two commandments hang all the law."

I am often asked why there is so much hate on earth today, when all churches teach love. The love many teach is "love me, and hate those who disagree with me." This is not good. It comes about because the majority of minds dwell on deceit, envy, greed, ruthlessness, evil, depravity, agitation, trickery, insincerity, obsession and negative acts, all these things directed against their fellow man. Such things as these lead to DEGRADATION, unless we each and every one do all in our power to overcome this with UNDERSTANDING. But how? First cleaning and clearing our own minds of these eleven elements of degradation and replacing them with Love on the Path of Truth.

TREATMENT OF MINORITIES

All minority groups have been victims of acts of degradation; this applies to racial groups as well as all others. As to what is correct for any individual, of any one group or of several, we find as many definitions as there are schools of thought. So take your pick, you say. To impress my point I often refer to the Eskimo child who enjoys strips of whale blubber instead of candy. Being an American I personally prefer candy, so why interfere with the personal preferences of other people, whether they are friends or acquaintances, or strangers. We have no more right to do this than to enter a friend's home and radically rearrange the furniture without permission.

The helping hand on the Path of Truth is a union of minds, and restraining the inclination to split hairs over ideas. Basic principles are generally accepted when applicable to any individual minority group, but the ones who can't go along with an organization dedicated to their help are doing a disservice to that association. Some feel that someone is steam-rolling his plan to the detriment of others, and of course we find

many who must be "Chief" or else won't go along. Frankly there are too many "Chiefs" and not enough "Indians" having the spirit of cooperation and the will of a warrior.

We find the same thing in Churches, and so there are 286 different interpretations of the teachings of Christ. By some groups we Orthodox are criticized as having "rosy-cheeked, roly-poly Bishops, bearded priests, exotic foods and noisy congregations." National traditions are often interpreted as actual doctrine, and thus comes misunderstanding of Orthodoxy.

In the same manner so many and varied groups hailing this or that to assist the homophile, cause much confusion in the minds of those who fail to understand the problems. By trial and error we all learn, and even a Bill of Rights must require study, revision and clarification in order to meet the needs of all. SO PLEASE, let us all work for unity, for in Union there is strength on the Path of Truth.

In the foundation of ONE there was a yearning for brotherhood, a seeking for those who had an ability for understanding, ones who would give their loyalty to a work of love for a minority group. I will not mention those here or now living, but I must say that one of the most inspiring of all people I have met was Dr. Blanche Baker-God give her MEMORY ETERNAL! Hers was a personality to inspire all who met her and her attitude "Toward Better Understanding" has given hope, as well as inspiration to many.

Dr. Baker, in my estimation, trod the PATH OF TRUTH, yet there are still many who disagree with her philosophy. I do not! In memory of Dr. Baker as the "helper of the helpless" I feel that it is now time for everyone to put aside petty whims, and each splinter group with a "pet slogan" should stand up to be counted and should bind themselves into a Mighty Timber of Union on the Path of Truth.

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