Imagine

Today John Lennon would have been 70 years old. Imagine. I love the Google logo video. "Imagine" I just read the most disturbing article in the Seattle Times about yoga being demonic! I find that astonishing. Because the practices of yogic exercise and meditation have their roots in ancient Asian religion, religion that was not Christian (God forbid!) and therefore "pagan", the practice of any part of yoga is "demonic". Amazing what small minds can come up with. One can only 'Imagine' what's next. The political verbiage flying through media now is outrageous. Real candidates who made it through the Republican primaries believe such things as that women should be required to give birth to their rapist's child, the HIV-AIDS "scare" was a hoax, radioactive waste is good for us in small amounts and should be sprinkled on the seas and the land to disperse it, but can assure us that they are not witches. Obama can be interchanged with Osama, climate change is just a ruse to limit free enterprise and gain more government control, we should give the unregulated power back to Wall Street bankers and hedge fund managers because it's really Obama's fault that our national debt has grown because he supported the bail out ( most of which has been paid back, and in the process prevented a depression and saved the auto industry), and the stimulus package ( which created jobs and provided infrastructure and is a problem only in that it wasn't big enough and is running out, so jobs are ending). "Obama Care" will ruin the economy and we need to let insurance companies charge what they want to and cover only who will make them more money, and so what if 30,000,000 more people can now get coverage, if it costs me a few dollars more, I don't want it. And oh, there's so much more! You can just Imagine. John Lennon's song has been running through my head lately. It says so well what I would like to say: Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try. No hell below us, Above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today. Imagine there's no country. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too. Imagine all the people Living life in peace. Imagine no possessions. I wonder if you can. No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all the people Sharing in the world. You may think I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one. Amen Meditate on that.