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thought. If we were to rate human sexual preference by
how we treat each other, heterosexuality might be banned
as such a high percentage of these relationships are horribly
abusive. But what really matters is how people treat each
other on a daily basis and if love, kindness, and the intimate
sharing of positive energy rules their relationships then
those relationships, regardless of sexual preference, will
always be valid.

Ultimately, we must give people the right to express
themselves as the persons they truly feel they are. If we do
not do that, we are robbing them of any chance for a life of
spiritual enlightenment, and none of us have that right.

On Latent Racism

You hear people say that you are either a racist, or you are
not a racist. Again, an overly simplistic way to describe
something that seems to be fairly complex. If racism
emanates from somewhere deep down in our psyche and
has been festering for so many years, bolstered by fear and
hatred handed down from generation to generation, it's not
something that is just going to go away in a generation or
two. Yes, I do know of people that came from racist home
environments and seemed to be born as non-racists (my
mother and wife are both examples of this), and this most
likely can be attributed to inheriting some form of positive
soul-energy that had previously evolved, but for many of us,
racism is something that may take generations — or even
lifetimes — to banish from our lives and from this earth.

If you ever watch old movies, you may remember the
popular 60's film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, starring
the great actors Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and
Sidney Poitier. If you look around you can find that the
short movie descriptions often describe the plot as a

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