Freedom is my best word, thank you Paul for sharing your thoughts - I couldn't say better.
but we are not sleeping, though we do in case we think we need to do something! so again the same question: what's next? best wishes elena ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Paul Everett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: Re: The Warrior -- Carlos Casteneda > In a message dated 10/19/01 9:55:06 AM, [email protected] writes: > > << Dear Paul, > > > What if we are asleep and this is all our collective nightmare? > > <<<What is "this"? (No, I'm not Clintonizing you, I don't understand what > "this" applies to. Our lives? The terrorists? The reality we find > ourselves in?>>> > > > What if there are those among us who know or think they know this is a > nightmare? > > <<<What if they don't?>>> > > > What is the proper response to a nightmare? > > <<<To wake up. In the sense postulated by P. D. Ouspensky and others.>>> > > > It is not possible to awaken from a nightmare as long as you think your very > > life and the lives of those you love depends upon remaining asleep. > > > Our lives are not at stake. > > > The belief that our lives are at stake is part of the nightmare and is part > > of what keeps us in the nightmare. > > <<<Sorry, but I think that our way of life is at stake in the current > situation. The terrorists hate what our culture stands for---freedom to > think different thoughts, freedom to create our own way and our own way of > life, freedom to come and go as we please, to dress as we please, (as the > King in "The King and I" said) "and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera"!! That, > madam, is worth dying for, imho.>>> > > > .... > > > Stand here with me a moment, Paul. I am speaking my truth to you. What > > should I do? How should I respond to the nightmare? > > <<<Well, I can't answer that for you. No one can. You have to find your own > way. You haven't answered my original inquiry. Perhaps you choose not > to---which is your freedom. We are a freedom, you know. That's what OST is > all about. That's what these United States are about. It's those who want > to restrict freedom that I worry about---both here and abroad. > > And, we are being caused a great deal of pain right now which is going to > take some significant time to work our way through. Many lives will be lost > before we exit this dark tunnel caused by those who don't want freedom to > create our own reality to exist except their brand of reality. It has been > ever thus for the whole history of the human race and isn't about to change. > Power intoxicates, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. > We'd better understand that. > > Sincerely, > > Paul>>> > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
