A Possibility….. An Antidote…. Another Antidote….
by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 06 December 2025
A Possibility…..
In Michael Bentine’s book….‘Doors of the Mind’, in the chapter ‘The Door to Armageddon’ I read the following…..
“Why do men and women open those doors when only horror and suffering can pour through them? Is it endemic in mankind? Is it Nature’s way of keeping the human race within manageable proportions? I can see that possibility; but then I can also see ways of preventing war.
The answer lies in the true wealth of the world – the young, the future inheritors of the earth, for among them will be its future leaders. To prepare for such responsibility requires a long period of training and self-discipline. The myth of some master race, the elite technocracy, the mental superiority of some bigoted cult-theory, all that nonsense has to be shown to the young for what it really is: fascism by many names, the power of darkness in many guises, and the Faustian Pact in all its grisly reality.
Unless the young learn how open doors to love, to comradeship, to simple self-sacrifice, to unselfishness, to understanding and communication between other young people of every race, colour and creed, there will be no peace but only a series of bloodily won truces that will produce a temporary armistice, like the one operating in the Falkland’s today.
Extremes of thinking are wrong because they give the pendulum of world power more impetus to swing erratically and with enormous momentum.”
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An Antidote To The Horror….
Friend Jo is making an Advent Calendar in the window of her house.
Each day she presents a scene, with a story to go with it. The local children on their way to school love to see them.
Each morning, I go on my ‘pooter and see Jo’s Advent window for the day. This lifts my spirits - not only because of what I see and the story, but also because it reminds me, every morning, that there are good-hearted, creative people in the world.
Here’s one example of Jo’s windows (if I can successfully copy it across!)…
“5 DECEMBER
The air became warm and sticky. Everything smelled green. Down they flew into a jungle where they could see boxes in a pile, with a monkey on top. There was a small ship and some animals. A hedgehog was directing a film.
Hello! My name is Werner, said the hedgehog. I am making a movie about rubber barons and an opera house and everything is hard. My actors are mad and the very jungle is coiled, ready to bite us. I cannot get the ship around the next bend in the river so the animals are going to carry it through the miserable jungle on their shoulders.
“This is not our problem”, whispered Ronnie.
“Can you not — maybe— take the ship apart?” Said Julian.
“What an idea!” Said Werner Hedgehog. “Where is the pain and drama in that? Where is the toil and suffering that is the animals’ lot in life?”
Just then, the gonks arrived in a hot air balloon.
“I have an idea!” Said Ronnie. “The balloon can carry the ship over the jungle and to the next navigable part of the river!”
“Maybe the small Robin has a point, there is drama and danger in a hot air balloon. We defy nature. We can film the silent gonks as they drag our poor ship through the terrifying trees…”
“I think that’s a yes”, whispered Julian, and before Hedgehog could change his mind, he signalled to the gonks to fly down and tow the ship.
The animals, freed from the burden of Hedgehog’s dreams, cheered the two friends as they departed once more on their sledge.”
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2409758016127146&set=pcb.2409758669460414
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Another Antidote….
BBC Pics of Scotland….
28th November – 5th December 2025…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2g5gn937ro
The Aurora over Stronsay by Orkney’s Bill Hodgson. It’s been happening a lot recently – and I’m sure there’ll be more!
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