9/11 Plus Ten Years: What Have We Learned?

NORMAN, OK — As fate would have it, I was one of the estimated 1.5 million people who travel from city-to-city in America each day on the tenth anniversary of the now infamous demolition of the World Trade Center complex in New York City on September 11, 2001. While some drama was noted on a few flights, my flight went as smoothly as a warm knife through butter.

Even though I carried gear up the proverbial wazoo — laptop in the backpack and bag with video camera, microphones, and more — I passed through security with no undo delay. Extra steps were being taken. On certain flights people were randomly stopped by TSA agents and asked to present ID cards and boarding passes before boarding the plane.

While I hadn’t forgotten about the 9/11 event, the extra precautionary steps then made sense.

The world does certainly remember 9/11. The government and media have seen to that. To varying degrees they’ve been molding the public perception of the events that led up to, and have transpired since that sorrowful tragedy where 3,000 people’s lives ended. From the U.S. Open Tennis championships, to the NFL, 9/11 became a context point around which to make meaningless activity sound meaningful, and make unconscionable actions on our parts sound justifiable. Don’t get me wrong; I love tennis, and like football, but in the scheme of things, neither is likely to foster the kind and depths of introspection that would assist in one’s spiritual liberation.

The statement, “War is unconscionable. There are no winners,” can contribute toward spiritual liberation. It happens as we take stock of what is, and is not working beneficially in our life, and make changes.

I can’t tell you what have we “won” through war in the 10 years since 9/11, but I can tell you a few things that we’ve lost.

Freedom is one. While the shock of the event itself was still making itself through the public consciousness, the Patriot Act was signed into law by George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The provision broadened the government’s power to execute wire taps, searches, and seizures. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) also grew out of this event. They added an entirely new set of hoops — scans, restrictions for carry-on liquids, searches, etc. — for travelers to jump through.

There are many who can detail the legislative and social changes far better than me. I simply ask the question, do you think we are safer now? Are we happier now? Or freer now? If your answer is no, don’t blame the Democrats or the Republics, as the “muffage” (i.e., mishandling) has gone on while both were in power. The ones who gave them power are you and me. Look in the mirror, not to blame yourself for what has gone wrong over the past 10 years, but to realize who can change things from this point on.

Over the past 10 years we’ve been led to believe that the freedom to seek vengeance was ours alone. Tens of thousands of additional lives have been lost, and countless more maimed in the ensuing years.

The photos below of a wounded Marine, being given the hero treatment by Washington bureaucrats, is telling. He is lauded for his bravery and sacrifice. Do you think he really cares about their accolades?

Instead of reducing the military death and debt toll, the lawmakers continue the acrimonious policies and relations that feed hostilities. Is that what the Marine wants?

I imagine that he would gladly trade his “hero” status for the eye he gave up, or his arm.

Or the natural restoration of his innocent face.

Science has grown quite adept at destroying things, both in matters of war, as well as in matters of medical practice. Thousands of people are dying each day from the effect of medical treatments that decimate the human organism while the generals in white coats wage “war” against a myriad of diseases. When a life is lost, and there have been millions since 9/11, their families mourn just as deeply, and with equal sincerity, as those who were memorialized at Ground Zero.

But while we wear ribbons, and do marathons and walk-a-thons, medical practices haven’t changed and the death toll rises.

What about the foreign casualties of war? The civilians of Iraq and Afghanistan, two nations that we have occupied, not with a peace-abiding coalition, but with a military one? One could argue that “they” are intent on killing us on our soil. However, we have armed forces in their midst that are killing them, or are an immediate threat to do so, far in excess of guidelines that might be suggested by the “Eye for an Eye” School of Revenge Management.

Yet we keep giving ourselves congratulatory pats on the back for how we’re handling things. Documentaries on how we killed bin Laden run on the Discovery Channel, as history is “spinned” in one direction and away from another, such as how the towers came down with such precision, or what accounted for Building 7’s fall.

War is not the answer to conflict. Neither are lies to the public. It just adds to enmity and heartache, depression and misery.

Peace isn’t an option that you “try to find a way to.” It’s one that is chosen because it is the solution itself. Just as war can be engaged unilaterally, so can peace. We can commit to being peaceful, not harm causing, as we redress our differences, and no longer be a military threat to another country.

I know that the old “enemy” paradigm dies hard, but we are bankrupting ourselves by trying to become the police force of the world. We’re not that, nor can we ever hope to be. If 9/11 has shown us anything, it’s that we’ve not gone in the positive direction. We’ve continued on a slippery slope into fear.

Instead of trying to be the baddest dudes on the planet, able to force our will and ways on others, we might consider taking the lead in solving our problems, doing what we say we want to accomplish:

  • lessen our dependence on oil
  • lessen our carbon and “greenhouse” emissions
  • restore the balance of our ecosystems
  • restore the nutritional quality of our foods
  • respect the life-giving bounty that Mother Nature provides naturally
  • protect ourselves through peaceful balance and coherence
  • heal ourselves from chronic and degenerative diseases

All of these and more are achievable now, and have been for decades, but no one is mourning the American mavericks and inventors that have lost their lives, or came close to losing them, because their product would correct a known problem. Stanley Meyers lost his life promoting a way to dramatically extend the fuel economy of an internal combustion engine.

Paul Pantone (www.geetinternational.com), who likewise has developed such technology, was committed to a hospital in Utah, ostensibly because he was declared “incompetent.” However, the patents that he held on fuel saving technologies were considered competent; competent enough that authorities attempted to have him sign over his rights.

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Where would we be if we gave into fear?

We’ve be with a fearful government, abusing the power we’ve given it because its truth is suspect.

It’s time for a change; a change within each of us. It’s not enough to want to be different. We’ve got to be different starting on the inside, in our heart.

Let me end this by suggesting a scenario.

Imagine that forces from a foreign country came into the United States and openly threatened the lives of our citizens. There would be a call to arms and every effort would be taken to resist and repel the threat.

If such a response by Americans is easy to understand, why is it that we don’t seem to understand the umbrage that people in other nations have against our doing such things — destroying property and killing innocent people — on their soil?

The bureaucrats are supposed to be wise. They are supposed to protect the safety of all Americans. They are supposed to demonstrate to the world what America truly stands for. Well in the last 10 years, “America” has stood for vengeance, intimidation, and forceful acquisition, including on American citizens. Truth has been on a “need to know” basis.

We can do better than we have, but it begins by knowing that we do not and cannot honor life by killing.

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6 Thoughts to “9/11 Plus Ten Years: What Have We Learned?”

  1. I just got this mail today from James Redfield and like to share it with you. Looks like it is not only Jim that is calling for people to stop your government from interfering with your free will and right to chose your healthcare.

    Hi everyone.
    This might be the most important alert I’ve ever sent you.

    If you think that Americans should have the freedom to be in charge of their own health care, and have the freedom to take safe, non-toxic supplements, then you must take action now to prevent the FDA from acting to ban many of the supplements we take for granted.

    Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues
    http://www.fda.gov

    These regulatory actions taken by unelected bureaucrats in the FDA will force many supplement companies out of business due to costly new regulations, and will outright ban your access to other supplements altogether without a prescription.

    Remember, over 300,000 people a year die from normally prescribed pharmaceutical medications in the U.S. But the Poison Control Center could not find one case of someone dying from a nutritional or herbal supplement. This is clearly a corrupt move to enhance the profits of Big Pharmaceutical companies at a time when millions of Americans are finding heath improvement by choosing natural remedies.

    At the same time, Senator Dick Durbin, long known to protect the interest of Big Pharma, has introduced a bill that would seriously jeopardize your access to alternative medical options in general to treat illness.

    S.1310 — Dietary Supplement Labeling Act of 2011
    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.1310:

    We must act now. Don’t just email – call your congressional representatives if you value your health freedom! This is serious! These people are displaying unbelievable corruption and they think no one will bother to STOP THEM.

    You may find your local representatives here:
    US Senate
    http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

    US House of Representatives
    http://www.house.gov/representatives/

  2. Yes, Adam, what you write is all true.

    IMHO, we will never heal this wound until the truth is liberated.
    How can we step out of fear without truth?

    In Toronto, Canda this past weekend there has been an international 9/11 conference at Reyerson University regarding the events that took place. Clearly we as a nation have been mass hypnotized and lied to. I am hoping that the next confernece on this topic will be at the Hague.

    These links will take you to this conference.

    Arrow
    http://www.HealthSalon.org

    International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 LIVE STREAM NOW
    LIVE STREAM FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS:
    http://torontohearings.org/schedule-and-live-coverage/

    KEVIN RYAN ABOUT TO SPEAK! SPREAD THIS AROUND!

    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/thetorontohearings – LIVE STREAM

    http://torontohearings.org/

    International Hearings on the Events of September 11, 2001 LIVE STREAM NOW

    September 11, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the events in New York and Washington that have played a dramatic role in modern history. These events have provided a pretext for a War on Terror that has replaced the Cold War as a global conflict framework within which military invasions and occupations have taken place, as well as violations of international law and human rights and a widespread assault on the civil rights crucial to democracies. Global military spending, which began a rapid downswing after the end of the Cold War, has, with the help of the official account of the 9/11 attacks, risen to Cold War levels and continues to rise. The focus on military solutions to complex human problems has sidetracked humanity at the very moment when international cooperation is most required to address genuine challenges that humanity faces.

    In the meantime, the credibility of the official reports on the 9/11 attacks (by the 9/11 Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other government or government-appointed agencies) has been questioned by millions of citizens in the United States and abroad, including victim family members, expert witnesses and international legal experts.

    The International Center for 9/11 Studies has therefore decided to sponsor four days of International Hearings in the city of Toronto, Canada on the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. During these Hearings, which will be broadcasted via the Internet, various expert witnesses will present the best available evidence into the case, discovered in the ten years since the 9/11 events occurred.

    Objectives of the Hearings:

    (1) To present evidence that the U.S. government’s official investigation into the events of September 11, 2001, as pursued by various government and government-appointed agencies, is seriously flawed and has failed to describe and account for the 9/11 events.

    (2) To single out the most weighty evidence of the inadequacy of the U.S. government’s investigation; to organize and classify that evidence; to preserve that evidence; to make that evidence widely known to the public and to governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations.

    (3) To submit a record and a summary of the Hearings, together with signed Statutory Declarations by witnesses, to relevant governments, groups and international agencies with the request that a full and impartial investigation be launched into the events of September 11, 2001, which have been used to initiate military invasions and to restrict the rights of citizens.

    (4) To engage the attention of the public, the international community and the media through witness testimony as well as through media events broadcasted via the Internet during the four day event.

  3. You got my vote AGAIN Adam! Well done…smile

  4. CdnFarmgirl

    Adam, once again you have written from your heart. There are many like-minded people out here, myself included, who share your beliefs and hopes. I DO believe that, together, we can initiate a conscious change, an intentional change, to achieve everything you itemized. Thank you for doing what you do!

  5. Thank you for this article. I have been waiting for something like this. At last! Common sense

    1. Gilgamesh

      Hi Phaelosopher
      I find it most amazing that the Bin Laden situation is exactly the same as in the SF book called ;
      Time Snake and Superclown by Vincent King, It was published in 1976.

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