Phenomena, Design and Spirituality

Notes on Phenomena, Design and the Spiritual

I’m amazed amid all the devastation at the failure to grasp the extent of the intimacy of interconnectedness in the phenomena we share, as a phenomenologist (logos embracing both rationality and spirituality) and one who feels a kinship with what is loosely called the spiritual.
My rational self sees a design at work in the interconnectedness of phenomena as science seeks to comprehend the design and reason it out, work out methods and measures.
The design, however, is a priori, and as far as I understand design, it too has an a priori. Mutation is part of the design, the method – so is probability and randomness.
I can’t escape the notion of design per se and can’t explain how it, in itself, came to be. It’s here that I make the Kierkegaardian leap, keeping in mind what he called “the cunning of oblivion.”
So I try to value what is, as both immanent and transcendent, recognizing the gray matter limits -that valuing, to me, is “spiritual.”

http://ping.fm/p/Tmxe5 – Checking out Pingle …

An Ex-Prisoner’s Predicament: No Job, No Home

A 10-minute video sketch of an interview with Terriun Harris, who talks about the difficulty of finding a job and housing with a felony conviction on his record. Brother Ron Fender speaks about CHANGER, an intervention economic human rights program for Terriun and others in his predicament. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing.

TVA Coal Ash Spill: Video Sketch of River Damage

A video sketch of coal ash spill damage to the Emory River in Tennessee, result of a coal ash slurry pond dam break from the TVA Kingston Coal Power Plant that spilled into the river and surrounding community … also an encounter with a local deputy who tried to stop filming – filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

CONSIDERING CIVILIAN LIVES ‘COLLATERAL DAMAGE’ IS APPALLING

I am appalled that civilians’ casualties are merely regarded as “collateral damage” in battle instead of civilian lives being valued and protected

FACEBOOK video and photo posts

I’ve added on Facebook videos and photos from efforts in human-rights and media activism …. Facebook| Wes Rehberg …

Facebook video and photo entries

I’ve uploaded on Facebook videos and photos from work as a human rights and media activist — Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing …

MEMORIAL FOR MEMORY

An 9-minute experimental film/video on memory, its reliability, abstraction and feeling. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

HEARTLAND SPEAKS: YouTube video of Salina, KS, rally & arrests at military air show

See the post below for details …

Heartland Speaks: Rally and arrests at Kansas military air show

Heartland Speaks: Rally & arrests in opposition to military air show from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Eight from “The Heartland Speaks” arrested at Kansas A-10 Warthog air show

Eight of us were arrested Wednesday at the site of the Salina, Kansas “bombing and strafing” air show after “crossing the line” during a demonstration against increased U.S. militarization and the use of depleted uranium munitions. Five of the jailed were over age 70.

The arrested were part of a three-day gathering of about 40 activists from throughout the U.S. called “The Heartland Speaks,” which included presentations on militarization and the environment, impact of the use and production of depleted uranium munitions, the lethal use of the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) military jet, the face of warmaking, and nonviolent peacebuilding.

Arrested and jailed for criminal trespass were Janie Stein, 50, and Martin Bates, 53, conference organizers in Salina; Sister Agnes Caroline Teter, 79, of Salina; Frank Cordaro, 57, of Des Moines Catholic Worker;  Ralph Kresin, 71, of the Salina peace community; Gerald Paoli, 48, of Voices of Creative Nonviolence in Chicago; Sister Margaret Rourke, 80, of Salina, and Wes Rehberg, 72, of Wild Clearing in Chattanooga, TN. Sisters Caroline and Margaret are connected with the Sisters of St. Joseph.

The A-10 Warthog competition was called “Hawgsmoke,” and jets were taking off and landing in practice runs during the demonstration. The military jets,can fire up to 60 30mm rounds a second in their bombing and strafing attacks, including DU rounds, and have been deployed extensively in recent U.S. military incursions.

The local media lauded the “Hawgsmoke” competition with headlines like “They’re Heeeere …” and “Successful Takeoff,” but also covered the demonstration and arrests. About 50 persons were present at the demonstration, which included a three-mile march to the site of the air competition, live music and talks by participants.

Attending the conference and demonstration as well were activists from Veterans for Peace, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance in Baltimore, Christian Peacemaker Teams, the Land Institute, the Manhattan, KS, peace community, and an activist musician from Australia.