A Soulful Journey

"The peak of that human pyramid was that man reaching for the rare bird at the tip of the tree. The base of man in that pyramid grew tired of supporting the reach for the rare bird they could not see. The point of the story's not the pyramid collapsed, plummeting, the reaching man. It's the bird still rare, still free." After Baal Shem , Norma Farber .

On the Bible: George Washington said, " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." Abraham Lincoln said, " I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Saviour of the world is communicated to us through that book." Said Andrew Jackson, " That book, sir, is the rock on which our republic stands ." Douglas MacArthur, " Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed." Dwight D. Eisenhower said, " To read the Bible is to take a trip to a fair land where the spirit is strengthened and faith renewed."

The tale of Cain and Abel is about the most disconcerting story in the entire Bible. It contains the worst kernels of what humanity is all about. In a powerful interpretation of the text in Genesis, Joseph Campbell wrote, "...the herder [Abel] against the planter [Cain] and the planter is the one who is abominated. This is the myth of hunting people or herding people who have come into a planting culture world and denigrate the people whom they have conquered." The Power of Myth If there is a purpose to history it must not be to create opportunities of display greater skill with memory. The purpose of history is to learn, grow and earn the right to be the children of a proud Father.