MY HERO’S HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORDSMITHS

OPEN LETTER TO WORDSMITHS

   

Only 3 more days left for the second annual Tweak Leslie’s Twat Day! Unfortunately it happens to fall on a Sunday so there’s some leeway for Batman (Jon Stewart), Capt. America (Stephen Colbert), Wonder Woman (Rachel Maddow) and the rest of you whose words can only be experienced Monday thru Friday. In those cases I expect you to rock me out of many panty liners either this week or early next.

For the print members of The Tribe like Bumble Bee, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow, you guys should know how I “like it” by now. If you need hints, check out Al’s column’s for the past few days. Many ticklers! And Joel, sorry, Green Arrow, has been doing a bang up job by accurately aiming at the absurdities and lies of Israel policies, both foreign and domestic. And ABC news has also been presenting interesting word energies that are “being the change we wish to see in the world.” Like Jake Tapper pointing out the White House hypocrisy on journalists or his colleagues bringing pink slime into our common lexicon! Talk about “Where’s the beef”

As for topics of interest, pick your poison, literally! As our collective nears planetary collapse because of greed and fear as a business model, your word energies are of the utmost importance to assist Humanity with their next stage or evolutionary leap from that of an ethnocentric society towards one that is Kosmocentric in nature.

Speaking of nature, Spaceship Earth might be an important starting point for this year’s competition! Utilize the concept of the elements: EARTH, WIND, FIRE, and WATER.  For instance, in regards to Earth and Water, you could be creative and develop gas fracking stories with titles like “Man can’t live on flaming water alone.”  Speaking of living…starving, how about this one – “Monsanto – the other lean beef.” I’m sure Sec. Vilsack will love that one!

Or a Fire and Wind essay’s on the insanity of Nuking ANY country - brings down all the surrounding ones, including Israel. Oop’s, spoiler alert! Duh! Btw: Wonder Woman, you’ve been doing a FABULOUS job on the Nuke topic. The Tribe owes you, big time.  

You get my drift, putting out words that energize The Tribe to change their worldview so they can take charge of their reality. Last year’s winner was Wonder Woman, no competition! So make me proud Wordsmiths. The Tribe is counting you to be a counter balance to the forces of evil!

Originally written 3-28-11

 

TEACHABLE MOMENTS

For an all too brief period in my life I was blessed with a magic kingdom. It was a local park of many acres and miles of paved and unpaved trails. I went there daily, soaking up the negative ions from several creeks that flowed freely and other energies from the various flora and fauna. What made this place even more precise were the other members of The Tribe. They were from all over the world – Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Russia and Central Asia. Weather permitting, I’d find 3 elderly Asian women doing tai chi along the creeks, or listen in on conversations in Spanish that I didn’t comprehend but got a hint of the possibilities after hearing their laughter and seeing their gestures.  

Then one spring day in 2011, as I walking back to “my spot”, I encountered a sweet looking elderly woman strolling toward me. As is my nature, I made a passing remark about the wonder and beauty of the day. Unfortunately the first words out of her mouth were about news of a Hispanic male raping elderly women in S. California. I mumbled something to the effect of “Sorry to hear that” then turned to walk away. She immediately called out “But I’m not a racist.”

You have to understand that I have zero tolerance nor understand how fellow Humans can despise an individual based solely on the color of their skin, religion, or other factors. So her comment stopped me in my tracks. As I watched and listened to the Hispanic families, cooking and playing with their children, I turned back around.

As I looked at this petite white haired, blue eyed grandma, I calmly replied “But yes you are. The first words out of your mouth to a total stranger were about horrible acts perpetrated by a person of color.” I went on to explain that at one point I had been married to a Peruvian, that his very large extended family were all hard working and devoted to their families and to America. In fact my ex brother in law and his cousin serve in the military and between the two of them have done several tours of duty to Iraq and Afghanistan.

As our conversation was coming to a close tears started to well in her eyes. I gave her a gentle kiss on her rosy cheek, smiled, and said “We’re never too old to learn something new or change our ways.”

When confronted with unenlightened points of view silence only serves to condone ugly, negative thoughts, emotions, and actions. By dealing with them head on, in an emotionally mature manner, all of us can win over hearts and move mountains.

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Gandhi.

THE GREAT GAME

Individual and Community Accountability

At a time when all of Humanity should be working together in solving our planetary problems with what I call “simple stupid solutions” there is a small group of individuals within various Corporations, Governments, and Religious Institutions who are hell bent on keeping The Tribe enslaved through negative emotions such as fear and self loathing.  Their motives are quite simple … greed, the need to be surrounded with symbols of wealth and comfort at the expense of the majority of the Planetary citizenry. Or what Prince Andrew of England calls The Great Game, i.e. sack and pillage the underdeveloped countries for the last of the Planetary Citizens SHARED RESOURCES.  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/prince-andrew-sacked-uk-business-envoy-victim-wikileaks-204613609.html

The younger members of The Tribe may think this is a modern phenomena but it isn’t. Historically there has always been an effort for control of society to garner wealth of knowledge and material possessions for the few since Humanity came into existence.  The interesting thing is the tactics haven’t really changed much over the past thousands of years but the technology has, and it’s being ramped up to The Tribe’s detriment.  The Tribe needs to become aware of these tactics and technologies to end this vicious cycle, to embrace our commonalities verses our differences so anyone who chooses to can access their heritage as energy beings of light and love.

To that end there’s an old adage that knowledge is power and it couldn’t be more truthful today than ever. This means that ALL members of The Tribe have to do their homework, become aware of the LIES that have purposely been shoveled Our way in order to control Us.  Please take EVERYTHING you read or hear with a grain of salt because no matter the source – whether it be Television, Radio, or the Net from the afore mentioned groups - they are all “business models” based on greed and deception. Use your innate sense of Intuition and/or your heartfelt center as a guide because it will never steer you wrong if based in the emotions of love, compassion, and empathy. If something doesn’t feel, taste, or sound right, it more than likely isn’t true. Intuition, among many so called sixth sense abilities, is a gift ALL of Humanity possesses genetically.

Additionally we ALL must become Accountable for our emotions, actions, thoughts, and words  towards each other and all living creatures, including this Planet, as it is a living Being as well.  Because we are energetic beings, these “creations” are energy that do determine what type of reality we co-create and exist in. http://www.soulsofdistortion.nl/dna1.html
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/07/15/is_dna_hypercommunication_a_native_internet.htm

PASSIVE RESISTANCE

Remember that it’s imperative that violence is never an answer to any problem, no matter how much The Tribe is “goaded” into unseemly behavior.  We all need to be smart as our survival as species is at stake so don’t give The Powers That Be/Were (TPTB/W) to quote George Ure additional ammo. Use your “wallet” or the lack there of to become “the change you wish to see in the world” (M. Gandhi).

For example, if you know of female members of The Tribe who worked at “big box” stores that refused to promote them because “they” are women, don’t shop there. Or if a certain television program that you adore is aired on a channel owned by unscrupulous Global Corporations that purport lies as Truth, don’t watch those programs. Again, it’s time to change our collective reality with OUR wallets! Get them were it hurts the most like they have The Tribe …… their bank accountsJ

But don’t stop there! Remember, that at least for now, American’s have the right and duty to recall ANY elected official who ran on one “message” but turned their backs when seeing how profitable their personal financial futures can be when tied to donors whom they are beholding to! If you or someone you know isn’t registered to vote, it’s imperative that they do so in order to make effective change to The Tribe members political system.

The same principles can be applied to religious organizations. If, for example, one of these has a propensity for raping children and keeping empowering knowledge from The Tribe, stop giving them money to support these perverts and their collectively misguided “messages”. Or the so called holier than thou’s that preach hatred of another human being that doesn’t expound their religious views or is of a different race than themselves! Though I consider myself a heathen, the very thought of committing harm to another member of The Tribe because they don’t believe in the same spiritual "Truths" as mine goes against most of the “teachings” of the Planets “holy” books and words.

When all is said and done, WE’RE ALL ONE TRIBE WITH INFINITE POSSIBILITIES TO CREATE OUR FUTURE REALITY! The time for this change is now!

THE ABOVE "WORDS" ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE FACTUAL STATEMENTS

Personal Accountability

Recently there have been reports of law enforcement personnel behaving in less than constitutionally acceptable behavior. In Washington DC recently it was 2 police officers who lifted a paralyzed man from his wheelchair and slammed him on the concrete sidewalk because he was drinking in public. A week or two later law enforcement man handled some people in the Jefferson Memorial for quietly “swaying”. And just this week Stockton CA swat officers broke down a family’s front door in the early morning hours, placed a father and his 3 young children in the back of a police car for several hours as they tore apart his home, all because his ex-wife, who didn’t happen to live there, had defaulted on her government provide college school loans.

Unfortunately these are not isolated occurrences or are considered a new trend among these type of public service employee’s. Having worked in the Arlington County VA Sheriff’s office back in the ‘90’s I saw and heard many of these types of acts perpetrated against our fellow neighbors and citizens. But I, like most of my colleagues, didn’t use our voices to object to this abhorrent behavior.

There is one incident that will forever be burned into my mind: A young Hispanic male was in booking getting the crap beat out of him because he didn’t take his jacket off fast enough for the deputy. He was brutally punched and kicked while he tried to protect himself laying on a bench. Everyone, including myself, just stood by watching, until finally one deputy, an immigrant from the Philippines, pulled said deputy off this young man and quieted the situation down.

I also heard stories about how deputies, when transporting inmates who wouldn’t stay quiet, would speed up their vehicles then slam on the brakes so the inmate went flying into the partition separating the front and back seats. Then there are the officers who target individuals, particular those of color, by planting evidence to get them locked up, just because they thought freedom of speech was protected under the constitution, ie getting “sassy” when harassed. Or the stories about how some of the male police officers wouldn’t come to the aid of their gay women officers in their time of need. Again, my other colleagues and I didn’t voice our concerns to stop this behavior.

With the high employment rate and the economy tanking, there is a growing frustration within many communities in regards to these unconstitutional and heavy handed tactics. It’s at times like these when communities need to come together to solve their collective problems. These public servants need to be reminded that they work FOR the community, that these citizens, including those people of color, pay their “handsome” salaries and benefits.

So please, the “white hats” that are currently working in law enforcement, whether local or state, find your voice, be the change you wish to see in the world, to paraphrased Mahatma Gandhi. I just hope my fellow citizens and neighbors can find it in their hearts to forgive me for not finding my voice sooner.