The Zaatz Secret

Sixty Minutes aired an angry former CIA Director Tenant's gripe, raising the question of whether the Bush Administration has handled the so-called War on Terror right. What you don't hear from the news media is the Zaatz view.

Since joining Zaatz in February of this year, there has been a change in my thinking; that is, I'm more aware. Being made more aware, I'm aware we're selling ourselves short. We allow external authority too much control over our lives.

I've a big mouth. I love to expound on quite provocative stuff, just asking for a fight. My Zaatz friends have made me more aware of our inner connections, one with another, have made me aware of our protective love for one another. What is international terrorism but people who have lost their love of humanity? What is our message but self acceptance?

First, we must accept ourselves. I marvel over how much my Zaatz friends have convinced me that my thoughts, although they may differ with others, are accepted. I'm accepted! What a change! What a change it would make in the world if people could only feel accepted.

We know people who don't feel accepted. If we invite them to be one of us, we are not asking them to join a doctrinaire organization. I've learned here that we can retain our individual beliefs and still have much in common with the other members, from all around the world. When you think about it, its an amazing thing. I've volunteered to be a Zaatz ambassador. I can still expound my beliefs, and the Zaadz belief.

What Zaadz is doing, actually, is proving my position, albeit expanded. Put the individual in control of his or her life and the world will thrive in peaceful coexistence. External authority controls when we don't feel inwardly in control, when we feel our individual thoughts are not acceptable. The media, part of the authoritarian establishment, brainwashes people into the belief that they are not capable of controlling their lives. We at Zaatz have a powerful means, of one on one communication, to push our view of an individually acceptable human fully capable of controlling his or her life.

When the family was the cornerstone of American life, we grew up and became personally responsible, self-sufficient, innovative individuals. With big government, big business, and media hawkers in control, optimization the controlling factor, we are made to feel immature and in need of external control. We're in a new age, folks. Innovation is taking over the world. One can be king of the mountain today and at the bottom of the heap tomorrow. You better know this and be inwardly secure. My friends, you are on your own in the emerging world, co-equal in the creation of our future.

This from a young Indian woman to this octogenarian American by email. "You inspire me. You are so young at heart. I look within you, praying to see my own reflection. I invite myself to be the beautiful aliveness I witness in you. Thank you for being here where I can witness a glimpse into your journey."

As a Zaadz ambassador, I say to the American people, and to all the world, we invite you to join us, to believe in our Zaatz creed: Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.