Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. Many good, and stupid, American gimpel willingly landed on the sticky twig which was specially pruned by the Democrats to capture them. Democrats pass acts or decree which have the most devastating consequences, yet nobody bears the responsibility for it. No body can be called to account. Sanctuary cities have brought a catastrophe upon America. In Aurora, Colorado Venezuelan gangs have commandeered apartment complexes, are holding tenants hostage, and collecting rent. When our cities have police departments, it is unfathomable that things like this can happen. However, some of the problems associated with Venezuelan gang activity is taking place in properties that are under out-of-state ownership whose transgressions with code violations and criminal activity may have preceded the migrant crisis. Yet, experts are telling us that citizens all over the country are living in fear because the winter is approaching soon, the border is still open, and this crime wave will only get worse. Is it at all possible actually to call to account the leaders of a parliamentary government for any kind of action which originated in the wishes of the whole multitude of deputies and was carried out under their orders or sanction? #RandolphHarris 1 of 19

The devastating influence of this parliamentary institution might not easily be recognized by those who watch the Democratic controlled TV news media, unless he has learned how to think independently and examine the facts for himself. This institution is primarily responsible for the crowded inrush of mediocre people into the fields of politics. Confronted with such a phenomenon, a man who is endowed with real qualities of leadership will be tempted to refrain from taking part in political life; because under these circumstances the situation does not call for a man who has a capacity for constructive statesmanship but rather for a man who is capable of bargaining for the favour of the majority. Thus, the situation will appeal to small minds and will attract them accordingly. The narrower the mental outlook and the more meager the amount of knowledge in a political jobber, the more accurate is his estimate of his own political stock, and thus he will be all the more inclined to appreciate a system which does not demand creative genius or even high-class talent; but rather that crafty kind of sagacity which makes an efficient town clerk. Indeed, he values this kind of small craftiness more than the political genius of a Pericles. Such a mediocrity does not even have to worry about responsibility for what he does. #RandolphHarris 2 of 19

From the beginning he knows that whatever be the results of his “statesmanship” his end is already prescribed by the stars; he will one day have to clear out and make room for another who is of similar mental caliber. For it is another sign of decadent times that the number of eminent statesmen grows smaller and smaller the more the individual political has to depend upon parliamentary majorities. A man of real political ability will refuse to be the beadle for a bevy of footling cacklers; and they in their turn, being the representatives of the majority—which means the dunder-headed multitude—hate nothing so much as a superior brain. For footling deputies, it is always quite a consolation to be led by a person whose intellectual stature is on a level with their own. Thus, each one may have the opportunity to shine in debate among such compeers and, above all, each one feels that he may one day rise to the top. If Peter be boss today, then why not Paul tomorrow? This new invention of democracy is very closely connected with a peculiar phenomenon which has recently spread to a pernicious extent, namely the cowardice of a large section of our so-called political leaders. Whenever important decisions have to be made, they always find themselves fortunate in being able to hide behind the backs of what they call the majority. #RandolphHarris 3 of 19

In observing one of these political manipulators, one notices how he wheedles the majority in order to get their sanction for whatever action he takes. He has to have accomplices in order to be able to shift responsibility to other shoulders whenever it is opportune to do so. That is the main reason why this kind of political activity is abhorrent to men of character and courage, while at the same time it attracts inferior types; for a person who is not willing to accept responsibility for his own actions, but is always seeking to be covered by something, must be classed among the knaves and the rascals. If a national leader should come from that lower class of politicians the evil consequences will soon manifest themselves. Nobody will then have the courage to take a decisive step. They will submit to abuse and defamation rather than pluck up courage to take a definite stand. And thus, if needs be, nobody is left who is willing to risk his position and his career in support of a determined line of policy. One truth which must always be borne in mind is that the majority can never replace the man. The majority represents not only ignorance but also cowardice. And just as a hundred blockheads do not equal one man of wisdom, so a hundred poltroons are incapable of any political line of action that requires moral strength and fortitude. #RandolphHarris 4 of 19

Democratic rule taking place in these modern times are similar to what America went through after the first World War. The First World shattered two thousand years of hope, but it did not destroy it. Men rallied their energies and tried to take up the task where it had been interrupted in 1914. Many believed that the League of Nation, much like the 2024 president elections in America, would bring about a new era of peace and reason; others, that the Russian revolution would overcome its Czarist heritage and would develop into a true humanist-socialist society; aside from this, people in the capitalist countries believed that their system would follow a straight line of economic progress. The years between 1929 and 1933 shattered what was left of these hopes. In direct comparison, people who that Donald Trump will once again ascend to the office of president and quail the unrest in American cities, and that he will, once again, make American prosperous. In the past, the capitalist system showed that it was not capable of preventing unemployment and misery for a large part of the population. In Germany, the people permitted Mr. Hitler to come to power. In Russia, after Mr. Stalin had transformed the revolution into a conservative state capitalism, he initiated a system of terror which was consider ruthless. #RandolphHarris 5 of 19

While all this was happening, the approaching World War was already becoming visible on the horizon. The power which had begun in 1914, which had been followed by the systems of Mr. Stalin and Mr. Hitler, now came to its full fruition. The Germans initiated it by their air attacks on Warsaw, Amsterdam, and Coventry. The Western allies followed by their attacks on Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig, Tokyo and, finally, with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In hours or minutes, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children were killed in one city, and all this with few scruples and hardly any remorse. Indiscriminate destruction of human life had become a legitimate means for attaining political goals. The process of increasing brutalization had done its work. Each side brutalizes the other, following the logic “if he is inhuman, I must (and can) be inhuman too.” The war ended, and there arose a new flicker of hope, of which the foundation of the United Nations was a symbol. However, soon after the end of the war the new power force continued. The weapons of destruction became ever more powerful; now both sides are able to destroy at least half of each other’s population (including more of their educated populations) in one day. Yet the consideration of the possibility of such mass destruction had become commonplace. Many on both sides were fighting to prevent the final act of madness; groups of men and women who followed the tradition of science, of humanism and of hope. #RandolphHarris 6 of 19

However, million had succumbed to the process of the new power force, and many more were just apathetic, and escaped into the trivialities of the day. The purpose of learning history is to honour our heritage and learn from the things that happened in the past so we can repeat the good and avoid the bad. Historical monuments mean different things to different people, and some that are seen as negative, actually started off as representing something good. In destroying property and removing historical artifacts, we are defacing our culture and disrespecting something other hold as a prideful symbol. Regardless of what the masses believe something to stand for, often times, there is something sacred in the artifact. Even if something is said to represent evil, when we remove or deface these cultural relics, we are erasing part of our heritage and forgetting what we stand for. For instance, some people could find a statue of a freedom fighter offensive, while others many see it has a symbol of good. If it were removed from society, we would forget the history of why it was erected, and eventually people might forget the past, and repeat mistakes. While it is important to be inclusive and represent all cultures, it is evil to destroy someone else’s heritage and culture. #RandolphHarris 7 of 19

Growing out of client-centered therapy and especially its application with hospitalized schizophrenics, there is now emerging a mode of psychotherapy which centers on the “experiencing” of the two persons in the therapy interaction, rather than on the discussed verbal contents. This development is similar to recent trends in other orientations: there is a strong tendency to emphasize the interaction in psychotherapy, to emphasize that two human beings are involved, and to focus on the concrete subjective events occurring in these two persons, rather than only on the verbal contents being discussed. Basic to this development is the view that psychotherapy involves “experiencing” (by whatever name), a somatic inwardly felt process, the manner and meanings of which are affected by the interaction. Some attention is being given to the theoretical problem of how inwardly felt bodily events can have “meaning,” be “explored” and “symbolized,” and how these concrete implicit “meanings” can be affected and changed by interaction. Now that psychotherapy is widely thought to involve a concrete feeling process, we are less specific about the (still vital) role of cognitive symbols and exploration. The different orientations use different cognitive vocabularies, yet their patients and clients appear able to work with any of these vocabularies. #RandolphHarris 8 of 19

Apparently, any good vocabulary can be employed as a symbolic tool for good vocabulary can be employed as a symbolic tool for “working through” and interacting. It appears that personality difficulties lie in the “pre-conceptual” meanings of experiencing—that they are concrete, and that they are amenable to symbolization and change through interactions using any of the many different therapeutic vocabularies we have. Apparently, it is not so much a question of just which vocabular you use, but rather how you use it. If used in “direct reference” to experiencing, then more or less any vocabulary can be well employed. If used as abstract explanatory substitutes for the individual’s experiencing, no cognitive vocabulary will engender much constructive personality change. Of course, this is an opinion which awaits much more research support than we have so far, but it is a widespread current trend in therapeutic thinking. Not only the best use of words, but also the best use of therapist behaviours, would seem to depend not so much upon just what the therapist behaviour is, as on how the behaviour relates to and affects the individual’s experiencing. The attempt to specify just what therapists should and should not do tends today to concern not so much what behaviour is used, but more just how it is used. Furthermore, this “how” concerns how the behaviour relates to the experiencing of the two persons. #RandolphHarris 9 of 19

“Subverbal” communication always sounds mysterious—how is anyone to know what the client means when he cannot say what it is. The specification I would like to offer concern not “what” the client means (and not how we can guess “what” he means). The specifications concern how client’s and therapist’s words can be employed to point at and refer to experiencing. Philosophy says that the marriage state is necessary for most people, the less advanced. It also says that even for the others, the more advanced, the smaller love of two persons mating can coincide with, and remain within, the larger lover of the individual for the Higher Self. Of course, if the relationship is a successful and harmonious blending of the two personalities, only then is this possible. For some people, marriage does take away from the higher life, but not for others. It all depends upon the two individuals concerned in it as to which of these results will come about. Marriage hinders some aspirants because of the distractions and burdens it imposes, but it helps others because of the release from tormenting thoughts involving pleasures of the flesh which it may give. When sensibly fitted into the framework of a spiritual understanding of life, marriage need not be a bar and success may be achieved. #RandolphHarris 10 of 19

It is true that men who are lonely or young or romantic are likely to marry a young woman with whom propinquity has brought them in touch. In such cases, he puts an illusion around the woman to the pressure of desire. When the illusion goes and the facts show themselves, he is left alone with the hard lesson of discrimination. The situation can repeat itself with the victim being the woman. Many marriages are based on calculation, not on love. They are business transactions bearing social of financial rewards, not emotional ones. Yet if animated by goodwill, they may be successful. One man who seemed to make no spiritual progress generally, and little progress in meditation particularly, found the situation completely altered when he adjusted himself to a new attitude towards his wife. She was a shrew and a scold, hostile to his higher aspirations and quite Earthy. He was several times on the brink of leaving her but be thought of responsibility toward their growing children restrained him. He did leave her mentally and bitterly resented her presence in his life. When he was taught how to bring a new viewpoint to bear upon his marriage, he began to regard it as a perfect opportunity for the better development of his character and his wife as an unwitting instrument for the better control of his mind. He learned to accept her in his life without complaint. #RandolphHarris 11 of 19

He came to regard the marriage as a piece of Self-Created destiny to be worked out, in its own unpredictable time, by his fostering the needful qualities. He set to work upon himself and gradually unfolded patience, calmness, strength of will, and unselfishness. Within a few years, he not only became expert at meditation but also gained higher awareness. Nor was this all. In his work as an executive in a large commercial office involved in accounts, calculations, and business decisions, formerly he would easily become excited, irritated, or angry with subordinates over their mistakes, their inefficiency or stupidity. Now, he taught himself how to hold on to the inner peace found in periods of meditation until the time arrived when he could pass through the whole day’s activity without losing or disturbing it. If a woman has done all that was humanly possible to hold her husband and has failed, she must realize that acceptance of the inevitable—even the temporarily inevitable—is the only way to bear this painful result. The husband’s weaknesses may have found their expression in outer action. However, through the painful results of that expression, he may eventually discover a truer set of values. If she has tried to appeal to his better nature and failed, she must now let him do what he wishes and try the path of personal experience in the satisfaction of his desires, which is the common path for most people. #RandolphHarris 12 of 19

Otto Rank believed that the circumstances of birth itself, the “birth trauma,” are imprinted on the psyche of the infant and often reappear in symbolic form in later life, particularly as a desire to return to the blissful peace of the womb, as described by his disciple Fodor. If that were so, the fears and longings which arise from passing under that arch through which no man can ever pass again, nature’s original one-way street, would certainly appear as important elements in the script. Perhaps they do, but there is no reliable way to check it, even by comparing Caesarean births with normal ones. Hence the influence of the “birth trauma” on the life script remains in the realm of speculation. As a matter of fact, real-life scripts said to be based on the actual occurrences of Caesarean birth, like their theatrical counterparts, are unconvincing. As in Macbeth, the event is exploited as a mere play on words or a conundrum, a foetus ex machina, rather than forming the serious basis for a script. It is quite likely, however, that a child who is told later that he was a Caesarean birth, and can understand what that means, might incorporate that fact somehow into his scripts and elaborate upon it further when he learns who his distinguished predecessors were. A decision on this point awaits the collection of some good case histories. #RandolphHarris 13 of 19

In practice, the two most common “birth scripts” are the “Foundling Script” and the “Tom Mother Script.” The Foundling Script arises from the fantasies of adopted or even natural children about their “real” parents, and comes out as some version of the Myth of the Birth of the Hero described by Otto Rank in his book of that name. The Torn Mother Script is also common, and in my experience occurs with about equal frequency in both genders. The foundation for this script is the mother telling the child that she has been sickly ever since he was born; or in a more vicious form, that she was so badly torn by his birth that she has never been the same. His reaction, and his script, is based on his own observations in the matter. If mother has indeed been invalided or crippled all his life, then he feels compelled to take the full responsibility, and no amount of Adult reasoning will convince his Child that it is not his doing. If the impairment is not visible, however, and particular if someone in the family, such as father, implies or states that her illness is a fake, then the patient’s script will be heavily loaded with ambiguity, hypocrisy, and exploitation. Sometimes the mother does not make the accusation, but leaves it to father, grandmother, or aunt. #RandolphHarris 14 of 19

The script which evolves is then a three-handed one, with important messages and announcements, usually “bad news,” coming from a third party. It is easy to see that where the Foundling Script comes out as the Myth of the Birth of the Hero, the Torn Mother Script is the Myth of the Birth of the Villiam, one saddled from birth with the horrendous crime of matricide, or, more precisely matriclasty. “Mother died in childbirth (mine)” is almost too much for anyone to bear without good help. If mother was injured or has a cystocele, it is never too late to have it repaired, and the less said about it the better. “All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of Heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Children are an heritage of the Lord,” reports Psalms 127.3. Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations. #RandolphHarris 15 of 19

Whether or not the enlargement of consciousness is conducive to healthier personality depends upon several factors, including the projects to which a person is committed and the person’s ability to acquire skills commensurate with the enlarged awareness. Healthy personality rests upon competence, the ability to act effectively in pursuit of the gratifications and meanings that make life possible and worth living. If a person has become excessively aware of self and of the World, as sometimes happens with unwise users of psychedelic drugs, that person cannot deal effectively with everything of which he or she has become aware. Maslow was aware of this when he cautioned of the “dangers of Being-cognition.” The hyperconscious individual may arrive at a sense that all things are of equal importance and value. Such a stance is equivalent to valuelessness, and it results in paralysis of action. People of advanced age prepared to die may have such enlightenment, but it is not of much use to younger persons with a life yet to be lived. There is some optimum harmony among the magnitude of a person’s awareness of the World, the goals and projects to which that person commits his or her life, and the skills and capacities for enriches one’s sense of meaning and is accompanied by increased effectiveness at living a life-engendering existence, then such alteration is conductive to healthy personality; otherwise, it might be pernicious. #RandolphHarris 16 of 19

Another point of view that should be considered is that many forms of changed consciousness, particularly those that come from the use of chemical substances such as LSD and alcohol, are not really enlarged, expanded, or higher, but rather are simply changed, and changed in such a fashion to disguise reality and prevent the person from dealing with the problems of real life, of responsibility for others, and even of maintaining personal health and sanity. The nature of experience itself is such that it cannot be checked and validated by scientific methods; Castaneda’s experience cannot be validated by Don Juan. This is particularly true of reported experiences of “higher” consciousness and greater awareness of self. Substantiated evidence for this is difficult to develop. For some, this enlarged consciousness is the stuff of which dreams are made.  The Sacramento Fire Department has made dreams come true for many people. Their core values are professionalism, service, integrity, teamwork innovation, and courage. The Sacramento Fire Department is committed to providing excellence in all aspects of conduct and performance with the highest level of customer service. They uphold the public trust and conduct themselves responsibly by maintaining ethical standards by effectively and efficiently supporting their common goal of excellence through service. #RandolphHarris 17 of 19

“When I was hired on, I was already an EMT 1. Then our department wound up getting into the EMS business. A private company that had provided the service for twenty years went out of business on two and a half hours’ notice. We picked up the ball, and we’ve had it ever since. We’ve had some pretty drastic cuts in manpower, but right now we have about a hundred thirty people on the line out of the stations, and the majority are EMT-certified to one degree or another, ranging from EMT 1 to paramedic. The folks on our medical units are paramedics, of course. However, everyone has to be a firefighter first. We have been involved in lots and lots of rescues, but the majority have been extrications and pretty basic things like that. Our medics are sometimes helicoptered out of town to do rescues. A lot of logging accident take place outside of our area up in the woods. We have an arrangement with the local helicopter service, so that if a helicopter rescue is necessary, our paramedics will be picked up by the helicopter, and they will go out and do what is necessary. Then they will transport the patient back. Two of our local hospitals have helipads; one has it helipad right up on the roof, so our paramedics can treat the patient all the way back to the hospital. #RandolphHarris 18 of 19

“We had one recue where a guy had a giant earth mover roll over on him. The guy was underneath tons and tons of equipment, and one of the guys went under there and treated him before they moved him. That was a pretty dangerous situation.” The Sacramento Fire Department stives to advance in their profession with new methods and technology to overcome fear through fortitude and accept the risk to protect others. You can help save lives by donating to the Sacramento Fire Department. In an effort to keep America a God loving and patriotic community, please raise your children to love America, love God and Jesus Christ. In order to help America become a creditor nation again, it is best to buy American cars and other American goods and services. To help maintain peace in our communities, please respect law and order and treat your elders with admiration, respect, dignity, and compassion. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all. “O Say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, o’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? O, thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and war’s desolation; blest with victory and peace, may our Heaven-rescued land praise the power that hath made and preserved us as a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, ‘In God is trust.’ And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.” #RandolphHarris 19 of 19

The Winchester Mystery House

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