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Ask the Swami
by Swami Beyondananda Dear Swami: I’m torn. On one hand, I’m supportive of any loving relationship where people vow to cherish, love and honor each other. And I always feel cheered when a gay friend or acquaintance tells me they’ve finally met “the one.” But there’s something about the idea of two men or two women getting “married” that, well, just doesn’t seem right. Call me old fashioned, but when I close my eyes and think “marriage” I keep seeing one man and one woman. And yet, with the gay culture becoming more and more mainstream, why shouldn’t they have the right to a lifelong partnership? How do we resolve this dilemma? Ada Lemma, Dear Ada: Well, you know the old saying. When faced with a dilemma — make dilemmonade. Yes, undoubtedly gays are coming into their own. And indeed, the Declaration of Independence proclaims that every citizen has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (unless, of course, happiness is a warm gun, in which case some restrictions may apply). And we know from history that it was our Founding Fathers’ intention to extend these rights to everyone, regardless of their sexual preference. Otherwise, why would Paul Revere have spread his message to “every middlesex village and farm?” But why antagonize those who can’t quite accept the notion of “his and his” or “hers and hers” towels at the registry at Bed, Bath and Beyondananda? And why allow President Bush to throw “gay marriage” up as a “family values” issue to hide the Soprano Family values behind all too many of his policies? So I say, let’s leave matrimony for one man and one woman (sorry, you hardcore Mormons). And when two men choose to establish a lifelong bond, let us call it Fratrimony. And when two women join, let it be in Galimony. In a world where fear and hatred seem to have hold of the megaphone, let us all celebrate and nourish love wherever and however it springs up, even if we don’t choose to watch that love being consummated on some webcam. Dear Swami: I was very upset last month when CBS took the cowardly way out and pulled that docudrama about the Reagans. The nerve of them bowing to the pressure of the right wingers and not letting us see this. What do you think, Swami? Ronna DeMille, Dear Ronna: Well, what do expect from a network called “CBS?” The sad thing is having some guys with too much power, too much money and too much influence telling us which B.S. we can see. But the good news is, while the Reagan show wasn’t being shown, the History Channel aired the six-hour series, “The Men Who Killed Kennedy,” which traces the darkest and dirtiest of tricks back to operatives in our own government. Although a Congressional committee declared over twenty years ago that there was a conspiracy and multiple assassins, a Not-See Conspiracy has prevented the American public from truly grokking the truth. After all, it was Not-Seeism that kept German citizens from “seeing” what was happening to Jews, dissidents and homosexuals. And the American Not-See movement — well, it’s reminiscent of the 60s comedy spy show “Get Smart.” When faced with a horrible predicament, Maxwell Smart would turn to his trusty associate, Agent 99, and say, “Don’t tell me we’re surrounded.” And she would reply, “We’re surrounded.” And Smart would say, “I TOLD you not to tell me that!” Well, I would say, it is time the American public got smart, and threw off those Not-See blinders. It is time we stopped being afraid of our own Shadow, faced the vile and violent violation, and uncovered the cover up. Because as anyone in recovery will tell you, before you can recover, you must uncover. And as another pundit has said, “The truth shall set you free, but first it will piss you off.” If we want to truly heal the body politic, we must use the filter of consciousness to transmute the heat of anger into the light of truth. Visit Swami online at www.wakeuplaughing.com. To order Kennedy DVD, go to www.historychannel.com/perl/search.pl?word=The+Men+Who+Killed+Kennedy. |
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