Dear Betsy,

Are you aware that there's a book called “Beyond the Bleep?”  It's called the definitive unauthorized Guide to "What the Bleep?".  It contains some questionable statements about Ramtha, JZ Knight, Dr. Wolf, etc. What it implies is that the movie, the book and a lot of other stuff are simply a shill to get people into the RSE. 

I'd hate to think that is true, because there are a lot of ideas and theories contained in the movie and the book, "What the Bleep Do We Know?" really lit my fire.  I really believe that various mental exercises by many people can significantly change the world and maybe even the universe.  There are priests who live in the high Andes who believe their prayers can affect the global weather.  There are Catholics everywhere who think their rosaries daily are what's keeping the world from being destroyed by flood, fire, plague, meteorite strike or whatever.

I, for one, picked up on the idea (from the book) that the only thing keeping us from totally changing our existence into something better is a lack of focus. That...and the fact that there are so many conflicting foci in the world today.  What good is my praying for world peace or the salvation of the rain forest, if there's someone on the other side of the earth praying for war or a "scorched earth policy". We can't even get the poor unfocused consumers in this country to realize that they can control the prices and availability of ANY commodity simply by their buying habits.

If everyone in this country would stay home and not drive one day a month, the price of gas would drop 10%.  If we would abstain from meat for one day a month, the price would drop accordingly.  If nobody went to a football game or a baseball game one time a season, the prices would drop there, too. There are tougher decisions to make, but not impossible.   Think about boycotts on medicines, various stores and other things.  We could control the markets for almost anything...if we could get together.

Why complain about corporate greed and windfall profits when we're giving them the money?? I know this sounds radical, but with the worldwide communication that we enjoy now, it's possible. Power to the people! Let’s take the hobnail boot of big business off our necks and enjoy the bounty of our country the it’s supposed to be enjoyed: By us, not the chosen few of the richest 5% of the country.

Love, Peace and Empowerment,
Paul

Dear Paul,

Thank you for your passionate letter. I personally enjoy your "radical" ideas!  As for your question regarding RSE and "Beyond the Bleep," we are aware of this book.  Unfortunately the author - unlike yourself - is apparently uninterested in asking about the truth, and instead prefers to push an agenda which tries to scare people into thinking we want everybody to join our "cult!"

Mark, Will and myself were, at one time, students at The Ramtha School of Enlightenment - a fact which we make no attempt to hide. It's mentioned on our website and we have discussed it in numerous interviews. We have also made it clear that many of the concepts we discuss in the film are indeed taught at RSE. However, these concepts are not exclusive to RSE and are written about and taught in many books and are the cornerstone of many different groups or religious philosophies, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Unity Churches, Christian Science, and I could go on and on. Nowhere in our film do we ever ask anyone to join a group, religion or organization. I guess the closest we come is inviting people to open their minds to the possibility of their own greatness.  

 If our desire was to have everyone join RSE, then why would we allow the film to be screened as a fundraising event at many different groups, organizations, etc. Our only desire has been to share ideas and information. It's up to you to decide what to do with it.

Love and light,

Betsy Chasse

Dear Editor,

Can a study-endeavor such as "What the Bleep" be complete without raising the question of the role of plants in our consciousness, evolution, and development? Particularly the entheogens and sacred consciousness expanding plants unfairly classified as drugs such as psylocibe mushrooms, peyote, salvia, etc.? Or is this too politically charged and controversial for your purpose?

Thanks,
Doug

Hi Doug –

It’s hard to imagine this kind of study endeavor ever being complete! Absolutely, neurophysiological studies of the effects of psychotropic plants should be included in the examination of consciousness and their role in human evolution. Candace Pert gets into the conversation a tiny bit, discussing opiate receptor sites in the brain. But it’s a vast topic, and considering how much ground What the Bleep Do We Know!? and What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole were trying to cover, it was not a matter of controversy keeping the subject out of the films, but rather a matter of content focus and length constraints that determined its exclusion.

Editor

Dear Editor,  

Dear Editor:

The layout of the "Herald" #10 is quite hard to follow. The three columns go all the way down before returning to the top. So when you print you have to read the first column in the 8 pages then the second column then the third. No magazine would survive with a layout like this. Please to something to clarify this whole thing. I think it would be better to have a less wide page, but that it would read from top to bottom in one reading. Drop the columns! They’re only good in printed material.

Jacques Thériault, Canada

Hi Jacques – We’ve had similar complaints to yours. As a result, we are revamping the Herald starting in the May edition to be more reader (and printer) friendly. Thanks for the feedback.

Editor

The webmaster enthusiastically agrees with Jacque’s opinion on this. Until the redesign is done, there is a “printable version” link in the right side navigation that doesn’t have the 3 column layout.

Webmaster

To the Editor:

I was unable to make the screening of the Rabbit Hole, however, I do have a question that I was hoping you could offer some insight into regarding mental illness. I have several friends that are diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. I am not sure if this disorder is actually real or if upon spending several minutes talking with a doctor about current experiences, they are diagnosed as bipolar, without really getting to the causes. There seems to be a lot of diagnoses of bipolar, depression or ADD these days and I'm beginning to wonder if all this is real or just easier for the doctors to treat with medication. "Take this pill and all will be better."

That being said, these people do have dramatic mood swings and tend to be depressed or swing back and forth between depression and mania.