
PVK - COLLECTED KIT's

Introductory note from Steve Amdur, Campra, Ch-6718 Olivone, Switzerland

Respects and best wishes to all.
I hope all is well with you, and yours, and that your work is going well.

Things are ok here at Campra.  Weather has been pretty grey and bleak for the past week, which is the week of Sukot this year (which is a leap_year, so Sukot comes late)..  Hills here have just about finished turning colour, and gone bare of deciduous trees.

I am most greatful to the Vanzetti's for all the help they have given me.

This starts my collection of PVK KITs.
This collectdion is no more and I hope not much less than a copy of the Collection made by 
kaivan@centrum-universel.com , www.centrum-universel.com
As noted, I took his CD and did a Click_C__Clikc_V into Word Windows 2000 Professional without  the UpdatePack4 or whatever it's called, then did a Save_As into text_only .
I have not yet checked to see that I got all the KITs, and that I didn't misname any.
Also, I have to tidy up my docnames to make them nearly sequential.
As noted, KIT 15 had a number of musical illustrations - SCAN's  of  a few little pieces of scores, I suppose - which did not copy.  I'll try to see if I can figure out a way to do that, in the update of this doc.
I hope this is complete collection of KITs, but I don't know.
There are several gaps in the numbering.

Respects and best wishes to all.
As always
Z.
Stephen Benjamin Amdur
Steve Amdur
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This set runs from 1 through 125, then there is one unnumbered KIT, then there is a gap in numbering until 132 , then after 133 there is a gap until 136, and the numbering ends with 137.
There are some unnumbered titled KITs in between, but not enough to fill in the numbering sequence.
I assign these numbers, thusly, eg kit123_1  etc. - the suffix _1 may mean there was a kit123 that if followed, or it may mean that 123 is a sequential number that I assigned.  Ah, ambiguity.
A number of the form kit123a means that I'm not sure if I Saved kit123 ok, so I did another Save, and me or someone else can sort it all out later.

Sa=Steve Amdur, Campra, CH-6718 Olivone, Switzerland
23 Oct '05 - 20 Tishrei - 6th day of Sukot - Josef - 20 Ramadan
Modeim l_simcha - Seasonal (harvest) Festivals for joyousness.


The following text in this and all other docs in this ZIP is all and only a copy of PVK's KITs etc.  
I have made no additions, deletions, nor changes.
Sa

START PVK KITs

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1 - Christmas Message

From The Abode

May my Christmas message reach you from my pod in the middle of the woods at the Abode. May it be a joyous one, and may the New Year open up exciting new perspectives, and may your life be blessed by making room for the divine presence.

Christmastide evidences our attunement to the seasonal cycles of Planet Earth. We, too, just like the plants, do go through a threshold state of soul-searching, lying low, in anticipation of the rebirth of life when the light tide changes and daylight wins over the dark night. There is anxiety before the unknown. As we hear echoes of alarmist presages of an escalation of belligerent conflicts, we, of course, interrogate ourselves as to the wisdom of meeting a threat with a show of strength. Throughout the globe, there have been demonstrations of public opinion against the use of nuclear weapons that could lead us to the point of no-return by igniting the world arsenals. A demonstration of the absurdity of giving vent to warring instincts was to be found in the first world war when, on Christmas eve, soldiers on either side of the line used to drop their guns and play cards.

On the other hand, we are told how naive it is to assume that by disarming ourselves we will stay the hand of any potential violator of a gentlemen's peace pledge simply by being less threatening. Truly, when threatened, animals become more aggressive. "The one who draws the sword first will perish by the sword." But there are always the ones who will attack covetously or maliciously. Animals will hold each other at bay by threatening displays, but it takes but a little inadvertency to lose one's nerve and the truce is lost. Then things escalate beyond control.

The threat parade becomes absurdly self-defeating when, for example, in order to save one's side, one enters into a situation in which everything is inevitably blown up, which is the sardonic paradox of our time. On the other hand, non-violence would prove self-defeating, for example, in the hypothetical event of a Nazi holding one hundred hostages at gunpoint, given that one were placed before the choice of either shooting him and saving the hostages or observing non-violence and letting the hostages be sacrificed. Does not our sense of honor and chivalry call upon us to protect the victims of wanton violence? How can one do this without retaliating in violence?

Is there a way out of this dilemma? How could one become a warrior of Peace? Remember Bernard Shaw's wager?: "Dare you wage war upon war?" Gandhi's non-violence was not quietist, as the historic peace march to the sea showed. The marchers were mown down mercilessly by the troops, yet kept on advancing to the extent that the conscience of the masses of Britons at home was stirred ad nauseam. This resulted in India's freedom. Christ's "turn the other cheek" is not passivity; it requires valiance. Pilate carried the power of Rome behind him while Jesus stood in front of him on the bench of the accused in the consciousness of the divine sovereignty suffering from the limitation of the existential condition, yet still sovereign. Pilate did everything he could to browbeat Jesus, who had previously been tortured. Finally, he was so impressed with Jesus' composure that when he was requested to have the plaque announcing "Jesus King of the Jews" removed, he refused, saying "It has been written." Such is the power of God-consciousness.

An application of this disarming valiance is to be found in the case of the Admiral in the Indian Navy who went out unarmed to face a raging mob of sailors and persuaded them to turn back by dint of his masterful sovereignty. The mad elephant can only be controlled by the madhzub - the dervish who is gifted with the sovereignty resulting from God-consciousness. 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. Consequently, we neglect to fall upon our real inner power. We have no idea as to the extent of the power we represent jointly. I mean, the forces of goodwill in the universe are immensely more powerful and numerous than the individuals who flaunt the dignity of the human person and his/her right to self-expression and justice. But we are not as well-organized as they are, and are bickering in our own party disputes rather than linking together while respecting each other's idiosyncrasies. This is networking - networking for peace in the consciousness of our joint power in the name of the spiritual government of the world.

May this be our motto for the New Year, for the message of Christmas is goodwill in gratitude for the return of light after the threatening increase in darkness. The rejoicing celebrating the changing of the light tide at Christmastime acquires a new relevance at Easter. A few days before, Jesus had enjoined upon his disciples to stand by him through the night until the light started dawning. "Did you watch with me?"

May every day of the New Year be a Christmas day for you. I am by your side in loyalty in our mutual dedication.
