Following is an e-mail exchange prompted by a story circulating on the Net titled, "The Official Version Of 9/11 Is A Hoax" by John Kaminski.
From: "harmon"
To: "Ray O. Driskill"
Subject: Re: The Grandaddy of All Conspiracy Theories!
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:15:23
Hello Ray,
I'll venture a response in the context of your letter.
From: "Ray O. Driskill"
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 03:15
Subject: The Grandaddy of All Conspiracy Theories!
: Hey:
: This piece below will rattle your cage unless you read it as FICTION. In my
: mind there is a very small possibility that this story is somewhat factual.
We're not in Kansas any more, Ray. There is a high probability the story is almost entirely factual. Read for yourself the timelines at http://StandDown.net and at http://911Timeline.net. I couldn't read the first of these directly in my browser for some reason, but captured it as a plain .txt file, read it, and found it persuasive. The second I have seen before, and is exhaustive.
Like everyone, I saw the television footage of the collapse of the WTC on 9/11/01, and could imagine no other explanation for it at the time, than a deliberate demolition job by someone *other* than whoever had piloted the airliners into the towers respectively 56 minutes, and an hour and 26 minutes earlier.[1] I'm neither an architect nor a construction engineer, but I cannot conceive of the vertical collapse of two state-of-the-art skyscrapers happening for any other reason. The demolition of Seattle's King Dome was televised in detail when it was deliberately removed from the skyline, and I do not believe it is possible to collapse a massive modern building in any other way. The two events looked very similar to my admittedly untrained eyes.
Accordingly, I found in my local library a book on the construction of the WTC, written some time after it had been built, describing in lay terms the salient details of construction. I forget the title and the author of the book; I think it's something like "The Twin Towers."[2] Anyway, it enjoyed a flash revival immediately after 9/11, and I'm sure you can find it if you look for it; I've seen it in many libraries and book stores since then. I found it credible, because it was written years before, and was not in any way tailored to fit the alleged "facts" of 9/11/01.
I noted that the outside sheathing of the Twin Towers consisted of closely spaced vertical structural steel beams, each of which was clad in inch-thick refractory material sprayed on before the buildings were assembled. It is not credible to me that the jet fuel from the crashed airliners, no matter what its burning temperature, could have generated enough heat to weaken these fire-protected structural members to the extent necessary to have caused the entire collapse of both buildings to ground level, when the impacts occurred near the top floors of both buildings.
The StandDown.net account states that the collapse of the South Tower occupied ten seconds, and that of the North Tower occupied nine: "this is only slightly more than a free fall from the same height, indicating that there was very little resistance. Yet the floors themselves are quite robust, each one is 39" thick; the top 4" is a poured concrete slab, with interlocking vertical steel trusses underneath. This steel would absorb a lot of kinetic energy by crumpling as one floor fell onto another. So how did both of the towers fall so quickly?" Very good question, seems to me. The only answer with any plausibility to me is, "demolition charges," necessarily placed within and throughout the buildings by "persons unknown," well in advance of 9/11/01.
: I would greatly appreciate it if any of you with expertise in any of the
: areas of supposed frauds could help me by eliminating any or all of them as
: being inaccurate or false.
:
: Myself, I have some expertise in the design of buildings. I will have to
: recheck the burning temperatures of Jet Fuel to make sure, but I believe
: that the writer is incorrect in that the steel would not have had to melt to
: achieve the sequential "pancake" impact effect, but only to soften the high
: carbon steel sufficiently to move it into the "plastic" mode of failure. It
: is VERY curious, if he is correct, that no forensic work was done on the
: wreckage to verify the theories about how these virtually "state of the art"
: buildings could implode so neatly.
:
: For myself, I do refuse to believe, AT THIS POINT, that this HUGE of a LIE
: could actually be effected, BUT there are many unanswered questions posed
: here that deserve scrutiny. Do you Reckon?
:
Oh yes, Ray, I recon. And I recon, as you look into this deeper, you will discover that the "Big Lie" is much easier to pull off than the "slight embelishment," for the very reason you state: "I do refuse to believe...." This is understandable, for if one admits the destruction of the WTC was a deliberate, premeditated act, on the part of some crew of "insiders," it immidiately opens a veritable Pandora's Box of troubling questions, doubts, and fears. Yet it is not at all without prescedent. It is now a widely known "historical fact" that Adolf Hitler engineered the Reichstag fire in 1933 for the purpose of generating a wave of political hysteria sufficient to propel him into power in pre-war Germany. The events of 9/11 have all the marks of the same kind of event, with the same motivation. Check it out.
This idea is no longer shocking to me; I went through all that some years earlier when I began to dig into the dirt myself and saw how corrupt, murderous, and deceptive our so-called "leaders" have become. It's really nothing new; this has been going on for a long, long time. I can genuinely empathize with your incredulity, however, because I went through the same stages myself. It is an ugly feeling to discover those you have trusted implicitly all your life have been leading you down the primrose path all this time. It must be doubly shocking now, as the masks are quickly dropping since 9/11, and we can now stare directly into the face of undisguised tyranny. We in America have always smugly thought, "It can't happen here." Well, sorry, it *is* happening here, and I can appreciate the internal struggle necessary to grapple with the radical readjustment of perceptions.
The difficulty I find with most "conspiracy theories" is not that they are not credible; on the contrary, I find some of them only too, too credible for comfort. And that's the "problem." They are *terrifying* in their implications. How to deal with this?
I suppose different individuals must find different ways to respond to these highly unpalatable disclosures. Myself, I believe it is important to "look the grinning skull in its hollow eye sockets," so to speak, and not flinch from the spectacle of so-called "evil;" and yet at the same time, not to "dwell" upon it either. It's there. It exists. There are "evil men" in positions of high trust and power who deliberately and cynically betray their trust and misuse their power for their own ends, routinely, and without the least pangs of conscience. That's the "bad news." The "good news" is that they are few and are vastly outnumbered by literally billions of individuals who do not share these characteristics.
It has been so that most of these billions have been almost entirely "asleep" and unaware of the invisible web of deception, murder, and theft in which they (we - all of us) have been ensnaired all our lives. That is how the few "evil men" came to be so powerful: we allowed them to. Well, the "good news" is that large numbers of these "somnambulists" are now "awakening" from our slumber, and becoming aware of what's going on. Millions and millions of us, all around the world are now "waking up" and tuning in to the virtually limitless *legitimate power*, *authentic power* inherent to each of us.
There is a difference between *authentic power* and the corrupt power gaind by deceptive and/or violent, coercive means. Potentially, everyone is gifted with limitless *authentic power*, because of who/what we are: deliberate, purposeful creations of "Whatever-It-Is-That-Creates-Everything," ah, to coin a phrase. This may not sound like much, because it is so universal: *everyone* is a creation of *That*. Big deal, some might say, so what?
Well - think about it. Whatever It Is that created "Life, the Universe, and Everything," also created YOU. Deliberately. Purposefully. For some reason. With some intention. "You," or "I," or "he," or "she," or "them," or "us," certainly didn't come into this world by *accident*! That is an even more preposterous idea than that the WTC towers collapsed because of some burning jet fuel. So the very fact that you are here at all is a Very Big Deal indeed, no matter who you are. With something like *That* behind you, there is a very great deal of *authentic power* at your disposal, if you perceive it, and choose to wield it. This is no small thing.
In fact, believe it or not, you do wield your power, all the time. With it, you create the "reality" in which you dwell, move, and breathe. Everyone does this. However, if you are "asleep," you wield your power without purpose or intent, so the "reality" you create for yourself is arbitrary, capricious, and without focus. Things seem to "happen" to you for no particular reason. Sometimes they're "good things," which you generally like, and sometimes they're "bad things," which you generally dislike, but you don't consciously know how to bring about more of the "good things," and less of the "bad things," and so decisively improve your life.
As you begin to "awaken," you become aware of your limitless power, and with practice, gradually learn to draw into your life intentionally more of the "good things" that are agreeable to you, and less of the "bad things" which are disagreeable to you. In fact, *you decide* what the "good things," and the "bad things" are: this is one of your prerogatives as a fully empowered Human.
There are four "laws" that govern the "reality" you experience in life, which is to say, what is and is not attracted into your experience:
1. Attraction: that upon which you focus your thoughts, and especially your emotions, "positive" or "negative," it matters not which, is attracted toward your experience. This is why it is good to recognize "evil" for what it is (YOU decide what it is, and is not), yet not "dwell" upon it, or focus your emotional attention upon it. For if you focus upon "evil," as for instance become obsessed with how much you do not like it, or find it disgusting, it will be *attracted* to you just as surely as if you *like* it, and fervently desire it.
2. Intention: you have the power to *intend* what you attract; so in order to attract what you desire, it is necessary to exercise your intention and focus your thoughts and emotions deliberately and consciously upon what you desire, not upon what your abhore. This may be a difficult, but not an impossible habit to cultivate.
3. Allowance: not only you, but everyone else as well, are *allowed* to intend and attract what you and they will. This may be the most difficult of the "four laws" for contemporary humans to master, for a large part of our habitual culture is dedicated to influencing others, coercing others in various ways - which is to say, not *allowing* them to make their own choices. When we do this, we also give others permission to interfere in our choices, which robs us of our *authentic power*, just as surely as we rob others of theirs when we refuse to allow them their choices.
4. Balance: the "null point" between all extremes. To be balanced is to be at rest. Because "all is in motion," balance is dynamic, not static, and requires innumerable "mid-course corrections" in response to constantly changing circumstances. It is achieved and maintained by the enlightened application of the prior three "laws."[3]
This may sound very theoretical and abstract, which it is. These are things one learns, not by reading about them, as here, but by practicing them, and experimenting with them in the crucible of daily life. It is part of the process of "awakening," which is taking place spontaneously in the lives of many millions of individuals "even as we speak," not necessarily at the conscious level yet, for many. It matters not, for it is happening, and when you begin to notice it, you see it everywhere, all around you, all the time.
The so-called "evil men" are actually the "impoverished of the Earth," all their evident "wealth and power" notwithstanding. For by their own choices they have cut themselves off from the *authentic power* that is potentially as much theirs as yours is available to you. They have sacrificed what is *real* about themselves in exchange for the "inauthentic power," the illegitimate "power" that comes of imposing their will upon others, through coercion, violence, fraud, and theft.
Yet even the "evil men" perform a valuable function in the world, for behold how they are now galvanizing literally millions and millions of "somnambulant" individuals into sudden "wakefulness." We need not fear them, for they themselves are their own worst - indeed only - enemies. They cut the ground from under their own feet, and have nowhere to go but "down" and "out." Watch now how swiftly this happens.
I think this is the best advice one can give or receive in this peculiar time: "Watch." Observe. Do not become emotionally caught up, any more than necessary. Just observe quietly, peacefully, the extraordinary drama now unfolding upon the world stage. "It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." It is the process by which "Awakening Humanity" are shaking off our slumber, discovering our *authentic power*, and refashioning "reality" to more perfectly suit our expanded and ever expanding awareness.
You may enjoy an "Illustrated Essay" I wrote recently developing this theme, titled "Sharing the Commonwealth" [ http://harmonhouse.net/fdl/commonwealth.html ].
: Hugs,
: Ray
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: THE STORY THAT WON'T GO AWAY. WITH THE MEDIA WAR FRENZY NO CHANCE TO FIND
: OUT WHY THE PUBLIC INQUIRY ON THIS CALAMITOUS EVENT ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
: AND YET THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ'S BARELY TAPPED OIL FIELDS IS A DIRECT RESULT
: OF THE 9-11 HOAX[4]
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[snip]
Love, Peace, Joy, Now,
Harmon
In conclusion, I would like to add a few additional remarks. In my letter I wrote, "We're not in Kansas any more, Ray. There is a high probability the story is almost entirely factual."
Now, in light of what was subsequently written, this word "factual" is not without certain problems. In particular, I wrote that, "believe it or not," we wield our authentic power all the time. With it, we create the "reality" in which we dwell, move, and breathe. "Everyone does this," I wrote.
If so, what is the meaning of "factual?" If you create your "reality," and I create my "reality," and we do this "all the time," by what we think, what we believe, how we feel, where we attach our emotions; and if we do not necessarily experience the same "reality," even though we may be occupying the same space, where does "factual" come into it?
From the viewpoint of what most of us have been taught to believe, this is a very dicy question. There is a "factual" world in which I imagine most, or at least a great many people believe quite strongly. It is a world where "2 + 2 = 4," all the time, without exception, and no matter what peculiar mathematical views anyone might hold to the contrary. It is a world that can be measured and quantified with precision, and whose measurements and quantities can be verified, at least in theory, by anyone, anywhere. It is a world that lays exclusive claim to the term, "reality."
Yet anyone can also verify, from the fund of their own personal experience, that we do not all occupy the same "reality," all of the time. This can sometimes even have "legal consequences," as when reliable witnesses to a single event give accounts of it that do not agree in all particulars. Two individuals may occupy the same (approximate) space, look in the same direction, yet observe different "phenomena," or "things." Which of the two observations, if either, is "real?"5 Complicating matters further, the "phenomena" or "things" different individuals observe may have significantly different "meanings" for them.
If you have paused to read the most recent cite,5 or if you do so, you will be somewhat familiar with the idea that "objective reality," is by logical necessity an illusion; and therefore that there may be any number of valid "realities" distributed among any group of individuals. These may be "partially overlapping realities," which can give rise to quite consistent agreement, for instance, that "2 + 2 = 4." Yet there may also be instances where "alternative realities" are not at all congruent, which gives rise instead to evident contradiction and paradox.
An instance of this peculiar circumstance may be occurring at this time on a global scale on planet Earth: i.e. a "de-lamination," or "separation," or "fork in the road" between alternative, noncongruent, and mutually exclusive "realities." I receive possible indications of this in the form of conflicting reports, on the one hand, of the catastrophic mayhem being inflicted in Iraq; and on the other that most of the alleged "mayhem" is fictional, that after all the nocternal "flashes" and "bangs" are over, the new day shines upon no or surprisingly few Iraqi casualties.6 Which of these reports is "factual?" I do not know: I am not present at this moment in Iraq. Maybe both stories are "factual," but belong to "alternative realities," both indistinctly "visible" from "where I stand." Maybe it is up to me to decide which reports, if any, are "factual," or "real."
These are speculations. I do not claim to "know the answers" to these and parallel, or even "perpendicular" conundrums. In "my reality," however, there is no longer any "problem" with "multiple realities." My sense of "reality" no longer requires the confirmation of congruency with the "realities" of others; so when I wrote to Ray that there "is a high probability the [Kaminsky] story is almost entirely factual," for the sake of consistency, I perhaps ought to have elaborated somewhat along the lines of this "post script."
In "my reality," absent persuasive evidence to the contrary, the casualties in Iraq are mostly fictional,7 and the momentum toward a spectacular global "Human Awakening" is gathering exponential strength daily. Circumstances are falling into place on a global, and even a cosmic scale, which combine beyond the plans and expectations of even the most "well informed" individuals and groups, to bring about the most universally beneficial outcome possible, for everyone and everything on the planet, and beyond... forever. This is my vision; this is the ideal I endeavor to keep in the forefront of my mind, heart, and spirit as I encounter the information and circumstances that each day and hour place before me. These are my choices, my intentions for the "reality" I am attracting into manifestation in "my world." Others are allowed, as I am, to attract what we choose.
So be it. And so it is. Thank you for your time and attention.
[03/30/03 10:21]
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1. My off-the-cuff arithmetic was a bit off here. According to the timeline at http://StandDown.net, American Airlines Flight #11 impacted the North Tower of the WTC at 08:46:26, and the North Tower collapsed at 10:28:31, or one hour, 42 minutes later. The same source has United Airlines Flight #175 impacting the South Tower at 09:02:54, and the South Tower collapsing at 09:59:04, or 56 minutes later.
2. Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center by Angus Kress Gillespie, Rutgers University Press, 1999, ISBN: 0813527422.
3. For a more comprehensive discussion of the "laws" briefly described here, see Handbook for the New Paradigm, Bridger House Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 2208, Carson City, Nevada 89702, 1-800-729-4131; first of a three-volume work of keen relevance to unfoldng contemporary events. See also Prayer, and Statement of Purpose for a comprehensive overview of the "human predicament," and a suggested approach for dealing with it.
4. The article that provoked this discussion is originally available at http://www.rense.com/general36/hoax.htm, and is also available here.
5. See my earlier essay on Knowledge for a more in-depth discussion of what is and is not "known," about anything.
6. See Phantom Unveiled: the Peacemakers Are the Victors by Taansen Fairmont Sumeru.
7. And why not? The sources of "official information" have already demonstrated themselves, repeatedly and consistently, to be thoroughly and deliberately unreliable, deceptive, and misleading. There is a doctrine in (human) "law" which states, "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," or "false in one thing, false in everything." "Official reports" have long since thoroughly discredited themselves, and may have, and probably do have, any imaginable relationship to what is "factually true," or no relationship whatsoever. Absent "reliable information" (whatever that may be) I am entitled, and indeed have no other option than to believe what I choose, or what makes the greatest intuitive sense to me. It goes without saying that you, whoever "you" may be, are entitled to the same prerogative.
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