Scott Manley
| Hometown: | Carnegie, PA |
| Interests: | An Economy for All, MoveOn, spiritual progressive |
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Favorite Quote:
...A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. – Martin Luther King Jr.
"Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world."
This blog evolved from my interest in spirituality and politics. My interest in politics started in the 60's. As a child, I used to march with my father in anti-war candlelight vigils and in spirited civil rights open housing demonstrations with Father Groppi in the mid-west. My intrest in spirituality began in high school in the early 70's, when I started soul searching. I read Ralph Waldo Emerson and quoted him in my journal. "The only literature worth reading is transcendental or extraordinary." Emerson was heavily influenced by Eastern thought, especially the Bhagavad-gita. In 1979, I was initiated into the Vaisnava tradition of India, and lived as a celibate monk in a farm community. In the early 90's, I moved to Pittsburgh, and got married. During the last election I became much more involved in politics.
