It's a relief to find this a genuine affirmation, not a shilling for the routine business of death masked as a fraudulent "99% Spring." Bless you, sister; may love Occupy your life.

Let's not go backwards. Let's move forwards. From now on Easter should be celebrated by a Bunny With A Gun. Here's some real news.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-14-07/largest-short-term-threat-humanity-fuel-pools-fukushima

If human beings manage to stand up and declare that we WILL NOT allow this beautiful dying planet to be destroyed then we will have done something to redeem ourselves from our history.

Meanwhile the nuclear contamination spewed forth from Japan 24 hours a day.
A Report said it would take 40 years to shut down the power plants melting down. Give or take a year or two either way?
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How long things would take Japan to become completely contaminated I did not know? How much the contamination would affect the rest of Planet I did not know? All I knew is in town the Mall would be open. Walmart, too. All manner of various other Stores & Businesses.
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The Citizens of the city were free to shop wherever they pleased. Eat wherever they pleased. Drive whatever motorized vehicle they pleased that was within Legal Limits of the Law.
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They had the Legal Right to Vote for Whomever of their Choice in any Election. I already knew in past Elections how they mathematically voted. So did people who were running for Election.
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So did the people who gave money to those running for Election.
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Money, the Grease the covers the extended Palms of the Hands.
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Want an Edjumacation at a College or University then get ready to have some money to grease the palms of the hands of the Knowledge Hoarders. After all they have to eat, too, you know.
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Friends and I would discuss that, Hey, at least we're in the food chain somewhere.
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Perhaps, a movie, book, Tv show, or video game. Somewhere in the Food Chain?
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Some people thought they might Save the Earth, or their World from Hell, while others were trying to maintain being at least somewhere in the food chain.
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I am seeing a movie, a two bit dime a dozen Boxer that gets a shot at the Title. Ah, Stallone already did that movie, and several times. Others had made the same movie long before him.
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Meanwhile a Scientologist was somewhere trying to talk others into becoming a Scientologist.
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Perhaps a movie about a two bit dime a dozen Boxer by the name of Enron Hubbard who becomes a Scientologist then strangely gets a shot at the Title?
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The Scientologist's coach him on getting all his beta and theta waves correct. Perhaps an older over the hill Boxer. Maybe Tom Cruise's ears are starting to perk up now?
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The over the hill two bit dime a dozen Boxer with a young wife that is constantly in and out of rehab. Linsey Lohan's ears begin to perk up.
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Throughout the movie Lindsey says, Well, maybe the Earth will have to go under Rehab for a few million, billion, or trillion years?
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L.A. Tinsel Town. La La Land. A city where some shop at Rodeo Drive, and others root through dumpsters. A city where pre-sold to Cable, Dvd, and Product Placement are a must in the Biz.
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Where Lawyers and Agents are putting contracts under the microscope. They have to eat, too, you know.
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The Cave people days long past. Modern day human beings sitting at computers but at least somewhere in the food chain.
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Time had passed upon a Planet called Earth that is located somewhere in a rather large vast Universe. Stuff had happened in between upon Planet Crap Happens.
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Life is good. What an experience! It's always best to forgive.

"I have to wonder why dominant human civilization has moved away from the earlier, simpler pagan celebrations, keyed to the natural world rather than to human doings and misdeeds."

It's because we are all sitting in a dark corner staring at a computer screen, instead of being out in the bright sunshine.

Very disturbing news from Fukushima:

"Based on U.S. Energy Department data, assuming a total of 11,138 spent fuel assemblies are being stored at the Dai-Ichi site, nearly all [of] which is in pools. They contain roughly 336 million curies (~1.2 E+19 Bq) of long-lived radioactivity. [...] roughly 85 times the amount of Cs-137 released at the Chernobyl accident as estimated by the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP)."

"Many of our readers might find it difficult to appreciate the actual meaning of the figure, yet we can grasp what 85 times more Cesium-137 than the Chernobyl would mean. It would destroy the world environment and our civilization."

Quoted from "The Largest Short-Term Threat to Humanity: The Fuel Pools of Fukushima," by George Washington on 04/07/2012 02:19 -0400, at http://www.zerohedge.com/blog/7813.

How truly bizarre...

Passover and Easter celebrate the SALVATION from "truly horrendous acts committed by men against men." [trying to ignore the sexist choice of nouns], not the horrendous acts themselves.

As the author propounds, "For much too long, we have allowed religious politics to push us into conflicts and cruelties that do not serve the purpose of Life. In claiming to worship the Divine, we actually find ourselves serving the dark side, the side of Death and Destruction." She conflates all worship with that of worshiping the truly Divine. There is Evil in this world, and there are those that worship it; often Evil is disguised as Good, trapping the unwitting or careless. It is Evil that pushes Humans into conflict and cruelties, not the worship of that which is Good.

If Browdy wishes to argue for atheism, then let her do so openly and reasonably. Setting false premises and then arguing against the false conclusions is both dishonest and weak-minded.

"...the dark side of Death and Destruction" I find this vague comment to be .....well, too vague. Death and rebirth are both inevitable aspects of the laws of this natural world. Calling them the dark side is interesting to say the least.

"Let us commit ourselves to the service of the divine spark animating our planet, which circulates without distinction through every blade of grass, every insect, and every human being." Beautiful writing Ms. Browdy de Hernandez, and very much appreciated. I will be sharing your essay with friends and family this weekend. Blessings to you, and Happy Spring!

in albert camus' great play, state of siege, the hero, diego, defeats the plague, the totalitarian dictator, by coming to terms with death, and by eventually dying. if he did not accept hits death-sacrifice, the plague would have won,..diego and victoria would have died anyways, and the plague would have remained in control of the city, a control empowered by the power of death, of killing . paradoxically, it is by facing death and torture, for instance, as is tim dechristopher doing right now,... that we can bring about a return to life from the fascist dictatorship which is settling on ameri(k)ca.....!!homeland security has just purchased 450 MILLION hollow point bullets!!!.. hollow point bullets expand within the body, destroying tissue and assuring death. they are banned in war by international agreement, where they are known as dum-dum bullets..they are not meant for target practice or training, they are meant to kill...who is homeland security planning to kill in this horrible way?...us...

Toltstoy Resurrection 1899
Though hundreds of thousands had done their very best to disfigure the small piece of land on which they were crowded together, by paving the ground with stones, scraping away every vestige of vegetation, cutting down the trees, turning away birds and beasts, and filling the air with the smoke of naphtha and coal, still spring was spring, even in the town.

The sun shone warm, the air was balmy; everywhere, where it did not get scraped away, the grass revived and sprang up between the paving-stones as well as on the narrow strips of lawn on the boulevards. The birches, the poplars, and the wild cherry unfolded their gummy and fragrant leaves, the limes were expanding their opening buds; crows, sparrows, and pigeons, filled with the joy of spring, were getting their nests ready; the flies were buzzing along the walls, warmed by the sunshine. All were glad, the plants, the birds, the insects, and the children. But men, grown-up men and women, did not leave off cheating and tormenting themselves and each other. It was not this spring morning men thought sacred and worthy of consideration not the beauty of God`s world, given for a joy to all creatures, this beauty which inclines the heart to peace, to harmony, and to love, but only their own devices for enslaving one another.

This is one Blog I cannot agree with more. These constant Wars need to stop and Freedom and Life celebrated.

I always find it puzzling how christians combine bunnies and crucifixion. But then the Jewish passover stories and bitter herbs aren't much more cheerful.

For me it is a time to celebrate spring. A time to glory in little green sprouts, beautiful flowers, singing birds, the variety of furry creatures, blue skies, warm short rains and a reawaking and reemergence of life.

Happy, happy, joyous spring everyone. Peace be with us all.