0:00:01.793,0:00:03.424 (Bell) 0:00:09.720,0:00:15.749 (Bell) 0:00:32.194,0:00:34.858 Dear Thay, my name is Bob. 0:00:35.321,0:00:37.786 I live in Los Angeles. 0:00:39.186,0:00:43.677 I'd like to talk to you[br]about the nutrients you spoke of. 0:00:44.439,0:00:48.032 In particular, a nutrient[br]that I thought you left out, 0:00:48.280,0:00:51.180 and that was air as a nutrient. 0:00:52.952,0:00:56.681 In the travels that you have done[br]throughout the world 0:00:56.893,0:00:59.191 perhaps you have looked at the skies 0:00:59.405,0:01:02.511 and you may have seen a spraying 0:01:02.702,0:01:05.616 that is coming[br]from high altitude aircrafts. 0:01:05.865,0:01:08.730 White lines that are criss-crossing[br]even over cities. 0:01:08.876,0:01:12.015 They are all over Los Angeles. 0:01:12.634,0:01:17.947 These chemtrails spread,[br]they become artificial clouds. 0:01:18.110,0:01:21.445 There is an overcast[br]that happens in Los Angeles 0:01:21.591,0:01:25.233 and we are getting less sunshine[br]that we normally have had. 0:01:26.971,0:01:30.248 What disturbs me is that[br]there has been independent scientists, 0:01:30.460,0:01:32.123 with integrity, 0:01:32.368,0:01:36.383 that have taken samples[br]of this spraying, of this residue, 0:01:36.503,0:01:41.872 and they have found aluminum,[br]barium and these are toxins, 0:01:42.061,0:01:44.832 toxins to our health. 0:01:45.071,0:01:48.302 We are consuming this air, 0:01:48.890,0:01:52.265 this is very dangerous. 0:01:52.511,0:01:55.600 My personal concern is[br]that I have two fears. 0:01:55.761,0:01:58.594 One is that I am very frightened by it, 0:01:58.715,0:02:01.155 because it means[br]that my health is threatened, 0:02:01.317,0:02:03.840 my loved ones' health is threatened 0:02:04.008,0:02:07.317 if we are ingesting[br]this kind of toxic air. 0:02:07.494,0:02:11.232 Also I am angry, 0:02:11.416,0:02:14.471 I am angry that nothing is being done. 0:02:14.720,0:02:16.599 The mediums say nothing. 0:02:16.771,0:02:19.314 Politicians, senators[br]are saying nothing about it 0:02:19.499,0:02:24.063 or they are denying that[br]something is going on with our skies. 0:02:24.723,0:02:31.696 I have to cope with these two fears[br]or two feelings in me daily. 0:02:32.446,0:02:36.599 I am involved with a group in Los Angeles[br]to try to change it. 0:02:36.872,0:02:40.966 But we are getting nowhere[br]because there is mostly silence. 0:02:41.592,0:02:43.493 I'm asking you: 0:02:43.654,0:02:46.240 What can I do as an activist in this area 0:02:46.430,0:02:51.350 to cope with these feelings[br]of anger and fear that I carry? 0:02:54.051,0:02:58.760 Anger and despair[br]are two kinds of pollution. 0:02:59.490,0:03:01.271 Pollution. 0:03:01.520,0:03:03.880 I wish it was only that. 0:03:05.097,0:03:07.121 The internal pollution. 0:03:07.322,0:03:11.542 If you have hate, anger, fear, despair 0:03:12.704,0:03:15.120 there is pollution inside 0:03:15.316,0:03:17.428 and that will not help 0:03:17.667,0:03:22.735 to reduce the pollution outside. 0:03:25.193,0:03:29.896 People have their idea of happiness. 0:03:32.671,0:03:37.591 They believe that[br]without a lot of money, power, 0:03:40.177,0:03:43.072 they cannot be really happy. 0:03:45.773,0:03:53.320 People believe that[br]happiness is the capacity of consuming. 0:03:53.720,0:03:56.400 When you have a lot of money[br]you consume a lot 0:03:56.620,0:03:58.314 and you are happy. 0:03:58.454,0:04:02.929 So these notions of happiness[br]are very dangerous. 0:04:03.667,0:04:07.658 Because we are destroying[br]ourselves and the world 0:04:08.040,0:04:15.041 by that kind of notion,[br]idea about happiness. 0:04:15.729,0:04:21.159 So the education system,[br]there is something wrong in it. 0:04:21.434,0:04:24.192 We do not teach ourselves and our children 0:04:24.440,0:04:28.488 how to experience true happiness. 0:04:32.585,0:04:41.942 So if you want to be a true activist, 0:04:43.162,0:04:47.272 first of all you have to[br]live your life in such a way 0:04:47.707,0:04:51.520 that can set an example[br]to the people around. 0:04:51.800,0:04:55.281 Your life becomes your message. 0:04:55.836,0:05:01.958 With that kind of living example[br]you can influence other people around you. 0:05:02.632,0:05:10.089 If you write a letter of protest,[br]if you speak with anger or fear, 0:05:10.753,0:05:15.154 that will not help your cause. 0:05:15.401,0:05:17.203 That is why 0:05:18.107,0:05:25.472 look deeply and see the people who[br]are victims of their notions of happiness, 0:05:25.999,0:05:29.550 their wrong views about happiness, 0:05:29.815,0:05:33.850 their way of life that destroys[br]themselves and the ecosystem. 0:05:34.156,0:05:38.151 You see that they are[br]the object of your compassion. 0:05:38.337,0:05:40.720 You are not angry at them anymore. 0:05:40.904,0:05:43.351 And you try to help them. 0:05:43.400,0:05:53.104 To write an angry letter of protest is not[br]as effective as to write a love letter. 0:05:53.785,0:05:56.759 Because when you are able[br]to write a love letter 0:05:57.017,0:06:01.680 you touch the best thing[br]in the politician, in the leader. 0:06:04.334,0:06:06.850 You may wake them up 0:06:07.050,0:06:10.792 and the may change their course,[br]their idea of happiness. 0:06:11.006,0:06:19.366 So we need a community, a Sangha, 0:06:19.585,0:06:22.575 in order to be able to do something. 0:06:22.670,0:06:28.253 Alone, even if you are[br]a very talented person 0:06:28.568,0:06:30.842 you cannot do much. 0:06:31.231,0:06:34.627 Even a Buddha without a Sangha[br]cannot do much. 0:06:35.155,0:06:39.165 So as an activist,[br]if you want to change the world 0:06:39.355,0:06:41.191 you need a Sangha, 0:06:41.370,0:06:43.913 you need people[br]who have the same kind of insight, 0:06:44.058,0:06:46.057 the same kind of purpose, 0:06:46.240,0:06:48.429 the same kind of motivation, 0:06:48.578,0:06:51.489 the same capacity to live a life 0:06:51.687,0:06:58.463 that can be an example for the world. 0:06:59.303,0:07:02.784 With such a Sangha[br]you will be able to do something 0:07:03.280,0:07:04.991 to change. 0:07:05.213,0:07:07.173 Otherwise, 0:07:07.791,0:07:13.765 we cannot find a way out of the situation. 0:07:14.223,0:07:16.184 Thay is why, for me, 0:07:16.745,0:07:20.567 to practice mindful living,[br]to build a Sangha 0:07:20.998,0:07:25.534 so that you have a collective[br]energy supporting you 0:07:26.066,0:07:32.194 gives you a means to promote your insight 0:07:33.182,0:07:36.832 and offer to the people[br]the way out, 0:07:37.353,0:07:43.693 save the planet and our own species. 0:07:46.080,0:07:47.931 (Bell) 0:07:51.102,0:07:57.169 (Bell)