A Lonely Heaven (15-12-2006)

Each day I venture into the world, with one thing on my mind; Make the world better for those to come. So many have so little; too few have too much. I care not how you came by your riches; I care not for the "Family Fortune." I care about those who need what you take for granted.

Each day millions of children, starve and die around the world; while the rich throw food in the garbage. There are people without clothes, wearing rags, while the closets of the rich expand and bulge with clothing they can't even remember buying. The poor without shelter, risk exposure and death, while the rich own multiple home, apartments and buildings with no-one in them.

If these are the people Mankind aspire to be, then, look you not for a place in Heaven; for there is no room for YOU!

Man says, it's not a sin to be greedy; though Greed is Avarice, and Avarice is the first Deadly Sin. Mankind wonder around their self-important lives, calling on their Gods to protect them, as they compile their riches; while they do nothing to enrich the lives of others. your prayers have fallen on Devilish ears; where else comes the wealth, and riches. Your contracts have been numbered and filed.

Your accommodations await YOU.

How much is Too much?

How many have to die before mankind really cares?

How many children should starve before mankind share their plate of food?

How many should go naked, before mankind spares a jacket?

How may cars do you need? how fast should it go? How luxurious the ride to HELL?

Churches around the world; regardless of religion, sect, denomination, ethnic background; regardless of who they pray to; regardless of how they pray, have all failed in their quest.

Many say "Kill the Infidel"; when they are themselves the "Infidel." Christians say, "Follow the Light"; when they are themselves in the "Dark." Every faith has only "ONE" underlying philosophy; Love your fellow man, as if he were your brother. God's Golden Rule: "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto You." Find me One Million in Six and a half Billion souls on this earth, who can say they follow the "Golden Rule" rule without fault: never wavering for self gain. Anyone who truly is his brother’s keeper. Anyone who would share all there is on this world to share.

Poor families, know well how hard it is to survive, as the rich fill their coffers with the wealth from your pockets, and share nothing. Know well the slavish jobs you do; while the rich languish at resorts, in exotic places, patting each other on the back, for the jobs the poor has done, and share nothing.

Is it not time to stop coveting a better life, and start to lead a bettor life. What care you for the wealthy who are jailed for their theft of your money? What care you for the wealthy who cry foul, because they, like us are caught driving drunk, or high on drugs, or molesting the innocent, making statement, that show their nature? Is it "NEWS" when it happens to you? The only time you'll find yourself in the news paper surely, is when you die. We all die.

How much money do we need, when we die? How much clothing do we need, when we die? How many cars do we need, when we die? How much food to fills our stomachs, when we die?

Watch your Television, see and remember; the people on there, don't care about you, only for the money to give them, or the ways to make them richer. Advertisers, world wide, portray the poor average person as an idiot; wasting their lives, chasing riches, to purchase what ever they are selling; Wasting what little money they have, on material things, on expensive things, on needless things; while children around the world care only for tomorrow, flipping the coin of Life and Death.

Banks fill they coffers; their executives may grow fat on your hard earned money; while they refuse to help you get ahead. They'll lend your money to those who are rich, but not to you. Corporations grow fat on the sweat of your brow, but never share the wealth with those who made them rich.

When will we say no more. When will we say STOP? When will we take back our lives? When will we care for the "Future Custodians of Paradise," each, every and all children; everywhere.

What legacy do we leave? what lessons are we teaching? what kind of world are we leaving behind? All the money in the world could never buy another planet for our children to live on; if we destroy the one, we have today.

If you can't understand that! You need not look for a place in "Heaven", or whatever "Here After" you believe in. Whatever your religion believes happens to your when you pass on; for yours has been a "FAILED QUEST."


Written by R. Anthony H. Rock, December 15th, 2006.

© copyright R Anthony H. Rock

A Single Empty Stocking (26-12-2007)

Don't get me wrong, but I just don't see what the rest of you see in Christmas, unless it was what Jesus was born for at Christmas; aren't they supposed to be the same thing? If you don't believe in Jesus, why celebrate Christmas. Faith for faith sake!

It is 10:00 pm on the Eve of His Birthday, a Brother is given to Mankind, to save you all from sin, the Stocking that is always empty. Each Christmas, as shoppers hustle and bustle around in search of the latest and best gift to give each of their loved ones; one stocking still remains empty; why? Is it because it is too expensive, too rare a gift to find? No, it carries no cost, but it has great value. The gift, to Mankind, with value beyond all measure, which none has never given.

Centuries ago, a single child was born to Man, as man, carrying the words of Peace and Love for all Mankind. What has Mankind learned from his sacrifice? Look around you as you race to the tree tomorrow and observe the seven deadly sins at work; fore they have emptied that single stocking. A stocking once filled with Peace and Love, and kind wishes and heart of care and tender joy for one’s fellow man. Where now do those feeling and emotions exist in the world today? Nowhere.

Centuries ago; three Wise men made pilgrimage to make gifts of Gold Frankincense and Mir to a special child; one who would grow up to spread a single common message; one that has lost all meaning to all Mankind. Where are those Wise men, today; fore their gifts are coveted by those who have more than they could ever rid themselves of in ten lifetimes or more. Why is the Avarice so rampant among the members of the Human Race, followed closely by the other six sins? What has Mankind gained from their vision of Christmas?

Each and every year the gifts are more expensive; the reception is more ambivalent and sometime disrespectful. What are these gifts worth, when they are not appreciated? A poor family gave birth to a special child; that is the origin of Christmas. A special child brought to the world through the poverty of the world, yet today; the message is lost in the rhetoric of advertising and the desensitization and disrepute of Santa Claus. He who would fill the stockings of the poor, the homeless and the starving with gifts that brought joy and peace to the poorer classes.

Today, few if any remember this message in the origin of Christmas. Who is Christmas for? Christmas is meant for the haves to share what they have accumulated with the Have-nots; however, that is not done these days. 

Imagine Christmas as Christmas should be for all those children in the world that have little or nothing; what fills their stockings? Nothing fills their stockings, not even food.

Yes, you ventured out a spent a small fortune, splurged on your loved ones; bought them the newest version of something they already had. Wish each other Merry Christmas; forgetting there are countless millions of children in your own neighbourhoods who do without this day and the next. What gift has Mankind brought them; an end to the warts that ravage their world; and end to the hunger that grumbles in their stomachs each night. What message is sent to those who hunger and thirst, those who are indigent and homeless worst of all what of all those helpless children around the world?

What have your gifts brought them? Nothing! I have said my Christmas is never merry; fore my heart is with those unfortunate and innocent children; down each street and in poverty around the world. Your gifts to charity, that never reaches the end, your donations that never reach destination. What cheer can one find on such a holiday. Listening to the radio; one ears songs sung by wealthy performers, about Peace on Earth, Good will towards “All,” but never does it last beyond a few hours, or ever reaches those who need it the most.

Ah, the empty stocking; once filled with kindness to one’s fellow man; unconditional Kindness; compassion for everyone, not just the few who can afford it, but for those who have not one red cent. The music of this season is hypocritical, the Media and their backers follow suit and worst of all the wealthy, those who can foster the greatest change do little or nothing, while claiming they have done so much. In observation, one can see the truth behind today Christmas; fore it is not the celebration of the birth of a benevolent soul. It is now a celebration of the greediest one.

I guess I truly stand alone in the wish for PEACE and Love spread throughout all the lands of the Earth; fore all Mankind deserves to live in Peace with Love and Happiness. If not at Christmas, when?

Yes, if a single child goes hungry, or homeless anywhere in the world, Christmas has failed, and has been failing for far too long. Only as one can it be eradicated; only together can Mankind feed all who starve, house all who seek shelter and bring peace and Love to all who hunger for it. It is the dream everyone dreams of.

On December 26th, 2007, all I have recorded will escape the understanding and comprehension of all Mankind; even those few who wouldst acclaim they comply; have already missed the point. The Stocking is empty and will remain empty, till Mankind refills it with kindness and goodwill, peace and love; the concept and precepts of sharing and forgiveness and compassion; mercy and caring, everything that little child brought into the world and dies to for. That would be a Christmas to remember. A Christmas where all who could buy something more than a gift for someone beyond their family, someone in need, a stranger, a visitor, the homeless. A Christmas Christ would hope for.

Just ask yourself what would Christ give on Christmas Day?

A single tear rolls down my cheek for that single empty stocking!

The gifts of Christmas should enhance the Minds, warm the Hearts and enrich the Souls of and for all Mankind. What gift do you bring on his birthday to fulfill the promise? For every child that goes without food, shelter clothing, education and all those things Mankind can provide; that stocking will remain empty.

Written by R. Anthony H. Rock on Dec. 24th, 2007.

Suffer the Children to come...

     As cherished friends, relatives and dear family members grow older, a thought comes to mind; it is difficult to realize continued life without their company, but it is even more difficult to release them from long term obligations of friendship and family obligation earned over decades.

     Whose life is more cherished; the living or the dying? Difficult to discern, when the living care so little for who lives and who dies; beyond their borders. Difficult to discern as they commit loved one to infirmities equal to imprisonment and incarceration. Difficult to discern when such loved and cherished lives are condemned to suffer in agony and pain; tantamount to torture. Difficult to discern when the pursuit of oppression, repression and destruction surpasses all forms that engage Peace.

     It is difficult indeed, to lose those one loves to illness and infirmity, death and disease; worse yet to watch them suffer in pain. There are only 2 prayers one can offered here; the first for Healing that may or may not come and other for the release from the pain and suffering; into the Peace sought for the entirety of that Life.
Which would you choose?
Which demonstrates the Compassion and the Mercy sought throughout the ages by all Mankind?
Would you deny others their Rite to Peace as you deny them their Rite to choose that Peace, while attempting to gain that Peace yourself?

Suffer ye the Children of Man to pass this way to Peace.

© copyright R Anthony H. Rock

"An Educated Illusion"

     I have been giving some thought through observation of the human species and how they educate their offspring and how they turn such instruction over to those they believe have their best interests at heart. This of course prove to be the canard of human existence.

     In a World contrived and build on the hierarchy of individuals and individuality; one thing escapes most people, while education and its availability are supposedly for all to partake, the truth is far from evident. Who is educating your children and how are they  establishing such equality of instruction that is non-evidenced in the resulting graduation of more and more illiterate young people trolling the streets and avenues of every country of the World.

     The decided outcome of today's "dumb-down" attitude to education, blames the children for not wanting to learn, while the administrations remove the exciting and progressively positive attributes to schooling. Though "Apprenticeship" is decidedly the best form of education and nepotism is a renowned form of passing on one's knowledge to one's offspring; some occupations frown on children being part of the every delivery of service or labour.

     Societies around the World disapprove of one form of education or another, but in truth; all societies disapprove of equal education taught equally to all children. With age limits imposed on the beginning of their "Dumb-down" ideology of education; one finds many unworthy of education sliding through with ease, while those who desire to learn and absorb knowledge as sponges do water, are ignored for racial, ethnic or financial biases.

     The species relies on the formation of classes; upper, middle and lower; with each have education dispersed and parsed according to the above criterion and biases. The best schools are in the best neighbourhood, while the lower class schools are found lodged in ghettoes the world over. a student subject has to be exceptional in their endeavours to be propelled beyond the boundaries of established by society and the individual is rewarded for their prowess.

   If every child had equal opportunity as they claim to learn an equal curriculum established in a World-wide pattern, there would be an increase in the number of so-called exceptional students. Prejudice, petty jealousies and biases are human traits, unabashed and vividly evident in every corner of the circling globe. If you want smarter students , you need to start with a smarter system and curriculum and teachers willing to put aside their personal biases, prejudices to teach children; not based on who they are, but that they are.

     If the species wants equality in their citizenry, they must first share in the education of their offspring in like manner. One cannot say that all students are equal if one is unwilling to teach all students equal curriculums in equal systems with equal verve and equal dedication. The fault is not in the teacher or the teaching, but in the administration and the administrators who decide what is taught, how it is taught and who it is taught to.

     As a conscientious parents wanting the best for your children; perhaps you should begin with the manner and means by which your children's education is administered. Education is not a privilege it is a rite of passage for all children in their struggle to become the adults all want them to be.

© copyright R Anthony H. Rock