Literary Works of Sanderson Beck

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“Truth frees us.”

Reforming the United States Supreme Court

Open Letter to President Joseph Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris on July 3, 2024

Sanderson Beck’s ranking & Evaluation of United States Presidents

World Peace T-shirts for sale

Democratic Reforms 2021

Beck for President 2020

Beck’s Benchmarks
for Evaluating Progressive Candidates

LET US MAKE PEACE in 2021
with Freedom, LOVE & Justice for All
What a Good President Can Do

Videos on Beck's Presidential Campaign & World Peace

Sanderson Beck’s Ratings of 10,020 Greatest Movies of All Time

Sanderson Beck’s Ratings of 10,020 Greatest Movies in Alphabetical Order

Movie Genres (Find movies you like.)

Favorite Songs (5,835)

Favorite Instrumental Music (3,136) organized by composers, genre, year, and length

UNITING HUMANITY by Spiritual Evolution & Democratic Revolution: Solutions to the Megacrisis of Climate, Poverty & War

Introduction
Spiritual Evolution
Choosing a Better Future
Climate Calamities
Climate Solutions
Economic Democracy
Democratic Reforms
From Wars to Peace
Global Reforms and Human Rights
Love and Nonviolent Strategy
Documents
Bibliography

Principles of Love and Respect for All

Affirmation of Divine Love:
I devote myself to God
by loving your Spirit in all,
one reality, invisible
with liberty and justice for all.

The Earth is our Mother.
To prevent water pollution and global warming
the mother-suckers should stop the mother-fracking.

Should President Trump be Trusted with Nuclear Weapons on January 20, 2017?
Debates, Media, Money, and Green Revolution
The United States and all the nations with nuclear weapons are obligated
by the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to disarm all their nuclear weapons as soon as possible.
Trying to win an illegal war is to add war crimes and crimes against humanity to the original crime against peace.
Legislators who vote to continue illegal wars are complicit in war crimes.  

STATISTICS OF SHAME:
The United States Government is currently spending about as much money on war as the rest of the world combined. This is paid for by about half of U.S. federal income tax.
Estimated number of persons incarcerated in the United States in 1980: 500,000.
Estimated number of persons incarcerated in the United States in 2019: 2,300,000.
The United States now leads the world in the number of people incarcerated and the rate of incarceration.
In the United States about 7 million people are either on bail, on parole, or on probation.
22% of all imprisoned people on Earth are in the United States, though US population is only 4.4% of the world.
African-Americans now equal the number of incarcerated whites in the US. Is this not the new slavery?

Autobiographical writing: Family School Sports

Most beneficial persons of the last four millennia (in my opinion) -
2nd BC: Duke Zhou, 1st BC: Buddha, 1st CE: Jesus, 2nd CE: Gandhi

Death is a Spiritual Birth

When the physical body becomes too weak to survive,
The soul departs and awakens in a higher realm of Light.
One remembers the previous life on Earth as if it were a dream,
Learning from those meaningful moments spiritual lessons.
One sees the Light of other beings there who welcome the soul.
A Divine Being radiating Light and spiritual love understands us
And guides us into the realization that we are all one Light.
We see old friends and relatives who look young and happy.
We think this is heaven as we read each other’s minds.
We are not sure where we are, but we are home.
We realize that death of the physical body is a spiritual birth
That frees us from the limits of our lives on the Earth.

National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

WORLD PEACE WRITINGS

WORLD PEACE MOVEMENT Principles, Purposes and Methods (1982)

NONVIOLENT ACTION HANDBOOK (2003)

Nonviolence
Liberation from Seven Deadly -Isms
Group Process
Creative Actions
Legal Process

SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY

The Art of Gentle Living (2005)

Spiritual Awareness
Conscious Self-Mastery
Understanding Feelings
Clear Thinking
Compassionate Communication
Ethical Economics and Politics

Living In God's Holy Thoughts (1976, 2018)

LIFE AS A WHOLE: Principles of Education Based on a Spiritual Philosophy of Love (1987) Contents Introduction I. The Universe Divine Principles Nature and Evolution II. The Individual Self Physical Body Motivation Memory Imagination Dreams Emotion Mind Intuition Will III. Society Social Relationships Politics and Law Economics Science Technology Art and Communication Recreation Religion Education

THE DIVINE MOTHER AND THE VEIL OF DEATH: The Mysteries of Eleusis (1970) Contents and Introduction Eleusis and the Goddesses Agricultural Background and History Mysteries Preliminaries Initiation Interpretation Bibliography

THE SOUL: Teachings on Individual Spiritual Reality from Religion, Philosophy, and Psychology (1980) Contents and Introduction Summary Bibliography Essence of the Soul The Soul in Human Consciousness Soul Liberation

Moving Spiritual Inner Awareness ACROSS THE GOLDEN BRIDGE (1974) Edited by Sanderson Beck and Mark T. Holmes

Introduction Preface The Quest Seminars The Light Attitude John-Roger

Mystical Traveler Dreams Children Healing Creativity Aura Balancings Soul Transcendence

ASTROLOGY TIME PATTERNS (faq) Sun in the signs and houses Moon in the signs and houses Mercury in the signs and houses Venus in the signs and houses Mars in the signs and houses

Jupiter in the signs and houses Saturn in the signs and houses Uranus in the signs and houses Neptune in the signs and houses Pluto in the signs and houses Rising signs Constellations of the Decanates

ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION

Introduction
Ethics
World Chronology

Volume 1: MIDEAST & AFRICA to 1700 Introduction Ethics Prehistoric Cultures Sumer, Babylon, and Hittites Ancient Egypt Ancient Israel Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Persian Empires Muhammad and Islamic Conquest Abbasid, Buyid, and Seljuk Empires 750-1095 Islamic Culture 1095-1300 Ottoman and Persian Empires 1300-1700 North Africa to 1700 Sub-Saharan Africa to 1700 Summary and Evaluation Bibliography	Volume 16: MIDEAST & AFRICA 1700-1950 Ottoman Empire 1700-1907 Ottoman Fall and Turkey 1908-1950 Persia (Iran) and Afghanistan 1700-1950 Arabia, Yemen, and Iraq 1700-1950 Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan 1700-1950 Palestine and Zionism 1700-1950 Egypt, Sudan, and Libya 1700-1950 Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco 1700-1950 West Africa and the French 1700-1950 West Africa and the British 1700-1950 Ethiopia and Somaliland 1700-1950 East Africa 1700-1950 Congo, Angola, and Mozambique 1700-1950 Southern Africa 1700-1950 Summary and Evaluation Bibliography
Volume 2: INDIA & SOUTHEAST ASIA to 1800 Vedas and Upanishads Mahavira and Jainism Buddha and Buddhism Political and Social Ethics of India Hindu Philosophy Literature of Ancient India India 30 BC to 1300 Delhi Sultans and Rajas 1300-1526 Mughal Empire 1526-1707 Marathas and the English Company 1707-1800 Southeast Asia to 1800 Pacific Islands to 1800 Summary and Evaluation Bibliography	Volume 20: SOUTH ASIA 1800-1950 British India 1800-1848 British India's Wars 1848-1881 India's Renaissance 1881-1905 India's Freedom Struggle 1905-1918 Gandhi and India 1919-1933 Liberating India and Pakistan 1934-1950 Tibet, Nepal, and Ceylon 1800-1950 Burma, Malaya and the British 1800-1950 Siam, Cambodia, and Laos 1800-1950 Vietnam and the French 1800-1950 Indonesia and the Dutch 1800-1950 Australia to 1950 New Zealand to 1950 Summary and Evaluation of South Asia 1800-1950 Bibliography
Volume 3: CHINA, KOREA & JAPAN to 1800 Shang, Zhou and the Classics Confucius, Mencius and Xun-zi Daoism and Mo-zi Legalism, Qin Empire and Han Dynasty China 7 BC to 1279 Mongols and Yuan China Ming Empire 1368-1644 Qing Empire 1644-1799 Qing Decline 1799-1875 Korea to 1800 Japan to 1615 Japan 1615-1800 Summary and Evaluation Bibliography	Volume 21: EAST ASIA 1800-1949 Qing Decline 1799-1875 Qing Dynasty Fall 1875-1912 Republican China in Turmoil 1912-1926 Nationalist-Communist Civil War 1927-1937 China at War 1937-1949 Korea 1800-1949 Japan's Modernization 1800-1894 Imperial Japan 1894-1937 Japan's War and Defeat 1937-1949 Philippines 1800-1949 Pacific Islands 1800-1949 Summary and Evaluation Bibliography

EDUCATION WRITINGS

The Consolation of Boethius Emerson's Philosophy of Education Francis W. Parker's Pedagogy Teaching by Example	Booker T. Washington and Character Education Education for Self-Awareness Alternatives to Corporal Punishment
CONFUCIUS Teaching Contents Introduction Life of Confucius Attitudes of Confucius How Confucius Taught What Confucius Taught Example of Confucius Influence of Confucius	AND SOCRATES: Wisdom The Socratic Problem Life of Socrates Attitudes of Socrates How Socrates Taught What Socrates Taught Example of Socrates Influence of Socrates Confucius and Socrates Compared

SCREENPLAYS

SOCRATES "Know Yourself" The Sophists Prudence and Courage The Lover The Banquet Inspiration Rhetoric Justice The Good The Trial Prison and Death	THESEUS OEDIPUS and ANTIGONE Part 1 OEDIPUS and ANTIGONE Part 2 JESUS the CHRIST - Part 1 JESUS the CHRIST - Part 2 COLUMBUS and His Four Voyages RISING OUT OF SLAVERY: Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver RISING OUT OF SLAVERY Part 1 RISING OUT OF SLAVERY Part 2
GEORGE WASHINGTON Wilderness Diplomacy A War Breaks Out General Braddock's Defeat Virginia Patriot Fight for Independence Maintaining an Army On to Victory The Constitution First President Second Term	ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Learning Politics and Law In Congress and Out Debating Douglas Becoming President Civil War Begins Proclaiming Emancipation War by Conscription Getting Re-elected Victory and Death How Lincoln Could Have Prevented Civil War Lincoln Bibliography Lincoln Chronology Lincoln's Last Day

Movie Mirrors Index
Movie Mirrors Introduction
Movie Mirrors Guide 1930s
Movie Mirrors Index by Year with ratings:
1913-1926 1927-1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

Sanderson Beck’s Ratings of the 9,798 Greatest Movies of All Time

Sanderson Beck’s Ratings of the 9,798 Greatest Movies in Alphabetical Order

Movie Genres (Find movies you like.)

Alphabetical INDEX to Link Topics
in the Literary Works of Sanderson Beck:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

WISDOM BIBLE

WISDOM CLASSICS OF CHINA AND INDIA

English versions by Sanderson Beck

WISDOM CLASSICS OF CHINA AND INDIA Contents WISDOM BIBLE Introduction

DAO DE JING (WAY POWER BOOK) by Lao-zi DA XUE (HIGHER EDUCATION) by Confucius ZHONG-YONG (CENTER OF HARMONY) by Zi-si

UPANISHADS Introduction KENA UPANISHAD KATHA UPANISHAD ISHA UPANISHAD MUNDAKA UPANISHAD PRASHNA UPANISHAD MANDUKYA UPANISHAD SHVETASHVATARA UPANISHAD BHAGAVAD-GITA (THE LORD'S SONG) YOGA SUTRAS (UNION THREADS) by Patanjali BUDDHA'S FIRST SERMON DHAMMAPADA (PATH OF TRUTH)

WISDOM CLASSICS OF GREECE, MIDEAST, AND ROME

Translated by Sanderson Beck

WISDOM OF GREECE, ISRAEL, ROME Contents

Introduction to Socrates and Plato ALCIBIADES by Plato APOLOGIA SOKRATOUS (DEFENSE OF SOCRATES) by Plato CRITO by Plato PHAEDO by Plato Ethical Writings of Epicurus

WISDOM OF SOLOMON

MANUAL OF EPICTETUS (EPICTETOU ENCHEIRIDION) by Arrian THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY (PHILOSOPHIAE CONSOLATIO) by Boethius Book I Philosophy's Diagnosis Book II Fortune and Happiness Book III Philosophy and Happiness Book IV Good and Bad Book V Freedom and Omniscience

THE GOOD MESSAGE OF JESUS THE CHRIST Contents Introduction Harmony 1 Synthesis 1 Interpretation 1 Index to Gospel Passages

Qur'an Selections

Alphabetical INDEX to Link Topics in the WISDOM BIBLE

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Sanderson Beck was born March 5, 1947 in Los Angeles. He earned a B.A. in Dramatic Art from the University of California at Berkeley in 1967, an M.A. in Religious Studies from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1971, Ph.D. candidacy in the Philosophy of Education from U.C.L.A. in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the World University of America in 1980. He was a Conscientious Objector during the Vietnam War. In 1982 he formulated World Peace Movement Principles, Purposes, and Methods. In 1986 he published The Way to Peace and in 1987 Life as a Whole: Principles of Education Based on a Spiiritual Philosophy of love. That year he traveled to 47 states and met with more than 600 peace groups to promote peace and disarmament (Peace Tour Journal 1987). He has been arrested more than fifty times for nonviolently protesting nuclear weapons and military intervention, and in 1989 he was imprisoned for six months for a petty offense. Sanderson has taught more than forty different college courses in Philosophy and other subjects. On September 1, 2001 World Peace Communications was incorporated as a nonprofit organization for educational, literary, and charitable purposes. Sanderson’s English versions of the Wisdom Classics were published as the WISDOM BIBLE in 2002. Sanderson published the Nonviolent Action Handbook and Guides to Peace and Justice in 2003. He became an official candidate for President of the United States in December 2002, and in May 2003 he endorsed Dennis Kucinich. The first six volumes of the ETHICS OF CIVILIZATION were published by 2005, and fourteen more volumes were published by 2020. GUIDES TO PEACE AND JUSTICE was expanded and came out as the two-volume HISTORY OF PEACE in July 2005, followed by The Art of Gentle Living in September, BEST FOR ALL: How We Can Save the World in November, and Confucius and Socrates in 2006. In July 2008 Beck published The Good Message of Jesus the Christ, Peace or Bust, 4 Screenplays, Socrates Plays, and George Washington. Abraham Lincoln was published in December 2008. On December 8, 2010 Beck put up Progressive Democracy as his recommended policies for the 2012 Presidential campaign. UNITING HUMANITY by Spiritual Evolution & Democratic Revolution: Solutions to the Megacrisis of Climate, Poverty & War was published in November 2014 and was revised in 2017. The Soul was published in 2016 and Divine Mother & the Veil of Death: Eleusinian Mysteries in 2020. See also Videos on World Peace.

Autobiographical Writings
Beck for President 2020

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