Secret Instructions

      "This is peacefull. I like a crackling fire." Pip wondered,
      "If a question is kept in the mind is it ever anwered?"
      The tiny hollow of his tree filled with light. "Does an immortal
      doubt fate?" It was Aurora the Goddess of twilight. Pip flew
      up off his bed of leaves. He was a feary, but no match for a
      Goddess. "I do not know. The day of judgement. I only thought
      it odd to wait so long for Divine Provodence." Pip bowed.

      "Only the Gods may weave the threads of fate. Resistence is
      an illusion." Aurora spoke without a word. Pip shook his wings,
      "The Gods are no respecter of persons to let suffering continue."
      Pip flew back and forth. Aurora caught him in a globe of light,
      "Believe in the Gods, and I care not what you do. Do right, and
      I care not what you believe. You are nothing without the Gods."

      Pip returned to his bed of leaves. The dawn had broke and with it
      Aurora vanished. "A good deed deserves a reward. I will enchant
      a maden and make merry with her." Pip laughed and flew out of
      his hollow into the smoldering fields.



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      Miso Soup


      Miso soup is fermented soybeans that inhibits capillary tumor growth.

      After the World War II atom bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima many
      techniques were used for radiation poisoning. Dr. Tatsuichiro Akizuki
      proscribed, "A diet of brown rice, misco soup, seaweed, regular vegitables
      and sea salt and no sugar consumption." All of Dr. Akizuki's patients
      survived the atomic bomb's radiation.

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      Saint Cloitus, Queen.

      It is a fundamental maxim of the Christian faith that sufferings and
      mortification are the road to eternal bliss.+
      "What must I do to be saved?" Queen Cloitus prayed. Hers was a life
      of ease. Seeking humble kindmenship she disguised herself as a serving
      maid. Her royal husband King Gondebald inquired for his beautiful and pious
      Queen. She left word with her daughter Blandina that she was on pilgrimage
      to Lourdes.
      Within the month the Great King summoned the maids of his palace to his
      royal chambers. Queen Cloitus was amongst them. "If anyone would be my
      wife let her prove herself." King Gondebald commanded. At once maids were
      wreastling to reach the King. Without wavering Queen Cloitus spoke, "Is this
      the grace or wit of royal marriage?"
      The maids descended upon her: stripping her of her modest garments. "My Queen!"
      the King exclaimed. Holding his Queen; he order the maids to be hanged.
      "Master! How could we have known?!" the maids pleaded. But true faith is found in
      the love of God, not in the amusement of Kings. Saint Cloitus decreed that the
      maids be hanged outside the royal chamber windows. As the Queen sweetened
      the King's affections she watched the maids feed the ravens, "Fly away vain
      youth! Fly away defiant eyes!"


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      The Federal Reserve

      The Federal Reserve is a private corporation.
      An act of Congress forbade the Internal Revenue Service
      from auditing the Ferderal Reserve.
      Private corporations must publish who their primary share holders are.
      An act of Congress forbade the publishing of the Federal Reserve's
      primary share holders.

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      The Path is Crooked

      What you fear is what I fear for you.
      The night is a land full of secret habitation.
      Show me the way. Take my hand.
      Show me what you believe.
      Catch my lips on your tongue
      And tell me how it tastes.
      Let me press my face to yours.
      Do you believe me?


      K.V.

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