I think that deep within myself, in a place deeper than the not inconsiderable layers of books, meditations, and lectures that have collectively formed my worldview, I should desire that the earth be a place of plenty, equality, happiness, and harmony. It would not surprise me that this hope was, in some variation or another, a universal dream of light and life -- as is the deeper than genetically imprinted moral law of which all human laws are but a shadow. Moreover, I am sure that my particular idyllic vision is somewhat more attuned to my nascent understanding of God’s beatific plan of paradise for mankind, and subsequently reflects perhaps only an inkling of the reward that awaits those who would draw near to Him. Indeed, every political and economic system through which man has engineered throughout history, is but a crude and faltering attempt to bring to fruition this Shining City in parchment and mortar. But children grow old; and those innocent dreams are...(Read Full Post)