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A Prison Planet By Robert Baird I decreed my ‘twin’ into
my life in early 1990. It
is a story I tell in other
books but I think even Edward
House would have a hard time
topping my gifts. She was
the only woman with a brown
card in California when she
sat on the Governor’s Blue
Ribbon Panel on Prison Reform.
A brown card allows you access
to all Penal System buildings.
She had once been put in prison
because the FBI could not
catch her Mafia bosses who
had duped her and many others
in a Huntington Beach land
fraud. She would not testify
against them until they were
behind bars because the Mafia
goons had threatened to kill
her two young daughters. It
is a horror story of corrupt
bureaucracy to say the least.
There are many spigots on
the societal trough that these
pigs line up at for their
piece of the pie. The guards
and workers in the 'system'
would not be happy without
their free sex like Linda
had to give them in order
not to be continuously raped
by the inmates. The money
they get from drugs or allowing
prisoners special favors is
disgusting as well as illegal.
What about the lawyers passing
laws and then benefiting from
those laws. The wardens get
lots of 'kickbacks' from suppliers
or for 'slave labor'. Who
cares if the prisoners are
fed horsemeat or something
worse, instead of the U.S.D.A.
beef that was paid for? The
political cronies are happy
and the politicians don't
want the electorate to see
the people in prisons as victims
who never got a good education
or had a fair chance to begin
with. It is a great way to
maintain the 'status quo'
without having to produce
results that would benefit
everyone. The statistics in
Canada show a much better
prison system and it seems
you have to go to prison to
be taught critical thinking
skills here too. Jung's theme
of the central human problem
relating to fear was something
we often agreed upon. She
couldn't find a way of making
it work for her in her personal
life however. Much as I was
perhaps too extreme in my
faith that the 'forces' would
'bless' me or answer my decrees
if I was operating with RIGHT
THOUGHT she had a negative
anticipatory framework. This
lack of self-esteem in male
relations that had included
a doctor who played Russian
roulette with her before committing
suicide himself eventually
led to her being the 29th
victim of the Long Beach rapist
that she fingered and testified
against. Her dedication and
social service is still a
great inspiration to me. To
say she is a good soul is
almost patronizing. To say
she was a great soul would
not overstate her inner beauty.
I LOVE my 'twin' now as much
as I ever did. There was a
passage in Simone Weil's book
Gateway to God that we read
together and that she was
able to see my favorite author’s
meaning through. Krishnamurti
and Teilhard de Chardin say
it in fewer words but Simone
does a great job on page 39
of her book: "To anyone who
does actually consent to directing
his attention and love beyond
the world, towards the reality
that exists outside the reach
of all human faculties, it
is given to succeed in doing
so. In that case sooner or
later, there descends upon
him a part of the good, which
shines through him upon all
that surrounds him. The combination
of these two facts - the longing
in the depth of the heart
for absolute good, and the
power, though only latent,
of directing attention and
love to a reality beyond the
world and of receiving good
from it - constitutes a link
which attaches every man without
exception to that other reality.
Whoever recognizes that reality
recognizes also that link.
Because of it, he holds every
human being without any exception
as something sacred to which
he is bound to show respect...
Whoever in fact does not feel
this respect is alien to that
other reality also." So many
people see their own point
of view in these kinds of
comments and don't look deep
enough to see everyone else’s
as well. Ego often gets in
the way of real thinking and
understanding and most people
would insist they are respectful
as much as they need to be
in order to be linked to the
collective Simone is talking
about. Linda and I never disagreed
on 'Brotherhood' issues but
I think her fears kept her
from the 'blessings' of this
'reality' or world mind. She
does so richly deserve all
the happiness in the world
but then you could say that
she and I are too outer-directed.
Jung correctly noted that
Freud had a similar fear of
metaphysics that justified
his always negative view of
the occult. I like to think
my lady eventually got past
this academic and religious
conventionalism but I do not
know it for a fact. Whatever
our disagreements as to the
theological underpinning of
the empire-builders or old
boy network, we certainly
agreed there was a real threat
to personal growth and freedom
that prevails in society.
The abuses of power that were
evident in the Page Boy Scandal
or in the near demonic rule
of J. Edgar Hoover and so
many other instances of this
evil ego were often the topic
of our disgust. We could see
that 'organized crime' was
less organized and insulated
than the bureaucrats and professional
Bars or Colleges that form
part of the hierarchy of the
'old boy network'. She knew
full well that the educational
system was not structured
to maintain or foster a 'Joy
of Learning' that we both
had made our life’s greatest
pursuit. I guess we found
our greatest common inspiration
in Einstein although it was
for different perceptions
of his deep meaning. Sometimes
there was no difference in
the meaning and though few
in this world might imagine
it this is the kind of thing
that sets souls who really
care, to wanting to know each
other more in every way including
the sexual. When Einstein
says (for example) that: "Small
is the number of those who
see with their own eyes and
feel with their own heart."
Linda and I were really able
to accept each other were
more than just 'twins' in
some psychic or astrological
sense, we KNEW the depth of
the others' own commitment
to something real and loving.
If we don't learn about ourselves
including our soul, the sensual
and physical nature of humanity,
our aura or other conscious
connections then our emotions
become unwieldy and confusing.
Brotherhood is all about breaking
down the walls between people
or their souls. Respect and
inclusiveness or integration
offers more to a whole and
complete or self-realized
personhood. These things are
so complex and interwoven
yet they do lead inexorably
to the true potential of humanity.
I guess my probative and pompous
postulating about these things
can get a little tiresome
as I proceed much like The
Man of La Mancha to fight
never-ending windmills. Einstein
is seldom thought of as a
guru or great spiritual person
due to his excellence in other
fields. And many are the times
when I quote him or his friend
Buckminster Fuller, who worked
with him at Princeton; that
I find people willing to suggest
it means nothing that what
I say is supported by their
thoughts. Consider seriously
the following quote from Einstein
and make your conclusion about
my sanity or level of RIGHT
THOUGHT! "How is it possible
that this culture-loving era
could be so monstrously amoral?
More and more I come to value
charity and love of one's
fellow being above everything
else... all our lauded technological
progress - our very civilization
- is like an axe in the hand
of the pathological criminal."
There are many people who
can't even control their own
anxious moments and have never
learned the basics of meditation
and diaphragmatic breathing.
A great deal of emotional
stability has a connection
with the intake of oxygen
and its' ability to lessen
stress. Prolonged minor oxygen
deprivation can build a stress
level near to panic! Yoga
has so much to offer in connecting
the chakra centers and the
soul or 'chi' and 'pranha'
through our lymph system.
Yoga also offers a large variety
of other perspectives in its'
different disciplines. There
is the Raja or Fire and Agni
Yoga of intellect that mirrors
the Hod of 'The Tree of Life'
from Hassidic or Qabalistic
knowledge that I have always
enjoyed. Who cannot benefit
from Bhakti and Tantric pursuits
in their sexual union (yoga
translated means 'union')
and spiritual oneness with
the forces we often deify
and give names to, like God?
We do our fellow man a great
disservice by encouraging
the papacy or priesthoods
control over the matter of
our own part in the Divine
Purpose of God. This purpose
can be thoroughly understood
by the soul 'within' or the
'I Am' or YHWH consciousness
from the teachings of Jesus.
I love the attitude of Bucky
Fuller in relation to thinking
and growing. He said that
whenever he felt 'complacent
and satisfied' with an idea
that he would 'bite his tongue'.
Indeed we often draw circles
around ourselves and I have
drawn some very large circles
that prevent me from 'fitting'
into normal society. I continue
to observe and simultaneously
challenge all nature of authority
in hopes of a more complete
understanding rather than
simple ease and happiness.
Bucky spoke fluently and with
passion about the consciousness
and things like 'creative
realization'. If one is reading
him for the first time it
is wise to keep a Dictionary
and Thesaurus close to hand.
Author of Diverse Druids Columnist
for The ES Press Magazine
Guest 'expert' at World-Mysteries.com
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