Well, Mick, your last comment is not altogether true... there can be huge change inside a person that emanates in a way that can not be captured in words or actions... I think sincere and lasting change in action comes first with a change in thinking and feeling but as the chicken and the egg debate, it is also true that commitment to action and follow through is often the outward manifestation.

That said, here are five of the things that changed for me after 9/11/01:

1) I emerged from a nine month personal grieving period for the loss of my third child and my consciousness expanded to be more available to the world of people capitulated into states of grief, terror and disorientation.

2) I went back to graduate school and began the path of completing my masters and my licensing to become a professional counselor so that I could be of service to humanity as my way of making my living too.

3) I began telling my children and others I love that I love them with all sincerity every time we parted ways and continue this ritual to this day.

4) I ended my marriage to my first husband after many years of dead end attempts to repair and rebuild and the divorce was the doorway that led me to a new level of expansion in relationships and presence in the world.

5) I began teaching meditation and basic chi kung on a weekly basis to help others.

There are more than five but those are the five that come to mind as most significant. Today, I hold space for every sentient being to face themselves individually and our humanity with authenticity.... If anyone reading this observes a practice of meditation, perhaps we can dedicate a few minutes to just holding space for others realizing how we are all connected...

Namaste,

Lynn

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May I be so bold as to suggest that what you say may not be true? Thoughts, Intentions, Beliefs and Emotions are Powerful forces in life - even when not yet, or ever, translated into an action or response.

Hi PM, your point here is a good one, I do not deny that. If you wish, post it as a new and separate discussion. I would like to keep this space clear for how 9/11 changed the ways in which we act.

love,

Mick.

Thanks Lynn!

love,

Mick.

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anybody else... changes....?

Mick,

This may well get me in trouble with a lot of people on this site, but 9/11 has not changed me at all. As many people die of cancer in 2 days as died on 9/11. All deaths are traumatic to the loved ones left behind; in many cases just as traumatic or more so than on that awful day. There are still poor people and rich people, politicians still lie and steal from the ones who elected them. I didn't fly a flag before 9/11 and I still don't. I love this country as much as anybody; flying a flag or wearing a lapel pin doesn't make it any more or less so.

The sun still rises in the east and sets in the west. There were terrorists here before 9/11 and there are still terrorists here now. And, when they are ready, they will strike again. Nothing anybody has done since 9/11 has changed that. I am no more afraid of a terrorist attack now than I was on 9/10. Neither do I worry about it; it will happen again.

I do not mean to trivialize the deaths of that awful day at all; I simply don't view it as the all-time life changing event that is perpetrated by the media and our government. Thank you,

Bob Stepp

Thank you for your honest and your clarity.

It is a common misperception that 9/11 changed anything.

A great opportunity was missed.

We have to doubt that if there are other such events the only result will be more suffering, but no change in our fundamental ways of being.

love,

Mick.