LET IT BE>>>FAREWELL
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From: White F.
Date: Thursday, August 17, 2006, 3:31 PM
Subject: LET IT BE>>>FAREWELL
ID: 253952

I am leaving the forum as of today. I thank the many women who have 
written to me and I will cherish our ongoing communications, as I do 
the friendships that have been born here.

I have done my best to honor the vow I have made to the one Great 
Mother of All. My work here is done. Responsibility and 
accountability for each choice made, rests with each woman here 
today. 

I have presented the evidence with as much candor as an nonsecure 
space will permit. If women who remain are concerned for their BASIC 
HUMAN RIGHTS and SAFETY, we are not offering an either/or option. 
That is all patriarchally defined thinking. We are opening the door 
to many options of staying in touch and working together. 

Indeed, no one is expected to abandon GTW. Goddess forbid! There are 
precious souls here doing beautiful work. 

What we had hoped would emerge from this process is twofold:

First, rename the open forum where all meet in a non-secure zone,
GATHER THE PEOPLE. This would be an honest statement of what it 
actually is. Rules here would be exactly what they presently are and 
all would proceed in the ways you have all become comfortable and 
familiar with. 

The All Loving Mother does not close any door without opening at 
least seven more ! 

Second, create an all womanspace in a secure zone and call it, in all 
truthfulness, GATHER THE WOMEN. This, being secure, would require 
different methods and procedures, but the safety and privacy would be 
worth it.

As the world teeters on the very brink of utter chaos and a bloodbath 
unlike we have ever seen in this or the last century; as our rights 
are being taken away from us piece by piece, each and every day, in 
all areas of our lives...until there is nowhere that the government's 
fascist arm does not reach, WE MUST RESPOND!

A WISE WILD MOTHER PROTECTS ALL THE CHILDREN!

SHE ALSO PROTECTS ALL THE WOMEN!

Marianne Williamson, whom I greatly respect, spoke in her talk in the 
Cathedral that Bruce gave each a link to, describing the maternal 
behaviour of lions and heyenas. She describes heyenas encircling their 
young while they feed, allowing no male near. She describes how the 
lioness will not let the males near the food, until ALL THE CUBS ARE 
FED! 

She goes on to challenge the women of America, and I would add, the 
women of the World, THAT SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN HEYENAS AND 
LIONS!

If we are to survive...if our children are to survive...WE MUST DO 
BETTER THAN THIS!

IF WE DO NOT WE WILL HAVE THE FATE OF THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS AND 
QUITE POSSIBLY THE BLOOD OF THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS ON OUR HANDS 
AND ON OUR CONSCIENCE!

WAKE UP!

THE BIRDS MAY BE SINGING...AND THE DAY MAY BE FINE...YOUR CHILD MAY 
WELL SING "LET IT BE" ...

I WILL NOT SUPPORT A MADNESS THAT WOULD CELEBRATE WHILE OUR WORLD IS 
DYING ALL AROUND US AND THE CRIES OF THE CHILDREN TORN APART BY LAND 
MINES AND BOMBS SCREAM FOR OUR MERCY ...OUR WILD AND APPROPRIATE 
RESPONSE! 

WHEN WILL YOU OWN YOUR RAGE AND FULLY FEEL YOUR GRIEF?

WHEN WILL YOU VALUE AND CHERISH ALL CHILDREN AS YOU VALUE YOUR OWN?

I AM RIGHTEOUSLY OUTRAGRED AT THE LEVEL OF SELFISHNESS AND DENIAL I 
WITNESS SO MUCH OF ON THIS SITE EACH DAY!

...INSIPID PLATITUDES CHANTED AS YOU ALL FLOAT DOWN THE CORPSE FILLED 
RIVER OF DENIAL!!!
IT WOULD NOT BE SO AWFUL, IF IT WERE NOT SUGARCOATED WITH THE POISON 
OF FALSE COMPASSION AND PRETENTIOUS "RELIGIOSITY"! AT LEAST IT WOULD 
BE CLOSER TO SOMETHING APPROACHING HONESTY!

PERHAPS YOUR CHILD IS SINGING....

WHAT ABOUT THE BILLIONS TOO WEAK TO SING?
...OR TOO RAVAGED BY WAR, DISEASE, POVERTY, VIOLENCE...BE IT DOMESTIC 
OR A NATION'S SHARED DESPAIR?

UNTIL ALL CHILDREN CAN SING WITH A CAUSE TO SING...THE STRENGTH AND 
FREEDOM TO SING...I WILL NOT REST!

NEITHER WILL I BE SILENCED!

That song ,"LET IT BE", comes from a time and a generation that held 
a dream for a better world than their parents and grandparents had. 
It was a glorious counter cultural movement that brought women many 
more freedoms that we enjoy today.

IT WAS NOT A MANTRA FOR INACTION! 

THE WORK IS FAR FROM DONE!

WE ARE NOT FREE!

UNTIL EVERY PERSON IN THIS WORLD HAS FOOD, SHELTER, MEDICAL 
CARE, EDUCATION, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY, TRUE 
PEACE AND FREEDOM FROM THREAT OF ANY KIND...BE IT WAR...GENITAL 
MUTILATION...TORTURE...RAPE...RACISIM AND ALL FORMS OF DEGRADATION 
AND INEQUALITY...FREEDOM TO DREAM AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS...FREEDOM 
TO MOVE AND SPEAK AND THINK NEW PARADIGMS INTO EXISTENCE...
OUR WORK IS NOT DONE!

UNTIL WE SEE $900BILLION SPENT ANNUALLY ON HEALING HUMANITY AND THE 
DEVASTATED ENVIRONMENT AND $105BILLION SPENT ANNUALLY ON 
PEACEBUILBING AND RESTORATION OF INFRASTRUCTURES...
OUR WORK IS NOT DONE!

UNTIL THE PARADIGM SHIFT IS COMPLETE...OUR WORK IS NOT DONE!

TO THOSE WHO CAN BE SO UTTERLY COMMITTED TO THEIR NARCISSISM...I CAN 
ONLY SAY...YOU HAVE HAD AMPLE WARNING. ONE DAY, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT 
FUTURE...THESE WORDS WILL COME BACK AND HAUNT YOU. YOU WILL HAVE TO 
ACCOUNT FOR YOUR INACTION.

I CANNOT BE AN ACCOMPLICE IN SUSTAINING WHAT IS FALSE AT THE EXPENSE 
OF ALL THAT IS REAL AND TRUE.

MOTHER MARY'S WORDS OF WISDOM ARE AN INVOCATION TO A NEW WORLD!

THEY ARE A CALL TO ACTION!

LET THE NEW WORLD BE!

LET US DO OUR PART TO MAKE IT SO!

White Feather