I Had the Strangest Dream Last Night ~ ~ LATEST Discussion Idea for IONS Community Groups as of April 3, 2008

Good AM Bob. Its been a while since I have posted to one of your sites ... but trust me ... I am keeping my eyes on what you are up to. :-)

As you know we are now relocated here in Boise and have made contact with a few ION members here. Found out when and where they meet monthly and plan on attending this month for the first time ... to see what they are up to.

Re the subject matter of your post ... Racism. Seems to me be it conscious or not ... there is only one effective way to eliminate the validity of its roots and that is through humor. Now bear with me for a moment for I am not just talking about comedians doing their routine about one race vs. another.

The entire concept needs to be seen as ridiculously silly and (heres the leverage point) if we all believed in reincarnation ... and all believed that we choose our parents ... and the color of their skin ... to gain alternate perspectives and learning lessons ... from the different bodies we choose ... then we would all smile and the silliness of our prior stupidity. (humor is a great re-framing process)

I vividly recall a drunk Havasupai lad come into to my office one evening crying in front of me because ... as he said "I am only half Supai and the other half is white. I will never be accepted by my brothers and never be accepted out there." No lie. That is a true story. Well we discussed the notion that he drove a blue pickup and I drove a brown suburu ... but he nor I were the color nor the bodies of what we drive ... we are the drivers inside" I said. Which then really caused him to belly ball. It was a very touching moment I shall never forget.

"I think I am going blind" said the old man. "Oh I am so so sorry" said the young girl passing by the park bench upon which he sat. "Oh don't worry young lady" he said. "I have just found the cure to my blindness ... I just need to change my beliefs."

She walked away thinking the old man not only blind but also senile. He just smiled knowing that someday she too will begin to see what he was telling her. Beliefs limit man's vision.

Continue to walk with smiles Bob ... I love the trails you leave for the rest of us ... in this park called life.