May 2010 Archives

This show was part 1 of Craig Barnes' KSFR program - aired on May 29, 2010.

Craig spells out the requirement for a new concept in American governance because corporations today have the power to control sovereign states and are as increasingly beyond the reach of democratic processes.

Part 2 of the program is a dialog with David Buck and will be available tomorrow June 1, 2010.

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This show series is offered courtesy of KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio Station (@101.1FM). Craig's show airs on KSFR every Sat at 9AM MST and is streamed live on www.KSFR.org. His full bio is available at our Guest Bios page.

"Let my words, like vegetables, be tender and sweet, for tomorrow I may have to eat them." ... a quote  by anonymous.

I discovered this quote ... thanks to my dear niece ... what a great reminder ... anyhow ... let's continue our journey of  ... explorations in Consciousness, ... Silence, ... Self Realization, ... Self Discovery, ... The Mystery.

This episode (#8) is part 3 of "How to resolve the Seeker's Dilemma?".

Looks like my plans re a certain poem are going to continue to be subject to revision. As some of the listeners know, I have yet to read the follow on to the poem "Who Am I?," which was read on Apr 26th ... and that follow on poem will still need to wait some more ... because typically I let either my inner voice lead me to the poem of the day or I let my hands wander and pick one ... invariably I discover a new gem .... so here is "A Mine of Rubies."

Today's Rumi poem "A Mine Of Rubies" is from: Rumi, In the Arms of The Beloved, Translations by Jonathan Star.

We are usually taught that disease and acculturation either took out, or caused the blending in, of Native Americans, and that the “true” Indians have been “lost.”  Not so, says professor Michael Wilcox of Stanford University’s Anthropology Department in his new book, The Pueblo Revolt. That revolt of 1680, famous to New Mexicans as the most successful revolt by indigenous populations of any in US history, had far more to do with brutality, slavery, and forced extermination of Native religions than with those more neutral causes. Here is the history of the colonization of the West revisited by a scholar who is himself a descendant of Yuma Indians.

This show series is offered courtesy of KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio Station (@101.1FM). Craig's show airs on KSFR every Sat at 9AM MST and is streamed live on www.KSFR.org. His full bio is available at our Guest Bios page.

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With this episode #7, we continue our journey of  ... explorations in Consciousness, ... Silence, ... Self Realization, ... Self Discovery, ... The Mystery ...

This episode is part 2 of "How to resolve the Seeker's Dilemma?".

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In the end, Self Discovery or Self Realization, is really a game ... it is the simplest of games yet it is the most challenging of games ...the challenge lies in accepting the simplicity that truly no doing or understanding is required to resolve this issue.

Here's another short Rumi poem translated by Jonathan Star ... re being lost in the world and then finding onself. The poem is taken from "A Garden Beyond Paradise, Translated by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva."

The corporate rights doctrine that has come to dominate American politics and led to this year’s Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court has led at last to the need to amend the US Constitution, according to John Bonifaz of FreeSpeechforPeople.org. The whys, wherefores, precedents and possibilities of that amendment are discussed by a lawyer from the front lines.

This show series is offered courtesy of KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio Station (@101.1FM). Craig's show airs on KSFR every Sat at 9AM MST and is streamed live on www.KSFR.org. His full bio is available at our Guest Bios page. 

With this episode #6, we continue our journey of  ... explorations in Consciousness, ... Silence, ... Self Realization, ... Self Discovery, ... The Mystery ...

Today's question is " How do we resolve the seeker's dilemma given that spiritual practice is not essential?"

As usual, my answer is quite simple: Silence ... and if one is not predisposed to Silence then Self Inquiry.

So let's take each answer and explore it a little bit further.

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Drop out rates in high schools in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are consistently above 50%. Urban schools around the country are similarly troubled and at the same time budget deficits are leading school administrations to try to increase efficiencies by consolidating schools, making class rooms larger.  Fred Nathan of Think New Mexico and Lee Lewin and Will Barnes of the Santa Fe Girls School discuss the great advantages of small schools and the need to resist the trend to larger and larger factories of education.

This show series is offered courtesy of KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio Station (@101.1FM). Craig's show airs on KSFR every Sat at 9AM MST and is streamed live on www.KSFR.org. His full bio is available at our Guest Bios page.