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Thom,
I am with my friend “Love"- actually Thuong (In Vietnamese) and I was talking about you, and what an incredible exsperienece with you and was the last time I felt connected. We just met a few hours before which began with me insulting her by telling her by telling her she’s a cat and Im a dog and that cats do not know what love is, and that im a dog, and dogs are love. It’s not four hours later and we have gone from me telling her in a very loud voice thats she’s ungrateful, to me talking about you. We watched one of your talks online and she said “we should go see him” I asked if she would type the email while I dictate. She’s a really fast typest (hi, Thom, im not) Below is actually my exact words verbatim. I said we have to edit this and she said “why?” But of course I had to explain myself. You would really like her.


Thom, I hope you are well. It’s been too long since I spoke to you last. I think of you all the time and… “it’s not hard to do but I know he’ll get back to me.” I think of writing you all the time and I hesitate……. And end up never mailing this, no, emailing this.

The timing of my visit to you was one of the things that gave me that gave me the strength to be present in my brothers life…. Before he…. died, passed away. Its has been a temultious four years to say the least and the last two years, wait, wait, wait, whats the date…… in particular the last two years have been difficult since my brother died, I have… quiet a hard time dealing with my demons and the fracture of my family, my entire family. I am definitely not been doing my best inn the last few months. To tell the truth, I've been reluctant to send you this email because I’m not sure wether I care enough to change course.

I don’t know where you are in the world, at the moment but I would be grateful if you had the time to speak or even see you whenever you possibly find the time.

Thank you Thom. (I haven’t even press send yet, I feel as if as little bit of the weight been lifted.)

Love, Hunter.

The best way to get in touch with me. 302 377 3313

By the way I am living in California, in the Los Angeles area.


On Oct 26, 2014, at 12:11 AM, Thom Knoles <thom.knoles@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Hunter,
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> In the last few days I was in Boulder, CO, visiting my 5-year old son and his mom. I noticed that some old news about 'you', with politically-motivated timing, had surfaced in the previous week, timed to maximise the embarrassment that its retailers actually intended for your father and his boss, irrespective of its effect on you and your family.
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> "It is a shame to be surprised when a walnut tree produces walnuts "
> All 'reports' are reports on the state of consciousness of the reporter.
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> In advising clients who have faced character assassination akin to yours (that is, akin in this case), I use a particular saying with such frequency that I imagine it to be mine:
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> "Drive the message -don't be driven by the message".
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> Actually, whomever else lays claim to it, that sentence was Marshall McLuhan's, he of "The medium is the message". Marshall was an enthusiastic practitioner of transcendental meditation in the 70s -an admirer of my master, Maharishi. Either Marshall introduced his countryman, Pierre Trudeau, to the practice, or vice versa. McLuhan was an important mentor to me, though we met only very briefly -in the context of his meeting Maharishi.
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> Enough history.
> You are the message, Hunter -you can drive the message of what you are, rather than you (and the gullible readership and viewership) being at the mercy of sensationalist "news" retailers.
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> Your past truth represents relate-ability, to coin a term; your story, intact (as opposed to its being made intentionally merely into a snapshot sound bite bereft of context) would be related to by vast numbers, if those people had the opportunity to experience the wide-angle lens perspective provided by a broader context.
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> Your present moment truth -recovery- is the coup de grâce that relativizes all "news" about your family.
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> I look forward to discussing this perspective further with you.
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> Let's try to Skype or phone next week.
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> Much love,
> Thom
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