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World Changing Moments

by Brian Dean

As I write this, yesterday was the 25^th anniversary of the horrid events of 9/11/01. This was a moment that changed everything. This was a moment that when you look back at it, you remember everything down to the smallest details. This is something I call a WTF moment (and if you don’t know what WTF means, google it).

We watched a special last night that showed people’s videos as things were happening, things not previously shown. (Keep in mind that this comes about 15 years before the idea of taking video with your phones first became a reality, and smart phones had not come along yet.) 

As I watched the videos of people on the ground, I was amazed at the misinformation mixed in with the shock and horror each person felt. Many were terrified. Many were crying. All were confused. All were curious. Many of these videos were taken by people that were just a few blocks from the world trade center. As they showed one video, I couldn’t imagine how the person taking it felt when the second plane appeared out of the top of the frame and slammed into the second building. 

And the street level video showing the cloud of dust that had once been a building, coming, moving around corners, enveloping people which looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. It was horrifying.

The video later showed the personal stories where people were on the hijacked planes by chance, or those that missed their planes. There was the story of the lady that was aboard the first plane to hit the first tower… where her husband was working on a floor above the impact zone. 

There was the news story I read today where there was a fifth plane with those that were probably terrorists that did not take off as news spread. No one knows where it would have been targeting.

All frightening. All horrendous watching these things unfold.

And the world changed. 

Fear spread. People froze. They became afraid to do their normal daily things. This is because they saw for the first time, that they were not safe, that terror can happen here at home. 

When fear is so present, it takes a lot of energy to stay calm, to be aware, to be brave, and to allow yourself to move about one’s life. It took days for that to happen, even though we still went to work. Yet we still sat glued to the TVs when we could, watching things unfold, watching the aftermath. But slowly, we were building to find a new normal. 

When things like this happen, we have to take a moment. We have to stop, to breathe, to process. We know that what happened will be engrained in our minds forever, in vivid detail. But then we will have to start moving forward again, to start freeing ourselves of the shock of the moment and move to whatever normal turns out to be, and that normal will be different for each person.

Today is a reminder that stuff happens, and we have to know that we will deal with it. We will move forward again. And we will find our center. And we must believe we will, and that will create the energy that will make it so.

WTF Moments

by Brian Dean

I’ve talked about this before, but every now and then we have to understand that these things happen. And that we can deal with them. But we also have to know that they will be with us forever.

On 9/11, I was sitting at my desk at work when my wife called and asked if I had heard anything about a plane hitting the WTC. We immediately thought something small like a Cesna, something similar to what hit the Empire State Building in the 1930s. 

I walked down to the office where the people that did the internet production were, as they had a TV. What I saw shocked me. I called my wife and told her what I saw, then went beck to my desk, pausing at my boss’ office to tell him to turn on his TV. 

Not long after, my officemate came in with a small TV, and we watched probably more than we worked. That’s when we saw the second plane connect with the other tower. We were both in tears when each of the buildings came down. 

Energetically, something reminded me that I had a dream or thought where I had thought about plane hijackings. I had the thought that all the hijackings were to get a ride somewhere. Then the thought occurred that they never used the planes as weapons. Was this prophecy? Or a warning? Preparation? Who knows.

It wasn’t long after that when I received a call from my massage school. You see, that night was going to be my first night in massage school. I was told that they were cancelling classes for the evening, and starting up the next day.

So I went home and spent the night glued to the TV.

But that is only the latest of several WTF moments that I have lived through.

The first was when I had been sitting in my fourth grade class when all the teachers had been called to meet with the principal. When my teacher came back, he explained that Present Kennedy had been shot and killed. I remember just starring as the shock hit me. I remember a girl in the desk next to me (whose name I remember) just coloring as if nothing had happened. And I remember sitting there wondering how she could.

Many days passed and coverage of this was 24/7 on all the network channels. (Keep in mind that we only had three networks that came in over the TV antenna, and only a couple of independent channels that we could access. For a 10 year old, it was really boring.)

I remember in detail the live moment when Jack Ruby stepped out of a crowd and shot Lee Harvey Oswald as police were transferring him to another facility.

Another moment was when the space shuttle Challenger exploded after lift off. I was working for Church Hospital, and was in the accounting office checking on something. It was either a TV or radio that announced what had happened. As we’re listening to that, someone came out of their office and yelled, “Hey. The space shuttle blew up.” 

As much as I had followed the space program (because I liked sci-fi), this was extremely shocking. I remember them talking about it on the radio on the drive home, when one of the people decided to play a song that he felt was extremely poignant. It was Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man”. I felt that it did fit the moment. (If you don’t know the song, google it.)

Others include the shooting of Robert Kennedy in 1968. I remember the name of his killer. I remember Roosevelt Grier, a football player for the Los Angeles Rams being the one that subdued the shooter. I also remember the death of Princess Diana. Again sitting glued to the TV for details.

So yes, there are moments in our lives that are so ingrained that we remember every little detail whether we saw them live or heard about them. These moments shocked us to the core. 

But we moved on. Some were easier than others. But all were shocking. What do you remember from things that tipped your world upside down?

United we Stand

by Brian Dean

This became the country’s motto after the events 25 years ago. Yes, we were united against terrorism and evil. But this saying is more important today, and for different reasons.

Today, we face different challenges. We have war, hate, greed. We have rising costs making the day-to-day survival harder. We have people willing to physically harm someone else just because their opinion is different. We have fear, not the fear of being bombed, but the fear of authoritarianism and of others becoming violent.

But it is time to stand up, and I don’t mean physically going after the people that are causing your problems. I mean stand up energetically, mentally, emotionally. We need to create a front of positive energy, a wave of white light if you will, a shield against the negativity out there. And this shield will need to be supported by many so it can grow from people who are strengthening their resolve, their resolve to not be overcome by the darkness.  

It starts with one person deciding that they will not be bullied by fear. One person that believes that through strength of mind, the current problems can and will be overcome so we can either return to a better way, or move to a new better way. 

This belief can then be shared with others. This can be done by online postings, through passing beliefs and strength in groups that one attends. Eventually, a group of like-minded people will come together, either online, or in real life. It doesn’t matter which as both are capable of spreading positive energy. 

As we work to this end, we will add more people, and they will add more people. And eventually this energy will grow to the point that it can overcome the negativity and push back the darkness. Then that same energy can be used to create a new, better normal. 

It happens slowly. It builds piece by piece. One day it’s a whisp, the next a meaning, and eventually a movement, and then a force for good. The key is to keep at it. Don’t give up. You are stronger than you realize, so start realizing. And this does not matter whether you are an energy worker, healer, or just a person that wants to believe. All of it is possible.

The light can win over the darkness if we just will it to. So believe, add to the energy, and remember… United We Stand.  

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