only about 100 million people in this country share your status. what I wonder about is, when they decide to lock up all 100 million, what rhetoric they will use in calling this a "democracy" with "freedom."

from a song of mine "Dead Religions"

"...what fool clings to blindness once he's been allowed to see?"

I love You and may God Love You,

or

#7. None of the above (I don't subscrine to those points of view)

maybe

#8. na..that's enough.

Yes, I tend to agree that the next manifestation of 'messianic presence' will be of the collective, and certainly those who have erroneously claimed to have possesed it (the religions and the 'church.' There are many religions that worship all manner of falseness, let us not be confused) will undoubtedly be surprised to learn the truth, and it will undoubtedly come at high cost, just as it is currently being 'waged'.

Ah it is terrible to concieve, and the rank darkness and ignorance that is prevalent in the current collective consciousness, is unbearable to see in contrast to the embryonic possiblities of another way. The constant tramp of the war drum in every waking moment is a truly angering thing. Makes one want to go to war it does.

That is the purpose of the rythm, and the grand distractions - to push the masses in any direction exccept the one they need to go.

That redneck down the street that would shoot me just 'cause of my hair desn't need my anger, though without understanding I would hate the man, and all he stands for - just like he does me. But though it's hard to do, (and it's nice to have such a forum as this to intelligently vent my angeer and frustration) it must be done. My teeth are getting loose from gritting them, from biting down on the bitterness of this world, my gut sore from swallowing sh-t because somehow we've all agreed to do it, and it's the 'acceptable, respectable' thing to do.

But still I know that war breeds only destruction, and anger unchecked, and unbridled is war. Therefore I tolerate the slowness of the tribe -directly proportunate to the slowest member. That slowness manifests in darkness and ignorance, and in character perpetuates it as well. The pain of tolerating ignorance, and slow spiritual awakening is one that must be taken, and must be embraced with wisdom and discernment, if any substantial change of any necessary import is to come about.

has anything to do with salvation

salvation? what us salvation?

can you fill your belly and not wonder

how this world enjoys the goodness

that has belonged to every breath

of Light and Understanding

It5 is Time

'We look around

It is Time to use the good hand of Kindness

That Hand of Understanding

That Choice in your Heart and Mind

Your Soul

Peace and Understanding

he will only be one person

one simple man

can reach into the guts of civilization

and bring out the good fruits

I can hear the music of indifference i can see all this destruction all this hatred and fear

how can anyone be so sure

you got it right

over and over again

you got it right

We can look at the suffering of the world in few ways,

1) that it is separate from ourselves and we can do something (engaged in solving problems)

2) that it is separate from ourselves and we cant do anything (fatalistic)

3) its all in our minds and we can do something (its our own personal problem, divisive)

4) its all in our minds and we can do nothing (we really are screwed)

5) have not given it any thought (98% of the population) (when is Friends coming on?)

If you believe either of 2 or 4 then grief can be the only consistent response. Disempowerment wrt the problems of the world and those that manipulate us count on this, this apathy is dragging our nations down.

If you believe in 1, then once you see how deep the rabbit hole really goes, it is near impossible to not go ballistic. Lies, damn lies, and government press releases, state run mass media, our lives nothing more than commodities. Life is illegal outside the narrow bounds set forth by our oh so caring leaders...

If you believe its 3 then perhaps retirement to a nice monestary might be a suitable life...

So don't take my expression of anger as being enraged and smashing stuff, oh no. It's the kind of fire in your belly that says, enough is enough time to fight back all the harder against the freedom stealing apparatus that has been constructed in the USA and is being exported to us. {insert expletive here}

Come election time, it will be time to volunteer again in a close riding for whoever has a chance against the conservative...

The tears of human suffering are greater than all the water in the seas, now we face a tidal wave. My personal belief is the should ole JC return, it will not be in the personage of one human, but millions. One person could and would be nailed to the cross.. again. Millions or billions cannot be controlled so easily.

"You are fishers of the sea. Come with me and I will make you fishers of men."

There is an element of 'in your face' which has become a part of our daily lives. The lines of acceptabilty -for me - are in two places; the public, and the home.

What I tolerate in public, a whole lot of it, is not 'acceptable' (or tolerated if I get half a chance) in my home. In public, I usually have the option to walk away - which in my experience usually means a very deliberate avoidance of going there in the first place.

For most people, it's enough to hear someone loudly talk about "drugs" to feel this shame. It's much harder to resist official doctrine because so much money and time and ideology has been poured into making "drugs" a kind of sin, a shameful thing that betrays a lack of character, honesty, and self-control.

So a lot of kids adopt the drugs tag as tantamount to a rebellion, living a life where they "don't care" about family, friends, or society. In the past twenty years of being close to users, I can say that most youths don't generally adopt the "values" and "social critique" strongly enough: it's enough to think you're bad, being bad is "cool."

Teaching peace, love and understanding is always difficult. It's much easier to blame someone else, to dream of eliminating people you don't like, to suppress your understanding and acceptance of that which is different. Teachers and parents, in my opinion, don't always do the best job either.

Then again, there are a lot of parents who teach their kids to evaluate, to think realistically, to be critical, and that's good. I just think that the "drugs" tag is a magic sinkhole to defer all one's problems and angers.

"I am angry at what this administration has done to our country."

And neither you nor I, or anyone (in my opinion) in their right mind is really willing to tolerate such things in their lives - if they have any choice in the matter.

How much choice do we have really?

How much of the choices of this world are forced decisions between the 'lesser of evils?'

Can we really address the source of those 'evils?'

These are questions that (to me, anyway) represent the core of the issues.

There are very real sources that are held in very real hands, and wielded like very real swords in the conquest of planet earth. There are identifiable conditions and 'marks' which allow the observant to see - if they know what they are looking for. Those conditions and marks have been described to us from ages past, there is no 'new revelation' on that subject.

The question is how to succeed where no generation has succeeded before. How to displace the lip-service of social/political posturing with actuality.

Lets not legislate or negotiate freedom, lets take our own inherent, natural understanding of the gift, and live it.

How to do that is a question that truly interests me.

You don't have to like something in order to tolerate it. I don't like paying $3 a gallon for gas, but I'm not about to torch the local convenience store. I don't want to see drugs and guns in school, but I also think pointing guns at children and kicking them out of school is also counter-productive.

Where does one put that anger? You just can't keep it inside.

This struggle with that justifiable, real-sourced anger is getting more prevalent in everyones consciousness I think. World events as macrocosmic representation seem to support that notion.

I've been pondering on the balance between tolerance, and acceptabilty - how far to allow lattitude in all the differing perspectives, and still draw the line on acceptability. Some of it is obvious, but when it comes to beliefs, and the fine lines of personal understanding, I find I have to do a quick juggling act in my mind to make a decision as to whether the pointing out of (what is to me an obvious) error is worth the possible struggle of ego to arrive at some kind of agreement.

The only thing that makes sense to me, is unconditional tolerance in the world, but in my home, I do have a serious hand in making the 'house rules.' I must tolerate all of my neighbors follies, until they intrude into my home sanctity, then I get angry and intolerant.

In the world however is extreem INTOLERANCE, supported by the various wealth-empowered organizations and institutions that were created for just those purposes of control and indoctrination. There is a carefully painted picture of the 'acceptable' modes of being, and surprise! they have some rather large conditions of wealth and propriety attached to their validation.

The vicious circle must be broken.

God and Nature are going to take care of whatever we fail to address in the short time left, but what can be saved?

What of our accomplishments is worth saving?

Is the concept of 'posterity' just an attempt to extend the ego beyond the grave?

Is the adamant stance of holding to your understanding, like a rock in the flood of chaos, a violation of tolerance?

I think not.

and understandinf

and an end to this confusion

Hallelujah

can this corparate corpalism

be placed in some eternal grave,

from which the commen man is not exposed

the flowers of youth and this world

sing about this horrible disease

it is time to bring this disease

to the ends of the world

Who can answer Eternity,

I'm so angry and my mind is filled with so much disgrace

I have not forgotten all this sickness

I cannot forget all this disease,

All this anger and war

Over and over again

We cull our enimies

Whitout ever saying Hello

Whitout ever knowing

How close 'we are so close

I can bend my knee

For as child under the Eternal Stars

I so much saver

A good Night

a war on greed,

a war that is revelating

By Tom Banse

http://tinyurl.com/okqbz

SEATTLE, WA 2006-08-14 Cherries and apples have a season, and so does marijuana farming . Correspondent Tom Banse reports that sheriff's deputies in Oregon and Washington are getting a lift in National Guard helicopters to find illegal plants.

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A sure sign that pot season is underway is a big bust. This past week, deputies uprooted 1,500 marijuana plants growing in a remote canyon northeast of Wenatchee, Washington.

The hidden plants were spotted from a National Guard helicopter.

Chief Clyde Foreman of the Columbia River Drug Task Force says the existence of aerial surveillance is no secret. Yet large numbers of pot plants keep turning up in the woods.

Clyde Foreman: "The profit margin is so tremendous that the drug trafficking organizations that are from Mexico that we see in California, Oregon, and Washington are going to continue utilizing the Forest Service lands, and DNR lands, and the parks for some time. We're pretty convinced of that. That's the trend we're seeing."

Here's the thing. We are a lot more numerous than they can round up that way if the public supports medical marijuana. We couldn't win without public support -- that is what underpins everything. But we are already supported on the MMJ issue so strongly everywhere that a crack down on patients would only be feasible if it is a small number of them.

Sometimes I wonder how many good people live secretly for fear of our government, how many would more easily come out and stand up for the Light of Truth?

As much as I hate the current BS, I find myself despising the UN now. I guess that is what happens when you believe in something then find out that what you believe in, peace, is not what the UN is really about. Especially when they are pursuing a war of aggression against people like me. Complete with lies. There is a huge credibility problem with all the western governments, the sooner the people 'get' that, the better.