BOTH HIPPIE AND HOBO AND REFUGEE CLUTTERED THE FRONT DOOR WITH THEIR GEAR AND BODIES. THEN ONE FELLOW MADE A LOUD ENTRANCE AND HUGGED THE OTHERS AND DISCOVERED FOR HIMSELF; THAT THEY WERE OUT ON THE STREET. THIS ONE FELLOW SAID HE WILL GO TO THE LANDLORD AND SEE WHAT'S UP.
AS HE WAS LEAVING, OTHERS ARRIVED AND QUESTIONED THE COMOTION. THIS FELLOW ANSWERS THEM; "THE REVERENDS HAVEN'T SHOWN UP IN TWO WEEKS, AND THIS IS SOUNDING A LITTLE SHAKY. OUR ROOM IS TAKEN TODAY AND NOT ONE OF THE REVERENDS HAD TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESERVE THE ROOM AND TO LET ONE OF US HAVE THE KEY! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK AND I WILL FIND OUT THE STORY AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT FROM HERE. HE RAN AROUND THE BUILDINGS AND INTO AN OFFICE, SUPPOSEDLY."
ON HIS RETURN, IT BECOMES APPARENT; AS THIS COSMOPOLITAN LOOKING WOMAN, PRACTICALLY MAULS HIM WITH SEDUCTIVE MOVES ON THE SIDEWALK AS SHE YELLS "JOSHUA!"; THAT THIS MAN IS THE ONE WHO OPENED SERVICES THE WEEK BEFORE; YET HE IS NOT AT ALL A REVEREND. HE IS THIS ACTIVIST; "JOSHUA".
BACK WITH HIS NEWLY ADOPTED CRONES AS IT MAY APPEAR; HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE LANDLORD IS NOT AROUND, AND THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA IMMEDIATELY, AS TO WHERE TO GATHER, IF THEY ARE TO HOLD CHURCH TODAY. THIS IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT DOUBT IN THE MINDS OF EVERYONE THAT THERE REALLY WAS AN INNER CIRCLE OF THE CHURCH AT ALL. IT WAS NONEXISTENT. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH WAS NOT PASSED ON TO THIS SO-CALLED INNER CIRCLE SO THEY COULD STILL HOLD CHURCH.
FIRST CENTRAL PARK WAS SUGGESTED. BUT IT WAS TOO WET; AND TOO NOTICEABLE BY THE POLICE. THEY DECIDED ON A NEARBY UPTOWN PARK. THEY MARCHED THERE IN DRODES AND A FEW IN CARS. THE LAST TWO TO WALK OVER THERE WERE; THIS GUY "JOSHUA", AND A TOTAL HIPPIE THEY CALL "POUNDS" OR SOMETHING.
A MAN WHO WAS NOT ACCUSED, (DAVID) YET STILL SUSPECTED; OF BEING UNDERCOVER POLICE BY SOME OF THESE FOLK, CATCHES UP BEHIND THESE TWO HERB OFFICERS OF THE DAY (OD).
AS THEY APPROACHED THE REST OF THE GROUP, THIS SUSPECTED MAN SEEMED TOO BE ASKING "JOSHUA" LOTS OF QUESTIONS; WHICH MADE SOME, BUT NOT ALL, OF THE GROUP, UNEASY. THIS WAS HIS SECOND TIME AT CHURCH, AND HE SEEMED CLEANER CUT, THAN LAST TIME. HIS NAME IS "DAVID". HE IS BIGGER THAN ALL FIRST THOUGHT, WITH BUZZ CUT BLONDE HAIR. 5 FOOT 10. AND VERY PHYSICALLY FIT. HE IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD.
SOME OF THE GUYS JOINED FORCES AND PICKED UP PICNIC TABLES AROUND THE PARK AND PLACED THEM TOGETHER TO CREATE A FORUM. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSEMBLED AROUND THESE LARGE TABLES WAS ABOUT TWENTY FOUR. THERE WERE SIX MIDDLE AGE MEN. THERE WERE SEVEN MEN BETWEEN 25 AND 35. TWO OVERAGE YOUTH FEMALE. 3 THIRTY SOMETHING FEMALES. TWO LITTLE CHILDREN WITH (THEIR MOM ALREADY COUNTED) AND 4 UNKNOWN OTHERS.
SPEAKING TO A COUPLE BEFORE THE INITIAL MEETING, "JOSHUA" SHOWED CONCERN ABOUT THE REVERENDS NOT BEING PRESENT BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE "SETUP TO ARREST THE CHURCH." (BECAUSE OF REV. MIKE'S PAST RAVING OF MAKING A TEST CASE OUT OF THE CHURCH TO CHALLANGE THE "RFRA" LAW)
WHEN HE OPENED THE SESSION, HE MENTIONED; "IT IS PECULIAR THAT THE REVERENDS HAVE NOT SHOWN UP IN TWO WEEKS; BUT WE SHOULD NOT SPEND OUR TIME NOW SPECULATING WHY THEY AREN'T HERE, WITHOUT THEM TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES. RATHER IF WE MAKE IT A POINT TO SHOW UP OURSELVES, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON UNRELIABLE PEOPLE REGARDLESS IF THEY ARE THE REVERENDS. WE ARE HERE IN FELLOWSHIP OF A COMMON POINT THEN WE SHALL BE PRESENT AND CONDUCT CHURCH NO MATTER WHO IS ABSENT."
THE CONGREGATION BECAME NOISY IN AGREEANCE, THE SUGGESTION AROSE THAT INSTEAD OF THERE BEING ONE OR TWO PEOPLE TO DEPEND ON INITIATING EACH MEETING; "EACH AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE KNOWHOW TO RESERVE THE SPACE, OPEN THE SESSION," AND KNOW THE KEY RITUAL AND TRADITIONAL ACTS OR PROVERBS TO PERFORM. THERE IS VERY LITTLE TO ACTUALLY KNOW, IT IS QUITE RUDIMENTARY. MOST OF THE EVENTS EACH MEETING ARE IMPROVISED. THERE WILL BE A REVOLVING LEAD POSITION, SO EVENTUALLY EACH PERSON WOULD END UP HAVING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
"JOSHUA" SEEMED TO DOMINATE TODAY'S MEETING ATTEMPTING TO COVER ALL POINTS BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, AND PROMPTING A UNIVERSAL INVOLVEMENT. "THE SACRED HERB CHURCH IS A FREE-FORMED SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP WITH NO-ONE EXPLANATION OF WHAT OR WHO IS KNOWN AS GOD. EACH INDIVIDUAL MAY BELIEVE WHATEVER BELIEF FILLS THEIR HEART ABOUT OUR CREATOR AND GIVES ONE A PURPOSE IN LIFE. THE ONE MAIN THING IN THIS GATHERING; IS THAT WE COME HERE TO RESPECT AND PRAISE THE ONE COMMON ELEMENT THAT DRAWS US HERE. A SACRED HERB WHICH IS NATURALLY, POSSIBLY DIVINELY, GIVEN TO US, ALONG WITH THIS EARTH. WE ARE NOT HERE FOR A POT PARTY. IN ACTUALITY WE GENERALLY ONLY GET ONE OR TWO DRAGS OFF THIS BLESSED PIPE OF PEACE. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT MARIJUANA CONSCIOUSNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE. IT IS CONTRASTLY DIFFERENT THEN A COMMON SOCIETAL CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH OFTEN INCORPORATES ALCOHOL AND MATERIALISM. WE ARE A PEOPLE WITH A HERITAGE, A FAMILY WITH BROTHERS, SISTERS AND EVEN COUSINS. THE FAMILY MAY VARY BETWEEN FACTIONS OF THE RAINBOW, THE HIPPIES, THE DEADHEADS, THE GOTH, THE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE CHURCHES, AND THE AMNESTY ACTIVISTS; BUT WE ARE FAMILY AND MARIJUANA IS WIDELY USED AS A WAY OF LIFE AMONG MANY OF US, AND A ROAD TO A DEEPER AND GENUINE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS. WE ARE NOT TALKING HERE ABOUT THE JUNKIE WHO DOESN'T HAVE SELF CONTROL. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT NARCOTICS ABUSE. REGARDLESS IF ANY OF US SUFFER FROM THESE VICES; WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY FOR A RITUAL OF RESPECT FOR THE HERB THAT HAS LET US FEEL UNIVERSAL LOVE AND OBSERVE THE ATROCITIES OF FEAR AND HATRED AMONG THOSE STILL SLEEPING AND UNAWARE TO THE FACT THAT WE ALL BELONG TOGETHER AS FAMILY, AS ALL CREATURES OF THE EARTH."
THE GROUP SEEMED TO AGREE OUT LOUD WITH EVERYTHING, ALMOST AS IN A BAPTIST CHURCH WHEN PEOPLE COMPLEMENT THE MINISTERS BY INTERRUPTING THEM WITH SHORT WORDS OF PRAISE. "JOSHUA" SEEMS TO DRAW THE ATTENTION BECAUSE HE HAS A STRONG VOICE, BUT OFTEN TOO LOUD FOR A SMALL GROUP. EAVESDROPPERS COULD EASILY ASSESS THE IDEAS BEING SHARED BY HIM.
ONE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN MEN: "RENZ"(LO); VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE FIRST OF THE REVOLVING LEADERS TO RUN CHURCH FOR NEXT WEEK IF NO REVERENDS SHOW. HE ALSO ADDED THAT IT SEEMS THAT "JOSHUA" "COULD KEEP THE CHURCH TOGETHER VERY WELL AND SHOULD BE IN A POSITION OF ORGANIZING." "JOSHUA" RESPONDED SAYING THAT SOMETIMES HE MAY NOT BE AROUND AND THAT HIS AGENDA IN THE CITY OF BOULDER IS AS "AN ACTIVIST WITH CITY POLITICS AND NOT JUST THIS CHURCH." HE ALSO SAID THEY ARE "NOT CREATING MUTINY AGAINST THE REVERENDS. IF THE REVERENDS SHOW UP THEN SO BE IT." THEY STILL HAVE RESPECT FOR THEM DESPITE THEIR FAULTS OR NEGLIGENCE. "JUST BECAUSE ONE MAY FALL INTO ERROR, DOESN'T DESERVE EXILE." (THAT IS NOT THE WAY HE SOUNDED WHEN HE TALKED CONFIDENTIALLY TO THE FEW IN THE BEGINNING. HE SOUNDS VERY PARANOID AND SUSPICIOUS OF EVERYTHING.)
IT IS UNCLEAR IF "JOSHUA" WILL FIT THE SEAT AS LEADER BUT IT IS ALSO UNCLEAR IF HE HAS A PERSONAL AGENDA TOO, JUST LIKE THE REVERENDS EACH WITH THEIR OWN VIEWS ON HOW TO CONDUCT CHURCH.
THIS GUY "POUNDS" SEEMS TO ACT AS "JOSHUA'S" RIGHT HAND MAN AND ALSO TALKS STRONGLY SUPPORTING MOST OF WHAT JOSHUA HAS TO SAY. "POUNDS" HAS BEEN AN ECCENTRIC FACE IN THE CROWD OF THE CONGREGATION FOR SOME TIME NOW. HE IS A RAINBOW BROTHER. HE STANDS SHORT BUT SEEMS TO HAVE A BIG SPIRIT. HE SEEMS TO CLARIFY EACH POINT TAKEN SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS AND DOESN'T GET LOST IN WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED.
A SAGE SMUDGE STICK WAS USED AS A TALKING STICK.
THE SAGE RITUAL WAS STARTED AND THOSE WHO POSSESSED IT AT THAT
MINUTE, GETS A CHANCE TO TALK. A TALK ABOUT RENTING THE LODGE FOR
NEXT WEEK WAS INTRODUCED. A COLLECTION WAS HELD TO RAISE MONEY FOR
THE PLACE AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PAID FOR BY THE END OF THE DAY, SO
THE CHURCH WILL ALREADY BE PREPARED WITH THEIR SPACE FOR NEXT WEEK
WHETHER THERE ARE REVERENDS OR NO REVERENDS.
WITH THIS IN MIND, A PROPOSAL WAS MADE BY MANY PRESENT, THAT THE CHURCH ESTABLISH "A BANK ACCOUNT AND ESTABLISH A SOLID METHOD OF COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION." THIS WILL BE; SO THERE MAY STILL, CONTINUE TO BE AN ANONYMOUS GIVING AND RECEIVING COLLECTION (A COLLECTION OF MONEY, FOOD AND CIGARETTES REDISTRIBUTED TO THE NEEDY ONES OF THE CONGREGATION ON EACH PARTICULAR MEETING). YET A PERCENTAGE OF MONEY WILL BE COLLECTED SLOWLY TO SAVE MONEY FOR ANY INVESTMENTS, FEES, OR RENT THAT THE CHURCH WILL ACQUIRE. STILL IT WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED THAT A CORE OF MAYBE 15 PEOPLE IN SERIOUS TRUST WILL BE ABLE TO COMMAND THE SPENDING, AND NO-ONE PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO EMBEZZLE FROM THE PEOPLE'S MONEY IN THE CHURCH.
THE POSSIBILITIES THEY SPECULATED WERE: THEY COULD CONDUCT THEIR FESTIVAL, THEY COULD BAIL A BROTHER OUT OF JAIL. THEY COULD GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED WITH MONEY RATHER THAN THEIR HANDS BEING TIED. THEY COULD ASK EACH PERSON TO THROW IN AN EXTRA DOLLAR OR HOLD A LOTTERY AMONGST THEMSELVES TO ENCOURAGE AN INCENTIVE TO CONTRIBUTE.
A MILITANT LOOKING MAN INTRODUCED SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY TACTICS TO THE CHURCH SO THEY MAY PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM SPIES. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO KEEP SECRET, IS BY HAVING EACH MEMBER "TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IN POLICING THEMSELVES AND MAKING SURE, THAT OUT OF RESPECT, THEY DON'T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATIONAL PROPOSALS" EVENTUALLY ADOPTED BY THE CHURCH. "IF THERE IS AN INFORMATION LEAK; THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PINPOINTED AFTER REPEATING HIS OR HER MISTAKE," WHICH WILL EXPOSE THEM TO THE OTHERS. THEN THE GROUP WILL DECIDE TO FORGIVE, EXCOMMUNICATE OR WHATEVER. HE ALSO HAS ACCESS TO VARIOUS ELECTRONIC ANTI-SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT THAT COULD HELP THE CHURCH BE INFORMED OF THE RESISTANCE'S EVERY MOVE.(IE: GOVERNMENT, POLICE OR AN OPPOSING POLITICAL COALITION.)
THE MILITANT MAN CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE GENIUS TACTICS TO THE DISCUSSION. HE SAID WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHO HAS "THE BEST SKILLS FOR THE VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPOINT THEM TO OFFICES." THIS SEEMED TO INCITE AN ARGUMENT AMONG EVERYONE. A CONSTRUCTIVE ONE THOUGH. A FEW OTHERS DEFENDED THE VIEW; THAT UNLIKE ONE OF THE REVERENDS VIEW OF CREATING A HIERARCHY OF POWER. "THE POWER OF THE CHURCH SHOULD BE EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONGST ALL. IF OFFICES ARE TO BE APPOINTED, THEY SHOULD BE POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THAT OF POWER." "GIVING ANY AMOUNT OF POWER TO ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN CREATE A DESIRE FOR GREED AND EGOTISTICAL BEHAVIOR." "IT CAN LEAD TO RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ETIQUETTE." "THE GROUP IS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE-SPIRITED;" "WITHOUT BOUNDARIES OR A SOLID AGENDA REPRESENTING NON-UNIVERSAL IDEAS." "POWER COULD INEVITABLY LEAD TO DESTRUCTION."
ONE LADY GAVE EXAMPLE OF A METAPHOR; "JUST LIKE A BUILDING WITH ONE MAIN MEANS OF SUPPORT MAY CRUMBLE TO THE GROUND AND BE NO MORE : A BUILDING WITH MANY PILLARS WILL STAND STRONG AND LONG, AND IF ONE PILLAR WAS TO FALL, THE BUILDING STILL STANDS BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER SUPPORT IT HAS FROM THE OTHER PILLARS."
THE MILITANT MAN ONCE AGAIN PLUGGED AWAY AT TRUE ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS; YET WISH TO ONLY GIVE INFORMATION HERE AND NOT BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED. HE EXPLAINED THE ADVANTAGES, THE PROCESS, AND THE COSTS OF BECOMING A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, OBTAINING TAX FREE STATUS. HE SUGGESTED THAT "THE CHURCH SHOULD GET INVOLVED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF BOULDER AND DO SOMETHING CHARITABLE TO GAIN RESPECT AND TO SHOW THEIR FACES, SO THE PEOPLE OF BOULDER MAY SEE, THAT THEY ARE REGULAR PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES TOO."
NONE OF TODAY'S SUBJECTS WERE COMPLETE AND ADOPTED YET. THE GROUP IS STILL RHETORICAL. IT IS JUST A MOMENT TO LAY MANY OF THE CARDS DOWN AND DISCUSS EACH ONE'S OPINION.
ONCE AGAIN, JOSHUA SEEMED TO BE TRYING VERY HARD MAYBE TOO HARD TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT SHOULD BE REPEATED EVERY SERVICE. "GENERALLY THE REVERENDS WILL SAY TO THE PEOPLE; IF YOU'RE NOT OVER EIGHTEEN, WE ASK YOU NOT TO PARTAKE IN THE SMOKING OF HOLY SACRAMENT; YET SINCE WE RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER AND KNOW WE ARE OF AGE, IT MAY NOT NEED BE SAID; AND OF COURSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LITTLE ONES WHOM WE KNOW WONT BE SMOKING, RIGHT?!"
TIME CAME TO SHARE THE HERB YET IT SEEMED THEY WERE WITHOUT. NO SKIN OFF THEIR BACK. ONE JOKED; "JUST PRETEND WE ARE SURROUNDED BY COPS, LIKE IN THE SUMMER." OTHERS REPEATED; "WE ARE HERE TO HONOR THE FELLOWSHIP WE HAVE AND NOT COME HERE TO INTOXICATE OUR SELVES." ONE OF THE SISTERS REFUTED, SAYING; "PLEASE LET US NOT THINK OF THE HERB AS A TOXIN. IT HEALS OUR SOULS!" THEN SHE PRODUCED A COUPLE OF GRAMS OF THE HERB AND THE PEACE PIPE WAS PASSED ONCE AROUND SO THAT EVERYONE GOT A TASTE WHO WISHED TO TAKE PART.
OF COURSE THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO THE CHILDREN, BUT THEY WERE BEING CARED FOR BY THIS GRIZZLY LOOKING PROPHET OF A MAN, WHOM THE GROUP REVERE HIGHLY FOR HIS GENTLE BUT WATCHFUL KINDNESS. HE HAD A FANCY BIBLICAL NAME, MAYBE JONAH OR SOMETHING; IT WAS LIKE SUNDAY SCHOOL ON THE PLAYGROUND WITH GRIZZLY ADAMS WHILE CHURCH TOOK PLACE IN THE PARK. THE SUSPECTED FELLOW; DAVID; OFFERED SOME MONEY TO THE SISTER THAT WAS SHARING THE MARIJUANA WITH THE GROUP. THIS WAS ODD. HE SEEMED TO BE KIND, TO WANT TO COMPENSATE HER. BUT IF THEIR SUSPICIONS ARE RIGHT; HE COULD BE TRYING TO INCITE OR ENTRAP A SALE OF MARIJUANA INSIDE THE CHURCH. SHE SEEMED TO REFUSE INSISTENTLY. BUT IT ISN'T CLEAR IF SHE TOOK THE MONEY IN THE END. IT ALSO WASN'T CLEAR IF THIS MAN DAVID SMOKED ANY MARIJUANA ANYWAY.
THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE BRAINSTORMING CONTINUED, WHILE SUDDENLY THEIR WAS A SHORT COMMOTION BETWEEN THE HEADS OF STATE HERE. SOMEONE NOTICED DAVID DISAPPEARED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES; AND THEN POUNZE WENT PROWLING AROUND TO FIND HIM. THE MEETING CONTINUED, SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE POUNZE FOUND HIM PERCHED IN A GIANT TREE PERFECTLY SET 100 FEET DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM. WHEN HE REALIZED HE'D BEEN DISCOVERED; HE WAVED IN THEIR DIRECTION AND THEN QUICKLY REJOINED THEM. WHO KNOWS WHAT THE TREE HAD TO DO WITH ANYTHING BUT IT WAS A GREAT SURVEILLANCE SPOT IF ANYONE WOULD NEED IT. ALSO POUNZE WHISPERS TO A FEW WHO KNEW OF THIS; "DO YOU THINK HE HAD TIME TO PLACE A CELL PHONE CALL?" SUSPICION WAS SLOWLY GROWING. THEN THE MOST ENLIGHTENING EVENT HAPPENED TO THE HEARTS OF MOST OF THEM. ONE OF THE LITTLE CHILDREN JOINED IN AFTER THE SACRAMENT. A LITTLE GIRL: KESHA IS ABOUT 7 YRS. OLD. WHEN THE SAGE WAS PASSED TO HER SHE SAID IN A TINY BUT SOLID VOICE. "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO EVERYONE: FIRST I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS!" A WHOLE BUNCH MUTTERED ALL OUT OF SINK: "WE LOVE YOU TOO KESHA!" SHE CONTINUED; "I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I COULD RUN VERY FAST!" THE GROUP STARTED LAUGHING AND SAYING THINGS LIKE: "AWE ISN'T THAT CUTE!" THEN OUT OF LEFT FIELD JOSHUA ALMOST KILLS HIMSELF ON A BAD JOKE BUT SAVES HIMSELF: "THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, KESHA WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND! (PAUSE) ... AND IF WE ARE PERSECUTED; WE'LL THROW YOU THE HOLY BOOK AND TELL YOU RUN FAR AWAY (PAUSE) TO PROTECT IT ...LIKE THE PROPHET MORMON DID TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE'S WORD OF GOD. AT LEAST THE PEOPLE LAUGHED, A FEW APPLAUDED AND KESHA SMILED. THEN KESHA SAID ONE LAST PROFOUND STATEMENT WHICH EARNED MUCH APPLAUSE. YET THAT KODAK MOMENT OF A STATEMENT WAS NOT RECORDED AND UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT BE WRITTEN HERE.
YET JUST THE FACT, THAT SHE SPOKE; PROMPTED JOSHUA TO SAY IN A COCKY WAY: "ISN'T THE CHILD THE MOST PRECIOUS IN THE EYES OF OUR CREATOR?!" THEN THIS YOUNGER LADY WHO WAS SITTING WITH KESHA ATTACKED BACK WITH: "DON'T PATRONIZE HER!!!" JOSHUA RESPONDED; "I AM NOT PATRONIZING! I AM ACTUALLY QUOTING A GREAT HERO OF MINE!" AS HE REACHES OUT TOWARDS THE SKY OVERDRAMATICALLY. HE SOUNDS LIKE HE IS QUOTING JESUS. CHRISTIANITY DOESN'T STAND WELL WITH THIS GROUP. HE IS ENTERING FORBIDDEN TERRITORY. HE FINISHES UP WITH: "I AM JUST SAYING THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RESPECT ALL CHILDREN AND ASSURE FOR THEIR SAFETY! ...AND ALWAYS LET A CHILD HAVE THEIR CHILDHOOD AND NOT GROW UP TOO FAST!"
IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT THE LITTLE GIRL WAS SAYING SOMETHING IMPORTANT. SHE HAD WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT SHE COULD PROBABLY OUTRUN A POSSIBLE PERPETRATOR EVEN THOUGH SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIGHT THE PERSON OFF IF HE CAUGHT HER. OBVIOUSLY HER STATEMENT WAS SERIOUS AND AN INTELLIGENT ONE; NOT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WELL HE SEEMED TO FINISH IN FLYING COLORS WITH THAT ONE. THE WHOLE GROUP CHEERED FOR THAT REMARK WHICH STARTED ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING ACTION AGAINST CHILD EXPLOITATION. THE ISSUE WAS RAISED THAT SUPPOSEDLY THE WORD IS OUT THAT THEIR IS A CHILD EXPLOITATION OPERATION GOING ON WITH SOME PEOPLE WITHIN THE ELITE OF THE CITY ITSELF. THE MILITANT MAN SAID; "THERE IS YOUR CHARITABLE PROJECT RIGHT THERE: FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM EXPLOITATION IN BOULDER!"
THE MORE QUIET ONES BRIEFLY TALKED WHEN THE SAGE REACHED THEM AND THEY JUST GAVE OUT SOME: "I LOVE YOU'S!" "JUST GLAD TO BE HERE!" AND "GLAD YOU ALL HAVE THIS GOING ON! ...CAN'T FIND THIS MUCH LOVE AND THIS KIND OF GROUP ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY!" "THIS CHURCH SAVED MY LIFE! I NEVER LIKED GOING TO ANY CHURCH'S, MAN! ...AND IN EARLIER TIMES I WAS A BAD BOY; A LITTLE CRIMINAL. AFTER I COMMUNED WITH THE RAINBOW AND FOUND THIS CHURCH; I BECAME A CHANGED MAN. MY HEART IS WIDE OPEN TO EVERYONE. I LOVE YOU ALL!"
THE GROUP WAS ABOUT TO DISBAND AFTER AN HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES. ONE OF THE LONGEST MEETINGS THIS WINTER. MOST LAST AN HOUR, LAST WEEK ONLY LASTED 45 MINUTES. THIS WAS MAYBE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE OF ALL. IT WAS ASKED FOR THOSE WITH RESEARCH SKILLS TO SEARCH THE LIBRARIES FOR INFORMATION ON TOPICS DISCUSSED TODAY. SOME TOPICS DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THIS REPORT, JUST BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T RECORDED AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER MOTIVE.
YET IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT THIS WAS A SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; ESTABLISHING REVOLVING MINISTRY TO ANYONE WHEN REVERENDS ARE ABSENT, RESERVING THE SPACE IN ADVANCE FOR NEXT WEEK, DEFINING THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, ESTABLISHING A BANK ACCOUNT, CONSIDERING SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE, CREATING POSITIONS & OFFICERS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT POWER. ACQUIRING NON-PROFIT TAX FREE STATUS, RECOGNIZING AN AGE LIMIT ON THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF 18 YRS. OF AGE, RECOGNIZING MARIJUANA NOT AS AN INTOXICANT BUT AS A HEALER, FOR COMMUNITY RECOGNITION INITIATE AN ANTI-CHILD EXPLOITATION CHARITY OR MOBILIZATION GROUP, RESEARCH ASSIGNED TO THE INVESTIGATIVE, NOTING THIS CHURCH SAVES LIVES, POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED BY DAVID WHOM SUSPICION CONTINUES TO GROW AGAINST. CONTACT WITH THE CHURCH'S ORIGINAL ATTORNEY SHOULD CONTINUE, ANNOUNCING WE ARE ALREADY INCORPORATED, AND A PRECIOUS CHILD BREATHES LIFE INTO THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE. A CLOSING CIRCLE WAS CALLED FOR BY A HANDFUL. "LET'S DO AN `OM' CIRCLE!" RENZ CALLS OUT. THE YOUNG LADIES COMMENT THAT IT IS MUDDY HERE. AWAY FROM THE BENCHES, ONE BY ONE, HAND IN HAND; "MUDDY CIRCLE! LET'S GATHER FOR A MUDDY CIRCLE!" JOSHUA JOKES, SERIOUSLY. OTHERS FOLLOW WITH THE SAME REMARK UNTIL EVERYONE HAS COMPLETED A CIRCLE OF ALL OF THEM STANDING AND HOLDING HANDS. "MUDDY CIRCLE!" EVERYONE YELLS. "GREAT! NOW IF YOU COULD `OM' JUST AS GOOD AS YOU YELL `MUDDY CIRCLE'! THROUGH THE WINTER, WE'VE CHANTED `OM' WEAKLY; LET'S SEE IF WE COULD CREATE A STRONG ONE. THIS TIME!" ENCOURAGED JOSHUA. THE PARTY LAUGHED. AND THEN THEY MEDITATED AS JOSHUA COACHED THEM. "TAKE A MOMENT TO FILL YOURSELF WITH SILENCE; FEEL THE BROTHER AND THE SISTER IN YOUR SOUL. FEEL THE LOVE WE SHARE; THE BOND WE HAVE. OPEN YOUR HEARTS TO EVERYONE. BREATHE DEEP FEEL SILENCE AND WHEN YOU FEEL SPONTANEOUS RECITE THE MANTRA `OM' AS IF WE ARE ONE!"
THE GROUP SNICKERED AND CHUCKLED; IN EMBARRASSMENT. THEN THEY ALL TOOK DEEP BREATHES AND SEEMED REFRESHED. A QUIET BUT SOLID HIGH PITCHED `OM' WAS STARED WHICH IN ITS OWN WAY SEEMED TO RADIATE SUBTLY BUT EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE PARK AS THE FEW ONLOOKERS WITNESSED THE SACRED HERB CHURCH STAND STRONG WITH A SMALLER CIRCLE THAN USUAL AND WITH NO REVERENDS BUT WITH A COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP ARISING. BEFORE THERE WAS DISBELIEF THAT THEY HAD ANY KIND OF CORE GROUP UNDER THE GUISE OF THAT REVEREND EVAN. BUT NOW AS YOU SEE A SELF SUFFICIENT GATHERING OF PEOPLE AS ECCENTRIC AS EACH ONE MAY BE; WHO CAN BEGIN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE SACRED HERB CHURCH; WITH THEIR OWN COMMAND AT FUNDING; IT HAS FINALLY BEEN ESTABLISHED. HENCE; THE BIRTH OF THE TRUE INNER CIRCLE.
"BE IN SPIRIT!" JOSHUA CONCLUDES "BE IN FAMILY!" POUNZE EXCLAIMS "KEEP COMING BACK!" YELLS THE COWBOY WHO REMAINED MOSTLY QUIET THROUGH TODAY'S SESSION. "WE LOVE YOU ALL!" YELLED THE LITTLE GIRL AND SEVERAL OF THE WOMEN. HANDS WERE HELD HIGH STILL CLENCHING EACH OTHER'S. THE CIRCLE BROKE AS EVERYONE "DOE SI DOED" AND "PROMENADED" AROUND THE CIRCLE LIKE A COWBOY SQUARE DANCE HUGGING EACH OTHER AND SHAKING EACH AND EVERYONE'S HAND. THEY EACH ESPECIALLY THANKED EACH OF THE KEY SPEAKERS TODAY LIKE IT WAS A PROCESSION LINE IN A JUDAEO- CHRISTIAN CHURCH OR TEMPLE TO GREET THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CLOTH. THEY STRAGGLED OFF IN SATELLITE GROUPS AND POUNZE AND JOSHUA WENT OFF TO RENT THE LODGE FOR NEXT WEEKEND WITH THE COLLECTION MONEY.
EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE FILLED WITH ENTHUSIASM THAT THEY PULLED OFF CHURCH FOR A SECOND TIME IN THE ABSENCE OF THE REVERENDS AND SEEMED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE POSITION REVERENDS MAY NOT EVEN BE NECESSARY.
TWIZLER
(TWZ@RNBW.DEADNET.COM)
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