#michael morrell

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

— George Eliot

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Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers; in doing so some have entertained angels unaware.

— Hebrews 13:2

[h/t Michael Morrell]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Art: MidJourney/Me :: [Michael Morrell]

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“Somebody has remarked, “Everything without tells the individual that they are nothing, while everything within persuades them that they are everything.” This is a remarkable saying, for it is the feeling everyone of us has when they sit quietly and deeply looks into the inmost chamber of their being. Something is moving there and would whisper to them in a still small voice that they are not born in vain. I read somewhere again: “You are tried alone; alone you pass into the desert; alone you are sifted by the world.” But let a person once look within in all sincerity and they will then realize that they are not lonely, forlorn, and deserted; there is within a person, a certain feeling of a royally magnificent aloneness, standing all by themselves and yet not separated from the rest of existence.” D.T. Suzuki, Lectures on Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Erich Fromm, D. T. Suzuki, and De Martino. (via modernshxmxn)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Art: Saint Michael in Autumn Flame by MidJourney + Me

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The Feast Day of Michael and All Angels is coming up on September 29th. It’s called Michaelmas – yep, just like "Christmas" is to Christ. It’s adjacent to the changing of the seasons, the Autumn Equinox in the Western Hemisphere.

Conner Habib shines a clear light on why we’d benefit from the warmth, relationship-building connectivity, and radiant spiritual values of Michael today, saying:

"To understand Michael’s character, one must think of the turning of summer to fall. What was given to us from the outside is now going away, and we must cultivate the strength inwardly within ourselves what was once given from the outside. We now have to bring this out from ourselves. Just imagine the leaves on the trees; the green is being driven out by that fiery red. Those leaves are falling, and the tree has to depend upon a different kind of life in this season, as autumn approaches and we head into winter."

To me, this evokes two profound teachings of Jesus:

“Then Jesus told them, ‘Every scribe who has been apprenticed into the kingdom of heaven is like a householder, bringing forth out of their treasure things new and old.’”

(Gospel of Matthew 13:52)

and

“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you suppress will destroy you.”

(Gospel of Thomas, Logion 70)

[Michael Morrell]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Out of the depths I cry to You, oh Lord Don't let my cries for mercy be ignored If You keep a count of sins oh who would stand? But You have forgiveness in Your hands.

And I've heard religion say You're to be feared But I don't buy into everything I hear And it seems to me You're hostage to those rules That were made by religion and not by You.

And I'm wondering will You ever get Yourself free Is it bad to think You might need help from me? Is there anything my little heart can do To help religion share us with You?

For oh You're like a ghost in Your own home Nobody hears You crying all alone Oh You are the one truly voiceless One They have their back turned toward You For worship of gold and stone.

And to see You prisoner oh makes me weep Nobody hears You screaming in the streets And it's sad but true how the old saying goes If God lived on earth people would Break his windows.

I long for You as a watchman longs For the end of night...

— Shuhada' Sadaqat (Magda Davitt), née Sinéad O'Connor

[thanks Michael Morrell]

[hagmannreport-blog]

New Post has been published on The Hagmann Report

New Post has been published on https://www.hagmannreport.com/from-the-wires/former-cia-director-says-no-evidence-of-trump-kremlin-collusion/

Former CIA Director Says No Evidence Of Trump-Kremlin Collusion

A former acting director of the CIA who advised the Hillary Clinton campaign says he has yet to see even a “spark” of evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government during the presidential campaign. Michael Morell also said Wednesday that he has serious questions about the...

[visionsofgideontheninth]

I never saw her bring politics into the Situation Room. In fact, I saw the opposite. When some wanted to delay the Bin Laden raid by one day because the White House Correspondents Dinner might be disrupted, she said, “Screw the White House Correspondents Dinner.”

I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton.

[theamericanbear]

But according to one person who used to brief Petraeus, the CIA director didn’t seem to be completely locked in when discussing matters outside the Middle East and Central Asia. 'He was focused on his legacy in the sandbox,' the former intelligence official tells Danger Room. Almost all of the candidates currently floated as Petraeus’ replacements have something of a drone warrior reputation: Michael Morrell, Petraeus’ deputy, helped his boss carry out the whack-a-militant mission; White House counterterrorism czar John Brennan presides over the administration’s 'matrix' of who deserves a robotic end; Pentagon intelligence chief Michael Vickers has been battling off and on in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region since the 1980s, when he was the 'principal strategist for the largest covert action program in the CIA’s history,' as his Pentagon biography puts it.

Post-Petraeus CIA Should Kill Less and Spy More, Former Chief Says

Just like the pre-Petraeus CIA, the post-Petraeus CIA needs to go away. They won't, but they should. Go away.