From: Robert the Bruce (Original Message) Sent: 19/03/2004 11:02 PM
The Temple Of Brotherhood
Universal Brotherhood is the supreme Ideal of Humanity, and towards that Ideal the world is slowly but surely moving.

Today, as never before, numbers of earnest men and women are striving to make this Ideal tangible and real; Fraternities are springing up on every hand, and Press and Pulpit, the world over, are preaching the Brotherhood of Man.

The unselfish elements in all such efforts cannot fail to have their effect upon the race, and are with certainty urging it towards the goal of its noblest aspirations; but the ideal state has not yet manifested through any outward organisation, and societies formed for the purpose of propagating Brotherhood are continually being shattered to pieces by internal dissension.

The Brotherhood for which Humanity sighs is withheld from actuality by Humanity itself; nay, more, it is frustrated even by men who work zealously for it is a desirable possibility; and this because the purely spiritual nature of Brotherhood is not perceived, and the principles involved, as well as the individual course of conduct necessary to perfect unity, are not comprehended.

Brotherhood as a human organisation cannot exist so long as any degree of self-seeking reigns in the hearts of men and women who band themselves together for any purpose, as such self-seeking must eventually rend the Seamless Coat of loving unity. But although organised Brotherhood has so far largely failed, any man may realise Brotherhood in its perfection, and know it in all its beauty and completion, if he will make himself of a wise, pure, and loving spirit, removing from his mind every element of strife, and learning to practise those divine qualities without which Brotherhood is but a mere theory, opinion, or illusive dream.

For Brotherhood is at first spiritual, and its outer manifestation in the world must follow as a natural sequence.

As a spiritual reality it must be discovered by each man for himself, and in the only place where spiritual realities can be found - within himself, and it rests with each whether he shall choose or refuse it.

There are four chief tendencies in the human mind which are destructive of Brotherhood, and which bar the way to its comprehension, namely:

Pride

Self-love

Hatred

Condemnation

Where these are there can be no Brotherhood; in whatsoever heart these hold sway, discord rules, and Brotherhood is not realised, for these tendencies are, in their very nature, dark and selfish amd always make for disruption and destruction. From these four things proceeds that serpent brood of false actions and conditions which poison the heart of man, and fill the world with suffering and sorrow.

Out of the spirit of pride proceed envy, resentment, and opinionativeness. Pride envies the position, influence, or goodness of others; it thinks, "Iam more deserving than this man or this woman"; it also continually finds occasion for resenting the actions of others, and says, "I have been snubbed," "I have been insulted," and thinking altogether of his own excellence, it sees no excellence in others.

From the spirit of self-love proceed egotism, lust for power, and disparagement and contempt. Self-love worships the personality in which it moves; it is lost in the adoration and glorification of that "I", that "self" which has no real existence, but is a dark dream and a delusion. It desires pre-eminence over others, and thinks, "Iam great," "Iam more important than others"; it also disparages others, and bestows upon them contempt, seeing no beauty in them, being lost in the contemplation of its own beauty.

From the spirit of hatred proceed slander, cruelty, reviling, and anger. It strives to overcome evil by adding evil to it. It says, "This man has spoken of me ill, I will speak still more ill of him and thus teach him a lesson." It mistakes cruelty for kindness, and causes its possessor to revile a reproving friend. It feeds the flames of anger with bitter and rebellious thoughts.

From the spirit of condemnation proceed accusation, false pity, and false judgement. It feeds itself on the contemplation of evil, and cannot see the good. It has eyes for evil only, and finds it in almost every thing and every person. It sets up an arbitrary standard of right and wrong by which to judge others, and it thinks, "This man does not do as I would have him do, he is therefore evil, and I will denounce him." So blind is the spirit of condemnation that whilst rendering its possessor incapable of judging himself, it causes him to set himself up as the judge of all the earth.

From the four tendencies enumerated, no element of brotherliness can proceed. They are deadly mental poisons, and he who allows them to rankle in his mind, cannot apprehend the peaceful principles on which Brotherhood rests.

Then there are chiefly four divine qualities which are productive of Brotherhood; which are, as it were, the foundation stones on which it rests, namely:

Humility

Self-surrender

Love

Compassion

Wheresoever these are, there Brotherhood is active. In whatsoever heart these qualities are dominant, there Brotherhood is an established reality, for they are, in their very nature, unselfish and are filled with the revealing Light of Truth. There is no darkness in them, and where they are, so powerful is their light, that the dark tendencies cannot remain, but are dissolved and dissipated.

Out of these four qualities proceed all those angelic actions and conditions which make for unity and bring gladness to the heart of man and to the world.

From the spirit of Humility proceed meekness and peacefulness; from self-surrender come patience, wisdom, and true judgment; from Love spring kindness, joy, and harmony; and from Compassion proceed gentleness and forgiveness.

He who has brought himself into harmony with these four qualities is divinely enlightened; he sees whence the actions of men proceed and whither they tend, and therefore can no longer live in the exercise of the dark tendencies. He has realised Brotherhood in its completion as freedom from malice; from envy, from bitterness, from contention, from condemnation. All men are his brothers, those who live in the dark tendencies, as well as those who live in the enlightened qualities, for he knows that when they have perceived the glory and beauty of the Light of Truth, the dark tendencies will be dispelled from their minds. He has but one attitude of mind towards all, that of good-will.

Of the four dark tendencies are born ill-will and strife; of the four divine qualities are born good-will and peace.

Living in the four tendencies a man is a strife-producer. Living in the four qualities a man is a peace-maker.

Involved in the darkness of the selfish tendencies, men believe that they can fight for peace, kill to make alive, slay injury by injuring, restore love by hatred, unity by contention, kindness by cruelty, and establish brotherhood by erecting their own opinions (which they themselves will, in the course of time, abandon as worthless) as objects of universal adoration.

The wished-for Temple of Brotherhood will be erected in the world when its four foundation stones of Humility, Self-surrender, Love, and Compassion are firmly laid in the hearts of men, for Brotherhood consists, first of all, in the abandonment of self by the individual, and its after-effects is unity between man and man.

Theories and schemes for propagating Brotherhood are many, but Brotherhood itself is one and unchangeable and consists in the complete cessation from egotism and strife, and in practising good-will and peace; for Brotherhood is a practice and not a theory. Self-surrender and Good-will are its guardian angels, and peace is its habitation.

Where two are determined to maintain an opposing opinion, the clinging to self and ill-will are there, and Brotherhood is absent.

Where two are prepared to sympathise with each other, to see no evil in each other, to serve and not to attack each other; the Love of Truth and Good-will are there, and Brotherhood is present.

All strifes, divisions, and wars inhere in the proud, unyielding self; all peace, unity, and concord inhere in the Principles which the yielding up of self reveals.

Brotherhood is only practised and known by him whose heart is at peace with all the world.

James Allen . . .

(1864-1912)

An unrewarded genius
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WHO WAS JAMES ALLEN?.....James Allen is a literary mystery man. His inspirational writings have influenced millions for good. Yet today he remains almost unknown...... None of his nineteen books give a clue to his life other than to mention his place of residence - Ilfracombe, England. His name cannot be found in a major reference work. Not even the Library of Congress or the British Museum has much to say about him.

Who was this man who believed in the power of thought to bring fame, fortune and happiness? Or did he, as Henry David Thoreau says, hear a different drummer?...... James Allen never gained fame or fortune. That much is true. His was a quiet, unrewarded genius. He seldom made enough money from his writings to cover expenses.

Allen was born in Leicester, Central England, November 28, 1864. The family business failed within a few years, and in 1879 his father left for America in an effort to recoup his losses. The elder Allen had hoped to settle in the United States, but was robbed and murdered before he could send for his family.

The financial crisis that resulted forced James to leave school at fifteen. He eventually became a private secretary, a position that would be called administrative assistant today. He worked in this capacity for several British manufacturers until 1902, when he decided to devote all his time to writing.

Unfortunately, Allen's literary career was short, lasting only nine years, until his death in 1912. During that period he wrote nineteen books, a rich outpouring of ideas that have lived on to inspire later generations.

Soon after finishing his first book, From Poverty To Power, Allen moved to Ilfracombe, on England's southwest coast. The little resort town with its seafront Victorian hotels and its rolling hills and winding lanes offered him the quiet atmosphere he needed to pursue his philosophical studies.

As A Man Thinketh was Allen's second book. Despite its subsequent popularity he was dissatisfied with it. Even though it was his most concise and eloquent work, the book that best embodied his thought, he somehow failed to recognize its value. His wife Lily had to persuade him to publish it.

James Allen strove to live the ideal life described by Russia¹s great novelist and mystic Count Leo Tolstoy - the life of voluntary poverty, manual labor and ascetic self-discipline. Like Tolstoy, Allen sought to improve himself, be happy, and master all of the virtues. His search for felicity for man on earth was typically Tolstoyan.

His day in Ilfracombe began with a predawn walk up to the Cairn, a stony spot on the hillside overlooking his home and the sea. He would remain there for an hour in meditation. Then he would return to the house and spend the morning writing. The afternoons were devoted to gardening, a pastime he enjoyed. His evenings were spent in conversation with those who were interested in his work.

A friend described Allen as a frail-looking little man, Christ-like, with a mass of flowing black hair...... I think of him especially in the black velvet suit he always wore in the evenings, the friend wrote. He would talk quietly to a small group of us then - English, French, Austrian and Indian - of meditation, of philosophy, of Tolstoy or Buddha, and of killing nothing, not even a mouse in the garden.

He overawed us all a little because of his appearance, his gentle conversation, and especially because he went out to commune with God on the hills before dawn.

James Allen's philosophy became possible when liberal Protestantism discarded the stern dogma that man is sinful by nature. It substituted for that dogma an optimistic belief in man's innate goodness and divine rationality.

This reversal of doctrine was, as William James said, the greatest revolution of the 19th Century. It was part of a move toward a reconciliation of science and religion following Darwin's publication The Origin of Species.

Charles Darwin himself hinted at the change in belief in The Descent of Man. In that book he wrote, the highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts..

Allen's work embodies the influence of Protestant liberalism on the one hand and of Buddhist thought on the other. For example, the Buddha teaches, All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Allen¹s Biblical text says, As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Allen insists upon the power of the individual to form his own character and to create his own happiness. Thought and character are one, he says, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. This does not mean that a man's circumstances at any given time are an indication of his entire character, but that those circumstances are so intimately connected with some vital thought element within him that, for the time being, they are indispensable to his development.

Allen starts us thinking - even when we would rather be doing something else. He tells us how thought leads to action. He shows us how to turn our dreams into realities...... His is a philosophy that has brought success to millions. It is the philosophy of Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking and of Joshua Liebman's Peace of Mind.

We become spiritually rich, Allen writes, when we discover the adventure within; when we are conscious of the oneness of all life; when we know the power of meditation; when we experience kinship with nature.

Allen's message is one of hope even in the midst of confusion. Yes, he says, humanity surges with uncontrolled passion, is tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by anxiety and doubt. Only the wise man, only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.

Tempest-tossed souls, Allen continues, wherever you may be, under whatsoever conditions you may life, know this - in the ocean of life the isles of blessedness are smiling and the sunny shore of your ideal awaits your coming.

And thus Allen teaches two essential truths: today we are where our thoughts have taken us, and we are the architects - for better or worse - of our futures.

The works of James Allen are eminently practical. He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing, or to add another to the existing books. According to his wife, Allen wrote when he had a message, and it became a message only when he had lived it in his own life, and knew that it was good. Thus he wrote facts, which he had proven by practice.

Three on-line books by James Allen:
As A Man Thinketh
Above Life's Turmoil
Byways of Blessedness

The prognostications of machines that we can 'download' our consciousness and soul into are probably real. I doubt the total soul of a human can be so treated, but I recognize they might be right. I have little doubt they will be able to do this with our memory and personality. I say we are now truly facing some GOD like decisions. I do expect some of our leaders would 'download' themself in this way, rather than die. The soul is under an all out attack! The psychological and other means of sublimating the soul are extremely worrisome to me. I believe there is a great potential for humanity, I do not wish to see it 'downloaded' into machines.
Are we going to be Morally ABLE to address these opportunities?
Can co-operative and group based evaluation in education combined with improved learning style techniques eventually lead to THINKERS rather than FOLLOWERS. We must have creatively AWARE citizens and leaders prepared to operate in a world of abundance. Our leaders will be those from outmoded and archaic methods of behaviour. The old Industrial Age models of economics and GREED or POWER are not what we need if we hope these bounties shared in a fair manner amongst all the souls on earth. Do you think if the leaders become almost immortal that they will treat the plebes as their equals?
There are many reasons to question authority and BECOME ACTIVE NOW: if you expect your children or even yourself to still be FREE to enjoy all these things we are about to realize. There is a massive BEAUTY awaiting US if we join our souls and minds in this effort of true emancipation. Let us start by treating women as the equal of men and outlawing religious attitudes of prejudice against women.
The Soul offers abilities to connect and learn from 'collective' conscious planes of reality such as the Eastern mystics call the 'Akashic'. Some Western mystery schools like Rosicrucian/Masonry use words like 'direct cognition'. The law of the Magi that states 'RIGHT THOUGHT equals RIGHT ACTION' must be a part of our worldwide consciousness if we have any hope of overcoming the potential misuse of these technologies and techniques.
If we begin to value the soul in our schools and do things like Oprah Winfrey does in her 'Remembering Our Spirit' segment, we may have HOPE! Then the future of mankind may meet the challenges of space colonization, conscious machines that can replicate, and long, LONG lives of Evil and controlling hierarchies.
If we don't act soon the reverse may soon be upon us like the legendary 'harpies'. Already the psychology books downplay Kohlberg's spirit level, and many texts have removed Carl Jung from their 'history'. It is incumbent on US ALL to make certain that every person has access to the life-extending technology that is just ahead of us, as Time said in their February 1999 issue( Will be available four years from now.). This very important test of egalitarian motives must be handled with equanimity or else, we will know the 'slippery slope' of controlling hierarchies and the boots of eugenicists.
This WARNING is NOT about the future! We must know the position of our current leadership! Are you willing to vote without knowing what the platform of the party you elect IS, in reference to these issues? This election will empower them to initiate a program to either make this life-extending technology available or not. If it is given only to the powerful and the bureaucrats then they will begin to operate with a whole set of concerns that mere mortal humans need not KNOW! I am VERY concerned that no leader has addressed this issue in any political forum. I see no debate or sharing of the many truths these technologies offer. It could be a great future, or a very EVIL one, we must insist on transparency and FULL DISCLOSURE!
So much of this discourse relates to our SOUL and the concepts of Brotherhood and LOVE. I hope the following insights thereon will make it clear that the course our nations and leaders are taking us down (especially in our schools) does not bode well for Humanity in the impending battle with Conscious Machines, with or without Souls.
SOUL VS. THE EGO:
There are so many issues of 'Brotherhood' and Love that become intertwined in the matters relating to our soul and ego. Even critical thinkers who have an 'open' mind will find themselves rationalizing .behaviour that fits the NORM rather than put the soul and its 'collective; nature ahead of THEIR ego. At the root of the whole matter is whether or not the soul really exists. I know many people who pay lip service to its existence, yet think of it as only existent 'here and now'. I know others who feel it only exists in entirely personal ways that enable them to pray or wish for self-serving goals and NEEDS. I am not sure that there are many people who can face the true nature of the soul and spirit worlds without FEARS GUILTS and insecurities. We have become trapped in a societal morass that focuses itself in soulful negation; we have many leaders who appeal to the fears generated by schools and media that don't even open the discussion of the soul for debate. The 'expert' mind-menders are hell bent to prove it does not exist, or to eradicate it from the many people they seek to MANAGE!
Who can say WHAT the soul is or isn't?
There are many perspectives from which to address the question of what the soul is. The historical religious dogma of the Judaeo-Christian- Islamic complex is fraught with hierarchies of answers. These answers depend on the level of the questioners' scholarly insight, and vary across many points of view or denominations. I find the charismatic interpretation of Jesus as an adept who studied (with Gnostics and Essenes) to achieve the illumination of 'the living father' within to be quite useful ecumenically. This approach is wondrously like the Eastern mystical perspective, which is now being championed by the quantum physicists and other hard science (see Psychology Today, Aug.1980 issue titled 'Rediscovering the Mind' by Yale Prof. of Microbiology and Biophysics Harold Morowitz). Eugene Wigner who received the Nobel Prize for formulating the basic quantum physics theory of the nature of reality, credits the Mandukya Upanishads and their portrayal of 'AUM' or the Holy Spirit as having understood the consciousness within ALL things. It is elucidative on the nature of the 'one dimensional harmonic force' of modern String Theory that describes the genesis of all energy and matter.
Is this conscious element in all matter similar to Jung's ‘collective unconscious'? I think it is, and I think what Jung said about Freud whose theories still hold sway in much of psychological theory, is important to consider. He said that Freud 'had a very justifiable fear of metaphysics', due to his insecurities, fears and phobias (perhaps heroin use). What is metaphysics if not the nexus or conjunction of the soul and science? Jung has a story that Joseph Campbell recalls about meeting natives in Africa and their chanting 'Aum' that seems to connect to 'OM' the universal sound. I like to think the original writers and adepts who crafted many Bible stories (before the Pauline/ Constantine revisionists) understood these things when they wrote; 'In the beginning was the WORD!'
I have written many volumes that document the abuse the soul has suffered at the hands of theologians and academic reductivism. It does not amuse me to hear people of good intent accept their lives are full and worthwhile even if no soul exists. The soul is operating under definite Karmic and natural laws just as everything else does. The ‘world of seems to be' or Babylon, is seductive to the person who simply goes with the flow or seeks to fit the NORM. The ideology that negates this soul and the equality of every soul on earth has become the norm.
Confessionals and 'special dispensations' generate a lot of funds for the ecclesiasts and churchians, but I dare say will not overcome the TRUTH of the soul. We see the impact of these things in the on-going 'War on Women' and Manifest Destiny. I think slavery and prejudices are no worse than pursuing POWER at the detriment of others in all so many societal systems and organizations. To give Ritalin to young souls in school who are bored or fed up with" the lies, is just another of many examples of how we attack the things we do not feel GOOD about. As a society what does it say about US, if every citizen is 'at risk' of being 'managed' or given ECT and drugs as we grow old or become confused at the immorality that surrounds us? What about the treatment of 'vulnerable victims' who lash out and become criminals, due to incest or other issues like the ridicule of superior beings who succeed in a system designed for them. Is retribution and punishment what LOVING and soulful people NEED? There are a whole host of different learning styles or curricula that would ENABLE cognitively capable coping citizens. Who will lead US to this 'promised land' that we have the potential to become?
To TRUST the Soul as one sleeps silent in the solace of the night is not easy. Our world is so focused on 'external validation' and expertise that seeks to make US 'fit'. Can any of us say in TRUTH that we are immune from doubts? Can we truly say we are ONE with 'All that IS' and feel the 'connection' with the 'Holy Spirit' that surrounds US? The pop culture’s superficial evaluations of LOVE are not just the result of what THEY, the enigmatic control freaks have in mind for US. Does that make me wrong to see their hand in the abortion of the soul? It is 'within' us to change the world by holding our leaders 'in the light'. I know it sounds trite and clichéd but I do 'rage against the machine' and proclaim IT IS! These clichés exhibit the common search that good people everywhere sense is RIGHT. All religions say it is so. Someday soon WE must have FAITH in our own glorious SOUL!

WE LIVE IN DEPRESSING TIMES:
What is being achieved by psychiatric models that use 'allopathy' or drugs, almost exclusively? Are you happy with the increasing costs and the results of non-intervention in dealing with things like the cycle of violence and genital disfigurement? There are NO positive results; and Dr. Cohen says (read Drs. Breggins’ book 'The War On Children’ too) that countries that don't waste the money on drugs get better recovery rates. There is evidence that suggests that schizophrenics recover their brain size and overcome the metabolic nutritional uptake issues in the course of the natural passage of time. This is observable in a large number of TRUE Schizophrenics around the age of fifty. If they have received brain cell destroying drugs and ECT for a number of years before that; then they will not recover, I suggest. My own mother recovered substantially with proper nutrition and reduced stress despite a volume of ECT and drug treatments. Do you think I have brought these issues to the attention of doctors? I have a smile on my face; I hope you do too!
The poking and probing of the various health care professionals is very damaging to the possibility of trust. Heaped on top of friend’s and family’s lack of compassion or understanding it makes it difficult for the mentally ill person to TRUST. The alienation and withdrawal that results are massive. The reduced mental faculty of the drugged individual leads to some very repressive or oppressive rationalizations achieving the destruction of self-esteem and an acceptance of whatever is recommended by the drug-pushers. Do they consider these realities, yes, the social workers understand the deprecating effects of the drugs and they call for real programs. They even threaten society with more problems if something isn't done about it.
They say they can institute real psychological therapies that would help, but are always saying they don't have enough money. It may be true that money is a problem; but I think that isn't the problem. I think that too much money is spent on useless and destructive programs. I observe few of them are aware of the purpose-oriented and co-operative learning programs. They look at me with a dazed glassy look as I talk about logotherapy in most cases. They pay patients to attend their stupid hype-type classes that don't address any real issues. This pay is expressed in a variety of subtle ways, such as honorariums, cigarettes, coffee (both destructive) and small amounts of money. This might take the form of fifteen dollars to come and play pool. It might take the form of providing tobacco for attendees at writing groups where the result is a confusion of purposes that get in the way of real learning and productive creative projects. The sex education is MOST fear-oriented and leads to more alienation and paranoia. I have often had great difficulty getting the severely alienated long term patient to listen to the facts about things like ECT.
Some COTA (Community Occupational Therapy Associates) workers try to educate people and support my efforts but are instructed or encouraged to do otherwise. There certainly is no incentive to help people become better. Viktor E. Frankl wrote Man's Search For Meaning, which I have dealt with frequently in relation to logotherapy; and the use of such concepts by Regeneration House is evidence that a few psychologists practice in some form the work that his book led to. He wrote this book based on his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. He faced the all important issue of the freedom to live or die on an almost daily basis. If he didn't personally, he did as an observer of his friends and fellow sufferers. Do I think that kind of experience is necessary for the care-givers to empathize with in order to be able to relate to the mentally ill and their issues of trust and alienation? Do you think a person who has a suitable value system functioning in their own life can deal with the trauma of a person who is mentally ill? Is there a moral and humanitarian similarity between the care of severely vulnerable victims of a society that doesn't ever teach coping skills and expects parents who are issue driven and uneducated about psychology to HELP? And the treatment of those who the world refused to give a homeland to in the time before the Second World War?? Certainly Frankl's experiences were instrumental in an understanding that is rare to find in the treatment and educational environment. Would I like to see psychiatrists and non-wholistic doctors suffer their treatment in a concentration camp?
Being given ECT is not unlike the efforts of Dr. Mengele. I shouldn't say that! I am catering to a prejudice against that doctor who was at least working to improve the human condition, at least in his own mind and those of his bosses. The psychiatrists are making MONEY! They are telling lies! They are breaking laws and misinforming the taxpayer about the use of their money. We shall see more of this issue in later chapters, but for now it is important for the reader to see that social services are not giving the facts to the media or the patients. And yes, in answer to the question of whether or not I would like to see the psychiatrists get some of their own treatment, I am tempted. I would not really wish it on even them, however.
How can they justify the immoral acts of their own kind, and not tell the media. Is their club or 'old boy network' so strong that they would suffer major losses. Most doctors know this is random and unknown surgery by torturous and barbaric means. Yet, they aren't picketing or even speaking of these atrocities. Yes, the Colleges of Physicians and all the other Colleges as well as the courts, are willing to penalize whistle-blowers. Whether it is vitamins or wholistics; the issues in the medical establishment from the flawed approval and false representation of drug companies down to the people holding the legs of the ECT victim while electricity charges through his brain are really just ethical issues. I ask the reader to consider this as just one of the reasons that disciplines don't want other experts sticking their noses into the business and empires they are building.
Ethicists and social scientists galore are in agreement with me. Are you ready to ACT?! Are you just the same as the German people who didn't know; or is it DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW? I hear a great deal of German-bashing, in the numerous holocaust portrayals. Can some one tell me what the difference is between the people of our vaunted society that point fingers at all the human rights abusers; while engaging in enabling these 'quacks' to feed on the vulnerable humans they reduce to performing the function of 'money-trees' for the drug companies and 'care-givers'? Courts have determined that insurance contracts should be 'in plain English'; fairness and full disclosure doctrines are evident on the back of your income tax forms, there are movements afoot to try to remove weasel words and legalistic jargon all over the place. What about the reduction of red tape and over-legislation? Can we expect vulnerable and often illiterate members of society to work their way through the maze of facts and deceitful practitioners that I have mentioned? Should there be a video put out and distributed at the cost of the drug companies to tell the other side of the story?
Tobacco companies never were as bad as these opportunists. The president of Hoffman La Roche lied to a U.S. senate investigative panel in a way that should have led to his total liquidation. Valium was the number one addictive drug with three times more the emergency ward admissions in the early eighties than heroin. Methadone has been similarly exposed by 60 Minutes, and valium is still being used in the house I live in. There is a need for citizen oversight and involvement. There is a need to change the enforcement of laws and take it away from the Colleges of so-called experts who all benefit and have a great conflict of interest. I hear more outrage over the use of animals in research than I do about the use of humans in the research of these drugs. Please save society and the souls of these VULNERABLE victims from any more of this incessant torture. It is not enough to sue the church and make them pay some pittance for the dirty deeds and cover-ups of their involvement of the care and education of Indians, orphans, and the mentally insane. What is INSANE?! Who is insane? Was Mengele, any more depraved and insane than every doctor who decides not to inform himself whether the drug company information is the truth, and accept the largesse that flows from this co-operation? Yes I know, I keep returning to these points. I hope that I am adding enough each time.
Let us make people like Patch Adams or Gabe Merkens into the watchdogs of this profession. Let us re-educate and demand proof of results before we prescribe these dangerous and life diminishing drugs. Who is next? Your children are being forced to take Ritalin against the will of many parents. Parents sit in jail because they fought to protect their kids against this truly EVIL gateway drug. Now they have developed a drug for teenage obsessive compulsive behaviour! WHAT? Prozac for pets and claims of a better world are not sincere. The real reason that many kids have difficulty paying attention is the curriculum is full of lies. The teachers aren't charismatic and don't have the freedom to teach what the students want to learn. Are they going to legislate us to vote for one of the people that the Tri-lateral Commission puts up in each party; are you prepared to have your boss empowered to send you to a hospital psych ward for failure to do your job? When is the time to act? The legislation for workplace issues of some kind has already been proposed. There is an ethical truism that has been observed for a long-time called the 'slippery slope'. I could give you data on things that might send you scurrying up that slope.