tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post4906930378265390235..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Dear Senator McCain...Peter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-60821636593029379172008-10-09T20:21:00.001-07:002008-10-09T20:21:00.001-07:00well said, Peter. You speak for millions, and so e...well said, Peter. You speak for millions, and so eloquently. I am embarrassed for John McCain, in my finer moments. Mostly, I just think he's contracted a brain disease.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-59249469848785709282008-10-09T20:21:00.000-07:002008-10-09T20:21:00.000-07:00well said, Peter. You speak for millions, and so e...well said, Peter. You speak for millions, and so eloquently. I am embarrassed for John McCain, in my finer moments. Mostly, I just think he's contracted a brain disease.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-7978971565914444132008-10-08T17:11:00.000-07:002008-10-08T17:11:00.000-07:00Ah, yes, our "friend." He must get lots of simila...Ah, yes, our "friend." He must get lots of similar missives. Does he read them?Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-72487883105140690542008-10-08T15:39:00.000-07:002008-10-08T15:39:00.000-07:00Excellent, Peter. I agree with everything you've ...Excellent, Peter. I agree with everything you've said here and wish that McCain were actually the recipient of your letter, which speaks so eloquently for all of us who have been increasingly disempowered by the present regime.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-5114140656188391972008-10-08T12:14:00.000-07:002008-10-08T12:14:00.000-07:00Thanks for the wisdom, Carly. A more perfect unde...Thanks for the wisdom, Carly. A more perfect understanding, and one with which I whole-heartedly agree,Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-60457861977137460482008-10-08T11:49:00.000-07:002008-10-08T11:49:00.000-07:00Again, laws are preferable to hope.Never fear. At ...Again, laws are preferable to hope.<BR/><BR/>Never fear. At some point McCain will meet with humiliation, just like Bush. Be it soon or after he has caused much turmoil. Everything is as it should be. Man's world and Americans in particular, must learn the hard lessons of inevitable forces that only some of us understand. <BR/>If we are the 'elite', we must remember to remain humble and modest. Sarcasm and superiority must never show. They hate that. What is full will be made empty and what is empty will be made full. It is inevitable. And men hate the full. Only the mean is the way.<BR/><BR/>Obama did remarkably well in what was a bit more of a debate. He avoided the jabbing that made McCain look inferior, and stuck to the issues with humble authority. He was specific and seemed informed. Even McCain was being swayed by him, agreeing at points and repeating things O said. This is the power of a superior personality. O is bending them. O is calm. McCain is frustrated and agitated. His words ring hollow. He reminisces and seems sad and tragic. All people are able to see this.<BR/><BR/>But all people are not able to act upon it. If McCain is elected, it will only hasten the forces for change. One half of the American people are facing change willingly, the other half unwillingly. This fact has cosmic roots. Either way, the imbalance in the cycle of change will not subside. For those, within the giant collective ego, the lessons and inevitability of change must come hard. And they will. The cycle is in continuous motion according to fixed principles. Willingly or unwillingly, peace is coming.<BR/><BR/>The sage finds peace and enlightenment in knowing these things. And he finds refuge in knowing what is to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com