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Paradise Rising From the Ashes
from Winter 2019 Issue
by Rahasya Poe
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You might want to sit down and take a deep breath because I’m in a rare mood right now, as I’m sure most of you are since the recent Paradise/Magalia/Concow wildfire experience. As horrendous a time as this has been, it has created a window of opportunity to do something really amazing in this area that will inspire generations to come. I know this is easy to say as I sit here in my home, food in my stomach, and a fire in the fireplace, but trust me, I feel your loss deeply and want justice in the form of finances and immediate help. My wife and partner, Dhara, and I will be doing everything possible to be there for you, which is why we are opening the Lotus Guide Center for Healing & Information in association with LOVE’S VIBRANT ART in the heart of Paradise with the help of Marianna Love
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and Ray Varlinsky, who have donated the use of their business space. The fact that Marianna Love’s art made it through the fire is as close to a miracle as you can get. As I stood in front of the little wood home that was Marianna Love’s studio for so many years on Honey Run in Paradise where most of her art was stored and realized it was the only home to make it, I
glanced over to a little sign that said, “Protected By Angels” and maybe it was.
The videos that we took right after the fire are very revealing for the trained eye; there are many anomalies to say the least. But what touched me more than anything was to see some small decorative piece of art that survived on someone’s fence, a toy scorched in the ashes, walking with reverence through a family’s lifetime of possessions and dreams all in ashes. When the profoundness of the situation hits you … well, let’s just say that it’s impossible to really wrap your head around what happened here. I remember sitting on a burned-out car thinking of how bad things were when it occurred to me, “Thank goodness this didn’t happen at 2 in the morning; there would be many thousands of people missing and dead.”
Look, there’s a lot to this that I would like to get into, such as why don’t we have loud sirens like they have in third world countries for emergencies? Why did PG&E seem to know this was going to happen? Why was so much money spent on advertising that it (PG&E) was going
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to do maintenance and upgrades but failed to even upgrade the tower built in 1919 that fell over, allegedly causing the fire? This will eventually all come out.
It’s come time that we realize that we are at the end of a very dark, dishonest, and desperate time in our history, fighting endless wars that do nothing more than enrich the international bankers and rob countries of their natural resources and leaves all of us further in debt to the Federal Reserve. Our agencies that were traditionally set up to protect us, such as the CDC and FDA, are little more than public relations for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries now. We need to start speaking out and paying attention to the people in our past who warned us
of this very thing and paid dearly to do so. You have to ask yourself, why is it that most of the people we call our heroes were assassinated, ridiculed, martyred, or imprisoned? Why is it that it’s a crime to expose a crime? Why is it that even now I feel a slight apprehension speaking of
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these things? Franklin Roosevelt once told a friend that there were powers within the government so ruthless that when you speak about them you dare not speak above a whisper for fear of retribution. The answer to these questions and others will admittedly take you kicking and screaming into a place where you might feel uncomfortable but this is part of the adventure, and if you are reading this article it’s probably because you have realized that it’s time for good people to stand up and do something regardless of the cost.
I remember sitting in the schoolyard having lunch when it came over the intercom: “President Kennedy has just been assassinated.” Little did I know
at that young age what really happened but over the years it has become clear. John F. Kennedy was a master at revealing the truth and here’s what he said once … just before he was assassinated, I might add. “The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.” Then he goes on to say, “For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence—on infiltration instead of invasion. ... It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.” There were many times when JFK called on journalists to go out and actually investigate and report the news but the subversion of our media by the very ruthless corporations he was warning us about has made that request fade into history. This is why we have “independent” media that most of us get our news from now, but even that has been diluted with disinformation and trolls.
Remember, Kennedy took over from President Eisenhower, who exhausted all of his political chips to say this in his farewell speech, “Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence—economic, political, even spiritual—is felt in every city,
every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet, we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”
What many people don’t realize is in that farewell speech President Eisenhower also warns against the advanced technology and the influence it will have on the unsuspecting public by the elites. Where do you think this explosion of technology came from? Do you think we all just woke up in the 1940s and ’50s and became super intelligent? How much does advanced technology have to do with all these “wildfires”? The answer to that will have to wait for a different time; right now the time for helping people in need is upon us.
I recently did a face-to-face interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which was an extreme honor to do even
under these circumstances. He and the law firm he works with have been fighting the hard fight for some time; they recently won the big lawsuit against Monsanto, which made all of Monsanto’s suppressed
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science public. You can watch that interview online at LotusGuide.com/ CampFire. When I posted it on YouTube many of you asked why he didn’t answer me when I brought up “directed energy weapons.” I think what’s important here and now is to be able to go to court and hold PG&E and others responsible and to do that will require the right charges being brought against them, such as negligence for one. I know many of you think that making PG&E financially responsible is a distraction from what’s really going on, but think about it, the state of California is taking a company that’s
owned, at least in part, by Rothschild Inc. to court. This is a major pushback against a family with a dark past… this is what I meant in the editorial by this being a good start.
On one of my next radio shows I will be talking about the possibility of directed energy weapons (DEWs) and geoengineering playing a part in the California wildfires. At this point I haven’t done enough investigation to comment other than to say that PG&E seems to have played a big role in this with old and faulty equipment and from what I have seen firsthand … smart meters may also play into this … but it all needs to be investigated. One thing is for sure, we need to think differently when it comes to our forests in Northern California and stay on top of it, because this would be an opportune time for the lumber mills to come in and take down our forests instead of selective harvesting of the wood and putting in fire breaks. Let’s start being “proactive” and not waiting to be “reactive” when all we can do is run like hell.
In closing I would like to say that, even though my optimism may
not be warranted, I am nevertheless optimistic about the future, not only of Paradise, but the world itself. It will be challenging as we rise from the ashes and as we do, we need to collaborate with ideas, reach out and help wherever we can, and maybe most important, remember that the world we live in is of our own creation, mostly based on fear and scarcity—maybe it’s time to dream a new dream based on love and abundance … after all, what do we have to lose at this point?
“Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” -Robert F. Kennedy
NOTE: I think this is as far as I feel comfortable taking you without knowing you and preparing you because as you investigate the reality we live in, trust me, your whole perception of what is real will unravel like an old worn-out shirt. If you do a lot of driving, I highly suggest the audio versions when available.
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References: Turn.org (A great resource for information about PG&E) StopTheCrime.net (Almost everything you might need to know about smart meters, EMFs, etc.) GeoEngineeringWatch.org (An enormous amount of information on geoengineering)
ChicoSkywatch.org (A great local group to get involved with) CaWildFireAttorney.com (The law firm Robert Kennedy Jr. is working with for you) LotusGuide.com/CampFire (With my press pass I was allowed in after the fire to do many videos of the area so this shows many anomalies yet to be explained) Books—Audio/Kindle/Paperback: Ruled by Secrecy by Jim Marrs The Trillion Dollar Conspiracy by Jim Marrs The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve by G. Edward Griffin The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth You Know Something Is Wrong When … by Anna Riezinger and Paul Snover Antarctica’s Hidden History by Michael Salla Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty by Russ Baker None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen Behold A Pale Horse by William Cooper UFO’s: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record by Leslie Kean
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