October 16, 2014

"The Leaf Unfallen" (short essay)


Went to the VA this AM and made a comment about Martial Law (to which a Pilipino understood and agreed) while another indicated that all most wanted to do was say the president is trying to destroy the US. She then got called away so there was not time to respond – what follows is what I emailed her.  –

Hi my friend; please don’t think that we believe the President is trying to destroy America – we do view what he’s doing is in accordance with what he believes to be the best for our nation and that is different from what some of us believe. Differences are okay – and in our nation we’ve to have a free expression of speech – but not either in contention or confusion. Sadly – when one says something they should be able to back up what they say – and with what I said this AM his administration has been saying for quite some time. Will it happen I hope not but for some reason he feels if we’re not doing it his way then he’ll do it his way in spite of the Constitution – we’ve never quite had a resident on Pennsylvania Ave. who’s gone about it in quite the way he has. This makes us older historians a tad nervous – is he right then we’re wrong – but in this case I’m not sure. Long ago and far away I was put on report for making a comment about Vietnam when JFK was president. A Marine CPL put us all on report for disagreeing with our nations official policy. It was dismissed – and in the long run what we’d suggested was the policy JFK was perusing and it got him murdered. And then the war got extended at the cost of thousands of lives and billions of dollars including many abuses and corruption in our Federal Government.

There’s much in history which is no longer taught or even in our text books – no longer is it understood what Martin Luther King spoke about and I knew him and spent time with him in Harlem in 1964 (ask those who were alive then about the summer of 1964). There are many in our nation who put the word ‘race’ on everything – which is not a good idea and it presents a basic lie. Two Americans should be able to have a conversation without ‘race’ entering the equation – but it seems that this is no longer politically correct. As you noted while we were waiting to be called several of us had a pretty good conversation – this is the way it was and the way it should be. It’s been this way my whole life.

So please don’t misunderstand – no one is attacking anyone when they state provable facts in conversation. Let me go a bit further – when the last general election was held – and 109% of the voters in multiple districts all voted for just one candidate – or when the voting machines only voted for one candidate on the first three tries – or multiple thugs were around various voting precincts – some voters were belittled and shamed – other officials were not allowed to enter to take their assigned posts – this is the appearance of what martial law looks like. This is not what America was brought into being for. Yes, there’s a lot of evil which has happened in our nation since the time of John Adams’ presidency – much of it at the hands of those who were in power or seeking power. Many of those evils were power moves of one culture against another. Whites and Blacks – Italians and Irish – Jews and Christians – Chinese and Japanese – and the laws were not and maybe in my study of our history ever have been applied equally across all colors, cultures, nationalities and most likely when men/women are in charge they never will. I doubt you or I have ever been slave holders – or have we trafficked in drugs or used physical force to get someone to do something against their will. We get up and work hard/smart each day to make things better for our families and those around us.

In your position you see an endless line of those who’ve put their lives on the line so that you and I can have the freedoms which we have. That this service has not benefitted all equally is the fault of our government and those who utilize power and dominion un-righteously and seek to enslave those around them either as a race or a community. They feed the media to print sensationism in their papers – causing contention and confusion – called evil good and good evil. They’ve no morals and or virtues – only lusts for more and more – power, wealth, and to fulfil all of their appetites. Where does this leave you and I? If you and I do our homework – seriously study on our own what is going on in our nation – study the fundamental documents (not let others interpret them for us) – open the windows in our minds – seek truth and not just rhetoric which makes us feel good, angry, or confused – then we’ll see what is really going on around us and who’s subjecting us to their way of thinking.

In this lifetime we’re all going to have an effect on someone – good or bad – I’ve never cared what effect I’ve had as long as I can be found doing the right thing for the right reason – and this starts and ends for me with full (not partial) obedience to all of Father’s Commandments with a willing heart and contrite spirit. I’m knowing enough to know that anything I know or am capable doing which is good comes from Father – he’s allowed me the opportunity to become all I can become – this is the equality which is spoken of – however, if I (or you) sit back and expect someone else to do it for us – or we go out and rob, use drugs, rape or otherwise abuse this life we’ve been given then in our agency to make choices we’ll have staked our claim to outer darkness. Thus, when one violates the least of the Commandments they are saying they love not the Father or the Son (and his sacrifice for us) – but embraces some other god – whether it be immaterial or worldly – and really cares not who they enslave or abuse for their selfishness.

When one studies on their own – does their own through research – they can learn much more than if one only takes what another offers either for money or gain of some nature. I never took a college class where I didn’t interview my professors first! Meeting them in their offices I could learn a lot about them – and some I knew even if I did A work I’d be lucky to get a C because their beliefs and mine were at opposite ends of the spectrum. In some cases no one else taught the course which I needed to take – thus being President of the Vietnam Veterans Club and taking a course from the professor who was the head of the anti-Vietnam organization at our small college – was a certain recipes for my at best getting a C. I did do A work in the class – on my tests – class participation – group project were all A’s – but when the final grades came out he had given me a C and said tough luck!

When subjective grading is done in the secular world there is nothing which is fair or equal. In our political world today – there is nothing fair or equal! Money is calling the shots and those who’ve the money control those in political office. We stopped being a republican form of government in the 1930’s when the direct election of Senators became law. Now every politician in every office of the Federal Government became a game of who had the most money to run for office. Truth and values went out the window. The lies which so many Americans are led to believe via the media have gotten so bad that they’ve become truth to those telling them. You and I are caught in their game of power.

Sadly, per the Prophets and the Scriptures it’ll continue to get much worse – till if having these power seekers (and power is what it really is all about as one can only spend so much money) you and I will outside of a professional conversation not even want or desire to talk with one another – because of what the media and power-mongers spew with disregard to truth.

Chuck

“The Leaf Unfallen”

cji
10/17/14

Sitting on a park bench
enjoying the solitude
watching children at play
parents hovering over
puppies jumping about
having another sit beside
idle conversation enjoyed
noticing not far away
a leaf clinging to a limb
shoot and twig entwined
life from one to another
allowing togetherness
for a season as one
the leaf unfallen
as our conversation
being a oneness
enjoying the solitude
on a park bench sitting!

Copyright © 2014 – cji


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