....
>
> But if Americans are willing to revive the Iraqi Horror Picture Show
> just to feed our out-of-control oil habit, how are we that different?
> How many innocents will be put through hell, just to preserve our
> little corner of relative heaven? There is no real peace without
> harmony and balance, only the vicious cycle of injustice. Peons
> get tired of getting peed on, right? You get pissed on, and pretty
> soon you're gonna get pissed off. This causes the hot spots to
> flare, and pretty soon you have an uprising, which usually results in
> a downfall. All these uprisings and downfalls can be wearing on
> the body politic.
>
> Fortunately, we do have a choice. One of my favorite stories
> recently is about a Native American grandfather talking to his
> young grandson. He tells the boy he has two wolves inside of
> him struggling with each other. The first is the wolf of peace,
> love and kindness. The other wolf is fear, greed and hatred.
> "Which wolf will win, grandfather?" asks the young boy.
> "Whichever one I feed," is the reply.
>
> Every day -- every moment -- we have the choice to feed the
> wolf of love or the wolf of fear. It is interesting that we are
> called humanKIND. What better time than now to find out, can mankind
> treat man kindly?
>
> I have a dream ... I call it tell-a-vision. I say, if you're
> dissatisfied with the current programming, you can turn off your TV
> and tell a vision instead. Here is my vision: Remember the Manhattan
> Project during World War II? It took less than four years for a group
> of scientists to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. My
> vision is, we can do even better for an even worthier goal. We could
> call it the Manhelpin' Project, and its purpose would be to develop
> the first weapon of mass construction instead.
>
> Think about it. What if we used that $200 billion set to detonate in
> Iraq, and put it toward becoming the worldwide leader in renewable,
> clean, sustainable energy sources? Now there's some real power.
> Create something so plentiful you don't have to pay an army to
> protect your share. A healthy income, a healthy outcome ... what
> could possibly make more sense? Boy, talk about feeding two birds
> with one scone!
>
> The choice is up to us. If we want an alternative, we must feed the
> "alter native" economy ... anything that alters us natives for the
> better. The world we live in is a byproduct of the products we buy,
> is it not? What if we only choose to buy products with healthy
> byproducts? Think about this: There are at least 45 million
> Americans who consciously want to feed the wolf of peace. If each
> of us switched just $100 into the alter native economy, that would
> be $4.5 billion!
>
> Last year, we launched a blisskrieg and declared "all out peace."
> I'm happy to report it is already working. More people are letting
> their inner peace out, and these outbreaks of peace are actually
> causing esteem to rise! And we all know that rising esteem is good
> for the atmosphere. As esteem rises, more people on the planet will
> be able to be all that they can be -- without joining the army. And
> when more of us put our energy into love and laughter instead of
> criticizing and condemning, we will have Uncritical Mass ... and we
> will bring aboutNonjudgment Day, and along with it, Disarmaggedon.
> Now you might be wondering, what will Nonjudgment Day look like?
> Let me tell another vision.
>
> I have been to the heights of levity, and I have seen people all over
> the world dancing together in the universal dance of fool realization
> ... The Hokey Pokey. I want you to hold this vision with me: all of
> the world leaders at the United Nations beginning their sessions with
> the Hokey Pokey. What if Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat put their
> whole selves in in? That would be commitment. And then pulled
> their whole selves out. That is detachment. Then they turn
> themselves around, which is transformation. And that, my friends,
> is what it is all about!
>
> So, how can you help raise the laugh force on the planet enough to
> bring about Nonjudgment Day? First, you can take a vow of levity, and
> laugh more. And we even have a Laughmore Society to help you do just
> that. Next, you can support everyone's right to laugh by joining the
> Right To Laugh Party ... "One big party, everyone is invited. All for
> fun, and fun for all."
>
> Commit random acts of comedy. Practice Fun Shui and leave the world
> a funnier place. Anything to elicit a moment of of fool-realization
> with a spark of laughter. Because only when we lovingly laugh at our
> foolishness, can we seriously change things for the better . May you
> wake up laughing and leave laughter in your wake ... and may the Farce
> be with you!
>
> © Copyright 2003 by Steve Bhaerman. All rights reserved. To find
> out more about the Swami, and how you can promote healing laughter and
> transformational comedy through the Laughmore Society and the
> Right-To-Laugh movement, go to
>
>
http://www.wakeuplaughing.com or call Swami's hotline at
> 1-800-SWAMI-BE.
>
> As members of the Laughmore Society, you will receive:
>
> . A handsome certificate of Absurdification, suitable for framing
> -- or at least to remind you to "enlighten up."
>
> . A Wake Up Laughing laughter tape to play any time you need a
> reminder that there is indeed a laugh track out there.
>
> . The official Laughmore Society button with the motto, "Overcome
> With Laughter."
>
> . Specials and discounts on books, tapes, CDs and other cosmic
> comedy products, including those of the Swami.
>
> . The monthly Wake Up Laughing E-zine, featuring not just funny
> stuff, but tips on applying the art of "situational comedy" to just
> about any situation.
>
> You get all of this for the laughable sum of $21.95 per year ... tax
> deductible, of course. You get to support the cause of transformation
> through comedy, and nourish yourself and those around you with
> healing laughter. Talk about feeding two birds with one scone!
>
> But wait ... there's more. If you become a Charter Member of
> Laughmore, you will receive Swami's groundbreaking music and comedy
> CD, Drive Your Karma, Curb Your Dogma ... a $16 value. Even if you
> already own the CD, you can certainly think of someone who'd love to
> laugh at Steve and Swami's enlightening humor.
>
> To join now, follow this link
>
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> To join by check, please send check for$21.95 to
> Laughmore Society,
> 400 W. Third St., D-144,
> Santa Rosa, CA 95401.
>
> And please feel free to pass this offer on to your friends and
> associates, because when it comes to laughter, the more the merrier.
> And remember too that what goes around, comes around. So .. the laugh
> you save, may be your own.
>
> May the FARCE be with you,
>
> Steve Bhaerman
>
>