(Note: I am indebted to Jane Mayer’s groundbreaking work The Dark Side for contributions to the ideas I wrote about in the following blog.) Bush Administration Response to 9/11 Rooted in Shame and Humiliation The tragic mistakes made by the Bush administration provide lessons for those of us who yearn to see a happier world.  Now that the Bush team’s decision making process is coming to light, it is critical that we understand what happened here. The Bush-Cheney response to 9/11 was rooted in shame and humiliation. They were caught, one might say, with their pants down. They had been repeatedly warned that Al-Qaeda operatives were in the U.S. and chose to ignore that information.  When the planes hit the Twin Towers Bush was the Commander-in-Chief.  Three thousand lives were lost on his watch.  Somewhere inside themselves Bush and Cheney knew they were responsible. The Lust for Revenge These two men are not self-reflective people.

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 Watching Our Thoughts In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, the Thought Police was an external agency that patrolled the inner sanctum of the inhabitants of Oceania. Today, we have to be our own thought police, watching for errant thoughts that wreak havoc on our lives and create chaos and violence in the world. Furthermore, by watching what we think, we will then watch what we say and thereby create. Words hold the thought-form. The thought is energy, and the words give form to that energy. Why is such diligence necessary?

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