No unusual escapades this weekend. I did walk to the Palliser on Sunday, but that turned out to bit too much for my left leg and I had to go slowly for the last few bocks. The leg seems ok most of the day, except in the morning. Yet it keeps talking to me, so I have decided to see Tim again for some physio attention.

Last Saturday night I wrote - in pencil - quite a bit regarding the high god image in New Thought and posted Friday’s daily entry. Last night Michelle stopped by for my Toronto photo book and my suggestions for a few venues that might be worth a visit.

Sunday morning I spend an hour collecting some photos for Thomas, who is working on an anniversary presentation for Herman. This one will take place on 26a street SW, where Gabriella and Thomas contribute to a New Thought group. That same day in the morning we will have a little celebration at the Palliser with our own group. Coordination seems difficult at times, even for a celebratory event.

Regarding the missing MH370 flight, there still is no resolution about where it is and let alone as to what happened. The whole world is involved actively in the search - more than a dozen nations - or like myself, staying up to date as the events unfold.

On Saturday I heard on a CBC radio interview that the plane’s cargo may have included lithium batteries. This is dangerous stuff, as those can self ignite if not packed and stored properly. Not good news, but the only good news now can be the locating of the plane and hopefully the data and voice recorders.

I’m pretty sure that regulations regarding flight changes by pilots and data recorders will change. This technology dates back to the 1960 and 70-ties. The parent company I worked for - Leigh Instruments - was the developer of those first black boxes back then in 1970. Today the data could be uploaded to the cloud, via a satellite link on a continuous basis, no searching required.

I do have some thing to write about regarding my up coming presentation, but I first want to make a coffee. 10:01am>

In Existence Divine - inclusive of all that exists - each religious human tradition is a revelation specific to place, time, people and circumstance. This means that each tradition is unique and structures the world of the daily experience for the people involved. In this process a unique relation of interaction develops with the mystery that is Existence Divine, forming a unique identity for the people as a groups and as members.

That each such tradition is different is a consequence of the diversity of humanity and the vast potential that Existence Divine holds and is so expressed into the reality of our human experience.

As environmentally conscious humans we approve of and foster bio-diversity, but when it comes to cultural, religious and value diversity we become reluctant. Not only that, this diversity in value frameworks leads to serious misunderstandings and violent conflict at various times and place.

In our globalising world the need to learn to live together in this diversity is becoming more evident and also better known. Tolerance is called for, but how exactly can that be achieved? You may declare yourself to be tolerant, which is a start. It basically means that you are willing to tolerate some things some of the time. Such tolerance has its limits and negotiation may have to follow in order to proceed further along the road of mutual understanding and appreciation.

In order to move ourselves - as humanity - closer to a place of mutual tolerance and beyond, we need a framework within which we can formulate a perspective to strive for and a process to achieve that.

There are two basic aspects to such a framework. The first one is the need to learn to understand the value of the diversity of human cultures, its history and treasures. The second aspect is that by living in our accepted diversity we are able to enrich our existence and experience within the realm of humanity in Existence Divine.

…we need to discover and acquire the Spirit of Tolerance that inspires us to learn to live with this diversity in the human traditions, without destroying them.

In short we first have to learn to live with our human diversity and then learn to turn it to our benefit. How do we go about doing this? That is the question! The answer is that we need to discover and acquire the Spirit of Tolerance that inspires us to learn to live with this diversity in the human traditions, without destroying them.

What are some steps or stages on this Way of Tolerance?
Acknowledge the other; learn about the other; understand what let to this situation; know some of you own dark deeds; recognise that all humans travelled a road to get here; discover some way of helping each other resolving difficulties; be aware of subterfuge and malevolent intent- that is dark intentions - vis-à-vis mutual trust.
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