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Today's guest commentary is by Craig Barnes and is brought to you courtesy of KSFR, Santa Fe's Public Radio Station (@101.1FM). It was broadcasted on July 28, 2010. Craig's full bio is available at our Guest Bios page.

Millions of Americans have lost their homes because the free market did not work for them or for the banks.  Before the health care bill passed last January millions could not get health care because the free market worked for them when they were healthy but often did not work at all when they needed care.

This poem is from Gifts with No Giver, a love affair with truth, Poems by Nirmala.

As you can see and hear in this gem … Nirmala, reminds us of  That which is Always here … just like Rumi, Kabir, Hafez (Hafiz), and other mystical poets  …  so many different and beautiful ways to point to … The Mystery … and be reminded of …. The Mystery.

You can download this entire book for free from Nirmala's website: endless-satsang.com. Nirmala also offers several of his other books for free download from his website.

Please note that the various stanza repetitions and emphasis are my own spontaneous and inexplicable adaptations.

You may also enjoy our other channel: JoyChats re dialogs and monologues in Consciousness, Self Discovery, Silence, The Mystery.

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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.

Here's a few recent facts, news clips, and my observations:

1. On June 21st, President Obama signed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection  Act into Law which is his 3rd major accomplishment. You can see the WhiteHouse video below and see what this law means for you.
   
2. BP Oil spill disaster, and the latest delay in the ongoing cleanup due to a tropical storm, and President Obama securing $20B from BP to pay for the disaster
3. The costs of Bush/Cheney wars is at over $1Trillion and counting
   
4. The "deficit is a real concern" message in the Main Stream Media (MSM)and by the Republicans even though during Bush/Cheney administration it was "deficits do not matter" doctrine by Cheney, which the MSM embraced without question and even promoted it
   
5. The continued irresponsibility of MSM re what is highlighted vs what is not
   
6. The obscenity of election spending and elections being bought with flood gates of money, e.g., Meg Whitman spending $100M to-date for the CA Governor elections
   
7. The ridiculous, unbelievable poll numbers and their undue power over and manipulation of the American Society
8. Mrs Sherrod Brown debacle, race sensitivity in America, and the AZ Immigration law
   

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Obama Presidency has indeed created real change not only for the current American society but for future generations to come and the MSM and Republicans still downplay this change. Obama has shown compassion, balance, and resolute leadership despite the continued and unified Republican opposition.

With this episode #13, we continue our journey of  ... explorations in Consciousness, ... Silence, ... Self Realization, ... Self Discovery, ... The Mystery ...

Today's Rumi poem "He Also Made The Key" is from "Rumi, In the Arms of The Beloved, Translations by Jonathan Star."

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Today's poem reading is a segment from the original poem and includes certain stanza repetitions that are my own.

More than twenty years ago, Cynthia Jurs of Chupadero, New Mexico, traveled up the mountains of Tibet to consult with a 106-year-old monk about what she could do to help heal an ailing world.  She was instructed to plant earth healing vases in hot spots around the world. Months later, the vases had been made in Tibet and delivered to her home in New Mexico where they sat on a shelf for some years while Cynthia tried to think what to do with them. But then she began to plant them in places all around the world from the Antarctic to Thaliand, and finally in Africa, in Liberia. With her on this program are a former Liberian general, Christian Bethelson, and a member of the Liberian group Everyday Gandhis, William Jacobs who lead us through the inspirational burial of the Earth Treasure Vase in a small Liberian village as a healing from the long civil war in that country.

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.

Yesterday I found this Rumi gem (poem) when I flipped open "A Garden Beyond Paradise, The Mystical Poetry of Rumi, Translated by Jonathan Star and Shahram Shiva." So here is ... "You Came To See The Sun Rise"

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For those unfamiliar with the stories of Jacob and Solomon, here are some useful links: Jacob and his son (see section: Later Traditions, last para, Qur'an 12:96) Solomon and the ring (see section: Solomon and Asmodeus). And of course, most, if not all, are familiar with Moses and Jesus.

Also, Some of the listeners may recognize today's poem in a different translation titled as "Unfold Your Own Myth" which is by Coleman Barks from his book "The Essential Rumi."