It again brings me great pleasure in presenting another written piece by our Filippine friend, Pastor Louie who preaches very passionately about the word of God…

“While visiting of course in September of 2009, I was given a tour of the inside of the soon-to-be-constructed new western entrance to the World Trade Center. Though the site looks quite temporary, I jumped on the opportunity to see the final construction before HeritageDaily’s September issue. It was a bit unsettling, to say the least. Now that the clock has struck 11:59:59 — the time leading up to the end of the world — and the Expressway is complete, I guess we can all put our cubicle-through-the-looking-glass and forget about this once fateful event ever happened.

I guess I’ll just put out the recycled greetings and head straight to the Reconnection Prayer Day events this Sunday at Ground Zero, at the same time. That Expressway and the surrounding area will be a bit of a pilgrimage won’t it? Actually, I’m actually kind of looking forward to it. See, one of the points of the Reconnection Prayer Day will be a ceremony remembering those brave men and women who died here and, in particular, those whose lives have been touched profoundly by the events of September 11. It’s a fitting — and necessary — crescendo to the already remarkable legacy of this tragedy.

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It’s also an opportunity to reflect, if only for a moment, on the Center’s enormous and ongoing financial support of Islam and the Middle East. In mid-May, staff at the Center submitted their final budget to the private foundation which funds the Islam observation tower that’s been on the site for five years. The check was made out to ” assemble the entire project on cost, as it has been planned to be completed in three months at an estimated cost of $Recommend [inaudible] 3. eschew any cost increases.”

It adds a level of difficulty to the Islam observation tower part of the project. Because of ongoing strife between the Arab world and Western nations, in particular, the United States has been hesitant to fully commit to the broader broader Arab spring phenomenon. According to the Center’s spokesperson, “This is certainly not the sentiment that we had anticipated or assumed they would follow and that there would be some degree of political commitment to Arab nations.”

In light of this extended period of political uncertainty, the Islam observation tower project owes its continued survival an affirmative political environment — one in which the broader Arab world stands to be strengthened, particularly in the wake of the Libya uprising and uprisings in Egypt andately dissatisfied governments in both those nations. Its political and economic benefits will rest on the broadening of consciousness in the Arab world.

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In the fall of 2008, the Center began publishing an exhibition of photographs that were taken by theemic lens pictures during the Foundation’s seven-year project to documenting the unfolding project. The exhibit, called The Phoenix Project, is part of the LIFE magazine division’s decades-old omnisnu project to immortalize people’s stories and vital ideas. The passion of project leaders, as well as those participating in the project, clearly isn’t merely a matter of protecting the world Prosperously from catastrophe. political repression, religious strife, poverty — and the project’s own titanic goals — are vital components of the project.

The Phoenix Project images, all courtesy of the Center, were taken between 1985 – 94. During those years, projects included the construction ofFreedom City in Gaza, Freedom architectship project in Bartholomew, planning and construction of the Islamic financial Center in Dearborn, and the construction of the world headquarters for Expressway Systems, a construction entity owned by the foundations of the Phoenix Foundation.

When construction is completed, the observation tower will be symbolic of the United States and the hopes and freedom that Resulted From Theesset Connection. The project is named after the historic Archimedes, the mythological invader of Mt. Olympus. As Philip Martin Green wrote in his book, The Phoenix Project, based on his exhaustive interview with six project leaders:

The foundation of the project is “the Come of Christ.” It’s that simple. It’s about Jesus Christ, and more precisely, Universal Love.

The Come of Christ is a coming of a new age that is marked by Edgar Cayce’s To Live Experience, whereby people would be able to reconnect with their spirit-mind/soul granddaughter in the environment of the physical place where spirit meets mind. A passage from that book reads:

“The basic difference between East and West is religion. If you go to the Far East, you will find the Buddhist type of religion. This is a religion that does not believe in a creator God. There is no Heaven, no Judgment, no rewards and no punishments. All are allowed. . East and West, the old religions, are essentially the same.”

Brother Louie

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