I had a pleasant, quiet day on February 3. I had takend care of necessary errands on Friday. Being quietly at home, I was able to be more mindful of the war and how sad--sometimes angry-- I am that we are in it. As we have remarked to each other, there is no pleaseure in having been right about this war back when we were protesting it in early 2003. And then we had no idea it would go on so long or be so awful.
We stayed at home here in Reno until dinner-time, when we walked to the nearby strip mall for Thai food at a place we really like.
My only regret is that I didn't get my car washed. But it is likely to rain or snow here tomorrow or the next day, so it will either get cleaner or dirtier very soon.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Fasting in the Dark
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The fast went well. We did a 24 hour fast to drive out the war. Just water. We also unplugged from the grid (everything except the refrig) for 24 hours, again to drive out the war. We plan to do this with Jack and Betsy and everyone else every first Saturday of the month as long as the war goes on. Will you be joining in? The steady withdrawal of support for the wrong has a long tradition going way back to the Luddites and beyond.
A relatively modern day Luddite, Lewis Mumford, put our struggle in perspective:
"Though no immediate and complete escape from the ongoing power system is possible, least of all through mass violence, the changes that will restore autonomy and initiative to the human person all lie within the province of each individual soul, once it is roused. Nothing could be more damaging to the myth of the machine, and to the dehumanized social order it has brought into existence, than a steady withdrawal of interest, a slowing down of tempo, a stoppage of senseless routines and mindless acts." ( in Pentagon of Power p. 433)
Best Wishes,
Irv and Cynthia
The fast went well. We did a 24 hour fast to drive out the war. Just water. We also unplugged from the grid (everything except the refrig) for 24 hours, again to drive out the war. We plan to do this with Jack and Betsy and everyone else every first Saturday of the month as long as the war goes on. Will you be joining in? The steady withdrawal of support for the wrong has a long tradition going way back to the Luddites and beyond.
A relatively modern day Luddite, Lewis Mumford, put our struggle in perspective:
"Though no immediate and complete escape from the ongoing power system is possible, least of all through mass violence, the changes that will restore autonomy and initiative to the human person all lie within the province of each individual soul, once it is roused. Nothing could be more damaging to the myth of the machine, and to the dehumanized social order it has brought into existence, than a steady withdrawal of interest, a slowing down of tempo, a stoppage of senseless routines and mindless acts." ( in Pentagon of Power p. 433)
Best Wishes,
Irv and Cynthia
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