Sam’s Jail Blog: Sunday, May 10
Sunday, May 10:
I’ve spent the last several days immersed in deep thought and self reflections. I’m finishing a great book that led to a major breakthrough for me called The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues. The law of attraction has lined up the perfect reading list for me.
I read Chicken Soup for the Soul. It reminded me of the importance of holding gratitude and acknowledgment in my daily life.
I read a book on editing, and the various steps in publishing. I’m sure I’ll write a book one day and it also had some tips for the news service I’ll be launching shortly once I’m out of this caging facility.
I read biographies of Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. it showed me how bleak their situations became at times.
I read parts of the bible and the Ko’ran. I’m beginning to see and understand the universal teachings all of the major religions are based around.
Today at the arraignment for Richard, one of the “disorderly six”, (a trial is scheduled for July) Keene District Court security agents had no issues with allowing two videographers into a packed courtroom. No one had to fill out motions to do this, they were just allowed in, like they always should be.
Mike first began solidifying his ideas and principles at the relatively late age of 27, when he first started reading Ayn Rand. Thinking he had finally learned “the answer” to the meaning of life, he researched more and more about liberty, discovered the Free State Project, and realized there were indeed like-minded people in the world! Prior to moving to New Hampshire form California in late 2008, Mike had never done any activism. He had never stood up for his rights, had never refused to cooperate with police or judges, had never tried to educate anyone about liberty. Things have changed. His most important change so far has been to learn that he was wrong: he did not know “the answer.” He is still learning, every day, from so many friends and other sources, that there are very many “the answers” – one for every individual person – and that voluntaryism is a peaceful philosophy in harmony with that idea.
