I’ve Been To The Mountaintop ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr. showed us that there is no shame in death as

did Gandhi, Jesus and other great souls.

om,

amarnath

"I've Been To The Mountaintop"

Tomorrow is the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Martin

Luther King, Jr. Today is the 37th anniversary of his last speech in

Memphis, Tennessee.

.....

And they were telling me, now it doesn't matter now. It really

doesn't matter what happens now. I left Atlanta this morning, and as

we got started on the plane, there were six of us, the pilot said

over the public address system, "We are sorry for the delay, but we

have Dr. Martin Luther King on the plane. And to be sure that all of

the bags were checked, and to be sure that nothing would be wrong

with the plane, we had to check out everything carefully. And we've

had the plane protected and guarded all night."

And then I got to Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or talk

about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of

our sick white brothers?

"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult

days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to

the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live

a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about

that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up

to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised

land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight,

that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy,

tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

some references:

"I have a dream" speech ~ audio www.hpol.org/record.php?id=72

www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/ivebeentothemountaintop.htm (text OK but

couldn't get the audio to work; maybe to large for my dial up)

http://ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/?p=63

January 15, 2006

That's one of my favorite speeches...although the anniversary of his

assassination is

actually April 4th. Thanks so much for posting this! It's so inspiring... ~

Iswari

Ammachi, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc> wrote:

>

> Martin Luther King, Jr. showed us that there is no shame in death as

> did Gandhi, Jesus and other great souls.

>

> om,

> amarnath

>

> "I've Been To The Mountaintop"

>

> Tomorrow is the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Martin

> Luther King, Jr. Today is the 37th anniversary of his last speech in

> Memphis, Tennessee.

> ....

> And they were telling me, now it doesn't matter now. It really

> doesn't matter what happens now. I left Atlanta this morning, and as

> we got started on the plane, there were six of us, the pilot said

> over the public address system, "We are sorry for the delay, but we

> have Dr. Martin Luther King on the plane. And to be sure that all of

> the bags were checked, and to be sure that nothing would be wrong

> with the plane, we had to check out everything carefully. And we've

> had the plane protected and guarded all night."

>

> And then I got to Memphis. And some began to say the threats, or talk

> about the threats that were out. What would happen to me from some of

> our sick white brothers?

>

> "Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult

> days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to

> the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live

> a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about

> that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up

> to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised

> land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight,

> that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I'm happy,

> tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.

> Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

>

> some references:

>

> "I have a dream" speech ~ audio www.hpol.org/record.php?id=72

>

> www.drmartinlutherkingjr.com/ivebeentothemountaintop.htm (text OK but

> couldn't get the audio to work; maybe to large for my dial up)

>

> http://ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/?p=63

>

January 15, 2006

Thanks for correcting the date.

Those of us who are "spiritually advanced"( ha, ha, ha ), don't

always get the details right ~ hopefully the intention is better.

After I posted below, the audio started to work ~ beautiful.

Also, the audio for "I have a Dream" works fine.

Jai Jai Jai to all Great Souls,

amarnath

Ammachi, "ammasiswari" <ammasiswari>

wrote:

>

> That's one of my favorite speeches...although the anniversary of

his assassination is

> actually April 4th. Thanks so much for posting this! It's so

inspiring... ~ Iswari

>

> Ammachi, "amarnath" <anatol_zinc> wrote:

> >

> > Martin Luther King, Jr. showed us that there is no shame in death

as

> > did Gandhi, Jesus and other great souls.

> >

> > om,

> > amarnath

> >

> > "I've Been To The Mountaintop"

"...Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult