What Would Thoreau Say?

So, let us begin the exploration of these three words and their meaning to us today, here, in this world, at this time. I will tell you that in my 35+ year spiritual search I have determined that these three words comprise a summary of each of the spiritual disciplines I have studied and especially the one I practice, Christianity.  Each of the spiritual masters, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Moses, Mohammed and Jesus called us to a realistic way of life centered on living with as little complication as we can, going off to find times for silence and prayer, and sanctifying time, as in 'this is the only time I have and I should cherish it.'  Each of these masters, in their own words, have said "do not store up treasures here on earth where moth and rust consume and thieves break in and steal; rather store up treasures in heaven and you will be rewarded."  In other words, all the BMW's in the world ain't gonna make you happy (more on my BMW binge later in this blog).  ...

My last post about the Republican candidates and Jesus caused enough stir that I decided to take a break.  Now I come back with something a little more postive and perhaps even...god forbid...enlightening and helpful. Recently I have done a series of talks predominantly at churches here in the DC area called Simplicity, Silence and Sabbath.  These talks have generated some interest and it occurred to me that it might be fun to take the content of these talks and turn them into entries on the blog and eventually perhaps turn them into another book, or ebook which I understand is becoming all the rage. So for the next god knows how many weeks and months, I'm going to begin posting my SiSiSa (as I call it) content for the millions of readers of this blog. My expectation is that after reading these entries and actually answering the questions, we will change the world. SiSiSa is a very personal program that provides opportunity for people to take a look at these three e...