There is
strict restriction and a heavy fence against humanity on Earth; all this is in
order to reach heaven where supposedly, fun and ease will be resumed!
The choice
remains: sanity or religious rules. All of the restrictions are not new for me,
but renewing the acquaintance was as if being tied up and gagged.
There are
other governmental rules I was introduced to this past week. After three months
of rental of an apartment, the tenant is responsible for repairs unless it is
for a falling door or a major structural breakdown (not including one of the mind due to living here in Israel!).We also
pay the owner’s property tax bill every month.
One of our
major reasons for moving back here was to take advantage of the free burial. We
thought all citizens were entitled to this advantage.
If you are
not receiving SSI from Israel, you are not entitled! I receive my check from
the States, therefore I am not eligible! Sad news.
Did you ever
notice someone from a tasteless background trying to compete in appearance,
choice of manners, speech, and other sophisticated habits? A visit here,
(Israel re-visited) can offer you the full experience!
There are
Jews all over who can sing, dance, entertain and react----outside of
Israel------(Ok, Tel Aviv can offer some of that as well)---people with
wholesome personal and societal values, people
who once or who still live on a Kibbutz or way outside of this “land” as
it is called in Hebrew.
All of
religion is a stranglehold on psychic and physical freedom----- all religions
seek to force pre- selected rules, habits and traditions to inculcate a lack of
freedom and personal choice----- a sad loss of life.
Right now I
feel as though I am in bondage, and will continue to be until my final
restriction is lifted! I will be thrown into the filth and dirt here in a linen
shroud (a proper burial is for soldiers and those living in Kibbutzim only!).
We came here
hoping for deeper ties with my family since my husband’s family has renounced
their connection to us, with the exception of his son and daughter-in-law who
have been most generous. They are NOT Jews!
Alas,
religion has curtailed that hope! We cannot comply---and fake it, although my
husband and I did try for three years before leaving here for six! We returned.
A regret I cannot erase. By the way, you
are never going to be taken as “one of us” if you were not born here. It is
pretty much the same anywhere I have lived outside of America. In a way, I am
not sad, however, that nationalism is still maintained!
One
marvelous result, however, is the multi lingual environment. Above all, I
remain a linguist by choice!
Bombs fly
high------they are manufactured daily by religion---and scattered throughout
the world-----until this changes, and “worthy”fear is born out of the real need to
rectify the hungry impulses of all of us. Money bombs combine with religious
bombs and we have hatred, jealousy, and starvation---and, of course, to redeem all of this, YOGA!
Until the
end of August, taking vacation time,
MISS
RHEINGOLD
