Matter, energy, and changing our consciousness. Also, where will we find our next nonviolent leader?
[audio:2009_0213_HopeTank2.mp3]
Recorded February 13, 2009
Youngsters will learn words they will not understand.
Children from India will ask: What is hunger?
Children from Alabama will ask: What is racial discrimination?
Children from Hiroshima will ask: What is the atomic bomb?
Children at school will ask: What is war?
You will answer them.
You will tell them:
Those words are not used any more,
Like stage-coaches, galleys or slavery-
Words no longer meaningful.
That's why they have been removed from dictionaries.
Children from India will ask: What is hunger?
Children from Alabama will ask: What is racial discrimination?
Children from Hiroshima will ask: What is the atomic bomb?
Children at school will ask: What is war?
You will answer them.
You will tell them:
Those words are not used any more,
Like stage-coaches, galleys or slavery-
Words no longer meaningful.
That's why they have been removed from dictionaries.
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