[unloadedgunn]

It is very east to simplify the current reality most are experiencing. It is very true that we all create own realities on the micro level, and that large groups have come together and actually "meditated" the crime rate down in a major city. There is definitely power in prayer/meditation/thought, and power in numbers. With roughly 1.1 billion Catholics in the world that power is scary indeed. In my well researched (30 years) opinion, the Catholic church is one of the most evil, corrupt institutions the world has ever seen. It has been designed to the EXACT OPPOSITE of what one might think. To deny ones birthright, to distance one from the divine, to implement a rigid hierarchical system of "go betweens" between the laity and the godhead. Can we individually change the wholesale perversion of this great institution? No way. All we can do as individuals is opt out, AND until the number of spiritual people and the level of intensity of their beliefs become as strong as these negative influences, good luck. You can choose to be happy today and live in love and acceptance, but part of that acceptance better be an acceptance that this paradigm is here, and until we (those on our own individual spiritual paths) reach critical mass we will have little/no influence over the outcome. If this all sounds cynical, that's because it is.