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PARIS

Whatever you have heard, even if you think they are exaggerations, about the City of Paris, about how wonderful it is and how magnificent the French are; well, I can tell you; it’s all true! ….and much more! Paris is magic!

So how does Paris evaluate Success and Happiness? I think it is quite different from New York; with some similarities because everyone is human, hopefully; and one notices when one travels that basically people have much more in common than what they think separates them from other people; in a so-called “foreign” and “separate” country. It is hard to believe after traveling for a certain time that a generation or so ago the world was at war. And all for what? Did it advance the human condition one centimeter; au contraire; it destroyed 100 Million people; not to mention art treasures of humanity cities, infrastructure, because these are things, by far secondary and replaceable; still all a waste.

All those lost lives; all that suffering and pain; could it all have been prevented? At this point in my studies I think yes, the world, humanity, must learn some lesions from all this. We must learn from all the history of World War I and World War II if we are to somehow avoid the next number; for the world as we know it would not survive another World War; the weapons now are quite beyond devastation and annihilation.

So, how did these wars come about? What dark side to the brain, the human mind allows for this to happen; for the collective psyche of entire countries to turn to their dark side? I do not expect to answer all of the questions I will ask here? But if we do not want such events to happen in the future, we have to begin examining the causes of such behavior; we have to begin studying on a global scale, millions of people, the brain, the mind of man; the collective mind; the human psyche. We have to begin to understand that these actions, all actions first originate in the brain, possibly we could say, the egoic-mind set, and then appear in the reality of our existence. But first they happen in the brain. Well, if the brain is going in a certain direction, say toward insanity, is it possible to somehow turn it off? I think yes, this kind of understanding is now available to us, should we choose to acknowledge and recognize it. We can learn from these lessons which cost millions their lives. But I got sidetracked because when I see Paris I appreciate it so much because I think Paris came so close to being utterly destroyed in the last Great War. But back to my topic here which is the magnificent city of Light

Some cities have an overall certain overall feeling to them; Paris is like that; and I am going to try and define that feeling. What is the general feeling of Paris? All things considered it could be love, in all its forms; Paris is about love; and therefore about God; because the ultimate expression of love is God. I love Paris; It is a magnificent expression of God’s love.

Actually the first thing about arriving in Paris is the sense of stepping through the looking glass into History; seeing in front of one all the places one has heard about and read about for however many years; and finally they are right there in front of you; and are better than ever. The first time one realizes one is actually on the Pont Neuf, for example, is a thrilling experience depending on one’s degree of knowledge of the history of this Bridge.

Ile de la Cite

One of the wonderful things about being in Paris is that you can get up; have coffee, at Starbucks if you want to do the American thing; or a small but strong coffee at a regular French restaurant; and then just start walking; you’ll have a wonderful time; because soon you’ll come upon some famous historical site and your day will be made. The Ile de la Cite is just such a neighborhood; full of wonderful and ancient historical buildings and monuments; but this is also true of wherever you go in Paris!