Open Letter to PM Harper re 9/11 (October 2009)

Dear Prime Minister Harper,

I am writing to you on a matter of deep concern, not only to myself but to millions of people throughout the world.

By way of introduction, may I simply say that I am a Canadian citizen who was in New York City just days after the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

A great public trust was broken in the aftermath of 9/11 when authorities from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a government body whose stated mission is "to protect human health and the environment", gave the go-ahead for people to return to work in the general area of Manhattan surrounding ground zero. The EPA's indication that there was no risk to health was seriously flawed and an army of debilitated people attest to this.

Like hundreds of firefighters and countless other citizens, I too breathed the toxic air that hung over Manhattan in the wake of what is undoubtedly one of the most precipitous and far-reaching socio-political events of all time.

Since the very day of the disaster, I have sustained an avid quest to understand what happened. This has included countless hours of research on the subject - research that continues to convince me that the official investigation conducted by the US Government is far from complete and is, in fact, largely erroneous. At minimum, there are many, many unanswered questions.

I am not alone in my quest for truth. Notable among other truth seekers are hundreds of architects and engineers (Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth) who are constantly bringing forth new evidence regarding the actual physics of this grave matter. Countless independent investigators are also piecing together far-flung pieces of the puzzle. These include the victim’s families, many of whom are still grieving the loss of loved ones because of a lack of closure with what actually happened. They seek the truth that will set them free from their grief.

A SPECIAL REQUEST

On this, the first day of Fire Prevention Week here in British Columbia, I am poignantly aware of the many firefighters who died, directly and indirectly, as a result of the 9/11 tragedy. It is with these many brave souls in mind, that I present you with a special request.

My request is that you, personally or by delegation to someone of high political stature, urge President Obama to reopen the official investigation into 9/11. Along with that request, I urge you to include reference to a similar request by actor Charlie Sheen who, on September 11, 2009, presented the world with both an open letter and a video addressed directly to the President. Both messages detail a number of unanswered questions pertinent to the events of September 11, 2001. They present a comprehensive point of departure for any discussion of the matter.

For your convenience, I refer you to the following website where you will find Mr. Sheen's complete letter to the president, his video, and a comprehensive bibliography containing all of the evidence he presents: www.infowars.com/twenty-mi...president/

Additionally, here is a link to the official website of Architects and Engineers For 9/11 Truth spoken of above: www.ae911truth.org/

With these information resources at your disposal, I feel certain you will agree that a new investigation of 9/11 is in order. Please keep me apprised of efforts you will be taking to fulfill my request by having your office respond to my letter at your earliest convenience. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Dwayne Edward Rourke
Cumberland, BC

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In the Chinese zodiac, we enter the Year of the Boar with the New Moon on Feb.17, 2007. On The Lightning Path, we enter the Temple of Fingers & Toes on the very same day.

Find out more about The Lightning Path and about the Temple of Fingers & Toes at dwayneedwardrourke.com/Pages/...ro.html

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Gone to the Unseen

At last you have departed and gone to the Unseen.
What marvelous route did you take from this world?

Beating your wings and feathers,
you broke free from this cage.
Rising up to the sky
you attained the world of the soul.
You were a prized falcon trapped by an Old Woman.
Then you heard the drummer's call
and flew beyond space and time.

As a lovesick nightingale, you flew among the owls.
Then came the scent of the rosegarden
and you flew off to meet the Rose.

The wine of this fleeting world
caused your head to ache.
Finally you joined the tavern of Eternity.
Like an arrow, you sped from the bow
and went straight for the bull's eye of bliss.

This phantom world gave you false signs
But you turned from the illusion
and journeyed to the land of truth.

You are now the Sun -
what need have you for a crown?
You have vanished from this world -
what need have you to tie your robe?

I've heard that you can barely see your soul.
But why look at all? -
yours is now the Soul of Souls!

O heart, what a wonderful bird you are.
Seeking divine heights,
Flapping your wings,
you smashed the pointed spears of your enemy.

The flowers flee from Autumn, but not you -
You are the fearless rose
that grows amidst the freezing wind.

Pouring down like the rain of heaven
you fell upon the rooftop of this world.
Then you ran in every direction
and escaped through the drain spout . . .

Now the words are over
and the pain they bring is gone.
Now you have gone to rest
in the arms of the Beloved.


"Rumi - In the Arms of the Beloved", Jonathan Star
New York 1997

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Co-created painting by myself and Teresa Wild, begun at the New Moon on December 20, 2006 and completed at the Full Moon two weeks later.

The painting process was intense with many changes along the way as we swirled with the energies of CAUAC we invoked on this stage of The Lightning Path. We often felt disoriented in the process but found stability when we pulled the book THE CIVILIZATION OF THE GODDESS by Marija Gumbutas from Terry's library. As soon as we began to encounter Neolithic images of the Goddess, we began time traveling into a primordial realm where all things were elemental and new, and possible, including the creation of new continents of consciousness.........

Goddess is alive. Magic is afoot. See what Sunomi and Leia were creating in synchronous co-creation to Teresa and I:

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Blessed be!

11 ETZNAB: Viva Oaxaca!

Not long ago, I, like many other people throughout the world, responded to a plea to the world community to bear witness to the political struggle taking place in Oaxaca, Mexico. The plea came from an assembly of Oaxacan citizens who are engaged in a power struggle with government at both the state and federal level. What began as an legal strike by schoolteachers in Oaxaca has escalated to a conflict of national and international significance.

November 20, 2006 was both a New Moon and the ninety-sixth anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The painting you see here was co-created by Teresa Wild and I in honor of the people of Oaxaca who are endeavouring to bring about peaceful social change in the face of militant government oppression.

Give Peace a Chance

Mr.Usherwood (Comox Valley Record, Nov.10) seeks to justify militarism and the use of lethal force in Canada’s mission in Afghanistan by denigrating the value of peaceful, non-violence in the face of oppression. Perhaps if the world community was willing to give peace a chance in the first place, we wouldn’t have to face such extremes as he cites. In the words of contemporary Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn whose teachings were formed in the midst of the very real world of the Vietnamese War : “There is no way to peace, peace is the way.”

It has often been said that the first casualty of war is truth. I invoke exemplars such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Lester B. Pearson because they too lived and died for the values I hold most dear. Truth is one of those values and as far as I can see, we need their example more than ever.

When it comes to warfare I look to Chinese sage Sun Tzu whose cryptic writings on the subject of warfare have advised generals throughout the world since before the birth of Christ. His thoughts are many but one I consider most relevant is this: “To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence.”

With regard to contemporary issues, I call attention to the fact that Canadian foreign policy is being formulated within the context of George W. Bush’s “war on terror. Justification for that war in all its various forms is based on the very questionable official government story surrounding 9/11, a story currently under intense worldwide scrutiny in the alternative media and increasingly, in the mainstream media as well.

The cause behind the tragedy of 9/11 is one of the most pivotal socio-political issues of our times. Overwhelming evidence points to the fact that not only the Twin Towers but the associated Building 7 as well, were controlled demolitions. Who performed these demolitions and why is the American government trying to cover it up? Why are the CIA, the Pentagon and the Bush administration all withholding evidence that could bring the light of truth to the 9/11 tragedies?

Is not memory of the burning of the Reichstag by what, in its earliest days, was a democratically-elected Nazi regime reason enough for us to pause as a populace and ask “Could history be repeating itself? “American foreign policy has an increasingly tyrannical demeanor? I, for one, don’t believe it reflects the values shared by most Canadians. Show me the true face of the Canadian military.

10 CABAN Freedom never free.

A recent letter I wrote to the editor of the Comox Valley Record,

Dear editor,

Re: Freedom never free.

As much as I agree wholeheartedly with Colonel J.K.Ambler's assertion that "as long as some of us on earth are not free then none of us are free", I find his comments regarding the recent peace demonstration held outside the gates of 19 Wing Comox to be dismissive of the efforts of those who participated. Personally, I thank them for representing my interests as a civilian, knowing that civilians invariably suffer the most casualties in any war.

I believe we must honor every sincere attempt by civilians to alert their community to critical issues regarding government activities. Recently, under the Harper administration, Canadian foreign policy has become increasingly aligned with American foreign policy under the administration of George W.Bush. This is the same foreign policy that has given rise to hostilities that have recently been shown by the prestigious Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to have caused the death of not thousands, but hundreds of thousands, of Iraqi civilians. This fact alone should alarm all Canadians but there is much, much more to be concerned about.

As painful as it is to entertain the possibility that 9/11 was an "inside job", a rising tide of concrete evidence (currently pervading the alternative media) points to this possibility. Evidence indicates that the destruction of the Twin Towers and nearby Building 7 were controlled demolitions precisely timed to coincide with the simultaneous destruction of what are said by authorities to have been terrorist-controlled aircraft. Equally startling is the fact that the official government explanation regarding the attempted destruction of the Pentagon on the same day lacks any conclusive supportive evidence and remains to this day shrouded in controversy.

Equally disturbing is the fact that the Bush administration has used to full advantage the widespread fear generated by 9/11 to advance their own political agenda. This is much the same as President Johnson and his administration covertly orchestrating the Gulf of Tonkin incident to rally public support in favor of going to a war with North Viet Nam that led to over 50,000 American deaths and millions of Vietnamese casualties. The Tonkin incident, now openly admitted to by the Pentagon, is only one of a multitude of covert operations orchestrated by elected American officials to pull the wool over the eyes, not only of the American people but of the eyes of the rest of the world as well.

Under the pretext of national security, the Bush Administration has successfully gutted the American Constitution of many of its most essential elements of democratic process including such a long-standing provision as the "Great Writ" of habeas corpus that has its origins in the Magna Carta of 1215.

As a Canadian citizen, I demand that our troops be withdrawn from the struggle in Afghanistan and that any future deployment of troops anywhere on the planet be based on the kind of peacekeeping role pioneered by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Rather than support an imperialist agenda hell bent on global domination, let us look for guidance in the examples of peaceful, historical exemplars like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. who, like many of our soldiers, made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of liberty and freedom for all.

10 CABAN: Yet another New Moon painting by Dwayne & Terry

Re-volution is the process of going from one (exhausted) manifestation of the will, to a new manifestation of the will.

Revolt is a corruption of Revolute
To revolute is first of all to return to the center of the will,
to the center of the life-force, which is essential being--simply being. It is to become simple again, unburdened by the weight of the previous manifestation of the will.

Thus Revolution is Life Renewed.
To reach the New, leave the Old.
The most crux-ial process in Re-volution is cruxifixion.
The true Revolutionary is one
who is able to cruxify himself by stripping his being
of all the old processes, imprints and antagonisms
in order to reach the center of being
and thus be able to be reborn
and begin anew.

The most thorough revolutionary is by nature
an alchemist.

The true Revolutionary is a Seed of the New.
In being a Seed,
he fulfills the purpose of Organic Revolution.

Jose’ Arguelles


For a HYPER-LINKED version of this painting please go to : www.dwayneedwardrourke.com/Pages/...AN.html

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This Saturday, October 28, will witness peace activism in many cities across Canada and in other parts of the world. I recently posted the following announcement about it and encourage everyone to get involved, wherever in the world you are:

www.cortesisland.com/cgi-bin...cles.cgi

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From Miracle Beach, with love.

Dwayne & Terry