Hi Dharma:

Do you really think anyone on this list or any other list would do
such a heinous act, if it were not their destiny to do it? A gifted
psychic or astrologer may have been able to know that a similar act
would ensue before the fact.

Love in advance,
Alton




--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., Dharma <deva@L...> wrote:
> Hi Joyce and Wolf,
>
> >Joyce:
> >Well, it was never my intention to glorify 'anyone' - this'Tim"
>
> I don't know what you had in mind with your lovely "Dragon Pome for
all
> 'Tims'"... the heroic language and symbolism seem to me to be
glorifying
> the image of the sacred warrior...
>
> He has been called "a martyr to higher love," "a zen
catholic," "this
> monumental sacrifice," "sacred warrior," "unflinchingly
courageous," "a
> noble warrior," etc., etc.
>
> >Wolf:
> >many failed to see the irony in some of the words
>
> If I read your poem wrong, I do apologize for that, but not for my
concern
> about anyone making a noble martyr of this man.
>
> My reaction to this did not come from anger, righteous or
otherwise, or
> from hate. Nor does it require any justification in terms of non-
dual
> philosophy.
>
> It's a simple matter. This man blew up a building and killed
hundreds of
> people, including children - to make a statement about the U.S.
government,
> as I understand him. I would hate to give anyone else the idea
that all
> you have to do to become a great cultural hero, a sacred warrior,
become
> gloriously famous and go down in the history books as a martyr to
higher
> love, is to go out and blow up a lot of people.
>
> This was a sad, disillusioned, and disempowered man... to my
thinking, he
> had to be crazy to commit such a horrendous act as a political
statement
> and express no remorse at seeing what he had done. I felt as I
watched him
> that he felt some gratification at having expressed his power and
> established his place in history because of it.
>
> This is a big list with many people on it... let's not tell
everyone that
> this is one way to become famous and loved and respected.
>
> Love,
> Dharma