I came across some cogent comments about crop circles on cropcirclenews.com . The site is in development by Allen Branson, a new listmember who got activated to the croppie cause by seeing the movie, “CROP CIRCLES: Quest for Truth” — you can buy a video or DVD on his site. If things go well for Allen, the site will be a central source for all things crop circle related, including conversation. In England, military helicopters are frequently seen above crop circles, and Allen has some interesting reflections about the military being involved in making them: The possibility has been raised that what's creating crop circles is a satellite technology being tested by the military — that precision masers (the microwave version of a laser) are fired from satellites, “cooking” the plants and causing the formations. Although we have those masers, which could be fired from on high in a tightly focused beam into the fields, and microwave energy is a credible explanation for what affects the plants, still there are unanswered questions concerning the application of such technology. How could the beam be precisely focused through cloud cover (a great many formations come in very bad weather)? Given the height of the crops in fields in which formations are found, and that the beam would have to be shot at an angle to hit the base of the plants, how could this be done without also “cooking” the tops of the plants nearby? And how, for instance, would such a device selectively flatten only one species of plant, leaving others standing (given that fields of crops usually have a few brightly colored poppies in them, and sometimes thistles or other extraneous plants which do not flatten with the crop that goes down)? Also, how about formations with several layers of floors that are patterned differently? There's another obvious question, given any explanation for the crop circle phenomenon that involves the military. Why would they test this technology out in the open, taking such pains to create beautiful art work that incorporates very sophisticated geometry? Is this what Sun Tzu meant by The Art of War? PS: When I was working on the filming of the movie, in England, someone interviewed me on video. Here's the video interview — it's about 10 minutes. It was shot where I was staying, and includes footage of the researcher community that I hosted all summer. The video on the Net is choppy, but the voice is smooth, with me giving some of my favorite opinions.
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“Misinterpreting Osama’s Message: Erring on the Side of Danger”
Sometimes, when the media presents information in one way, I read along and listen along with a little voice in my ear saying, “Huh?,” which I basically ignore because nobody is seeing what I see so I guess I must see wrong. After all, who am I to think the one original thought? But then, sometimes, a lone voice gets published saying what I was thinking. So it is with this piece, “Misinterpreting Osama's Message,” sent by listmember Rick Ingrasci, where Diane Perlman heard what I heard in the most recent communication from bin Laden — that he was talking about creating peace and not just threatening war. Here are some quotes from a very original, fascinating , and bottom line truth-telling article: We unconsciously refuse to perceive what bin Laden is actually saying, as if understanding this evil person is a betrayal to ourselves and is letting him win. Our dangerous assumptions can lead to self-fulfilling prophesies… Bin Laden's messages are misinterpreted as unconditional threats and vows to attack. This is incorrect. They are all conditional warnings that whatever we do, they will respond in kind. What is missed by media and political leaders, whether intentionally or unconsciously, is the conditionality, the centrality of our role in provoking retaliation or preventing retaliation and reducing terrorism…
We have an opportunity to avert disaster. We need to clearly and accurately hear messages even from our most hated adversaries. If we go to war, we will create more Saddams and Osamas who will emerge in future years. The stakes are as high as can be. It will take major miracles to prevent this war, but we can start with consciousness.
I end this by repeating bin Laden: “The road to safety begins by ending the aggression.” The choice is ours.
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From the Website (where you can enlarge the pictures): “Organizers said Sunday's gathering is only the beginning for Baring Witness, as the group plans to demonstrate in the nude as part of a mass demonstration called the National March on Saturday, Jan. 18 on Market Street in San Francisco and in Washington DC. Event organizers said they hope up to more than 100,000 people participate at both demonstrations, naked or clothed.”
I must confess, this is after my own heart. Years ago, at a conference for transformational leaders from North and South America put on by the Together Foundation — created to bring peace to earth — conflict was pervasive. On the fourth day, at the morning open mike session, I took off all my clothes. I'd awakened at 4 am the day before, was “told” to grab my pen, and wrote a speech about how we needed to come together. The dictation in my mind said that if my speech that morning didn't work, the next morning I was to take off all my clothes. What can I say!? In fact, it brought everyone into a different space — singing and snake dancing and shouting out lines of poetry, after much darkness and no singing and no poetry over the previous four days…Suzanne
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