbiased. One of the worst possible beliefs I have encountered in my life is that there is only one "right" religion and the rest are imposters or inferior. It was very refreshing to learn so much about so many different religions without that bias in place. I even appreciated the respect given to those of Jewish faith with the references to G_d, although I am not Jewish. I believe that only G_d can tell us how He wants us to live, not popes, clerics, or any other figure on a power trip. There are so many different belief systems in the world that it is impossible to declare there is only one that is right.
My only complaint about this course is that I cannot follow it up with part 2! Other than that, if I had to pick something I suppose that I would have liked a little more in-depth information about the less popular religions like Jainism and Bal'ai. For the most part, though, this course is about as flawless as you could make it. The only way this course could be improved is by having a part 2 to take afterward.
This was the first course I've taken through the seminary, and I must say that I hope other classes can compare intellectually to this course. Rev. Kythera Ann wrote the next course I am taking as well, although I did not know that when I chose to take it. Not only was I pleasantly surprised, I know beyond doubt that it will be just as informative and riveting as Comparative Religion was. The sample course for Comparative Religion made me decide to take it, and the intelligence, information and presentation kept me interested for all 20 weeks of this course. I very highly recommend this course to everybody that decides to attend seminary with the ULC. I look forward to my next course with Rev. Kythera Ann!
Rev. Ira Potter
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Throughout this course I learned more about the numerous schools of Buddhism and the evolution of these schools, and the effects of the cultures in the countries where the individual schools were established. From the beginning after siddhartha passed into parinirvana it seemed that at the first council people couldn't decide on what was the most significant things Siddhartha taught, so they kept a great amount of information that was sometimes overlapping and influenced by the different regional cultures. The development of mahayana from madhyamika from mahayana all of the greater vehicle schools from Tibetan to Zen vary quite a bit.
The history of Buddhism is essential to understanding the contemporary buddhism, but to return to the basics is the best approach to begin down the path. The four noble truths and the eight fold path.Life is difficult economics politics socially and religiously it is hard to find moments of peace and happiness, and they must be cherished, so life is suffering so long as we allow ourselves to be controlled by external influences and let go of our own character and ideas. We must look within and see the sources of our hardships, there we see we often cause ourselves the majority of our problems just by having poor views and grand expectations of other and situations.We must focus on this source and change.
The changes we make must be to learn to view the world as it is rather than how we would like it to be, a great amount of frustration comes from our tendencies to romanticize and idealize, without considering the other 6.5 billion people that might not feel the same way. Once we look at how we trouble ourselves we must begin to correct our thoughts and behaviors for some that means becoming a monastic which in some ways is an enviable life but in other it may be unfulfilling, I am a father of two and that has been a blessing. This is where the eightfold path becomes very important to the redevelopment of the basic thought process' which help us to heal.
Right view-the world as-is, right intention,to bring goodness without stipulations, right speech to stop contributing to the constant noise in the universe which throws things out of balance, right effort the precepts for behavior and interaction, right livelihood to refrain from causing further disturbance,right action only that which is necessary to create balance and moderate living, right mindfulness being congnizant of our self control and influences, and right concentration through mediation, these greatly change our expectations and attachment to ideas and romanticized ideas.
Rev. Joseph D. Brave-Heart
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My first response to "What is Thought:" = A voice in the head. I was not able to come up with a scientific answer. Personally I was excited when I started to read this lesson, as I have been using the power of visualization for years now. As a minister I do not know everything, this is for sure. I have decided that my religion is actually Life and the way I have chosen to "practice" it or celebrate it - well that is subjective; as what may be right for me might not be right for another, and it is important for me to realize that.
Opinion = My answer, A belief based on perspective or rumors from the stand point of ones personal experiences. Knowledge = my answer is that knowledge is learned info commonly based on community or facts. - I thought this was a great exercise. And to understand this perspective of knowledge/opinion and that in actuality we "know nothing" .. A favorite quote of mine from the movie Pure County is "there are no answers, just the search" - reminds me of this lesson.
Talking about Imagination, I must share a story; - about 13 years ago my daughter was about 3 years old and we were getting ready to go somewhere and I told her to wear a dress and tights. She did so and as I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off, she was fussing with her legs. She started to say "mom there are spiders on my legs ... mom ...". I responded "there are no spiders on your legs". she came back and said "Mom yes there are spiders on my legs and they are itchy". I said again = "there are no spiders on your legs its just your imagination" ...and she responded "Well Mom - my imagination hurts ...." THAT stopped me in my tracks, as that statement is so true for most people. I realized then the power of thought.
Talking about "truth", I started my search for truth about 15 years ago, was seeking spirituality and to know. The more I sought to know the more I realized there was so much to learn which at times became overwhelming. Now I realize that "truth" is a personal experience. I now realize that what is true for me may not be for another. I am a Truth seeker but I realize that this truth is subjective and now I seek more connections and experiences. Now I am not learning to "know" but I rather I am learning to "be".
I hope through taking this course that I can help others find their personal truth or purpose or mission and find that meaning within their lives. Thank you for the lesson.
Walk with Wisdom, Peace and Patience,
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Christian History
Understanding the Foundations
Final Essay for the Master of Christian History Course
By Daniel L. Moore
What happened in the first century, the execution of a charismatic preacher, still impacts people. At the time the execution of Jesus Christ occurred, it was considered a relatively minor incident when viewed from the Roman Empire's perspective. It was no different than the arrest and execution of a local terrorist. The man was innocent of any crimes and did not have a physical army or kingdom to overthrow Rome with.
Why the fuss? When one analyzes the sermons that Jesus Christ preached, they seem do not seem to advocate violence. In fact the strongest language was directed to his own nation's leaders. He advocated loving one's enemies. He healed a Roman centurion's servant, cleansed a Samaritan of his leprosy, cast a demon out of a Gentile woman's daughter, and dared to heal on the Sabbath. He emphasized the sharing of resources in order to help those less fortunate. So what was His crime? That he dared forgive people of their sins and that rocked the boat of the local religious leaders.
He was prophetic. He dared to say that he would be arrested, tried, beaten and then executed. Then he said he would be raised from the dead on the third day. The key doctrine of the Christian faith is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. There were over 500 eyewitnesses to this. Early historians make mention of this – often as a minor footnote, after all it is Rome – and then there is the movement of followers.
Jesus did not "found" a new religion. He was a Jew who claimed to be the Messiah. His recorded miracles were such that they could not be tricks or illusions – like raising Lazarus from the dead after the body rotted for four days. There was the fact that Jewish synagogues were often used by the evangelists like Paul and others that were "conveniently" located throughout the Roman Empire. They were the repositories for the Jewish Bible which the evangelists would teach from and then show how Jesus fulfilled the messianic prophecies. They would then offer the Gospel – the plan of salvation. The initial church was Jewish.
Complementing the movement was the universal language of the empire at that time – Greek. Also, Rome had built roads and secured the waterways so that travel was relatively safe. For a generation, the followers of Christ were able to spread their message of the Gospel with ease. As the Gospel spread, the non-Jewish peoples began to hear and respond to the message. The fact that Jesus often emphasized the poor and that the slave population of Rome was quite high led to many of the poorer economic levels becoming Christian.
The call of Saul of Tarsus, later known as the Apostle Paul, was a stroke of the divine. He was a business man, a trained Jewish scholar, and a passionate follower of God who would use his talents to extend the church. His missionary strategy was to start with a major city located on a major transportation hub – like a port or where several major highways met. Once a church was established in a major city, the outlying towns would be targeted.
From the beginning, the church had a simple yet effective organization. The apostles were the initial leaders of the church and would be replaced by bishops. Priest – sometimes called elders or pastors – would lead the local congregations and would be assisted by faithful servants called deacons. The early bishops served as missionaries to new areas by leading teams to start new works, ordaining elders and deacons, and helping them as they grow. The bishops would also stay and eventually serve as a senior pastor to a group of churches in a city and in the outlying towns.
Persecution of Christianity caused the leaders to defend its teachings to the outside world, to develop a unifying doctrine or creed for the church to combat any heresies from within, and to unify the various documents we know today as the Bible.
From my study of these lessons, I determined that the church had an excellent start but along the way the culture tended to creep in. The legalization of the church was both a positive and a negative. Though the church had freedom to evangelize, it also was tempted to get into power politics to its detriment. The fact that Rome was divided into east and west did not bode well for the church as the first major denomination split was east and west.
All in all, this was a very good review of the first one thousand years of the history of the church. It helped me to see where many of the practices found today originated. It also reveals that there has always been some political and cultural encroachments along the way. There is always a struggle between keeping the faith pure and cultural influences.
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Monday, May 04, 2009
Religious Philosophy
Final Essay on Religious Philosophy by Rev. Justin M. Oles
Initially, I was shocked to discover that, relatively speaking, the study of the Philosophy of Religion was a fairly new idea. The ancient Athenian Greeks were known to have philosophical ideas about just about everything; from love and war, to life and death and even to the soul and afterlife. The idea that they never thought to think of religion in the same way was odd. But then again, hindsight being what it is, it makes sense. It wasn't until about the same time that religious philosophy first appeared that religions really found others to compete with. Not to say that they never crossed paths before, but frequently they were similar in form, and if not similar one was virtually always drastically smaller, outlawed, or viewed as a cult, if not all three. Also prior to this time, religion was a part of life so ingrained into our being that it was more a way of life than a part of it.
That aside, it never made sense before to question why people had a religion or what it brought to them. We have seen through various lessons in the course that religion fulfills a certain niche in our lives and that even those who claim to have no religion still fill that gap with something similar to a religious belief structure. Whether it be Taoists, Druids, Christians, Catholics, Jews, or any other group, religion provides answers to questions like, "why are we here?", "where are we going?", "how are we to live this life?", "what happens after life?", and gives us a moral compass to find our way along. Very few people actually go through life believing that there is nothing beyond human existence on earth. In fact, it could be said that some atheists fill it with non-mainstream ideas about aliens and such. That's not to say that there are no people with out any religious ideas, or ways of answering the "big questions", they are just the outliers. There is always something that doesn't fall exactly within the natural order of the universe.
Another good point in this course is the attempted distinction between religions and cults. Often you will hear a religious group call another a cult, a word having a negative connotation, simply because it disagrees with the ideas of said religion. By allowing for the definition and sorting of what is and is not a cult, we are better able to analyze the religions or the world. The course also provides a definition of religion, which is equally helpful as certain groups prefer to call their ideals a belief structure and not a religion. Buddhists are as good example as they can hardly be said to worship ter Buddha, venerate yes, but not worship. Lack of worship however does not make Buddhism any less of a religion.
In all, this course provides, as philosophical courses do, very few hard answers. Not often than not it simply gives you a guide with which to analyze the world in which we life and the cacophony of religions within it.
Rev. Oles
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Vision for the Future of Academic Leaders: Level 5 Leadership
Level 5 leadership is Jim Collins' term for the leadership demonstrated by leaders of what he defines as ""great"" companies, those that have gone from ""good"" to ""great."" The previously good companies had to be led to greatness, they were not just born into greatness. See good-to-great for more information. would you like to be a level 5 leader? Come to the 3rd International Conference on Training and Development in Higher Education by the IBCT, April 2016.
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John 6:22-59 English Standard Version (ESV)
I Am the Bread of Life
22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?" 26 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal." 28 Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." 30 So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." 34 They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." 42 They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." 59 Jesus[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
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The Universal Periodic Review is a unique process which involves a peer review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States once every four and a half years. It aims to improve the human rights situation in all countries, by creating a process where governments are held to account by other countries for their human rights situation. The second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review will be completed in 2016.
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I wonder what happened here?
A 27-year-old man remains hospitalized at Carolinas Medical Center this morning after he was shot early Sunday during what police described as an aggressive "moving altercation" near North Church and West 24th streets.
No doubt that as soon as they can find their way into the office, the fools at NCGV will be tweeting madly about how easy access to guns led to this road rage incident.
Police said the shooter called 911 from the scene and reported that while he was driving his car, he shot "multiple times" at the victim's vehicle.
This sounds like the action of a lawful concealed carrier, not a street thug. Of course, let's look at the person who was shot
The name of the shooter has not been released and they are looking for witnesses. Given who got shot and the post shooting actions of the shooter, it's not hard to imagine that he probably deserved it. We will have to wait and see.
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