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The Need For Preparedness Summer 1997: One day when Tara was doing automatic writing for her column in Soaring Spirit magazine, I asked her to ask Abenda about some of the predicted millennium calamities. When Tara came out of trance and showed me the writing, I was shocked to read the communications not from Abenda, but from Tara's Master teacher, warning of an forthcoming economic collapse and war. The automatic writing said we would survive if we remained in California, but life might be very difficult. Further writing from Abenda stressed that she wanted us to move inland somewhere near the Rocky Mountains. She also wanted me to warn others—to guide them in preparing. "There are dozens of books for that," I told Tara. "Metaphysical people may not know about them. You know what to do," she said. My wife was referring to my background of working with Mormons and my insistence that we always be prepared to survive on our own for several months if necessary—stocking storage food and emergency supplies. This has never been out of fear of the "end times," but simply to be prepared for any emergency. I still can't accept the predictions of comets and pole shifts, but I will report on this prophecy at this website. My preparedness thinking began in 1972 in Scottsdale Arizona. I was an advertising designer directing my own creative studio. The country was in a recession and to keep my staff busy, I traded with Mormon companies in Mesa, Arizona—advertising and design work for dehydrated food and survivalist equipment. I liked the Mormons, they liked me. Of course they tried to convert me, but weren't successful. They did, however, convince me of the importance of being prepared for any crisis. I attended their survivalist classes, and used some of their techniques on my forays into Mexico—ideas such as sprouting seeds on the hood of my Land Rover while camping on a deserted beach. These experiences, along with my 4-wheel-drive adventures, became articles in Outdoor Arizona magazine and other southwestern publications. From that time on, I personally incorporated the ideas into my lifestyle and I wrote about preparedness. In time, I offered long-term storage food and survivalist packages through Valley of the Sun. The government didn't like what I was writing! When I received a telephone call asking me to come to an office in the civic center, I asked what it was about. "It's important," is all I was told. Upon my arrival, I was ushered into a plain office, where a neatly dressed man in his fifties introduced himself as working for "the federal government." He had one of my brochures and an article I'd written on his desk. "You're undermining the confidence of the American people in their government," he said. "I'm telling people that in a disaster, they can't depend upon civil authorities or the government to save them." "That's what I mean," he said. I looked at him in disbelief, then laughed, which caused his eyes to narrow. "You can't be serious," I said. "In a case of nuclear fallout, or the use of chemical or biological weapons, or a terrible earthquake, or riots, or an economic collapse, or war, the police and military would be overwhelmed. Stores would run out of food within hours. Utilities would fail. Banks would close. There would be no gas, no jobs, no power, no communications." "We don't like this," he said, stabbing my words with his index finger. "Have you noticed the Mormons are saying the same thing?" He didn't reply. "Do we have anything else to discuss?" I said, standing up. He opened the office door without saying another word. I've always figured my name is listed somewhere in the government data banks under "people who undermine confidence." And now, 25 years later, here I am saying it again: The government couldn't save you in a time of crisis. They can't save the few homeless people on the streets today. What if millions were homeless? Prepare. If you're not prepared to take care If a disaster strikes and you're not prepared, you'll be scrambling to survive—maybe begging for food. How could you help others? Prepare to feed and protect yourself and those you're responsible for. No matter where you live, stock emergency food and supplies for six months to a year. Many of the predictions say the crops will fail the first year and the second year people will begin starving. Stock dehydrated foods and grains that will last for years. And stock them properly. Initially, gather basic items needed for emergency survival. Next, enhance your rations and equipment so you can survive with a degree of safety and comfort. And stock enough to help others. We spend a lot of money on We spend a lot of money on car and health insurance, but few people have secured themselves for the possibility of disaster. If any of the things discussed in these pages come to pass, there probably will be no gas, money will have no value and insurance companies will cease to exist.
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