Random Thoughts

The Circle of Life

(For an interesting perspective on the "circle of life" please visit Rabbi Lazer Brody's site Lazer Beams)

The big talk around many BW blogs is about the Democratic Republic of Congo. Specifically the rape crisis there.

Now I personally have not seen the HBO Documentary, but I do know that rape is quickly becoming a rampant global problem -no doubt, Congo and Sudan has reached crisis mode- Its something that needs to be addressed head on and stopped. Its only a matter of time before it circles around and spreads elsewhere, God forbid.

If anyone has any ideas, suggestions, thoughts please visit Black Women Vote! and help or you can leave a comment here and i'll forward it over.

There is a special concept equating life to a circle. When Joshua (Yehoshua) wanted to bring down Jericho, he went around it seven times-- here circle is effecting life. It is said that when Miriam led the women in dancing after they'd been freed from Egypt, they made a circle and danced. When a Jewish bride is wed, she must go around the groom in circles -as in, to become a wall for him.

What is it about circle and life? And what does that say about a square?
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One interesting way of looking at time:

Generally, time is marked as a line with little marks at various spots denoting when a special or certain event occurred.

It took me a while to figure out that by Judaism, time is seen more as a spiral. If you take that spiral and look at say April 10, you'll find its aligned with all the April 10ths that ever happened in the history of time. In other words, each day, hour, minute has its aura. When that time comes around again, you have a renewed chance do to whatever.

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Whatever happened to virtues? How can Al Sharpton have no shame for what just occurred. How he backpedalled shamelessly -no apologies. And how can Kwami Kilpatrick (sp?) still show his face?

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