Reader sees link between infant mortality,
ësanctioned killing spree of human babiesí

In answer to Mark Westís column last week headlined ìPrenatal care record for U.S.? Itís horrificî:

Yes, this is a problem that needs to be addressed in the public arena. I remember the worldwide flak raised with the killing of the baby seals for their fur. The killing of eagles can get you a $10,000 fine and hard time in a federal prison.

But what a topsy-turvy society we have when we can kill off 1,250,000 unborn human babies, under horrific, painful ways, to a slow agonized death, some being actually ripped to death inside their mothers, 98 percent of the time for no other reason but convenience.

When will we own up to this travesty, especially when there are couples wanting to adopt these beautiful, human babies?
I believe youíd like to know of this sanctioned killing spree of human babies.
Jerome Peters
Marion

Prosperity coach disputes points in column
on moral implications of prosperity theology

I found John Northís column (ìCoachís ëprosperityí priorities strike me as impoverishedî in the Aug. 22 Daily Planet) on myself and the work I do with The One Penny Millionaire!ô to be very thoughtful and well written. In response to that article, I thought it only fair to add these few things:

We all have our paths, and no one knows anotherís trials and tribulations. I donít know John Northís and he does not know mine. I only know where Iíve been, so I can only comment on my own path. After a devastating divorce five years ago, which left me essentially homeless for a short while, yes, John, I am going to buy a new home with my lottery winnings.

Being a single parent with two kids, the fact that we have only two bedrooms has been increasingly distressing for my children as theyíve gotten older. Of course I would want to do this so that they could finally after five years, have separate rooms for themselves. The reduction in stress alone will be most beneficial to our happy home.

I know that being a prosperity coach for so many people is what saved me from dwelling on the divorce and wallowing in self-pity. I believe the highest form of spiritualism is to live it out then give it out, and this is what Iíve always done. I try as hard as I can to live a life of impeccability, contribution, and happiness, and have never professed to be either Gandhi or Jesus, so I imagine I certainly make different choices than they would because I play the lottery. I can certainly afford the five dollars a week, since I neither smoke nor drink. The kids are well fed, and have nice clothes, as well as ample Dad time. I have constructed my life around spending the maximum time I can with them, only working when they are at school or with their mother. There hasnít been a single school field trip that I havenít attended with them.

I also never professed to be of the ìNew Thoughtî movement. I am of the ìOld Thought tell the truthî movement, and that is something I have discovered has taken place since ancient times, so I do nothing new. What I have done is packaged transformation in a way that people in this society, as John North points out, which is certainly materialistic, will be drawn to it. I believe that if I can support millions of people in becoming wealthy, where wealth is defined as ìan increase in any area of your life that is important to youî then eventually there will be no more need for strife and the wars such competition for resources engenders. It would be great if the generals did, in fact, have to have bake sales to buy missiles, and education was overfunded!

As far as spirituality and selflessness goes, I do things in that regard all the time. For years I worked day and night along with others, all without monetary compensation, to found a Sudbury School in Asheville based on Jeffersonian Democracy (except for the best compensation of all-that wonderful reward of service to those kids). Standing as the President of The Board I have supported the school through its hard times, which are just about over as we begin to have blossoming enrollments. In an ever-increasing Universe of Love and Light, the need for a lackful mindset and a lackful life are over. We are most likely not going to go back to hair shirts and lives of poverty just to prove our ìspiritualnessî because thereís nothing spiritual about either going hungry or about pain. There is however, everything to do with spirituality when we tithe, create beneficial organizations that will live far beyond our lifetimes into seven times seven generations, and when we love people regardless of their opinions which most times truly have nothing to do with who we are anyway.

If you want to see further communications about a commitment to world peace and enlightenment, John, go to my website again and sign the World Vision Agreement on the About The Author page, and send it in to The One Penny Millionaire!ô Now thereís the world Iíd like us all to live in! And so I say with love and light to you, ìYou go, John!î
Tom Wright
Asheville