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SAFE Ark Two Newsletter
September 7th, 2014
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Jean's Requested Explanation
The explanation that Jean asked me to write about the Middle East has been delayed. I planned to send
it out mid-week this last week, but now the plan is to send it out in four supplementary segments - one
segment mid-week for four weeks, starting this week.
The problem was that Jean rejected my first three drafts, and then corrections had to be made after
critique by three editors. All have agreed that it can be sent now - so hopefully, starting Wednesday.
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Looking for the Causes
The trends and intensity increase in:
Iran
Iraq
Islamic State
Syria
Pakistan/India
Activities in:
Ukraine (supposedly under cease fire)
Gaza (likewise)
Japan/China
N./S. Korea
etc.
will continue to fester.
We never know what tomorrow's headlines will be -
but probably not - "Christ Has Returned"
or "World Peace, Prosperity, Justice has been achieved".
I am sure you will continue to track the news, so I am going to turn my attention to other matters in
this newsletter as we look for causes of the present situation.
First I wish to discuss the subject of Spiritual Stress and share with you some things I have learned
about Wahhabism, the basis of the religion of the Caliph of the new Islamic State - and then I shall
present the third installment in the series about LERNs, the system which you need to know how to
implement in a universal Post-Holocaust situation.
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Spiritual Stress
Much of the world today is under spiritual stress. As you may have noted - I often remark about the
number of suicides that I hear about. This news this week from WHO (The World Health Organization) is
that every 40 seconds, someone commits suicide. Many more attempt it.
Another indicator is that about 25%
of Americans are on prescribed anti-depressants
Personally, I see these as spiritual health issues. I am not going to mention a plethora of other
indicators such as drug usage, crime rates, size of prison populations, divorce rates, alcoholism,
pornography usage, and a list that just goes on and on.
I think today that another indicator is that over 40% of all births in the US today are to
unwed mothers.
Societies and individuals wrestle with these issues - and sometimes lose on the opposite side of the
coin. I had one friend here at Ark Two who did the the Skoptsy thing, and I can tell you that was a bloody mess.
It is a bloody mess for the whole of societies to go that way too. At one time Skoptsy was much more
popular. Their goal was 144,000 and they reportedly did make it up over 100,000. I think we are seeing
something very similar with Wahhabis as far as society is concerned in the Middle East.
In their rejection of Western culture and its LGBT trends, high drug usage, extensive pornography, (or
standards in common entertainment that are very close to it), almost universal usage of language that
is either profane or obscene, and a variety of other issues which I will agree are decadent, the State
of Islam is in the process of creating mayhem on its total society equivalent to the Skoptsy effect on
the individual.
Wahhabis
The foundation of these beliefs/acts is to be found in the Wahhabi teachings/traditions. In addition to
the usual Sharia Law:
regarding which foods are permissible
wearing the veil
observing prayers
handling the dead
and the rest of the long list –
regarding marriage
charity
punishment for adultery, rape,
profaning Islam,
leaving Islam,
for which the punishment for the latter is death-
Wahhabis forbid:
performing or listening to music,
dancing,
fortune telling,
amulets,
television programs (unless religious),
smoking,
playing backgammon, chess, or cards,
drawing human or animal figures,
acting in a play or writing fiction (both are considered forms of lying),
dissecting cadavers (even in criminal investigations and for the purposes of medical research),
recorded music played over telephones on hold,
the sending of flowers to friends or relatives who are in the hospital
Common Muslim practices Wahhabis believe are contrary to Islam include:
listening to music in praise of Muhammad,
praying to God while visiting tombs (including the tomb of Muhammad),
celebrating mawlid (birthday of the Prophet),
the use of ornamentation on or in mosques.
The driving of motor vehicles by women
dream interpretationism
non-Muslim friendships no matter how innocent these may appear
celebrating foreign days (such as Valentine's Day or Mothers Day)
shaving, cutting or trimming of beards,
giving of flowers,
standing up in honor of someone
celebrating birthdays (including the Prophet's)
keeping or petting dogs
smiling at non-Muslims
football (soccer)
traveling or working outside the home by a woman without their husband's permission.
The other thing astounding to me
was the number of Sunni Mosques and Shrines
that had been destroyed by the Wahhabis.
Other Muslims prevented them,
but they wanted to destroy the tomb of the Prophet and the Kaaba.
Wahhabis have been around since the 1700s
and the sect has been the practice of Saudi Arabia,
but this may be really something new and fierce
with the new Caliph of the Islamic State.
Anyway, it is not just the Baha’is, Buddhists, Hindus, that they pick on –
but most everyone else.
My son Bonnar said tonight
that it is good that they wish to focus just on God -
but bad that they are so intolerant of everyone else.
I think that sums it up.
The LERN System - Third Part of the Presentation
The System being described here is that of a LERN (Local Economy Resource Network).
In this part of the presentation I shall describe the first elements of the governance system and how
the initial administrators are selected.
Selection of the Administrators
A show of hands will do to show how many administrators are to be selected by the group. There can be
five, seven, or nine. Some odd number. The administrators can change the number for later elections. If
there is difficulty in getting people to participate then a smaller number may be better to begin with.
Voter List
A list is generated of all the persons in the voting area who are age 15 or older.
At the beginning if a thorough and accurate census has not been taken -
the list may be more or less just those present.
However, everyone in the geographic area, over the age of fifteen, is eligible to be on the list - and
should be on it.
The voter list is displayed before or circulated through the group.
Some system needs to be devised so that all the voters (everyone who is present who lives in the
designated area, and is fifteen years of age or older) can identify the people on the list.
For example - each person on the list could be asked to stand when their name is called out.
The voters should write on a sheet of paper the names of the individuals they wish to vote for, up to
the number of names of positions to be filled.
Qualifications to Be an Administrator
The more the group matures the better the administrators it will select. The whole issue of qualities
should be discussed, presented, debated. However, selection should not be made on popularity and there
is NO nominating, campaigning, or public recommending.
The casting of the ballots
The group needs to select, through some process, three individuals to count the ballots. In the present
world it is said that he who counts the ballots chooses the winner. It is important then to have
confidence in the tellers.
The voting should be very open and clear.
The paper for the ballots should all be the same size and color.
They should all be folded once or twice in the same way.
The voter should come to the front of the room
in the alphabetic order that they are on the voting list
fold their ballot before the view of everyone in the room
and lay the ballot on a tray held by a teller,
so that everyone may see that they have cast a single ballot.
The teller then empties the tray of the single ballot -
into a glass box like an aquarium.
Counting of the ballots
Once all the ballots have been collected -
the tellers take them from the glass box
and stack them on an open table in view of the room.
The first and second teller together examine each ballot
and announce the names on the ballot
and the third teller writes down new names read
adding a tick mark beside each name that has been read previously.
After all the ballots have been counted -
any individual who has received over fifty percent of the number
of the voters present -
is then elected.
If less than the number to be elected have received
over fifty percent of the votes -
then an additional vote is taken -
where all the voters put up to the number of names
for the positions to still be selected.
For example - if there are seven positions -
and 4 have been selected -
then the new ballots are to have up to 3 names -
and the process is repeated.
And again, repeatedly if necessary.
To simplify the process it may be useful -
to have all the individuals who received a vote on the previous ballot -
(but who were not elected)
to stand as those names are read,
along with the number of votes they received.
In the subsequent ballots the voters are NOT restricted to voting
only for those who have received votes in the previous balloting.
The two key points is that the process must be completely -
very open and above board -
and that there is no campaigning.
First Meeting of the Community with the Administrators
All meetings of the administrators
are held in complete privacy and confidence.
They may call others to testify before them -
but all their debate and voting must be completely in private.
Selection of a Chair by the Administrators
At the first meeting of the Administrators -
the administrators select from among themselves -
a chair -
and a secretary and/or such other offices as they wish to fulfill.
This is again done without nominations -
and by secret ballot -
for one office at a time -
with as many votings as necessary
for each office to be elected by a majority.
Further Meetings of the Community
The Administrators should schedule regular meetings with the community.
In the type of circumstance that we are discussing -
it may initially be every day -
or even more than once a day.
In the next issue of the Newsletter I intend to discuss the nature of the first community meeting with
the Administrators, and the types of things they may concern themselves with.
This week at Ark Two
A couple of ladies are trying to make arrangement in their lives so that they can join us here and help
Jean. Grandson here this weekend and as usual being a big help. Has already mowed the lawn, watered the
batteries, and some other good tasks. I hope that tomorrow we can worry the worms and make some
preparation for the delivery of 6 cords of firewood.
Taking note in Christopher's Column of his disparaging remark (or perhaps it is Herb's) regarding the
Georgia Guide Stones, I have told him that I hope that he will go through the Guidestone List, point by
point, and tell us what he disagrees with, and what he would prefer we do instead.
Personally, I have been impressed with the Guidestone List - and except possibly for the limitation of
world population to 500 million, I don't remember anything there that I really disagree with. But, I
think even the survivors of the Great Catastrophe may number more than 500 million.
That Christopher can hold one such opinion, and myself another, just goes to show the diversity of
opinion at SAFE and Ark Two. Our membership includes everything from Orthodox Jews to Muslims and of
course a wide spectrum of Christians, with a substantial number of atheists thrown in as that is now
the majority of Americans. Not to worry - with us there is room for all and we advocate no one position
- although it is evident that both Christopher and myself are very theistically inclined.
Unity and Love,
Bruce
DawnSayer@webpal.org
US National
Coordinator's Corner
Christopher Verreos
coordinatorsafeusa@gmail.com
 Christopher Verreos and his wife Regina
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Greetings SAFE Team!
Well, if you're still around and reading this, I salute you! I say, I salute you because
just about everybody and everything has been distracted by the recent events hitting us
at every angle, at every turn.
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I received an important email the other day from a SAFE member who is VERY experienced
in these matters. Therefore, today's article reflects much of Herb's observations.
Regardless of our experience, skills, or resources, how are we responding to current
events? OUR thinking has to be independent from TPTB type thinking that most of
us have been brainwashed with for most of our lives!
What does that mean? Well, getting all fired up won't help. Stuffing your head with info
won't help. Stuffing your bug out bag or hole in the ground with the latest gadgets won't help.
OK, here it comes. How do you spell survival? Is it the last man standing? Think about how
"they" want us to think. Notice how WE always have to sacrifice OUR sons, OUR taxes, and OUR
livelihood for the agenda? Now think again. Is the solution just the opposite - NO! That's just another
trap of righteous, rugged, independence, aka, divide and conquer!
When THEIR cash system, retirement system, health system, food, water, and other
infrastructure goes down so that TPTB can adapt to gain even more control over us via some
neatly manufactured crisis; we are left with little or no alternatives!
Honestly, do you want to end up like the Georgia frickin Guide Stones say we should?!
I hope not. However, it all comes back to the "thinking" process because that drives our
actions.
Look, all this SAFE stuff we've been saying all along boils down to that one crucial activity
that will determine our level of success - Networking! Ever notice how right before tax time
the "news" reports a few people being prosecuted by the IRS? That's just the tip of the
iceberg. Now, multiply that "technique" by about 100, then throw in multiple "technologies"
to enhance the conditioning, and you begin to see how TPTB really have been working
the herd to exhaustion.
Among many things of vital importance that Jesus Christ taught the world, or whoever was listening,
was that we really can't serve two masters simultaneously. It only becomes profound once we
start to personally experience it! So, staying out of trouble is great and to be commended. However,
do NOT confuse that with an insurance policy for "safety"!
We are either consumers, producers, or a combination of the two. Only those who are "producers"
are the ones who experience a greater level of freedom than the rest of the herd. So, what's the
solution?
Just the same old thing I've been harping on - Networking! If you haven't yet done so,
CREATE YOUR NETWORK NOW!
Quit trying to solve things on your own. Get your people, whoever they are, together and helping
each other NOW! I don't know what else to say or do to get this message across. Do you believe
in your God given right to put your prayers into action? Great! Now multiply that with your network!
Do you believe in helping others in need? Great! Now MULTIPLY that by doing it via your network!
Do you believe in preparing for a "rainy day"? Fine. Now MULTIPLY your effectiveness via your
network! I hope this message gets through the fog that many of us find ourselves in.
Thank you all for being patient with my rambling. The facts are plain. The needs are clear.
Get crackin!
Peace & Action,
Christopher Verreos
National Coordinator, SAFE USA
coordinatorsafeusa@gmail.com
Ps. A kindly reminder to the Florida SAFE members, your Yahoo-Groups page
is at:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SAFE_Florida/info
Let's work on getting more folks interacting and networking locally!
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