Certainly it is difficult to put ourselves in that situation, but I for one know that in a state of exhaustion and waking, the mind can play all sorts of tricks.

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Anyone out of this field, in normal" waking state" consciousness, manipulating nature, "playing the Creator" whether through genetic engineering or developing new technologies, forms of government, health care, agriculture etc. etc. is only a fool and the consequences of his actions have the possibility to have devastating effects for all life on earth with their apparent or hidden destructive capabilities.

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Leaders of ASEAN may finally be waking up to what is happening in the neighborhood: the prospect of a failed state.

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