Month: April 2024

Leadership and Criticism

A reader had a number of criticisms of me beginning with my views on leadership. He commented that a flock of geese illustrates that leadership is not necessary for the one leading the flock is sometimes switched with no negative effect.

The flock of geese switching positions of leader follower is a good one. A correspondence would be a carload of people switching the position of driver periodically. It is a very advantageous thing to do. The geese analogy, however, does not apply to all human endeavors.

If a group is working on a project and the knowledge and skill necessary to lead the project to fulfillment are found in all members of the group then switching the leader-follower position can be advantageous if it does not interrupt the flow of momentum.

On the other hand, if the leadership position requires great skill, knowledge and power to motivate others, then it may not be a job that all members of the group can or may even want to handle.

Let us take the position of England at the beginning of World War 2. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, was completely deceived by Hitler as well as most of the Britons who had parades for him for bringing “peace in our time,” several weeks before the start of the war. When the war began the cheers turned to jeers and the people demanded a new leader. They looked to Winston Churchill, the only prominent man who saw the Nazi threat years in advance and attempted many times to warn the world.

After assuming power Churchill gave one of the most inspiring speeches in the history of the world. He took a people who were defeated in spirit and made them believe in themselves again.

It was unthinkable that someone would suggest something like this: “Chamberlain still wants to lead so let’s let Chamberlain lead half the time and Churchill lead half the time.” Nazi’s would be ruling the world today if that would have happened.

Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet wanted him to share leadership with them. Thank God he refused or we may still have slavery and a divided nation.

There are times for a rotating leadership and there are times for individual leadership.

Do you really think I want to be a leader or teacher for the egos sake? You have judged it so. Why don’t you ask me what I think before making a judgment. I will answer you honestly. When and if you get to know me better that is one virtue you will find in me. I answer truly to the best of my ability.

I enjoy teaching and I enjoy leading. I also enjoy learning and following. If I see that another knows a certain subject well, I have no desire to teach him what he already knows. If I see that another can lead a group successfully in a certain direction, then I have no desire to be the leader. I do have a desire to teach others who do not know what I know, and a desire to lead in avenues where no one else is leading. There are certain areas of teaching and leadership where I see vacancies and there are no volunteers to fill them. I ask myself this: “If not me, who will do it?” The answer comes back: “Maybe no one.” Therefore, I volunteer to do what I can.

This seems to disturb some people. It saddens me that it does, but I continue the path that I know I must follow refusing to deny the feelings within me.

I do not expect you or anyone else to accept my words just because I lay them out to you. If what I teach is confirmed by your soul then we shall feel an inner union and our joy will be full. If what I teach is not confirmed by your soul then you have a duty to not embrace it. If you see a greater light then you have a duty to share it.

I know that it is important to share love and light with others. If we do then more is given, but if we do not and merely hoard it for ourselves then the greater vistas are dimmed.

Question: Are you a politician?

No, I am not a politician. I am a small businessman attempting to get bigger. I believe our government is way too big and the less government the better. Once again a conclusion drawn about me is wrong and once again I ask, “Where do you get such an idea?”

You mention my “oft repeated use of the word governed.” I did some checking and in the past 100 pages of postings my computer does not find the word “governed” used even once. The word “governing” was used once, “governors” once, and “govern” twice. In a volume of writings equaling a small book that is by no means excessive. In the few cases the variations of “govern” were used they were not used in the current political sense. Twice it was used describing the organization of the atoms, once the organization of the white brotherhood and once to NASA.

If you call exposing the truth sarcasm then I guess I am guilty. But I challenge you to compare my choice of words with those who have strongly disagreed with me. Many have used name-calling type words, which I have not used back. I have merely answered questions and posted my thoughts. I have not resorted to name-calling and I am prepared to defend any statement I have made. So why, my brother, do you accuse me of being sarcastic while leaving those who are much more sarcastic alone? Why do you not go after them also? Also, I might note that your posting is much more sarcastic than anything I have written. Is this the pot calling the kettle black here or what?

I have spent so much of my free time answering questions and clarifying misunderstandings in the forums that I have been limited in my time to post other teachings.

I do not post my writings to prove anything. I am seeking those who are spiritually sensitive enough to make soul contact and travel higher together into the realms of spiritual knowledge, love and service.

I would like to make a general request to those who disagree with me. It would be helpful to avoid the following:

* Avoid name calling.

* Avoid nebulous accusations with no explanation like: “Your words have no love…” “Your words are sterile.” “You are on an ego trip.” If you feel this way fine, but instead of throwing out a general accusation that means nothing to anyone, tell me why you feel that way or what I have done or said that seems to indicate that I am that demon you see.

* Avoid sarcasm. I will not seem sarcastic to you if you are not obviously sarcastic to me first.

* Avoid limiting judgments on each other.

* Avoid trying to change me to the image you want me to become. All of us including myself are the controllers of our own destinies. I will always allow you to be what you decide to be. Please allow me the same privilege.

It would also be helpful if we do the following:

* Approach each other with real sincerity and a spirit of love and helpfulness.

* Remember the importance of kindness and harmlessness.

* Attempt to make this forum a center of teaching and learning by all who wish to participate.

* Operate on the assumption that we are all friends and are sincere even if we disagree. It is often easier to use the word “love” than it is to extend the hand of friendship.

The only gift is a portion of thyself. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jan 6, 2009

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The Value of a Teacher

Dialog with readers

A reader who believes his teacher is the Second Coming of Christ expressed the thought that a teacher does not need to prove himself competent.  To this I say that if a teacher does not show in some degree that he has something to offer then why should we follow him or her?

Jesus was a great example. He proved himself through miracles as one method. But more important he proved himself through his teachings. He was able to answer any question. In fact, he answered them so well that “no man dared ask him any more questions.”

He also mentioned that there was a second witness to him which was his Father. This is where Peter got his definite knowledge (Matthew 16).

Where is there ever a great teacher among humanity that has not brought forth something new? Newness is an aspect of the servants of light. In Revelations we are told: “Behold, I make all things new.”

If your guru is really the Christ, or even a servant of Christ, I would ask what his revelation is that is new to this generation? The law of correspondences demands it.

My next question is this: What makes you think your guy is the reappearance of the Christ? Have you had some type of personal witness or revelation or does it just seem right?

Reader Question: Are you familiar with Benjamin Crème?

Yes, I am familiar with him. I see little light at all in his channelings. I have met him in person and was not impressed.

Some of our greatest revelations do not happen during prayer or meditation. Nevertheless, they often come as a result of them in unexpected moments.

Those who are capable of true initiation are so few and far between it is almost unbelievable. It would be discouraging if it were not for the sure witness I have that I am supposed to continue.

The Spirit and the Hierarchy have always been willing to verify my teachings to all those who will seek, but one has to seek with all his or her heart.

Some decisions are set and others are very fluid. All are subject to the free will of the decision-maker. If we as lesser lives are under the influence of a greater life then we can do nothing about the decision of the greater life. For instance, if you decide to go for a walk all the cells and lesser lives in your body have to go along with you. The most positive thing they can do about it is cooperate in the walk and use the benefits of the exercise for their own use.

The universe is unfolding according to the many decisions being made.

There is a truth which says: “Without decision, there is no life.”

Think on this.

Quoting the words of a reader: “Why can’t you just stretch your soul just a bit and acknowledge that there are realms you haven’t walked in? I feel so dishonored by your lack of directness and clarity with me, and with others here. Oh yes, there is a LOGICAL clarity, but the feelings brought forth (what little I can feel) are not clear at all…”

My response: Of course, there are realms I have not walked in. Where do you get such an idea? It is too bad that you feel dishonored. Can you tell me what I said to make you feel that way? Tell me which of my feelings you wish to have clarified.

I’m sorry, your words have not caused resistance in me as you suppose. What is there to resist?

You say you want to know what feelings your words have roused in me. I feel somewhat sad that you see me in such a negative light and I do not feel this great love that you say you radiate. There seems to be great frustration, however. I think the cause is something within yourself and that I have in no way made you a victim.

Why do you assume that the open expression of passion and feeling is some great mystery I need to learn? It is one of my core teachings that I have incorporated for many years. My brother, I have no negative feelings that I am holding back here. What do you want me to do shout and scream in capitals on line?

You say you have tremendous treasure to offer me. Fine offer it.

Reader: “It must be a terrible burden to have all the answers… Humanity is such a stubborn lot!”

My response: I do not feel love in your sarcastic remarks, but frustration again. I say you must not concentrate on changing me to get the love you want. You will find, as others have, that you can feel overflowing love from me if you accept what is in me and stop trying to create me in your own image.

It is not terrible at all to have answers. I feel richly blessed for each answer I have been given. None of us have all the answers and all of us have some of them. The important thing is to appreciate what we have. I feel a responsibility to share the richness I have been given. There are  some who appreciate this.

Another reader accuses me of being in the ego and challenges me to speak with passion and love.

My Passion? I was born with a desire to do the greatest good for the largest number of people possible. At the age of six I decided that being a scientist would make it possible to bring great discoveries to mankind. I kept this goal in my mind until my late teens. Then over the next ten years I had a number of spiritual experiences that changed my priorities. I realized that there was something greater than physical science that humanity was crying out for help in many ways. I found that the spiritual and social evolution of our planet needed to catch up with science. I also realized that the realm of the Spirit is governed by a great science. I discovered that becoming one with the Spirit of God is the greatest love experience that I can imagine and I know that few have had this experience. Knowing this, I have a tremendous passion to share certain knowledge and keys that lead to feelings of love and fire so great that one will think his whole being is dissolving into a spiritual fire.

Perhaps things are the opposite of what you assume my friend. Perhaps it is I that can lead you to vistas of love and feeling that you have not imagined.

Some were confused by this statement I made:

  “Your higher self is one, yet many; just as your body is.”

I was expressing a similar meaning as Paul did in Corinthians when he said:

“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” (1 Cor 12:12)

One could reword this as follows:

  “For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is the Higher Self.”

Since the higher self represents Christ consciousness this is quite fitting.

Let me further clarify my statement:

  “Your higher self is one (it is linked to the Higher Self of all other Humans on this earth as one great oversoul), but many (there are many parts working with many people); just as your body is. (the body is also one, but has many parts)”

The second key of knowledge to understand is the Middle Way Principle. The great teacher of the Middle Way was, of course, the Buddha. He realized the middle way after experiencing two extremes in life. First extreme comfort and riches and later extreme poverty and deprivation. During the deprivation extreme he was living on just several grains of rice a day seeking enlightenment when it flashed into his mind. The way of enlightenment is neither extreme, but between the two extremes.

I believe the true teaching of Buddha’s middle way has been lost, but many of us have the imprint of the knowledge within us.

So the question for us to examine is: What is the Middle Way?

The power of the Middle Way is hinted at in the writings of Alice A. Bailey:

“Let the magician guard himself from drowning at the point where land and water meet. The midway spot, which is neither dry nor wet, must provide the standing place whereon his feet are set. When water, land and air meet, there is the place for magic to be wrought.”

The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth. — Wilfred Grenfell

Jan 5, 2009

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Esoteric Astrology

The group had been discussing the possibility that Paris Hilton was a reincarnation of Marylin Monroe. A reader questioned this because of DK’s teachings of the disciple’s progression through the Zodiac and Paris would have been out of sync for Marilyn was a Gemini and Paris is a Aquarius. These signs are not sequential.

First let me add that I said it was within the realm of possibility that these two are the same entity but cannot say for sure at this point. If I were to take the time to do a more complete analysis of their handwriting and charts, I could be more definite.

Secondly, it is doubtful that Paris Hilton is an advanced disciple so DK’s sequential progression through the zodiac may not apply.

There are two astrological pieces of information that DK gave that could be interpreted as black-and-white, yet, just as in all things, exactness in black-and-white rarely works out — especially in esoteric science.

First, he said the advanced student incarnates in counterclockwise order through the zodiac and the average person in regular order, though he did not tell us if the average person moves sequentially.

From my limited study I have found this sequential movement to not be any fixed law, but seems to be true about half the time.

Why isn’t it true all the time if this is the way we progress?

There are, I believe, a number of reasons for this:

[1] In each sign the pilgrim has a lesson of some kind he has to learn. Being as dense as we humans are, around half the time the lesson is not learned, but partially so. Therefore, he does not progress to the next sign but to an energy that will assist him in completing his lesson. Since the lesson is partially learned then it is quite possible he can finish it off in another sign and circumstance.

[2] The sun sign is the most powerful agent in astrology, but still only transmits about twenty-five percent of the influence in a chart. It is then quite possible from an esoteric point of view (often held by DK) that the lesson of a sign, such as Aquarius, could be finished off in another sign, such as Gemini or Libra, when other factors exert a strong Aquarian influence.

[3] I would assume that during the Sabbath life the entity would often be born out of sequence, since no major lesson is being undertaken.

[4] We are strongly linked to our groups and opportunities and sometimes this makes it impossible to be born in the next designated sign.

[5] An advanced soul places service above personal progress. If the opportunity for service is there then he may delay the potential progress of moving to his next sign.

The second unusual teaching is that a person is born in one life on the day he died in the previous life.

A prime example of this was Galileo Galilei who died on Jan 8, 1642 and then exactly 300 years later was born as Stephen Hawking on Jan 8, 1942. His disease was  caused by residual guilt from his life as Galileo when submitted  to the  religious authorities and recanted his   discovery that the earth was not the  center of  the universe.

I have found, however that we are often not born on the d ay of our death in the last life, thought it often happens in approximation.

For instance, in my last life my friends Wayne and Curtis were with me. Curtis was killed Aug 8 and was born in this life on Aug 7. This could have been within 24 hours of the same point in time.

Wayne was killed on October 14 and born in this life on October 17. Close again. On the other hand, I was killed 12:30 AM, July 21 and born Feb 6. This was way off the theoretical date. I was probably attracted to be born when I was because of links with my family as well as to take advantage of the Star of David in my chart.

DK never explained why the birth and death signs are so closely linked.

Here are my thoughts:

The art of astrology teaches that the natal chart is significant because at the moment of birth the entity has impressed upon his soul a snapshot of all the energies of the chart in that moment of time and space.

Now the other significant moment in the life of the soul is death. It’s quite possible another snapshot of equal power is impressed upon the pilgrim.

If this is so then one of two things would happen:

[1] He would be reborn under similar influences.

[2] If this doesn’t fit in with the plan then he would still be influenced by that snapshot of the death date as well as his birthrate and some similarities would be found in the two charts.

I just compared the death chart  of my last life with my birth chart and found some interesting things. In my last incarnation I was killed when my sun was in 28 degrees Gemini and my sun ascendant was also 28 degrees Gemini.

The ascendant in my death chart was also in Gemini and that is very significant. Esoterically the ascendant is the second most important point in the chart because it indicates the future lesson in life.

So, I was not born in Gemini, the sign of my last death, but my ascending time of my sun in Gemini harmonizes with it down to the exact degree. This makes a lot of sense to me in ways that I do not have time to explain in this post.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost

Jan 1, 2009

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Secret Places of the Lion

A reader pointed out that he read a book I recommended called Secret Places of the lion and disagreed with parts of it.

I read this book about 40 years ago when I was wrestling my way out of the illusion of the Mormon church into greater light. At the time I found it extremely interesting and stimulating. I wasn’t sure there was reincarnation at the time, and this made me think about it much more seriously.

I probably would not be as impressed today if I reread it as I was back then, but still I recall numerous things it teaches that I yet consider true. If one just judges it by who’s who in past lives he may come up with a big question mark, but there is much more to the book than that.

Here are truths I gleaned from it after I read it.

[1] Reincarnation is a reality. Williamson does more than just state there is reincarnation but gives some good logic and scriptural evidence.

[2] There is a “Goodly Company” of teaching souls that are seeking to assist humanity. Whether they got here as described in the book matters not.

[3] These souls incarnate again and again and have been some of the significant Lights who have been recorded in history.

I couldn’t verify how many of the named incarnations are accurate, but some that he gives evidence on strikes a chord; such as:

[4] Brigham Young and Solomon. The correspondence he gives between them was fascinating such as the fact they both used the symbol of the lion. Solomon built the temple without “the sound of a hammer” and Brigham built the tabernacle without nails which eliminated the need for hammers also. Both were famous for having many wives and they both gave similar sounding words of wisdom.

Similarly, the evidence he gave for Joseph [son of Jacob] being reborn as [King] David was very captivating.

[5] I believe the people from history that he selected as belonging to the Goodly Company was quite accurate. These people as a group were definitely a major effect in making a positive mark on human evolution. This is very true even if he missed on a number of past lives.

[6] He made corrections on ancient timelines that seemed reasonable to me.

[7] He taught that advanced souls can switch bodies when the plan calls for it. This truth is not dependent on his accuracy of who switched bodies.

On the negative side I think he brings flying saucers into the picture much more than was the case.

These are just a few things. Like I said, it has been about 40 years since I read it and have been thinking of reading it again.

Another reader asks when the soul enters the body of a fetus or an unborn child.

All that is established before birth is a link to the body and this can be changed if another soul needs the body for some reason of importance.

The fetus itself is animated by elemental lives that run complex computer programs with occasional contact with the designated entity.

Even after birth the soul is not entirely settled in the body. When the entity becomes self-aware to the point it is embarrassing to run around naked in front of others, then the soul has pretty well settled in. The link between soul and body is usually complete at about 7 to 8 years of age.

Aborting a fetus is not nearly as harmful as killing a self-conscious being for this affects the decided path of the soul. Even so, aborting a fetus can create negative karma, and if performed the person should realize that a payment will normally be required. I use the word “normal” because there are exceptions.

Another reader asks me to comment on the Sanskrit word MUKTI which means “liberation” from unwanted reincarnations.

The person’s soul will decide on the lesson that needs to be learned and sometimes puts him in a painful circumstances which he would never decided on in his earthly state of consciousness.

Eventually he becomes a seeker and gives more than he receives. Then when he gets a lot of his karma paid off he can choose more favorable circumstances to enter life. Even here sometimes the path of service is so clear that there is no decision necessary. For instance, the disciples of Jesus were so happy to be born in a circumstance where they could be disciples of the Master that they acquiesced to circumstance more than deciding upon it.

A reader asks this: If a lesser Avatar appears to the Jews in a physical body and takes over where Jesus left off, does this lesser Avatar have to go through the same type of initiation as Jesus had something else?

If he is born as a mortal he will have to repeat the initiations. Of course, they are a different experience each time they are approached. Few are physically crucified for the fourth initiation, for example. When repeating the initiations, the difficulty is not as great as when approaching a new one to be mastered.

Question: What initiation will the Christ be making when he returns?

The Christ is working on his seventh. If he is reborn, he will start at his first and work to finishing the seventh. If he just appears in a body or works by overshadowing, he will work directly on the seventh.

In this age Jesus and the Christ will work on separate missions.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. —George Santayana

Dec 31, 2008

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Who’s Who?

Question: I feel a strong connection to Sirius. Can you shed some light on this?

In the order of hierarchies the Blue Lodge on Sirius is of a higher order than this system, though DK tells us that the order of kingdoms there is different than the four kingdoms we have here of mineral, vegetable, animal  and human. He tells us that after reigning on the earth for 1000 years in the office of the Christ it will be taken over by Master KH [Koot Hoomi] and our Christ will go to Sirius to complete his higher initiations and then return in another age as a “cosmic Christ.”

You are right that we do have a strong connection with Sirius and they do send avatars to this system to assist us from the higher planes though I do not know of them directly incarnating as of yet. It is quite possible that some of the Kumaras, or archangels, are originally from Sirius.

Question: I went to several websites teaching about Sanat Kumara and found a lot of conflicting views. Can you add some clarification?

If you go to the various websites claiming to speak the truth of Jesus you will also got a strange variety of claims and misinformation. Outside of personal revelation you have to use sources that have been proven to be authoritative.

First, I wouldn’t trust anyone who claims to be channeling the Ancient of Days, or Sanat Kumara.

The most authoritative source as far as I am concerned are the Alice A. Bailey writings. A second source that is generally reliable are the Theosophical writings. Many of these are good, but not 100% accurate and need to be read with a discerning eye.

 

Question: Let me see if I get this right? Joshua, who was with Moses, re-incarnated as Jesus. Then the one who is the Christ who overshadowed Jesus was previously Melchizedek, who was overshadowed by the Ancient of Days  

Yes. This is why it is written that he was without father or mother [See Hebrews 7:2-4.]. The Ancient of Days was not born as Melchizedek.

Question: Has the Christ overshadowed anyone since Jesus?”

There are different degrees of overshadowing and the Christ has overshadowed various disciples over the centuries. One with which you are familiar was Winston Churchill, though this could be called more of a link in relation to the overshadowing of Jesus. The link was strong during World wat II to assist the Allies in defeating Hitler.

Question: Has the Christ has not re-incarnated since Melchizedek?”

He has had many incarnations over the history of the planet but none we know of in recent times as he has been working through others by spiritual means. DK says he was also Krishna of Hindu fame and as a Mormon you might find it interesting that legend says he had 16,000 wives. The main authoritative source we have from him is the Bhagavad Gita.

Question: Has Jesus reincarnated in the past two thousand years?

Yes, Jesus has been busy in and out of incarnation, but we do not have all the details. I believe he overshadowed Joseph Smith — at least for a time — and in more recent times Pope Paul I in an attempt to reform the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, the plan was frustrated and Pope Paul I was killed after 33 days in office.

Is it correct that the Ancient of Days was incarnated into the first Adam 20 some million years ago? Now, Michael the Archangel was incarnated into the last Adam some 6000 years ago?”

Sanat Kumara incarnated as the first man around 18 million years ago.

I haven’t any definite proof that Michael was either Melchizedek or Sanat Kumara. Most likely he is one of the Kumaras in Sanat’s inner molecule.

H. P. Blavatsky gives the names of these entities as follows: The Exoteric four are; Sanat-Kumara, Sananda, Sanaka, and Sanatana; and the esoteric three are; Sana, Kapila, and Sanat-sujata.

She associates Sanaka with Michael, the archangel, representative of the Logos of Saturn — quite possibly the spokesman for Jehovah who spoke to Moses.

Question: Did the Archangel Gabriel incarnate as Noah who built the ark?

That is the Mormon tradition, but not verified anywhere else I know of.

Question: Are there any other important incarnations or reincarnations that I should know and understand?”

More important than getting these types of details is the understanding of principles. You will lose data from life to life, but the intelligence acquired through the understanding of principles will go with you to the next life and prove very useful.

Question: So this means that Christ and the Ancient of Days shared the same body in a person called Melchizedek? And then Jesus and Christ shared the same body in a person called Jesus?

Correct.

Question: Who was the Father that Jesus referred to who forsook him on the cross?

The Christ had left the body so Jesus was alone on the cross and he felt abandoned. Jesus wanted to avoid the crucifixion and stay on and build The Kingdom of God. The Christ was overwhelmed by the karma of the world, which seemed to rest upon his shoulders. In the midst of this point of darkness Jesus received a sure knowledge that the cross was essential, and the Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane established a thread of intelligence, linking Shamballa (where dwells Sanat Kumara) with the humanity on earth and a vision that this link would eventually dispel all darkness.

In this way he saved the planet from sin or error. However, this salvation occurs for the planet over a fairly long period of time.

To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. – William Blake

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Valkyrie and Stauffenberg

After missing the show earlier because it was sold out we decided to go see Valkyrie at the 1:40 Matinee. My wife told me to get the tickets ahead online, but I told her we shouldn’t have to worry because I’ve never seen such an early show sold out in my life — especially one that is not number one at the box office.

As my luck would have it, the show was sold out again. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My wife had “I told you so” written all over her face that I knew would be something she would bring up for years to come.

She said she didn’t want to come back a third time and it turned out that there was only one way I was going to see the show this year and that was to subject myself to the ultimate sacrifice that the male species on the planet can endure. I had to go shopping with my wife for two and a half hours — until the film was shown again. I bought two tickets for the next feature and made the sacrifice for the greater good.

The film was a good one, but not great. Even so, it was by far the best presentation of this story to date. There were a lot of things left out, but one has to realize that a film is limited in what it can include. The concentration was on the plot against Hitler and they had to sacrifice some interesting details to make the film move briskly along.

There were a couple things that could have been added without taking much time that would have enhanced interest:

First:  Stauffenberg was wounded worse than implied in the movie and would have died if a doctor had not been nearby in a Red Cross truck and was summoned to help:

“He was found, half-conscious, beside his overturned, burnt out and shell-pocked vehicle. His injuries were appalling. His left eye had been hit by a bullet, his right seriously damaged as well. His right forearm and hand had been virtually shot away, as had two fingers on his left. One knee was badly wounded and his back and legs were pitted with shrapnel. In this condition, he was rushed to the nearest field hospital, at Sfax. Here, he received emergency treatment. The remnants of his right hand were amputated above the wrist. The little finger and ring finger of his left hand, and what remained of his left eye, were removed.

  “Three days later, as Montgomery’s troops advanced on Sfax, Stauffenberg was transferred to another hospital at Carthage-a difficult and extremely painful journey, with the ambulance under constant attack by Allied aircraft. From Carthage, he was flown to Munich. He was running an alarmingly high temperature, and most of the doctors concluded he was unlikely to live. If, by some miracle, he did, he was unlikely to walk again. He would probably be permanently crippled, an invalid for the rest of his life. He might also be blind.”

  (Quote from “Secret Germany” by Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh)

Fortunately, he regained his sight in his right eye and soon walked again. During this painful ordeal he refused painkillers.

There is a story I read that states that Stauffenberg was born with a sense of mission but couldn’t seem to put his finger on what it was he was supposed to do. Then one day his wife was visiting him in the hospital and was by his side when he was hovering in and out of consciousness. Finally, he came to and looked at her and said: “I have found my mission. I must kill Hitler.”

The account made it sound like he had been given a message in a near death experience.

Secondly:  It would have added interest if they could have better illustrated what a fluke it was that Hitler survived the blast of the assassination attempt by Stauffenberg. Four things happened that saved his life. If one of them had not occurred Hitler would have been dead and history would have been greatly changed.

Here are the four things:

[1] At the last minute the location of the meeting was changed from below ground to above ground. If the blast had occurred below ground the concussion would have been much greater and everyone in the room would have been killed. As it was, the above ground windows released the pressure of the blast and made Hitler’s death much less deadly.

[2] Stauffenberg’s time to prepare the bomb was cut short so he only had time to prepare half the explosives. If all the explosives had gone off Hitler would have been killed.

[3] The briefcase with the bomb was in the way of a general’s foot and he kicked it to the other side of the table. If the bomb had exploded where Stauffenberg left it Hitler would have been killed.

[4] The bomb went off on the other side of the table and the explosion flipped it up in such a way that it shielded Hitler from the blast. Everyone but Hitler was seriously injured or killed. Without the shielding of the thick table Hitler would have been dead.

When the bomb went off Stauffenberg, who was watching, was sure that Hitler was killed and he said, “The antichrist is dead.”

The movie then did a good job showing the paralysis that affected the conspirators. Some historians believe that if they had not been paralyzed by fear, even though Hitler was still alive, that the coup could have still worked.

The third point of interest that would have helped was a few more details of the aftermath. It did briefly show some being hung by piano wire, but the uninformed wouldn’t realize that. The book “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” gives an interesting description:

  “There was a wild wave of arrests followed by gruesome torture, drumhead trials, and death sentences carried out, in many cases, by slow strangling while the victims were suspended by piano wire from meathooks borrowed from butchershops and slaughterhouses. Relatives and friends of the suspects were rounded up by the thousands and sent to concentration camps, where many of them died. The brave few who gave shelter to those who were in hiding were summarily dealt with.

“Hitler, seized by a titanic fury and an unquenchable thirst for revenge, whipped Himmler and Kaltenbrunner to ever greater efforts to lay their hands on every last person who had dared to plot against him. He himself laid down the procedure for dispatching them.

“‘This time,’ he stormed at one of his first conferences after the explosion at Rastenburg, ‘the criminals will be given short shrift. No military tribunals. We’ll hale them before the People’s Court. No long speeches from them. The court will act with lightning speed. And two hours after the sentence it will be carried out. By hanging — without mercy.’”

They took movies of the hanging by piano wire and used it to discourage additional plots. Mysteriously the film disappeared and has never been found.

Hitler not only rounded up known conspirators, but used the plot as an excuse to eliminate around 5000 people he sensed may have something against him.

Thus many lights incarnated into Germany with a sense of mission, were denied that mission by Hitler, and most of them eventually killed after the plot was revealed. Many of these have been born into better circumstances, but still having difficulty in advancing the light.

The fate of his pregnant wife Nina who lived to the ripe age of 92 was interesting, but it was not practical to put in the film. Her story would make an interesting film of itself. Here is a brief account:

“The Countess was then sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp, as was her mother, who subsequently perished in another camp run by the advancing Russians.

“The four Stauffenberg children, of whom the eldest was aged 10, were placed in a state orphanage in Thuringia and given a new surname, Meister. In January 1945 Nina Stauffenberg gave birth in a Nazi maternity home to her husband’s posthumous daughter, Konstanze.

“The separated family were much helped by the efforts of her sister-in-law, Melitta, the wife of Berthold’s twin brother, Alexander, who had also been interned. Although she was a Polish Jew, Melitta had some influence with government officials because of her work on the design of dive-bombers. Towards the end of the war, however, she was fatally wounded when her aircraft was hit as she was returning from a visit to her nephews and niece.

“By the war’s end, the Countess was being held as a hostage in southern Germany. Although her guards had orders to kill her, she was eventually liberated by Allied troops and reunited with her children. Thereafter, she devoted herself to promoting understanding between Germans and the occupying American forces.”

Taken from: (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1514824/Countess-von-Stauffenberg.html)

There was not time in the film to go more into Stauffenberg’s character and his unorthodox philosophy and thinking but it did do a good job in showing a heroic attempt against overwhelming odds.

Everything that could be found that was written by Stauffenberg was destroyed before the war ended so most of what we know of him is from the accounts of those who knew him.

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Finding the Truth about Democracy

A reader claims that we do not need a state that is 100% democracy to see that it is not workable. We have had enough examples to see that it does not work.

You must have been misunderstanding many things I have written about as I have basically taught the idea that the samples of democracy that we have had indicate, not its failure, but its success. In the previous post I said:

  “One can examine how elements of democracy have influenced society and then make an educated guess as to the pros and cons of a true democracy.”

What I said that you are resisting was that a true democracy has not yet been demonstrated.

Even so, many of the details and problems in working out a true principle will not be foreseen. A principle must be demonstrated in reality to know all the details and problems that will surface.

Using logic and principles one can predict possibilities, but in the demonstration of an idea you have free will and unforeseen circumstances entering in making it impossible to predict all the details.

A reader gave this quote attributed to Jefferson

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”

Snopes gave a good explanation how this originated in 2004 and was not said by Jefferson:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jefferson-mob-rule-quote/

This explains why the statement is so out of harmony with his other comments on Democracy.

The word Democracy has a bad connotation among some, but these are usually people on the far right and left who are pushing for minority views and do not want democracy. I think there are many in the middle, like the early Perot supporters, who would be enthused about it.

I like a reader’s suggestion of calling the process “Molecular Democracy.” Anti-democracy people will be assailing it no matter what we call it so maybe we could put out a fire by using the name to begin with.

I previously asked my critical friend this question: “What principle are you using to which I am blinded?”

To which he said this: “The primary principle that you are blinded to is one of the most fundamental of all. ‘A is A.’ A thing is what it is, and no amount of wishing for it to be otherwise can change that principle.”

I don’t think I would call this a principle. I would say that the principle of correctly identifying or describing our reality works through the principle of perception.

First of all, most every conscious person on the planet believes “A’ is ‘A.” For instance — show 10 people an apple and they will admit that it is an apple. But what we are talking about involves more than seeing one simple thing or object and admitting it exists. We are talking about a subject with many nuances where we have to match up “ACDGFH” with “BCDEFJ” and use the harmonies to see the truth.

If the problem of you and I reaching agreement were as simple as seeing that “A=A” then why does few seem to be agreeing with you? The “A” that you are seeing must not be that obvious. Perhaps it is not just a simple “A,” but a more complex problem.

A reader  supplied a famous antidemocracy quote by Alexander Fraser Tyler, in “Cycle Of Democracy,” circa 1770, wrote the following:

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world’s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to Complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.”

This quote is often used by strict Constitutionalists who cringe when our government is called a Democracy and insist on it being called a Republic instead. Some of this group have the notion that a Democracy would be much worse than a Republic and even compare it to a tyranny. A phrase often used is “a tyranny of the majority.”

That said, let us examine this quote an analyze it.

  “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.”

There are several problems with this statement. The first is there has never been a permanent government of any kind on the earth in the history of the planet. So if we predict the future based on the past we could say, “There is no such thing as a permanent form of any government.”

Thus singling out democracy as not being permanent is an illusionary contrast.

Secondly, there has never been a true democracy in recorded history. Athens was perhaps the closest to a real democracy in the ancient world but consider this.

Greater Athens had about 250,000-300,000 people. Only a male head of a citizen family could vote. Citizen families may have amounted to 100,000 people and out of these some 30,000 were the adult male citizens entitled to vote in the assembly. In addition to this those qualified to vote were required to vote.

Most people of today would not view a government where only about 10% of its residents having the power to vote as much of a democracy. Secondly, there is an obvious flaw in requiring citizens to vote. That is you get many people voting who do not care or are not informed about the item under consideration.

Even with its flaws, however, Athens grew to be the most prosperous and free society in the ancient world. Even after the government was destroyed by Sparta, the principle of democracy lived on and provided much inspiration for the Founding Fathers of the United States.

The quote continues:

  “It (democracy) can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.”

The problem with this conclusion is we have never had an example of a democracy where all permanent residents can become citizens and all citizens can vote on issues. Thus one cannot say that the majority of such voters would selfishly raid the treasury.

This did not seem to be a major problem in ancient Athens, a partial democracy. Their main problem was from powerful leaders in surrounding governments, threatened by democracy and seeking to overthrow it.

On the other hand, this raiding of the public treasury is a major flaw in our Republic of the USA. The people here are not raiding the treasury, but our leaders are for the purpose of buying votes.

The quote continues:

“From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”

This is true, but this describes a Republican form of government — not a democracy.

The quote ends with:

“The average of the world’s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to Complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.”

This sequence is incorrect for there has been very little real liberty in the history of the world. Perhaps Rome fits this model most closely, but its cycle took 1000 years.

Here is the sequence we see most often in history:

From bondage to rebellion; from rebellion to great struggle for freedom; from struggle to the overthrow of government; from overthrow to creation of new government that frees the rebels and brings bondage and revenge to the others. The government has only slightly changed and the victims are merely moved around. The new victims become rebels which leads to another overthrow. The cycle continues with slight improvements occurring over history.

All throughout history policy has been made by the minority, not by the majority through Democratic means. Until such a democracy surfaces we can only guess as to whether the people would raid the treasury, grow complacent or the government would just last 200 years.

“Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”  —Harry Emerson Fosdick

Dec 22, 2008

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