Our World Plainly Seen: Recent Episodes
Frank Kaufmann
On November 16 of this year (2023), Imam Shamsi Ali of the Jamaica Muslim Center hosted an interfaith dialogue and invited me to speak.
I described three areas of international war or conflict...
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We are in a time of war.
There are now two active, world-levelwars cursing our planet, the Russia-Ukraine War, and the Israel-Hamas war. These are happening during a period in which the perennial symbol for the harmonization of international differences
There’s this fellow I know, whom I would ordinarily call a friend, but for me,he’s more of an elder brother. For this particular relationship the term friend...
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The Transition from Thought to Speech, and the Three Freedoms Required for Dignity.
Human beings have two parts to our makeup, our spiritual side and our physical side.There are a great many inclined to deny human spirituality because it is noteasily measured by the tools by which material reality is measured and tested.
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A workingman’s guide to assessing what’s going on around us.
The nature of reality is hierarchical and manifests strength, power, and size as elements by which a functioning and harmonious cosmosphere.
Our beef should never be with the fact that some things and some people are stronger, more powerful, and larger than others. The only problem with that fact is when these realities result in injustice or interference with opportunity and self-expression.
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The problem with addictions is that they eventually erase the adequate functioning of conscience in the host bodies they inhabit and ultimately control.
A clear marker in this descent to becoming subhuman is the juncture at which the sanctity of human life is rejected in favor of satiating the blinding demands of an addiction.
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The world we live in becomes increasingly unstable and insecure with the rapid development and misuse of technology. What can we rely on through these uncertain times?
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On July 19, 2023, Twelve Gates President, Dr. Frank Kaufmann was invited as a speaker to the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The event, organized by Women's Federation for World Peace, International (WFWP), focused on the topic of "Integration and impact of digital technology in developing countries in the context of the Right to Development."
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This episode critiques the terms misinformation and disinformation as secret tools to criminalize dissent
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The episode rejoices in the celebration of Juneteenth, and examines two key elements that give rise to slavery
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AI seemed to burst into our lives suddenly.
One day it seemed not to exist at all, and the following day it seemed to exist everywhere, in countless inscrutable forms, brands and promises.
It instantly seemed to erupt a class of people as immersed in AI as fully as the rest of us count on our eyes to see.
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The indictment of President Donald J Trump yesterday at the ManhattanCourthouse in the southern district has drawn literally gallons of print ink and miles of video and media commentary.
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This podcast examines and compares the roots of Religious Freedom Rights found in the United States Constitution and in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights respectively.
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Each end of year a great many people reflect on the year past, and look for signs about the year to come. Was 2022 a good year, or a bad one? Will 2023 be better? Or are we heading toward more difficult times?
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In this interview, Dr. Gordon Anderson discusses his newly published work, "Integral Society, Social Institutions and Individual Sovereignty". Dr. Anderson explains the proper levels and spheres for social institutions such that they strengthen human sovereinty and freedom. Special empahsis is placed on economic freedom that has been blocked by corrupt relationships between centralized banks and exploitive governments.
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On September 15, 2022, Dr. Frank Kaufmann, President of the Twelve Gates Foundation, offered brief thoughts on the future of the Metaverse at an online event sponsored by the Pew Research Center and Elon University. Dr. Kaufmann was one of six experts invited to speak at the Twitter Spaces audio program, “Hype, Hope or Hell?: The Metaverse in 2040”, hosted by Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson.
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This is a brief speech offered by Frank Kaufmann of the Twelve Gates Foundation to the 33rd Annual Peace Festival of the World Yoga Community.
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Dr. Bruce Tallman is an author, spiritual director, and marriage coach. As a full-time spiritual director since 2002, Dr. Tallman has worked with laity and clergy from every Christian denomination. He has published two books for spiritual directors (one of them, Finding Seekers: How to Develop a Spiritual Direction Practice from Beginning to Full-Time Employment, is a bestseller in the field). He is passionate about his mission, which is to help people grow in wisdom and love. In this interview, we discuss his latest publication, God's Ecstatic Love.
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Dr. Frank Kaufmann, President of the Twelve Gates Foundation, offers a brief message and prayer at the closing ceremony of the World Yoga Festival.
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How does political polarization affect friendship?
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This episode examines the US Constitution on Free Speech, The Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Governance Board, tech platform "independent" fact checkers, and the rise of censorship.
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This episode examines the relationship between physical prowess and growing experience and wisdom
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This episode exposes strategic failures to recognize the actual elements of world war, naively focusing just on military aggression.
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Remarks on the Divine presence in women, offered during the Interfaith Prayer Service in Celebration of Women's History Month
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This episode describes positioning ourselves in time, and filling that time with ways that create ease of life
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This episode reflects on the social and political affirmation of human freedom and the God-given right to free speech, with the concept of "the Word," as found in various sacred Scripture
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The Christians that lived around the Arabian Peninsula during Muhammad's lifetime are shrouded in mystery. Some of the stories of the Prophet's interactions with them are based on legends and myths, while others are more authentic and plausible. But who exactly were these Christians? Why did Muhammad interact with them as he reportedly did? And what lessons can today's Christians and Muslims learn from these encounters?
Scholar Craig Considine, one of the most powerful global voices speaking in admiration of the prophet of Islam, provides answers to these questions. Through a careful study of works by historians and theologians, he highlights an idea central to Muhammad's vision: an inclusive Ummah, or Muslim nation, rooted in citizenship rights, interfaith dialogue, and freedom of conscience, religion and speech. In this unprecedented sociological analysis of one of history's most influential human beings, Considine offers groundbreaking insight that could redefine Christian and Muslim relations.
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On February 28, 2022, H.H. Guru Dileep Thankappan concluded 28 days, and 50 events for the month of celebration of the World Interfaith Harmony Festival. As part of this closing event Guru Dileepji invited Twelve Gates President, Dr. Frank Kaufmann to offer remarks.
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Here are brief remarks from Twelve Gates President, Dr. Frank Kaufmann at the 37th Annual World Interfaith Month Celebration hosted by New York State Assemblyman, Nader Sayegh
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Dr. Frank Kaufmann speaks at the opening ceremony for World Interfaith Harmony Week, (established at the United Nations in 2010)
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An interview with Congressman Mark Siljander about his international efforts to rescue vulnerable Afghanis from terror and extermination under Taliban rule.
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This episode looks into the nature of evil and temptation, how it is resisted and overcome, and how I should relate to others in society, including those who might be involved in harm and hurting others.
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This episode describes how we must behave during times of extreme transition.
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Professor Luonne Rouse offers thoughts and hope on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US homeland.
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This episode explains the fact that, in our present times, 3 centers of controlling human beings have become merged into a unified monolith.
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This episode looks at better and more effective ways to improve ourselves and to help others. Ways that encourage and support, rather than force and demand.
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This episode shows how Love and power are mutually exclusive, and how addiction to power is the ultimate self defeating paradox.
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This episode discusses questions related to who is shaping the policy direction of the current US administration
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This episode looks at what happens to us when we die. How our lives are assessed
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This episode explains important distinctions between two separate areas of self-improvement, skills, and goodness, with special emphasis on opportunities and even dangers if this is not considered in the arena of spiritual practice.
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This episode walks through the reality that everything from our first breath to our last, and every last wonder in between are relationships. In the end Love is all.
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This episode looks at the challenging work of organizing our passions and talents as part of succeeding in life and realizing our dreams
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This episode looks at what elements are similar, and what elements are different when trying to accomplish our life goals in these two distinct arenas of our lives.
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This episode responds to the questions raised in Voces 1 yesterday that asking about God's omnipotence. What are benefits from choosing good and sacrificial lives?
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This episode looks into the question of where life really goes better for good or religious people.
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This episode looks at purpose, Being, and becoming. Can they exist harmoniously in our lives? Or do they work against each other?
This episode introduces three things: 1. Love and Truth are not as separated as most people think, 2. Truth seeking (like love) requires action. It is not attained from afar, and 3. Truth carries Love, it is the face of Love.
This episode invites listeners to relax as we gradually grow in our understanding of Crypto. Not to feel anxiety of missing out, or falling behind. Crypto is not the first financial instrument that takes time to grasp.
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