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KIT 01 - Christmas Message
From The Abode

The winter solstice as a time of retreat.
Cf. the Taos Indian Pueblo 'quiet time'.  

The World War I unofficial Christmas Armistice as paradigmatic of
a popular non_violent alternativae to War. 

Pacifism is not passive, it is militant.

Jesus before the Roman 'procurator' Pilatus:
"in the consciousness of the divine sovereignty suffering from the
limitation of the existential condition, yet still sovereign"
(PVK)

The M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction) Cold War strategy as "the
sardonic paradox of our time" (PVK)

Jesus before the Roman 'procurator' Pilatus:
"in the consciousness of the divine sovereignty suffering from the
limitation of the existential condition, yet still sovereign"
(PVK)

The power of nonviolence.
"When unsure of the strength of our being, we resort to the force
of arms.  In so doing we will never plug into our own
resourcefulness." (PVK) 

The need for people of good will to unite, and transcend
idiosyncratic differences, while respecting them.

SUMMARY:  This here's more than a Christmas card; it's as strong
as statement of pacifism as I recall reading.

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