Brad:

You point about everyone having a mission is well taken. However, at no time do I ever recall myself trying to pull "spiritual superiority" --- an "I am better than such-and-such, just because I am spiritually "enlightened."

Part of my "mission" involves sharing the truths I have uncovered, and this is precisely why I have been working on this book for the past two years plus. I personally get NO BENEFIT from doing this, but the world does. Sometimes, the GREATER GOOD has to prevail.

Do you think I take myself too seriously?

You must, otherwise you would have written something else. However, I am a person with about one million degrees of CONFIDENCE, but about ZERO self-esteem. My physical body is in a pretty wrecked condition, and I feel very emasculated as a result of that.

There are actually FOUR THINGS in this life that under no circumstances will I tolerate:

01) Liars.

02) Child molesters. (My father-in-law in FORBIDDEN to enter our home because of this!)

03) People who do not make an effort, or people who don't give a damn about their ignorance and/or lack of intellectual capacity.

04) People who try to tell ME how to live (what I can do to and with myself, and in my own personal home). As BILL HICKS used to say "What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, or take into my body --- as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?"

If I sound so serious, maybe that is because of some of these subjects are EXTREMELY SERIOUS. But, I am PERFECTLY OKAY with being the guy that's going to say what needs to be said --- Damn the torpedos!

As you so rightly pointed out, evolution wasn't built in a day (well, actually SIX, but THAT'S a whole OTHER STORY, isn't it?)

However, as I posted to the QUOTES SECTION:

"Phylogeny Recapitulates Evolution." --- Grant Morrison, author of the graphic novel "The Invisibles"

Without people to periodically light the way --- some of the people out there would be wandering around in the dark all their lives.

Actually, there was a point in my life when I ABSOLUTELY chased the NIHILIST, HEDONISTIC, MONETARY LIE --- which I ultimately found vapid and lacking in spiritual nourishment. So, one day, I locked my office door at the end of the workday, and I NEVER WENT BACK.

What I am doing now --- when I have taken the time to explain to people why I feel compelled to do what I am doing --- I find it very interesting at the times when people have thought I have a choice in the matter, which I really don't. Being given a GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD as far as AIDS was concerned --- is reason enough to honor any and all agreements I made to people on this and the OTHER SIDE of the veil of death. When I have taken the time to explain this to people --- I have never had one single person disagree with my reasoning.

I am trying very hard to KEEP IT LIGHT --- if for no one else, for my lovely wife's sake and benefit. Because of my own physical condition, she has taken on a larger than normal responsibility for things around the house. Obviously, I cannot do yard work in my current condition. However, I have hired a housekeeper, and whenever possible, I will hire a handyman to do the work I cannot, or Paula doesn't have the time to finish herself.

Thank you for pointing these things out Brad, I really do appreciate your taking the time out of your day to help make sure I stay on course. That means a lot to me, it really does.

Peace and Prayers,

Kent Daniel Bentkowski Buffalo, New York USA