Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
GRID TRANSMISSIONS: Updates for this Saturday!
To claim our power back, we must first see that those we blame are as worthy of love and forgiveness as we are, and we must acknowledge that we have also played a role, even if only through our ignorance and complacency. As we release our polarized views and return to a stance of acceptance and loving allowance, we free up our personal energy to be used in positive action (it takes a lot of energy to resist what is; energy that could be better used changing what is!) This acceptance is not to be confused with inaction. It is an active choice to love rather than to judge, an awakened choice to take responsibility for healing rather than giving that responsibility away in blame or resignation.
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Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
I didn't know you would be so wacko!What's up dude.
What dude you finally got a MAC, it's about time!!!. You can feel it here already, a completely different vibration, different feeling, different power. It's like night and day for you. you are gettin back into your power. it's something about who you are, connecting to your power is a very physical thing for you. Didn't you know, now that you got one, the Mac is Number ONE again!
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I guess it was funny today. I got to school after noon, and biked straight to the UC to stop at the Credit Union and get Adobe Master Collection for this Mac. I asked for all but $200 out of savings and went next door. They had the CS5 on hold for me: $640.97. Course then I took out $1642.92! $1000 was for an RV, so I asked for ALL but $200 out of my account. Seeing how close the numbers were really confirmed to me that i was doing exactly what i needed to do in Your Light Lord Jesus!!!.What else are you doing?
I remembered biking back to COPH feeling perfect about 640.93 vs. 642.92! The receipt at home said 97 cents while, I thought she said 93. . . As I rode my bike back to nursing, i passed all this skanska construction everywhere. And I saw the piles of pipes, and remembered how they buy a lot extra that they don't need and then have to dump. Thinking, wow Kim knows them, and I bet she could get my truck filled up any day that I asked.What just flashed before you eyes now?
I read what I was writing as i did it, since Kim sat here next to me listening!What did you do now?
I know we can do anything together and i keep getting ideas about us doing more! So I like sharing them with her all the time.Why did you do that...
It was weird! We were going to Christopher's graduation earlier tonight, and I thought I saw a Osprey in the middle of the road. When I turned around it was a female Mallard. Tonight I got her wings and feathers and was out looking over the roof as I laid them out to dry. Each time i go up there I see the black pipes all set up for my next design phase. So when I came in to write again, I wanted Kim to know about how much it would help me building things here if I had more materials, like from skanska. Like this week I got more railroad ties. We have the front garden box full of water mellon, basal, and egg plants (so far). So I got more ties for another box on the side yard.Like What?
It was awesome when Joyce came down for our wedding! I was going crazy fixing and cleaning things up every where. Wow, I knew i have not cared for a house like this since I was living in Joyce's. She knew it too. She loved the family and community we were in. The big rain for the wedding was really perfect to create an awesome experience for everyone too. So to know i'm building, creating and expanding again in my BLISS is really just awesome!What do you mean there?
It's really kinda funny! I'm building my Phd and research and experience all together in the same vibration. It's such an incredible trip as so much of what we are is online... and it can be joined and combined into bliss so easily. Like everything else I see!What do you feel about this now?
I know, or you already know!What do you mean?
Ok. It's about how easily I can flash into completely different places. Like i instantly see a little video of another way of doing something. Course we all consider options! But I am always flashing into new things that I see right before my eyes in a second. Like seeing the big black water pipes I have held up with extra skanska concrete pipes. More and more pieces coming together all the time. Like today I was reading all this stuff from water sampling work done in Wisconsin and we could do the same things here. They really did a great job with it and have a lot of data a resources together to make exactly what I want with Trotz and organic Gardens and all the rest.What about everyone else...?
I posted a ton across all these blogs that tells another story if you combine them!! here look:What do you mean?
What's this!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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Peace in the Water
Peace in the Water - World Peace Vigil
UNIFYING GLOBAL VISIONS for PEACE in the WATER
In line with the scientifically proven power of unified intention, the Peace in the Water project aims to bring together the most powerful creative tool available to humanity (OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS and UNIFIED INTENT) with the most fluid carrier of energy (WATER) -- to ignite a new global vision for PEACE in the WATER and across planet earth.
"IT ONLY TAKES A FRACTION OF 1% OF A POPULATION TO TANGIBLY SHIFT THE ENERGY OF A WHOLE AREA..."
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Gods: "It turned out the fancy new satellite was like a giant aerospace magnifying glass. It was put into space to intensify and direct the sun’s rays to the new high tech solar power plant."ONE Dream, ONE Vision... WAKE UP and Participate NOW: sustainability-discussion-with-edgar-mitchell
LIFE GOES ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND....
stars2man: agroecology: "The goal of agroecology is to develop and manage sustainable agroecosystems.
The Freeconomy Community's aim is to help reconnect people in their local communities through the simple act of sharing. Not only is sharing our resources better for the environment, it saves you money and builds friendships with those people who live closest to you. It is what we call a WIN-WIN-WIN situation.Everything is shared for FREE on Freeconomy, and no money changes hands between members.
UNIFYING GLOBAL VISIONS for PEACE in the WATER
In line with the scientifically proven power of unified intention, the Peace in the Water project aims to bring together the most powerful creative tool available to humanity (OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS and UNIFIED INTENT) with the most fluid carrier of energy (WATER) -- to ignite a new global vision for PEACE in the WATER and across planet earth.
"IT ONLY TAKES A FRACTION OF 1% OF A POPULATION TO TANGIBLY SHIFT THE ENERGY OF A WHOLE AREA..."
What if... we could harness the energy of that fraction of 1% all around the world, and begin to consciously initiate change on planet earth -- from the inside out?
This is a time of unprecedented challenge on many levels for humanity and Mother Earth. But it is also a time of unprecedented opportunity – for us to step up and remember how powerful we are when we come together for the good of all.
NEW EARTH CREATIONS is devoted to global creative initiatives which awaken, inspire and empower humanity to collectively choose and create the world we want to live in. A world of Peace, Harmony and Vitality for all. PEACE in the WATER is one such initiative.
WELCOME!
Please dive in and explore this ever evolving project and share with us your own visions, creations and piece of the PEACE in the WATER mission.
“Imagine the whole world singing the same song... At the same time... Together.”
The month of June 2010 marks the fifth annual 33-day Peace in the Water vigil, and the second phase of a powerful new global sound event – the ONE SONG PROJECT (www.onesongproject.com) with one aim - the get the whole world singing the same song together (just as whales have been doing for millions of years!).
SUNRISE, June 21, 2010 in the Eastern most point of Australia, a circle of rhythm-keepers will gather and begin a NEW SONG. A song of peace and creation, sung into the waters and across our living Planet. This song will travel through time zones and different song circles around the globe over a 24-hour period, growing and evolving (as whale song has done for 50 million years!), culminating the following dawn as people all around the world stop what they are doing to come together and in one great harmony...
What better metaphor could their possibly be for our planet right now, than to join our voices in PEACE and sing the One Song together?
Please visit www.onesongproject.com to find out more, and join us on June 21 (3pm USA PDT /11pm GMT / 8am AUS NSW time June 22) as we come together in PEACE to Sing the ONE SONG.
The One Song Project is a co-creation between New Earth Creations (www.newearthcreations.com) and the T.O.N.E. (www.thetone.org) - along with a growing tribe of earth stewards, indigenous elders, song masters and other incredible beings now gathering to build rhythms of PEACE across our ocean planet.
If you feel inspired to share in this year’s Peace in the Water vigil and/or become a ‘steward’ for a One Song gathering/concert/vigil in your area, please join the email list on the One Song Project website (www.onesongproject.com) or contact us directly at info@peaceinthewater.com.
ONE SONG PROJECT
www.onesongproject.com
a New Earth Creations and the T.O.N.E. initiative
(www.newearthcreations.com ~~~ www.thetone.org)
The Magnificent Properties of Water - Children of the Sun: "I recently started to come down with a cold. It was coming on quite strong with shivers all over my body, low energy, dizziness and pressure build up in my head and sinuses. Something was definitely attacking my body and my immune system could not keep up. For some reason I was reminded of the properties of water during this time so I decided to run an experiment. I took a normal glass of water and attached regular stereo ear buds to each side of the glass, facing inwards. It was my understanding that all it took to change the properties of water was intent and something of high positive vibration, either thought or music. With this in mind I decided to play a series of Mozart and Beethoven symphonies, which are considered to hold the highest harmonic frequency of all music. The intent was to electrify the water to a highly positive vibration and then to ingest it, in attempt to purify the water in my own body.
The results were astounding. My symptoms disappeared soon after I drank the water, relieving me of the cold shivers, dizziness and low energy. The sinus build up was considerably reduced and was gone by the next day. Needless to say I felt completely revitalized. Trying to keep an objective perspective, I’ve left room for the placebo effect, but even at that it would still be related to my belief system, intent and the effect it had on my illness."
"The body water's ultimate performance is to serve as a highly conductive transmitting medium for the DNA, sending and recieving electromagnetic frequencies of sound and light that are constantly being communicated from the double helix highways to cells, tissues, and organs of your bodies. Ninety percent of the water within you exits in relationship to the function of your DNA, primarily as a resonance factor for the communication of sound and light transmissions through the cells, between the cells, and everywhere in between."
"Water that has been raised to resonate at its highest levels of consciousness, enhanced by your intention, water that has been purified with sound and light before you introduce it into the body seas...water that has been thanked, loved, and appreciated will effectively communicate that higher dimensionality throughout the body."
* Take your glass of water with both hands saying: Father / Mother God, Holy Spirit, charge, charge, charge this water, raising its vibratory action to the Sacred Living Waters of Life, the highest frequency for my embodiment now. Allow this water to nourish my lightbody with Crystalline light, activating my 12 strand DNA.
Center your consciousness in your body, anchored from your heart to the heart of Gaia. Allow the Cosmic Pulse to flow through your body to your heart and out to your hands, pulsing into the water. Thank the water~Peace, shalom, shanti shanti
there are many you-tube videos about this.
This is a good one, but there are more, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbpXRSIUnE
I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.
Children of MU - A place for those who remember Mu to reconnect and eMUrge: "
A place for those who remember Mu to reconnect and eMUrge
The Mayan Calendar: What You Need to Know: "Don Alejandro Cirillo Perez Oxlaj, Hunbatz Men, and Carlos Barrios. Rather than focusing on a specific date, their main focus seems to be on the message that the calendar does not predict the end of the world, and on the bringing together of indigenous people for ceremony and sharing of knowledge.
In my next post, I will discuss the work of Jose Argüelles and the Dreamspell Calendar. The following two will be about the contributions of John Major Jenkins and Carl Johan Calleman.
In summary, I want to emphasize that there are several versions of the Mayan Calendar, all focused on a consciousness shift. And secondly, that what’s more important than waiting for a specific date for the shift to happen is to understand that we are in a zone of time right now in which the shift is happening. And lastly, that by working with concepts from the calendar, we can understand the unfolding of cycles such as our current economic situation, increase our attunement to nature and the universe, and be more prepared for the consciousness shift now occurring."
Jose Arguelles | The Awakening Shift: "One of Jose’s biggest focuses is to encourage people to embrace a 13 month calendar. Since our Gregorian calendar has only 12 months, he feels it is a mechanical, contrived calendar that is out of sync with the natural cycles of the earth. He bases this on the fact that the moon makes 13 journeys around the Earth each year in the same amount of time that the Earth makes one journey around the sun. He says our calendar disconnects us from the Earth’s natural cycles causing a disconnect in our consciousness whereby we do not value the Earth’s resources and honor her sacredness. This concept makes sense, since it is the indigenous people, who have stayed connected to the Earth who honor and respect the Earth."
Jose communicates his ideas through his Law of Time website. Here is an excellent interview with Jose by Sounds True publisher Tami Simon. This has quite a lot of information on his views of the Mayan calendar and 2012.
Joe Stack STATEMENT: Alleged Suicide Note From Austin Pilot Posted Online:
Zest2Zeal : Message: Re: Fw: A New WINGS for February 10, 2010 Has Just Been Posted!: "coming together to complement one another and to create a
whole."
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!What do you think?
It's all really wonderful... I'm learning to fly... and the good old days, will not return, and the rocks might melt, and the see may burn... and I'm learning to fly... 2:28pm on pandora http://www.pandora.com/#/song/thumbs-up/S537224 hehehe
I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.
reading the patent lab book http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USF-class/message/687 and I realize that this blog is my lab book...
Blackboard Learn: "When I came back to school for my MBA. . . . I dropped in to visit a friend in the IT department. We kept in touch over the years since we were both building the web-world in and out of school. She told me about many new tools professors have used.
Another one I still use today is Blogger. Blogger is run by google, so if you install the google toolbar and signup for blogger (free) you can post things to the blog automatically. Like the 'select and search' right click, with blogger you can select a few paragraphs, 'right-click' and SEND TO:
This will copy the paragraphs and LINKS into a hyper email and post it to your blog. So if you are busy doing research of these topics online you can create a blog 'Florida RTI' and post the key phrases of everything you find into blogger automatically and then pull out all the reference data and links whenever you want to.
For example, my mother had cancer, so I started looking into all this 'man-made' nightmare: http://stars2man.blogspot.com/
Conveniently enough, you can also simply email to it, like I similarly do to yahoo groups with health news: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Med-News/ But blogger allows more/easier video and graphics etc.... and with the right-click to select and post you can create and publish almost instantly... lol.... I thought of another blog I need now too ;-)"
Reba Cain's Notes | Facebook: "It’s the eclipse season again. We are ending our year with an eclipse on the very last day. This has been an intense year for eclipses as we had six eclipses this year rather than the normal four. Mercury also turned retrograde on December 26th so add that to the current mix. It will turn direct on January 15th.
Eclipses Dates:
We have a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse. Here are the dates:
December 31 11:13 am Pacific - 2:13 pm Eastern Lunar Eclipse at 10 Cancer
January 14 11:11 pm Pacific / January 15 2:11 am Eastern Solar Eclipse at 25 Capricorn
These eclipses have a very different flavor than the ones we experienced this summer. The summer series was focused on the past and deeply letting go, even to the extent of actually exiting the planet. Many celebrities, friends, family and pets went to the other side. The summer eclipse series was the most intense eclipse cycle I have experienced in my entire life.
This series, however, focuses more on the future and making responsible new beginnings while setting into place structures that support our redefined values. America is going through an intense transformation of values due to the values planet (Venus) and the transformation planet (Pluto) interacting in the astrology chart of our country. This has played out hugely in the financial crisis. We are finding that what has given us security in the past has changed causing us to develop new values. Look at your own life. Notice whether you have had an event or crisis in the past couple of years that caused you to redefine your values replacing material things with the nonmaterial such as love, family, children, personal fulfillment etc. A change of values is sweeping across our country.
Year End Lunar Eclipse - December 31 (also a Blue Moon)
How appropriate that this eclipse is occurring on the last day of the year – a time of releasing the old. This eclipse is a blue moon because it is the second full moon in a month. For more understanding of blue moons, see the latest post on my blog http://www.theawakeningshift.com/2009/12/24/new-earth-calendars-seasonal-cycles/ Since it is occurring at the end of the year it is also the 13th full moon of the year. As we study the Mayan calendar, we are beginning to learn that 13th rather than being a negative fearful number, is a very powerful, sacred number. And finally, this lunar eclipse is the 6th eclipse of the year – we normally have four. This eclipse is closing our year with a bang!!
Solar Eclipse – January 14 & 15, 2010
Solar eclipses bring new beginnings. This one has a strong focus on Venus and clarifying your values. The communication planet, Mercury, is aligned with the manifestation planet, Pluto, so speaking your intentions for the New Year aloud with laser focus will add to their ability to manifest.
Suggested Ceremony
In this ceremony I suggest you work not only with the astrological energies but also with the energies of the five elements according to Feng Shui. Since this eclipse occurs in the Earth sign of Capricorn, choose earth colors such as brown, gold, and naturals for your altar cloth and objects. This will symbolically create an earthy energy womb for birthing your new year’s goals. Gather these items to represent the five elements. Wood – select an object made of wood such as a carving of a power animal, Jesus, Mary or other deity; Fire – choose a candle, red for activating chi; Metal pick something made of metal, could be coins; Water- fill a beautiful bowl or decorative bottle with water; Earth is present in the earthy colors of your altar cloth.
During this ceremony you’ll focus on nurturing your new goals for 2010. Make a list of new year’s resolutions and read them aloud speaking them with laser focus while mindfully, visualizing and feeling each one. Place them in a sacred box in the middle of your altar allowing them to be engulfed by the nurturing earth energy. Now work with the other four elements. First, place the wood item on the left of your box. Visualize the green energy of wood causing your goals to grow. Next, place the red candle above the box – see chi flowing into each goal energizing it. Now place your coins or metal object on the right – see the white energy of metal bringing clarity and focus to your goals. Finally, place the bowl of water below the box. Visualize the black energy of water nourishing your goals.
Know that you have seeded your 2010 intentions in to the unified field and that they now exist on the energy level. Prayerfully give thanks, knowing that they will move from the world of energy and manifest in your world of the 3rd dimension. End your ceremony by thanking and releasing your helpers.
Now that you have activated the energy of these eclipses, your 2010 goals have a strong foundation for unfolding in your life."
ah finished, ritual time ;-)
Emerging Earth Angels - Emerging Earth Angels: "Our creating abilities are immense right now. I cannot tell you how many times I have had a thought or passing wish, and then it has shown up. Fine tuning and learning how to utilize the energies for optimum, focused, and appropriate creating will become a hot topic in times to come."
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!
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Choose Love
If you take what the Buddha and Christ said,
and all the great yogis, saints, sages, mystics, and lovers of God,
it can be reduced to two words:
Choose Love.
There is nothing higher than Love,
nothing purer,
nothing more selfless,
nothing more powerful,
and it is present in every moment.
Choose Love
In all times, in all places -
Choose Love,
for Love has already chosen you.
Kalidas
2007
Let the flames of Love cleanse you Of all clinging to illusion. Let Love illumine the Truth. Love is the most precious gift. Love is the most sublime path. Love is the most profound meditation. Love is the highest attainment. In Love - the fullness of compassion. In Love - timeless patience. In Love - unbounded awareness. In Love - all is illuminated. In Love - vast spaciousness. In Love - form and emptiness embrace. In Love - I and Thou disappear. In Love - Kalidas 2003 |
Could This Be the Avatar Decade?
The populist message of "Avatar,” that everyone can ultimately act on their conscience, makes it a movie not just for the 21st century, but for all time. The positive use of technology is helping to level the battlefield as people find new ways to connect on issues of global importance that transcend the self-interest of nation states. (via truthout: http://www.truthout.org/topstories/10210vh3)
Zest2Zeal : Message: Fw: [NMBeing] NMB #165 - SAGITTARIUS - NAVEL & NEUTRAL: "I. SKY EVENTS
NOVEMBER 21-22 - The SUN moves into SAGITTARIUS at 8:23 PM PST or November 22, 4:23 AM GMT. The SUN moves into CAPRICORN December 21 at 7:47 AM PST (15:47 GMT)
DECEMBER 1-2 - GEMINI FULL MOON at 10 degrees 11:31 PM PST (DEC 2 - 7:31 AM GMT)
DECEMBER 16 - SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON at 24 degrees 4:02 AM PST (12:02 PM GMT)
DECEMBER 1 - URANUS goes direct. It has been RETROGRADE since June 30.
All planets will be direct from December 1-20.
DECEMBER 20 - MARS goes retrograde (20 degrees Leo) at 5:27 AM PST (1:27 PM GMT) through March 10, 2010.
DECEMBER 26 - MERCURY goes retrograde December 26 at 6:38 AM PST (2:38 PM GMT) JANUARY 15 - Mercury goes direct at 8:52 AM PST (4:52 PM GMT)"
Zest2Zeal : Message: Fw: [NMBeing] NMB #165 - SAGITTARIUS - NAVEL & NEUTRAL: "I. SKY EVENTS
NOVEMBER 21-22 - The SUN moves into SAGITTARIUS at 8:23 PM PST or November 22, 4:23 AM GMT. The SUN moves into CAPRICORN December 21 at 7:47 AM PST (15:47 GMT)
DECEMBER 1-2 - GEMINI FULL MOON at 10 degrees 11:31 PM PST (DEC 2 - 7:31 AM GMT)
DECEMBER 16 - SAGITTARIUS NEW MOON at 24 degrees 4:02 AM PST (12:02 PM GMT)
DECEMBER 1 - URANUS goes direct. It has been RETROGRADE since June 30.
All planets will be direct from December 1-20.
DECEMBER 20 - MARS goes retrograde (20 degrees Leo) at 5:27 AM PST (1:27 PM GMT) through March 10, 2010.
DECEMBER 26 - MERCURY goes retrograde December 26 at 6:38 AM PST (2:38 PM GMT) JANUARY 15 - Mercury goes direct at 8:52 AM PST (4:52 PM GMT)"
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!What do you think?
It's really incredible. So much is happening, so fast. I'm really thrilled how much clarity and power is coming together so quickly. What do you expect, we've sorta been waiting for you to get it all together.
I know, and it's all coming together faster and faster. I never realized how much easier it would be for us as things got more stable.What about all the 4's and foundation?
I know, as I see the time now 4:44pm... oh on 11/11/2009 or 11/11/11.. darn I should snap that picture... And everything we've been doing has been making things stronger and safer and more secure. Each day we get closer and happier. The insurance Adjuster gave us enough for the new roof, and then the mortgage company required we fix everything on the insurance report, so now we are getting new floors and new walls and paint and tile, and everything looks really great!What happened to the loft?
It fell!!!! One guy got a mean cut on his head, and we decided the loft had to go. So teh Art Room is all new. NO carpet, no Loft... it's still the same colors, but even that has changed and is all new.... Wow it's really great though! Out with the OLD and in with the NEW!!!
I Love You Dearest Loving Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank You Jesus Christ for Creating The Way of Your Word!What now?
I've started a new term. This is the first term that I really feel like a PhD Student. I guess because I finally finished my Masters. The two degrees should be in hand in another few weeks. MBA and Master in Management - - - Or more like:
THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT:
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS DEGREE
A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Then I also got the Certificate in Entrepreneurship with my MBA. . . wee fun. Course all the university is focused on these things that I've essentially done all my life. And they are just starting, while I've been doing it all alone for years.
In Sacred Union now, THANK GOD!
Your welcome. You both have certainly worked up to this, and you can really do it all, where nothing will stop you or slow you down. Course anyone can do like you, but someone has to be first!I know, I know. So anyway, my first day of class today. And I rode my bike in to school again. 3.95 miles. The last 1.1 miles down 30th was the worst. I'm glad I had my little horn in hand as I used it a few times there. All the rest of the trip was really a moving mediation since I could feel and see the environment around me. I kept feeling the place, people, trees and insects as I went by. Each would give me more and more to feel and respond to.
What it opens for you will astound you as each day you get stronger and more of the path gets into tune with you. Like the old man with the dog, had not looked up at anything for years. . .I will try to get into a good routine, it helps me and keeps me focused. We are both excited about that too and will continue so.
Sandstorm In Middle East May Be Largest In Modern History (PHOTO FROM SPACE):
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley
First Posted: 07- 6-09 02:56 PM | Updated: 07- 6-09 03:07 PM
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Check out the image:
The image includes international borders, with Syria to the west, Iran to the east, and Saudi Arabia to the southwest, to give a sense of the storm's location and size.
In what is said to be the worst in recent memory, a massive week-long sandstorm descended on Iraq last week, sending hundreds of people to the hospital and forcing Vice President Joe Biden to cancel his plan to visit Kurdistan. From Reuters:As my Air France flight descended into Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta, Georgia it was wonderful for me to see the dark hued greens of the American South I had enjoyed so many years ago while studying in the United States…my joy was to be short lived.
Upon disembarking from the plane my fellow passengers and I were put into a virtual cattle line of queues by black uniformed, machine gun touting officers of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau. The acronym for this US police agency is ICE, and which is well suited in describing their intimidating manner of treating the guests of the United States and their morality in dealing with women and children.
“Step out of line again and you WILL be arrested!” came the sharp retort of an ICE officer towards a young English mother attempting to keep her young child from running out of the queue, a statement that shocked all who heard, but none dared protest against. For as Europeans we have long learned the lessons of police brutality from travels in the former communist nations of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
But, in America? In today’s world? …and against Europeans who have overcome centuries of warfare and bloodshed so that our continent can now be traveled in relative peace? Sadly yes, but in retrospect to be expected under the present circumstances of an America more resembling those Eastern European nations of old instead of the land of ‘freedom and liberty’ it once aspired to.
Upon the presentation of my passport to the ICE agents, and their comparing the information on it against whatever their computer monitor was saying, I was abruptly whisked out of the queue and brought by two ICE agents to a small room with two chairs, one small desk and no windows.
The efficiency of the ICE agents was matched only by their seemingly total lack of empathy and understanding for any ‘foreigner’ daring to come into their fearful presence, of which by the computer information they had received about me made such a person.
It was quickly told to me by the ICE agent in charge that my admittance to the United States was being denied because I had violated the provisions of the United States Visa Waiver Program ( a programme where citizens of many countries, including Ireland, are allowed visa free travel to the US for up to 90 days) as members of the foreign press were required to apply for a visa prior to entry into the US, and of which they considered me to be.
[It is interesting to note that after traveling to, and through, the United States for over 20 years no such requirement was ever placed upon me.]
I have long learned in my life that protests against state police authorities, from any totalitarian government, is futile at its best, downright dangerous at its worst, so my only questions were related to the procedures involved in repatriating myself to Ireland.
My first request to be able to talk by phone to an Irish counselor official were denied as I was not being ‘detained’, I was merely being denied entrance into the United States and therefore had no rights. (As I was clearly on American soil this answer seemed patently absurd, but when confronted by ICE agents with weapons the wisest course of action is inaction.
I was fortunate enough to be able to obtain a return flight to Heathrow via Lufthansa, and who accepted my Air France return ticket. The unfortunate part was the six hours it took to finally leave America and having to be ‘escorted’ by two armed ICE agents, the female one even having to accompany me into the loo.
It is one thing learning about the United States, and Americans, from afar, in seeing how far they have descended into a virtual police state is almost beyond description, other than the obvious comparisons with other brutish states around the world, both past, and present.
Most frightening about all of this to me, however, has nothing to do with myself, but rather what this is doing to the American people behind the black-uniformed ranks currently surrounding Americas borders. When a person, such as myself, is deemed such a ‘threat’ to the United States that the mere presence of my being in that country calls for my immediate expulsion, one must truly wonder how grave the situation is for those people imprisoned in the gulag called America.
As I look out the window to my left at the great expanse of the Arctic wastelands, with their ever white peaks grandly reaching towards the stark blue sky, I am at peace with this adventure, though saddened by it too.
For in a world ruled by madmen, when one of the greatest nations ever known has been reduced to a police state, one truly understands the great perils facing our world today.
With God,
Sorcha Faal
