[MD] the empire

[Woods Woods]

Andre:
If I remember correctly, 66% (?) voted NO (me included) but, and here is the
crux, it wasn't so much against the " Idea" of an EU it was a vote of
no-confidence in the intellectual patterns of value.



woods:
    Very interesting post Andre.  Didn't know anybody in Europe thought this 
way.  It was good to hear what's happening in Europe from a European.  A breath 
of fresh air.  
     The clap-trap... yes.  Clutter whether in ones mind, house, or country 
only overloads the system and rids clarity and the peaceful qualities that come with 
such clarity.  Clarity would seem to include courtesy, hospitality, "innocent until proven 
guilty" (comes to mind), respect, act of honoring, and warm-hearted/caring.  My 
grandmother always kept a very organized and clean house.  She would say to me 
if your house is not simply and clean, then it would be difficult to have your mind be.  
She saw the home to be a reflection of the effort in ones mind.  I later found stories of 
Amerindians, such as the Inuit that have integrated stories of clearing the path to ones 
igloo and keeping the place clean for this was a direct impact on animals giving themselves 
to them.  If they didn't have the place hospitable and welcoming, then they would not have 
any animals want to be with them (so they could eat).
    You said above that the majority of Holland voted against being in the EU, but 
then Holland joined the EU anyways?


woods