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Subject: Buddhists question official reality
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:28:24 -0000

Dear Friends in the Dharma/Dhamma,

As the secretary of a new interfaith body I am writing to religious organizations of all kinds to invite them to mentally re-open the question of what really happened on that tragic day of September 11th, from which such a lot of suffering has flowed. Our founding Declaration and Appeal literature is attached.

As I am also a practicing Buddhist, I thought it might be helpful to add some reflections of a more Buddhist derivation, albeit in doing so I am aware that many of my readers will be much more expert than I in what the Buddha said.

I should also add that I am aware that whatever the truth behind 911 we still need to treat people of other backgrounds as individuals, regardless of their faith or nationality. And we do also need to understand and not hate the perpetrators of 911, whoever they really were.

One preliminary hurdle I may need to surmount can be expressed in the following objection:
‘Don’t such ‘political’ concerns fall under the heading of matters which are unconducive for discussion within the Sangha?’
But if as Buddhists we can make a difference – both through our practice of dispassionately separating what we know from what we don’t (right view, right speech) and through the added-value that people of faith can bring to wholesome non-partisan causes – then maybe the tests we should use are ‘Will this be of service?’ and ‘If we can help reduce the fog of untruth, will this not help to reduce suffering here and abroad?’

‘Dotted lines’ are one thing, but if we draw too much of a big black line separating a no-go zone of ‘politics’ (concerning society, the ’external’ world) from ‘spirituality/ faith/dharma’ (concerning us, our ‘inner’ worlds) , then perhaps we risk shoring up the illusion of a separate self, unconsciously buttressed as if often is by (highly political) ‘wegoic’ assumptions about our ‘Free West’ society which is being challenged by those bad guys ....

Another difficulty which some Buddhists raise goes like this: ‘Views are many but Life is short. How can we ever know the truth?’ Assuming that this scepticism isn’t simply directed at those who question the official Bin-Laden-dunnit conspiracy theory of the powerful, I would like to sympathise with this concern. But also to encourage you with my report-back, based on following the 9/11 Truth trail for four years now, that for all the false trails, man-traps and remaining uncertainties, YES we can know some important things for certain (see for example www.911scholars. org/ ) and that these are enough to make a helpful difference both to our cognitive maps and to our world, potentially.

Greed, hate and delusion are not just nouns, existential conditions, but also verbs – unskillful acts and habits of mind, such as dogmatically attaching to unquestioned and widely promulgated views [or way out ones!] , or expressing impatient contempt for ‘losers’ who espouse unpopular views. And on the institutional plane the three poisons keep turning up as collective practices, e.g. the quite normal scam at the start of wars and dictatorships, of trying to delude the world through deceptive reports, irrational scare-mongering and ‘false-flag’ attacks of one kind or another (e.g. Saddam’s non-existent WMD, the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, and the 1933 Reichstag Fire.).

So fellow Buddhists, May I humbly invite you to adopt ‘beginners mind’ as you read Our Declaration and Appeal (attached). Join us and help us to walk the middle way, dispassionately ‘seeking truth from facts’ (Dalai Lama) and sifting through each next fact or theory we come across without any predisposition either to believe or disbelieve what we are encountering. Of course, that is an ideal: but perhaps the main thing is that rather than shrink reality for our own comfort, we allow ourselves to ‘always be disturbed by the truth’.

If you would like to respond to this letter, please do, either directly to me on 01738 783677 or at keith[dot]mothersso n[at]phonecoop[ dot]coop or better still at a purpose-created Buddhist discussion thread on one of the British 911 websites: http://www.nineelev en.co.uk/ board/viewtopic. php?p=108518# 108518 (you will need to register to post, but this usually takes just a few minutes, if you have any problems, let me know.)

Thank you for reading this. May all beings know peace.

Sincerely and with Metta,

Keith Mothersson
Buddhist representative and acting secretary of All Faiths for 911 Truth

PS The attached Declaration and Appeal is also available at the website of Muslims, Jews and Christians Alliance for 911 Truth – here: www.mujca.com/ allfaiths. htm and at the UK website http://www.nineelev en.co.uk/ board/viewtopic. php?t=13131[/url] (for All Faiths responses).
Dear Friends,
Pending a pdf with professional design and photo, I am pleased that we have finalised the text of an 4-page A4 brochure intended to help members of faith and interfaith circles raise the issue of 9/11 with their co-religionists or interfaith interlocutors. For too long Muslims have held back from 'Interfaith' owing to the justified suspicion that it was being heavily backed by the Home Office (don't mention the war) in order to 'civilise' and 'tame' these pesky Muslims who keep letting bombs off.

Now I hope that Muslim brothers and sisters will group together and strategise about finding allies and how to take the lead locally in their religious bodies and also in Interfaith meetings/newsletters, etc. (Nafeez Ahmed's Subverting "Terrorism" paper (google it) is a vital resource for getting well-meaning but naive Christians, etc to question the assumption that there is anything specially 'Islamic' about international terrorism - in the light of Operaton Gladio, the Force Reconniassance Unit in Northern Ireland, Mossad's history of False-flag Terroism, etc. Anyway, here is the Declaration and we look forward to hearing from you in due course:

Violence can only be concealed by a lie,
and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Russian Orthodox Christian)

ALL FAITHS FOR 9/11 TRUTH

“Thou shalt not commit false witness” - Holy Bible

Please take the time to consider this leaflet, because one way or another, 9/11 matters!

As everyone was reeling from the shocking events of September 11, politicians and the corporate media instantly framed them as an iconic ‘Attack on America’, i.e. something justifying an international response, rather than, say, ‘the Manhattan murders’, necessitating good domestic policework. The upshot has been a new global Crusade (‘War on Terror’) involving invasion, occupation, torture, increased racism and Islamophobia, the curtailment of civil liberties and the accumulation of emergency powers in the US of which Hitler would have been envious.

But who really was behind Sept 11? Terrorists for sure – because harmless civilian people died. But Arab fanatics misusing the religion of Islam? or was 9/11 an example of ‘false-flag terrorism’ by a public/private network of agency insiders using secret hi-tech capable of making huge buildings disintegrate into dust in front of our eyes, and aiming to make Arab Muslims look bad so as to kick-start a geo-political crusade whose real aims were oil, money, drugs and world control?

Do you find this latter possibility disturbing, ridiculous, scary?

All of us have a deep yearning to rest secure in the certainty of being protected by people we can utterly trust. Such feelings are natural, but they become unhealthy when we look to inappropriate parental figures such as governments, broadcasters and ‘experts’ to meet these needs and when we cling to states of denial about real abuses.

Now that the US-UK lies about WMD have been officially admitted in the cases of Iraq and Iran, lovers of Peace will do well to re-examine the story which these same people told us about the 9/11 AMD (Act of Mass Destruction), which was the official reason given for invading Afghanistan.

“Ye who are conscious of God – If a fasiq [untrustworthy violent person] comes to you with alarming news, make sure you verify their word, lest you afflict people out of your ignorance, and regret your actions.” - Holy Qu’ran, Surah 49:6

So, if you have tended to take the word of these mainstream media sources which brought us Saddam’s WMD, may we please humbly beg you to overcome any ingrained feelings of contempt (‘crazy conspiracy theories’!) which these same media may have inculcated in you, and invite you to check whether your belief in the official Bin Laden conspiracy theory is as well founded as you have hitherto assumed.

We ask this as people of various faiths, in the trust that your faith mandates you to care enough to want to mitigate the damage done to our world by 9/11, and will also enable you to be open enough to reconsider the Official (and other) theories about Sept 11 according to reason and evidence.

‘…. and the Truth shall make you [us] free’

Interfaith Declaration

WE THE PEOPLE OF DIVERSE FAITH TRADITIONS

Gathered on the sixth anniversary of September 11th at Carrington St Al-Furqan mosque in Glasgow, Scotland

Committed in a spirit of Interfaith respect and dialogue to bring to bear the best insights of our spiritual traditions in the search for peace, justice and truth and against all forms of terrorism;

Aware of the value placed in all our traditions on the preciousness of life and thus on defending harmless people from attack from whatever source or sources, using whatever supposed justifications and whatever kinds of technology, large or small, publicly displayed or secretly deployed;

Mindful of the harmful effects, not solely of giving out false witness and racist rumours which collectively blame all the members of an ethnic or religious group, but also of naively accepting such deceptions and passing them on uncritically;

Recalling that several States have long histories of procuring war through the dissemination of lies and the staging of false-flag terror attacks as pretexts for wars and imperial expansion;

Believing that only the truth honours the dead and protects the living from an increased likelihood of the repetition of terrorist events staged so as to ignite new wars or mounted in falsely claimed ’retaliation’;

Valuing not solely the role in our individual lives of true Faith and deep Acceptance of reality beyond our current preconceptions, but also such related qualities and collective practices as
• independent inquiry,
• critical thinking in a spirit of discernment,
• ability to tolerate uncertainty and
• steadfastness in following the trails revealed by evidence and reason
even at the cost of being ridiculed, marginalised or threatened by those in power or those who subconsciously over-identify with the perspectives of those with most power;

Humbly aware of all our need for sensitive mutual support as we grow out of unconscious denial, and begin to face up to the frightening and painful truths surrounding 911, including the role of virtually all mainstream Western media in suppressing the voices of whistleblowers and those who question the official story of this pivotal tragedy;

Seeking no partisan or power-political objective but moved by the terrible suffering which has resulted from the ‘war on terror’ and thus

Resolving to embark on a healing non-violent ‘jihad’ (campaign) of ‘right speech’, which has been known as ‘a word of truth to an oppressive ruler’ by Muslims and ‘speaking truth to power’ by Quakers;

We therefore Declare
that in the absence of any credible evidence [see below] we can no longer go along with the official conspiracy theory and myth of the Manhattan murders of Sept 11th 2001 as ‘an attack on America’ by 19 Arab/Muslim hijackers masterminded by Osama bin-Laden;

that, although there is much that we don’t know about what really happened on Sept 11, we are now in a position, due to the clear evidence of the speed of the destruction of the triple towers (Buildings 1, 2 and 7), to rule out with complete certainty the official conspiracy theory that the towers ‘fell in a gravity-driven collapse’ consequent upon fire and ‘aircraft damage’;

that despite Hollywood elaboration of hijacker legends we have no good evidence of any Arab hijackers that fateful day and every reason not to jump to racist or Islamophobic conclusions that these terrible murders must have been done by Arab/Muslim fanatics motivated by hope of religious salvation in an afterlife;

And so We Appeal
to all people of goodwill and of faith and to all practitioners involved in Interfaith dialogue and organised networks ….
 Do not leave one faith-community under the burden of supposedly having some special connection to September 11th and the phenomenon of international terrorism;

 Grasp with us the nettle of 9/11 Truth, and join us in an overdue journey of self-education, not just into the truth about 9/11, but also into the mental and emotional resistances which so many of us experience when asked to awaken to the crimes and deceptions of the powerful;

 Use the truth about 9/11 as a portal to further, deeper realisations about the state of our world today and what we people of faith can do to
• reduce fear and help to heal ‘clash of civilisations’ divisions,
• establish the centrality of accountable truthfulness in public life, and
• build a diverse alliance of civilisations capable of ending war and bringing sustainable peace and economic justice to the affairs of our one troubled, beautiful, threatened world.

If you feel this Declaration goes further than you or your faith group feel happy to go at this time, please feel free to adapt it, or for example, the following shorter version:

We People of Faith who believe in Peace Declare

Our conviction that whether or not religion was a factor in causing 9/11, the great religions of the world can and must draw on and share their spiritual resources so as jointly to help to put an end to terrorism of all kinds;
Our readiness to study the truth of 9/11 from a wide variety of literature, DVDs, websites, presentations, etc and not solely the mainstream media,
Our willingness to engage in dialogue about 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ with people of other backgrounds,
Our support for authoritative and genuinely independent inquiries into what really happened on 9/11 and with other high-profile terrorist incidents and scares before and since (such as Omagh, the London bombings of July 7th 2005 and the ‘binary liquids’ planes scare of August 2006, etc);
And our solidarity with any faith-community which finds itself collectively blamed for events which may or may not have been carried out by any of its members in the first place!
And in the unhappy event of further terrorist murders we appeal to all community leaders, journalists, and members of all faiths and none, NOT to jump to automatic conclusions about who has really been behind them, but to consider with open minds the possibility of some or other degree of involvement from secret state, corporate and private networks (which may have ranged from encouragement, instigation, assistance, allowing, carrying it out entirely).

‘You must be a Conspiracy Theorist!’

The official story is itself a conspiracy theory, one with NO trustworthy evidence to support it. The charge of being a ‘conspiracy theorist’ or ‘nut’ is really a political manouevre to intimidate people from using our own minds. Truth is a spiritual discipline practised for the sake of society. Ideally we should all be able to examine every next piece of evidence or theory with an impartial mind, not pre-committed to agreeing or finding fault.

If the person you are talking with doesn’t have this frame of mind, then it will be useless to argue with him or her. Please draw their attention to their emotionally-charged reaction, and ask if there is anything we can do to help them reach a calmer place before resuming discussion. If they produce good questions and arguments, do your best to answer them – or promise to get back to them if you don’t know the answer. But if they still can’t handle a discussion, don’t compound their denial with your own denial. Try to end the discussion on a positive note, by reference to some fact or value we can all agree on, and wishing them well.

Remember: We are not alone! There is a huge worldwide movement called the 9/11 Truth Movement, which is supported by hundreds of top statesmen, officials, generals, ex-CIA, professors, etc (see www.patriotsquestion911.com/ ) who have come out against the government’s story of 9/11, which polls show most people in the US now disbelieve. Even so we are likely to encounter psychological resistance to the truth about 9/11 among our co-religionists, requiring us to proceed with patience, emotional sensitivity and skill.

In The Psychology of Patriotic Denial Tova Gabrielle draws on expertise in the psychologies of addiction, religious cults, mind control, and hypnosis to explain how an entire country was duped or ‘psy-oped’, and how to recover our perspectives.

” We citizens are expected to observe the unspoken but classic rules that protect the alcoholic head of the family: “Don’t talk, don’t think, don’t feel.” …
The longer we delude ourselves and try to avoid our pain, the greater is the infection we that we create within our collective psyche. ….we need to become willing to give up our sense of false security in order to stop living a huge lie. Otherwise, we will remain, like children of alcoholics, afraid of our feelings of powerlessness. ….
No more “intelligence failures.” It is healthy to get mad, but use that fuel wisely: Get creative and spread the truth. We can’t heal what we can’t feel. We can’t change what we won’t even dare to imagine.” http://911research.wtc7.net/essays/POPD.html

Resources for further study

Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action, David Ray Griffin (Westminster John Knox Press, July 2006, ISBN 0664231179); see also his Debunking 9/11 Debunking (Arris Books, Glos, 2007, ISBN 978 184437 069 6) or google his 9/11 Myth and Reality.

9/11 and American Empire, Vol 2: Christians, Jews and Muslims Speak Out; eds. Kevin Barrett, John Cobb Jr and Sandra Lubarsky (Olive Branch Press, Mass, USA ISBN 978 1 56656 660 5)

www.Mujca.com/ – lively interfaith website for 911 truth, now moving to Christian leadership after initial Muslim lead (the site contains many of the articles in above book, look especially for the very enlightening articles by Kevin Barrett, Faiz Khan and Nafeez Ahmed).
More generally: www.911scholars.org/ - Scholars for 911 Truth – see especially the work of Judy Wood and Morgan Reynolds about the World Trade Centre complex. See also www.911truth.org/ or www.911truthcampaign.net/ – British and Irish campaign website.

On False-flag Terrorism see Webster Tarpley’s 9/11 Synthetic Terror – Made in USA and Nato’s Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, D. Ganser (Frank Cass, 2005).

Current Contact people

Acting Secretary AFF911T (also Buddhist contact): 01738 783677 2b Darnhall Cres, Perth, PH2 0HH keith[dot]mothersson[at]phonecoop[dot]coop ;
Christian: (ret) Bishop Michael Hare-Duke 01738 622642 bishmick[at]blueyonder[dot]co[dot]uk; Catholics: Kevin Boyle kevinboyle18[at]gmail[dot]com 0208 654 0944 (if out please leave name and number); Quakers: Noel Glynn xmasdale[at]aol[dot]com 0207 652 0319.
Muslim: Imam Mustaqeem Shah mmshah73[at]hotmail[at]com or Haq Ghani haqg[at]msn[dot]com 07968 601372.

Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, Humanist and other contact people actively encouraged, also alternates, local contacts,etc [8/1/08 CE]
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