Both collectively and individually we are all a hostage of fear
and only the light of the truth can free us from this self-imposed powerless
and suffocating illusionary prison of self-doubt and unworthiness. Fortunately
we have courageous truth tellers in our life continually reminding us of what
the light of the truth can reveal: Allen L Roland
"Ordinary
people did not simply one day wake up and proclaim their place in history ~ to
the contrary, the one common demeanor would be that these ordinary people all
answered to an inner call and took up a long, troublesome and painful journey
in the name of courage."
http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/letter-fear-has-again-taken-us-hostage-1.1678887
In that regard, Glenn Greenwald's recent excerpt in Tom Dispatch from his book No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Security State is a classic example of how nothing can keep the truth from eventually emerging from the harsh cold prison of Fear.
How I Met Edward
Snowden.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog//175843/
I unzipped the file,
saw the list of documents, and randomly clicked on one of them. At the top of
the page in red letters, a code appeared: “TOP SECRET//COMINT/NO FORN/.”
This meant the
document had been legally designated top secret, pertained to communications
intelligence (COMINT), and was not for distribution to foreign nationals,
including international organizations or coalition partners (NO FORN). There it
was with incontrovertible clarity: a highly confidential communication from the
NSA, one of the most secretive agencies in the world’s most powerful
government. Nothing of this significance had ever been leaked from the NSA, not
in all the six-decade history of the agency. I now had a couple dozen such
items in my possession. And the person I had spent hours chatting with over
the last two days had many, many more to give me.
Shortly before
landing, I read one final file. Although it was entitled “README_FIRST,” I saw it for the first time only at the
very end of the flight. This message was an explanation from the source for why
he had chosen to do what he did and what he expected to happen as a result ~
and it included one fact that the others did not: the source’s name.
I understand that I will be made to suffer
for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my
end. I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon, and irresistible executive
powers that rule the world that I love are revealed for even an instant. If you
seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of
the press alive and the internet free. I have been to the darkest corners of
government, and what they fear is light. Edward Snowden "
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/edwardsnow523861.html#oblGtlyurYUEf8tp.99
