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>>>>>This
is a repost fom inactive but I think it's
appropriate>>>>>>
Wild appluase
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Thank you, thank you for that warm and
enthusiastic welcome. I want to take a
moment to thank all of you who have contributed so
much to making this event unfold
so wonderfully. (read off list of names of event
team) It has always been the
energies of people like you that these events have
ever happened. Thank you Erika for
that beautiful music we've all listening to, you
are truly talented. That letter you wrote
to me has had an unexpected impact on me.
I want you to know how much I appreciate all of
you coming here on such short notice
to hear me speak. It means so much to me that you
are interested in my philosophy. I
am truly touched and thank you from my heart. But
this will be the final gathering like
this ever.
As you can see, I've done away with the stage
and chair. It just isn't right anymore for
me to sit so far above you all. It is I who should
sit below you. As a dear former premie,
Sir David Simpkiss, has said 'I walk amongst
saints'. Sir Dave, you are so right and I
was so wrong. And you are all truly saints to have
put up with my arrogance and
tirades for so many long years and all the while
never losing the revolutionary zeal you
brought to the party.
Over the years, many of you have contributed
your time, your love, your careers, your
families, your money and your lives so that myself
and my family could live a life of
luxury. Today that all changes. I have instructed
my former loyal counsel Michael
Dettmers to liquidate all of my resources and set
up a trust fund to be used however
you all see fit. The Malibu house will be turned
over to the foundation to be used as a
counseling and retreat center for those to who I've
caused damage. I have begged
Michael Donner to organize all of the past
instructors as counselors for this center if
they are interested. The house, by the way is a
remarkable achievement by so many
dedicated crafts people and I want to personally
thank them now (read list of those
who built house).
I will be returning to India to live in a small
house near the Ganges. There I plan to
spend my time following the path my father gave to
me. For once, I'm going to practice
the knowledge that he showed me. In time I hope to
reconcile with my brothers and
beg their forgiveness for violating the trust they
placed in me. And once I get out of
substance abuse recovery, I will put my flight
training to good use by volunteering with
Doctors Without Borders, transporting people in
need of medical treatment. Perhaps
on trips back to the US I'll get to visit Marolyn
and my children if they will allow it.
In the big-ning, when I first came to London, I
was so full of inspiration and possibility.
Many of you greeted me there with so much love and
dedication and I want you to
know I truly appreciated that. I was too young
though and not disciplined and frankly, I
squandered that love and dedication. And I betrayed
the mandate my father gave me
to bring peace to the world. I know I promised you
the moon and when I realized it was
not possible, I could not face telling you the
truth, until now. I took the coward's path
and found solace in alcohol abuse at first, then
material possessions and women.
Today, I stand before you and say I am an
alcoholic, a rageaholic and I am addicted to
having power over others because I am myself
powerless. I am getting treatment for
these faults and I hope you can forgive me. Many
never will and I will live with that. But
truly, I am sorry.
So now, I will stand here and if you have
anything you would like to say to me, please
do. Thank you.
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