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(Bell)

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Dear Thay, my name is Bob.

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I live in Los Angeles.

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I'd like to talk to you
about the nutrients you spoke of.

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In particular, a nutrient
that I thought you left out,

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and that was air as a nutrient.

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In the travels that you have done
throughout the world

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perhaps you have looked at the skies

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and you may have seen a spraying

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that is coming
from high altitude aircrafts.

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White lines that are criss-crossing
even over cities.

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They are all over Los Angeles.

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These chemtrails spread,
they become artificial clouds.

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There is an overcast
that happens in Los Angeles

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and we are getting less sunshine
that we normally have had.

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What disturbs me is that
there has been independent scientists,

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with integrity,

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that have taken samples
of this spraying, of this residue,

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and they have found aluminum,
barium and these are toxins,

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toxins to our health.

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We are consuming this air,

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this is very dangerous.

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My personal concern is
that I have two fears.

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One is that I am very frightened by it,

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because it means
that my health is threatened,

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my loved ones' health is threatened

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if we are ingesting
this kind of toxic air.

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Also I am angry,

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I am angry that nothing is being done.

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The mediums say nothing.

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Politicians, senators
are saying nothing about it

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or they are denying that
something is going on with our skies.

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I have to cope with these two fears
or two feelings in me daily.

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I am involved with a group in Los Angeles
to try to change it.

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But we are getting nowhere
because there is mostly silence.

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I'm asking you:

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What can I do as an activist in this area

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to cope with these feelings
of anger and fear that I carry?

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Anger and despair
are two kinds of pollution.

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Pollution.

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I wish it was only that.

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The internal pollution.

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If you have hate, anger, fear, despair

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there is pollution inside

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and that will not help

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to reduce the pollution outside.

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People have their idea of happiness.

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They believe that
without a lot of money, power,

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they cannot be really happy.

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People believe that
happiness is the capacity of consuming.

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When you have a lot of money
you consume a lot

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and you are happy.

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So these notions of happiness
are very dangerous.

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Because we are destroying
ourselves and the world

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by that kind of notion,
idea about happiness.

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So the education system,
there is something wrong in it.

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We do not teach ourselves and our children

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how to experience true happiness.

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So if you want to be a true activist,

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first of all you have to
live your life in such a way

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that can set an example
to the people around.

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Your life becomes your message.

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With that kind of living example
you can influence other people around you.

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If you write a letter of protest,
if you speak with anger or fear,

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that will not help your cause.

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That is why

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look deeply and see the people who
are victims of their notions of happiness,

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their wrong views about happiness,

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their way of life that destroys
themselves and the ecosystem.

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You see that they are
the object of your compassion.

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You are not angry at them anymore.

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And you try to help them.

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To write an angry letter of protest is not
as effective as to write a love letter.

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Because when you are able
to write a love letter

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you touch the best thing
in the politician, in the leader.

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You may wake them up

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and the may change their course,
their idea of happiness.

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So we need a community, a Sangha,

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in order to be able to do something.

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Alone, even if you are
a very talented person

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you cannot do much.

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Even a Buddha without a Sangha
cannot do much.

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So as an activist,
if you want to change the world

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you need a Sangha,

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you need people
who have the same kind of insight,

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the same kind of purpose,

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the same kind of motivation,

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the same capacity to live a life

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that can be an example for the world.

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With such a Sangha
you will be able to do something

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to change.

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Otherwise,

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we cannot find a way out of the situation.

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That is why, for me,

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to practice mindful living,
to build a Sangha

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so that you have a collective
energy supporting you

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gives you a means to promote your insight

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and offer to the people
the way out,

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save the planet and our own species.

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(Bell)