--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" > <dhamiltony2k5@> wrote: > > > > Iowa City, one of the first 1%, 5%, 10% and 15% meditator cities > > in the US and the world suffers now for letting their meditating > > population drop below invincible levels. > > > > http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2452 > > > > Iowa City gets severe thunder storms again this afternoon. > > Sirens wail warnings. The Law of nature sends summons forth. > > Repent your material ways, retreat inside and meditate. > > IMO, the only Law of Nature in play here is one that predates human > existence by billions of years: the nature of rivers to flood, from > time to time. If there's anything to be repented, it's the notion > that building cities on the banks of rivers is a good idea.
Hear, hear. As usual, Alex brings a new level of level-headedness to these discussions. The town where I used to live in France was along the river Ledourle. The very name of the river has become a verb in French for 'to flood' -- ledourler. I've seen that river rise two meters in an hour, with the results you would expect for the buildings and fields along its banks. In nearby Sommières, there are photos on the walls for the tourists showing the town during the last big flood, with water covering the first floor of most of the buildings in town. The *Romans* knew about the tendency of this river to flood, and so they built their town up in the hills where it wouldn't be affected by them. It took "modern," more civilized folks to build by the river. And they act suprised whenever it floods, as if it's a random act of God. And, sure as clockwork, every time the river floods, you get crazies talking about how it's "God's wrath" for something that their neighbors are doing that they don't like. And you get people saying that the fact that their house was spared is because they're Godly, as opposed to their neighbors. Face it, folks. The flooding has *nothing* to do with the ME. The ME *itself* is bullshit, as far as I can tell, and always has been. It was merely a way, when the number of initiations started to fall, to pretend that the total number of people meditating wasn't important, and to enable the few remaining TBs to continue to feel self-important as their numbers continued to dwindle. You'll notice that there are no busloads of butt-bouncers heading off with their foam to "fly" beside the affected rivers and entice them to settle down. Why? Because that would actually be putting their theory to the test, and no one in the TMO wants that. They'd rather play with statistics after the fact, and throw out all the data that doesn't support what they already "know." I'm sorry to be so negative here, but I'm still reeling from Bob Brigante blaming the floods on "wrongdoers" in the affected communities. That's as insane as Christians blaming 9/11 on gays and lesbians and liberals, and someone should say so.
