1) ValueCreation 2) Universalist
Sgi.org uUa.org
3) NewThought 4) Humanist
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1)
1st-Sat 11am--12:30pm; or 1st-Sun 10--11:30am; or 1--2:30pm:
14450 46 Str N (116), 1 blk west of Clearwater-StPete airport tower.
sgi-tampabay.com
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2)
gen interest spkr
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9:30am
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Patio-Rm s-w corner of Social-Hall
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Worship
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10:30am
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In Octagon
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9:30 am Open Issues in the Patio Room of the UUC Social Hall. OPEN TO PUBLIC!!
10:30 am Children's Religious Enrichment Program in class rooms in the UUC Social Hall.
10:30 am Worship Service
11:45 am Social Hour immediately following the service in the UUC Social Hall.
12:30 pm Humanist Group in the UUC Octagon. All are welcome.
4:00 pm Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Service in the Patio Room of the UUC Social Hall.
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3)
Sun 10am: Center for Spiritual Living FL-Gulfcoast – Rev. Martin Preston, Minister
6152 126th Ave (Ste 501), Largo, FL 33773-1853
727-538-0900 | www.CenterForSpirituaLlivingFlGulfCoast.org
727-538-0900 | www.CenterForSpirituaLlivingFlGulfCoast.org
Sun 10:30am: Suncoast Center for Spiritual Living
– Rev. Alan Vukas, Minister
Jefferson High School, 4401 W Cypress St, Tampa, 33607-4006
813-384-8162 | www.SuncoastCSL.org | info@suncoastcsl.org
Sun 5:30pm: Center for Spiritual Living Tampa Bay –
Rev. Peggie Marks, Minister
439 22Av SE, StPete 33705
813-900-4242 | PastorPeggie@yahoo.com
| www.csl-tb.org
Sun 11am: Center for Spiritual Living Tampa – Rev.
Kathryn Knox, Minister
4600 E Busch BL, Tpa 33617
813-985-2428 | www.CSLTampa.org
4) http://www.americanhumanist.org/What_We_Do/Local_Groups/AHA_Groups
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- Vindawg Vinnie 1) ValueCreation emphasizes individual-empowerment, inner-transformation, & activism as keys to social-reform toward individual & world HAPPINESS.
- Vindawg Vinnie 2) Universalist emphasizes universal-principles of most religions & accepts other religions in an inclusive manner, believing in a universal-reconciliation (individual human-revolution) between humanity & Enlightened-Ideal (Buddha-nature), i.e that everyone has the potential for Enlightenment in this lifetime.
- Vindawg Vinnie 3) NewThought promotes the ideas that Infinite-Intelligence (mystic-LAW-of-ATTRACTION) is everywhere, is the total-POTENTIAL of TANGIBLE-things, true human selfhood (Buddha-nature) is divine, divine-PASSION is the faith-force for constructive-VIBRATION, sickness originates in the mind, & constructive-thinking has healing effect.
- Vindawg Vinnie 4) Humanist holds philosophy & ethical-perspective that emphasizes value & agency of human beings, individually & collectively, and generally prefers individual-thought & evidence (rationalism, empiricism), over established doctrines (fideism).
- Vindawg Vinnie ____In the 13th century a Buddhist-monk aware that there are about 80,000 verses of Buddhist scriptures & 80% of useless rituals, determined that there was a need to distill the bottom-line, the Reader’s-Digest version of it all, the least-common-denominator.
____In the 20th century a Medmenham-monk aware that there are about 4,015 religious-philosophies & 80% of useless rituals, determined that there was a need to distill the bottom-line, the Reader’s-Digest version of it all, the least-common-denominator.
____So the Buddhist-monk spent some years going through those many scriptures and distilled it all
down to 1-book,
then down to 2-chapters of that book,
then down to 1-page-summary,
then down to 1-sentence-summary which encapsulates it all.
____The Medmenham-monk likewise spent some years going through those many religious-philosophies and distilled it all
down to 1-book,
then down to 1-chapter of that book,
then down to a 2-page-summary,
then down to 1-sentence-summary which encapsulates it all.
____Buddhist-monk started with 80,000 verses of scriptures and distilled it all down to:
1-book = Lotus-Sutra,
2-chapters of that book = 2nd & 16th chapters,
1-page-summary = Gohonzon focusing-scroll,
1-sentence-summary = Nam-Myo-Ho-Renge-Kyo.
____The Medmenham-monk started with 4,015 religious-philosophies and likewise distilled it all down to:
1-book = Deuteronomy,
1-chapter of that book = 5th chapter,
2-page-summary = Imperative-Quantum-Commandments &
Golden-Rule Across-the-Religions,
1-sentence-summary =
Absolute-determined-PASSION makes POTENTIAL TANGIBLE,
since CAUSE-attracts-EFFECT through VIBRATION.
____So one can endlessly chant all 80,000 Buddhist scriptures, or spend the entire lifetime studying all 4,015 religious-philosophies, and the bottom-line is still the same and very simple:
The CAUSE of constructive
thoughts-->words-->actions-->habits-->character,
effects a destiny* of HAPPINESS = heaven = paradise;
the CAUSE of destructive
thoughts-->words-->actions-->habits-->character,
effects a destiny of unhappiness = hell = suffering; and
the CAUSE of mixed, ambivalent constructive-destructive
thoughts-->words-->actions-->habits-->character,
effects a destiny of mixed HAPPINESS & unhappiness.
____It’s very, very simple: DESTINy=DESTINation.
If your thoughts-->words-->actions-->habits-->character
get you on a plane going to Miami and you pray that you land in Boston, don’t be all confused and surprised when you land in Miami. Prayer-treatments do work, but only if you pray to get on the right plane, not that the wrong plane will take you to a different destination. That would be hijacking, and that never ends well.
____For an example, one can debate carcass-eating vs. vegetarianism (just like smoking vs, non-smoking), through scripture-bashing, arguing, insulting, & philosophizing, till carcass-eaters convince everybody else that they are right, and still they will die 8.2 years sooner than the vegetarians, no matter how much they pray to live those extra 8.2 years.
____If one dishonors parents by committing murder, home-wrecking, theft, slander, or conspiracy-to-attempt any of the above, one puts into motion a series of events which will eventually boomerang back with “interest,” a triple-force avalanche of tragedy-&-misfortune gathered along its path “down-the-mountain.” The perp may be disowned by parents, executed for murder, killed or beaten for home-wrecking, imprisoned for theft, sued for slander, tried for conspiracy-to-attempt any of the above, or bring about like actions against themselves. So if that’s the plane you get on, don’t be surprised when it lands in that destination of misfortune, disaster & unhappiness.
____If one honors parents by respecting all life, everyone’s relationships, other’s property & reputations, and contemplates how better to realize the above, one puts into motion a series of events which will eventually boomerang back with “interest,” a triple-force of benefits-&-blessings gathered along its path. The constructive-doer may be honored by parents, receive a Nobel-Peace-Prize, have an awesome loving family & great friends, have sufficient for all their needs, receive praise & accolades from society, or receive like courtesies extended to them. So if that’s the plane you get on, you will be pleasantly elated when you land in that destination of benefits, blessings & HAPPINESS.
____And just how does one navigate toward one’s desired
DESTINy-ation of HAPPINESS through all the storms & air-turbulence?
What is the secret?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxnWWHRpMY)
What do we know?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=DscdnUE1u24)
What illusion do we need to dispel?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4XlKtSROp8)
How do we thrive?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=OibqdwHyZxk)
Can a nation be HAPPY?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI)
How do we build communities-of-peace?
____(www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9VexOP9PDg)
Absolute-determined-PASSION makes POTENTIAL TANGIBLE,
since CAUSE-attracts-EFFECT through VIBRATION.
____
Footnote:
*DESTINy = fate, karma, kismet, aura, vibration, fortune,
DESTINation, consequence, juju, spell.
- Vindawg Vinnie Stephen Hawking (1 of the biggest-brains on Earth) explains karma-destiny with figures 2.3--2.6 in his book: "A-Brief-History-of-Time." www.cmadras.com/255/255a1.pdf
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