Del-- Thank you so much for dropping your gun into the ocean of spiritual/social necessity. Do you remember the story of, "The 100th Monkey?" If not, look it up. You single act was like the awakening of the first monkey on an island to take his/her coconut and wash it off in the ocean. Then, as other monkey's took up the process, there was an improvement in their teeth, gums and general health because they washed off the sand off their broken coconuts. Then, one day when the 100th monkey awakened, then suddenly on all of the islands all around the ocean the monkeys began doing the same thing. The writer who described this interesting metaphor, said this was the activity of the "noosphere." I'd call it a paradigm shift in animal consciousness. In another way of speaking, it is like living in the desert of human experience with bad teeth until an awakening takes place that becomes an oasis in the desert. Note that this does not change the desert, but it changes how we react to the desert so that the desert itself becomes an oasis. Shades of the Other World in the midst of this world? Now, I wonder where did that thought come from? Inner Peace, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Del Morril To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Conversation on Sandy Hook For years I had a lovely revolver that I enjoyed target shooting with. Although expensive to target-shoot as a 38, a friend used to make iron bullets for me so it was less expensive. I really enjoyed that activity. I used to carry it when I taught on dark campuses and kept it in my bedside drawer until our grandchildren were born and then I put it away. HOWEVER!! Much as I loved that gun and shooting at targets (I used to rifle shoot with my parents in Alaska on barren islands where no one could get hurt), last year after a couple of terrible and unnecessary killing of many "innocents" I got so sick of our violence in America that I took that gun to the police station and asked them to destroy it. The cop there couldn't believe it - he said I should sell it because it is such a superior gun - I could get a lot for it. I told him, NO! I do not want this weapon on the street in anyone else's hands. He assured me it would be done. At the time, I knew it was just a tiny drop in the ocean, but it was an important symbol to me that I do this. I still miss that gun now and then, but I'm not sorry I took the action I did. Del Del Hunter Morrill 3217 North Mason Avenue Tacoma WA 98407-5419 H: (253) 752-1506; W: (253) 383-5757 delhmor@wamail.net Web site: www. hypnocenter.com The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. (Joseph Campbell) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of William Salmon Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 7:48 AM To: OE@lists.wedgeblade.net Subject: [Oe List ...] Salmon: Conversation on Sandy Hook Randy, you're a dandy. How do we satiate the Baals? Domestic Tranquility could well be the answer. There is no appropriate response such as gun control. My friend, a gun freak, would say the response to Sandy Hook would be for someone who had a licensed gun to defend the children and kill the gunboy; thus, the more guns the better. The answer is changing our gun culture. Doesn't Great Britain still make it illegal to possess guns. Are the London "Bobbies" still unarmed? If so, this is the direction that is necessary to take. Perhaps, the Supreme Court will take up the definition of the "Right to Bear Arms." Is this a right reserved for those trained in a "citizen's army," or is it the right of every homeowner to bear arms in its own defense. Recently, in Wichita, KS, an intruder was shot while invading a home. Is the purpose for gun ownership? As for me and my house, I do not keep guns, although, I am not opposed to the use of guns for hunting or recreation. The ultimate question to be answered is, how to we change a nation's attitude about guns when we punish prisoners with the death penalty, and support a military presence around the world? The god Moloch (one of the Baals) gets fed regularly with the young fruit of our loins. During this event in Connecticut, old Molly must be vomiting from the kill. Inner Peace, says it more than ever! Bill Salmon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5996 - Release Date: 12/29/12