I thought it apt to enter the New Year with the following insightful quote, which all depends on what path our consciousness and actions takes us.

This not only relates to the ending of the Mayan Calendar, but also highlights the apparently huge but difficult challenges that awaits the world in 2012.

Hopefully we can become wise enough in time, which will enable us to choose the true, righteous and peaceful path.

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Sanderson Beck and his books have already featured on this blog before, so for those new visitors who have no idea who this noble, wise and knowledgeable man is, please read the post ‘Unknown Bearers Of True Knowledge And Wisdom: Sanderson Beck’ .

As the title of this post suggests, Beck has chosen to run for President of the United States once again (he did so in 2003) due to the present state of his country and the world in general.

The United States are currently involved in violent conflicts in the Middle-East along with, perhaps, more pressing issues close to home such as the small matters of :

• economic meltdown
• rising unemployment
• deteriorating health and welfare services
• social unrest due to widening gap between rich and poor

Obviously, with the above list of problems, there is no better time than now for a drastic change in leadership and policy.

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Leo Tolstoy was a spiritual man of much wisdom and expressed his own version of unorthodox Christianity through his writings, which championed social justice, pacifism and various moral causes in his life.

In a series of posts, I will be hoping to share with you selected writings of Leo Tolstoy which I think will both enlighten you with the true Christian values, and how, most importantly, you can apply these wise teachings in this, seemingly, corrupt world we now find ourselves.

Starting with the Leo Tolstoy essay ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ written in 1900, which argues the case for us all to embrace and uphold the inspirational teachings of Jesus Christ.  This essay was especially directed at two competing powers in Europe at the time; namely, the State and the religion of orthodox Christianity.

The imperative Commandment of ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’, of which Tolstoy’s essay is titled, obviously implies for us in general not to engage in violence and murder in any way shape or form, such as in retribution, revenge and, most heinous of all, war. Read more…

Continuing on the theme of “Man vs. Nature”, in the following eloquent presentation Richard Heinberg critiques the devastating impact on the planet and ourselves inflicted by supposed civilized societies.

Heinberg argues the case for us to regain some of the primitive but wise values of past civilizations (and still present in small pockets in remote places), which may help promote peaceful cooperation betweeen human beings and the conservation of nature, before the unthinkable happens.

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With the current overload of media coverage on the earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, have we not forgotten that we are at the very whim of nature’s changing mood?

What is happening in Japan with the tragic loss of life, possessions and obvious suffering is most sad, but we must keep it all in perspective.

We must try to remain rational and not be too grief stricken as I implore you to look at the bigger picture of life and events on this vulnerable planet.

What can we do as human beings regarding nature’s necessary act of cleansing it’s body (Earth) from time to time?

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