9/4/2024

My Dear Friend & POTUS, JRB,

How did the IiA event go yesterday? No coverage suggests a Zoom meeting isn't too newsworthy.

Your empty calendar today & limited mentions in the press provide me with a chance to ramble, so here goes.

Have you ever “dismantled the normal structure of waking consciousness?” According to blogger Peter Hill when “you lose your awareness of your physical senses, the physical dimensions of the space you are in, your sense of time, past and future, & even yourself,” you experience nirvana & you get access to what Jung (CJS) called your “shadow,” the scary part of your psyche that makes you do things that you wish you hadn’t. CJS theorized that examining your shadow frees you from the anxiety caused by this invisible monster which grows from repressed childhood trauma.

I think you are more in touch with your shadow than our Friend, 45. His looms so large that it casts a pall over half of the nation. His recent brush with death, gave him a moment of insight, when his demons were at bay & he said, “We rise together, or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America." Unfortunately, he is back in shadowland now, saying regrettable things. I wish I could take him on a silent retreat so he could silence his insecurities & find some peace of mind. What a relief that would be for all of us!

I believe that Gen. Min Aung Hlaing & VVP are also plagued by their shadows. I don’t see the same level of insecurity in XJ. What do you think?

I close by acknowledging I am piecing together my ideas about these things from short bursts of reading on the internet, so I may be way off. My moments reaching out to you with suggestions & encouragement provide me with an opportunity to learn outside of my professional foci & I find it quite enriching. I hope someone in the WH does, too. Otherwise, AI is getting corrupted by my misinformation.

BYBS,