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Nov 26, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Beautiful!!

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Nov 26, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Brilliant, deeply human ..."My relationship with language, with the mystery of life and with the physical world around us is important to my heart, and you don’t have any say in that."

Yes, let's get out of the cage, leave the sheep behind, chase the sheepdogs, and dive deep into the blue ocean of our freedom within.

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Nov 26, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

I read this aloud to my family as part of our Thanksgiving Day. Thank you so much Tessa and keep writing!

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Nov 26, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Beautifully expressed. Superb.

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Nov 27, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

thank you Tessa. We have to be brave. We owe this to not only the few that see the light but also to the blind that are in darkness. Someone must follow the light. I am glad that the "call" is coming for me and other like minded people who dare to love when the odds are against us. Our souls need food. We have to feed our souls with acts of courage and love. Peace.

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It's a Beautiful Day - White Bird - 7/7/1970 - Tanglewood (Official) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q918fs4RAto

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Nov 27, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Thanks for the Thanksgiving email and for this Memo to the Matrix.

Didn't notice a single typo in either piece. Proofreading offer still stands,

I noticed a comment on the right sidebar liking your "Perfect Day" but couldn't locate it.

If it's currently on your site, please advize where to find it.

An ancient internet piece about living free & fearless...hope it brings a smile if it's new to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI&t=194s

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Love the poem!! I chuckle and sigh.

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Wonderful writing ! To read this is to KNOW I am not alone ! Thank you for your eloquence and authenticity.

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I am sorry,

I hope that this don't be a letter of suicide

God bless you.

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Nov 27, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Любить - это ничего. Быть любимым - это что-то. А любить и быть любимым - это всё.

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"Our fellow men are black magicians. And whoever is with them is a black magician on the spot. Think for a moment, can you deviate from the path that your fellow men have lined up for you? And if you remain with them, your thoughts and your actions are fixed forever in their terms. That is slavery."

- Don Juan Matus

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Hmmm......well, nice try Tessa, but where ones' heart truly lies is revealed by action more than words.

You voted. Voting is nothing less than kneeling down and worshipping at the altar erected by priests in charge of the halls of power and authority-- cavernous halls and corridors of cold stone designed to humble and intimidate the peasantry into awestruck compliance.

What emotion brought you there, to the place where the mad notion of Superior/Inferior Being rules by force over us all? Was it love of humanity? Did your passion and hope guide you to participate in the eternal wrestling match of democracy whereby the winners may seize the levers of power to then administrate over the lives of the losers as they see fit?

Perhaps you are not so free of fear as you'd like to think?

A voter sees themselves, and their point of view, as Superior Being. The "opponent" is always Inferior Being whose compliance must necessarily be obtained by force "for the good of all".

For all her talk of love and freedom, Tessa believes in authoritarian rule as demonstrated by her act of voting. This would indicate that she does not so much want to be a robot so much as control them herself.

So far, to her credit, she has not presented us with an ideology as yet. But hey, let's give her time. She is only getting started. One day soon she may come stumbling into town, just like a sacred cow, visions of "love and hearts" in her head and plans for everyone!

(I can see sparks and hear the grinding of her "blade of intellect" being sharpened at this very moment!) = ]

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My sentiments exactly!!!

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Dec 17, 2020Liked by Tessa Lena

Thank you Tessa for putting the words together that tell my thoughts.

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in a world of propaganda ,the truth is always a conspiracy H.Hildebrandt

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