Last week the following letter arrived in my email. Perhaps some of you got it too. The person who sent it is a sister who I love very deeply. Although I haven't seen her for a long time, I have always felt very close to her. To see that she would be involved in passing along something like this is very sad to me, and one more evidence of the extent to which our political structure is being ravaged by people with lots of money and an agenda that is clearly not healthy for America.
Here is the letter:

Subject: Exploiting 9/11

Hi,

In a little over 48 hours, ABC is airing a five-hour docudrama on the 9/11 attacks. The movie was written and produced by a right-wing activist who fabricated key scenes to blame Democrats and defend Republicans.

It's so partisan that even Rush Limbaugh was surprised ABC decided to air it. And a FBI agent who was brought in to consult on the docudrama quit because, he said, "they were making things up."

Public outrage is mounting across the country, and ABC is now "mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether." But we only have a little time to act. Can you help out?

Then the letter contains a link that takes you to the moveon.org website where the reader is asked to sign a petition calling for ABC to not air what they call "partisan propaganda on 9/11.

I am not a Republican - nor am I a Democrat. I am a spiritual teacher. My job is to stand above partisan politics in any form, and point to the path that leads to healing between political factions. What I know for sure is that healing doesn't live in a space where people deliberately involve themselves in efforts to make each other bad and wrong. That kind of behavior is rooted in unconsciousness - the home of suffering and pain. My job is to help people wake up from such places.

Unfortunately, the arena of American politics is becoming such a place. Increasing numbers of people are being seduced by emotional rhetoric into aligning with political groups who are less interested in solving America's problems than in gaining and keeping political power. These organizations are led by demagogues who need to make those who don't agree with them "bad", "wrong", and unworthy of power, so they can be seen as "right", "good" and worthy of such power. What is Real is that the power they want is yours.

The demagogue spirit is what Ho'ala Huna calls malu. Malu are spirits whose job it is to take away your power whenever you are unconscious enough to give it to them. Malu is a Hawai'ian word that means "life-taking spirit." Malu work in the darkness of unconsciousness where it is easy to create fear by presenting information that is not in Harmony with Reality. In politics, this process is often referred to as "spin." If malu can make us dizzy with all this "spinning", they can then feed us thoughts and feelings that are designed to create polarization, separation, and power struggles. As a spiritual teacher, my job is to help heal this dynamic wherever it exists.

To do this, I must point out that those who support and encourage this kind of energy, whether they label themselves as Republican, Democrat. or any other political flavor, are not loving America nor humanity, no matter how well-intended they think or feel they may be.

So, not as a political partisan but as a spiritual teacher I have a question for those of you who are tempted to support such a thing as this. How do you come to the conclusion that any kind of censorship is in our highest and best interests?

How do you think that Michael Moore would feel if those aligned with George Bush mounted a nationwide organized campaign calling for censorship of his movie Fahrenheit 911 before its release to the public? Much to their credit, when that movie came out, as much as they disliked it even people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity rejected the idea of such a thing.

Moveon.org ? which is Moore's group ? says this ABC docudrama is full of partisan propaganda on the events leading up to 9/11. It claims this piece is both biased and contains elements that are inaccurate. If so, how are we to know if it never airs? Are we to simply take their word for it? Even if that turns out to be true, so what? How is that any different than Moore's movie? Are we to believe that it was not biased? Did it not do exactly what they claim this ABC docudrama does? Why is it OK to let Moore's movie air, but not OK to let the ABC series air?

Even if it turns out that there are gross inaccuracies in the ABC series, is it your opinion that people cannot be trusted to think for themselves? If so, who are the elite that we are supposed to let do our thinking for us?

We understand that Mr. Moore and Mr. Soros don't want us to let George Bush and his supporters to fill that role. Is it any more appropriate to let Bill and Hillary Clinton or their supporters do the job? Perhaps we should just trust Michael Moore or George Soros, the man whose money is behind this effort, to have an exclusive monopoly on what we all should think.

Personally, that scenario doesn't work for me. Ho'ala Huna teaches that Reality is self-evident. It is its own credential. Reality can be Recognized by anyone who doesn't have an agenda, and it works ? reliably and flawlessly.

Ho'ala Huna also teaches that the person with the consequences is the person with the responsibility, and the person with the responsibility is the person with the authority. Whenever this natural chain becomes broken - pain is the inevitable result.

What I know for sure is that the world in which I live is largely a consequence of my choices. These, in turn, are the product of my thoughts. That means what I think is my responsibility - not Michael Moore's, George Bush's, or anyone else's. I see this as a most sacred responsibility, and I will honor and defend my right to see, read, or hear what I want, when I want, and from whomever I want, and I will do the same for you as well.

No doubt there is a lot of garbage out there. There is much that is dark. But the dark serves its purpose because without it, the Light would have no meaning. Mr. Moore, I can tell Light from dark thank you, I don't need moveon.org doing that for me.

I cannot see how censorship ever works for any adult. When people are allowed to examine all points of view, sooner or later Truth emerges. It naturally rises to the surface. It doesn't matter whether the issue is political, religious, or scientific. In a free marketplace of ideas, the public wins and those who would do our thinking for us lose. That is a process that is rooted in the kind of Love that is Aloha because it works for everyone.

Because Truth is its own credential, if the material in ABC's docudrama is inaccurate, it will be obvious. If it is accurate, that will be obvious too. Only people who want something that does not belong to them have anything to fear.

It is most likely that this ABC docudrama will be a mixture of both. If the docudrama is capable of shedding any Real light on how 9/11 came to be, we all win. If not, we know who to ignore in the future. Either way that is our decision, not Michael Moore's and George Soros decision.

If you love whatever freedoms you have as an American citizen, don't be taken in by any effort to justify censorship. Such efforts are mounted and funded by those whose lust for power is matched only by their arrogance. Obviously, such people think you are either too stupid or too lazy to see what is Real for yourselves. You are not. As long as your mind remains open and your heart remains focused on healing you can see what is Real about anything.

Censorship is one of the most evil forms of political subterfuge. It is a necessary tool for those who would keep you from seeing that which is Real. That is why fascist dictatorships including the Taliban and other militant Islamic organizations, the North Korean dictatorship, and every other totalitarian organization including many religions employ its tactics. Censorship, in any form, is the absolute enemy of every person who wants to stand in Harmony with Reality.

Notice that those who call for censorship are those who are using fear to create unnecessary polarization. This process doesn't solve problems ? it creates them.

Love is the path that transcends polarization and restores balance. In Ho'ala Huna, we call such Love Aloha ? the marriage of Light and Life. It is clear to see that Light and Life are not compatible with censorship.

If you would have Freedom, and especially if you want to enjoy the life energy that flows from standing in Harmony with Reality, you must learn to reject censorship in any form, and learn how to do the kind of Love that is Aloha, instead.