Sunday 11 August 2013

My Dad, The Devil

602241_10151555849528638_781079000_n Bernard Poolman passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, 11 August 2013 (SA time). His heart stopped beating.

The post that follows was written by Bernard’s daughter, Cerise Poolman – all of the members of Desteni living on the Farm stand by these words.

Bernard Poolman is known as many things:

A guru, a cult leader, an anarchist,

A communist, a socialist,

A freedom fighter, a freedom writer,

An activist, a practivist,

A visionary, a loon

All these labels mean nothing. To me, he was Bernard, my dad, the most honest and self sacrificing person I have ever known. Now he is dead, and the world is poorer for it.

He may have had radical ideas, but isn’t that exactly what we need? We don’t seem to have come very far with “in the box” ideas. Look around, the Earth is being poisoned, people live in poverty, our children are crazy murderers, our religious leaders cannot be trusted with young children, our political leaders cannot be trusted with anything and our economists are simply making things up as they go along. We all buy into the propaganda that makes the world seem beautiful “just the way it is” – Bernard did not.

Does that make him crazy by definition? Yes, if the definition of insanity is something that is apart from the norm. He questioned the inequality in the world and challenged us for not questioning it too – maybe this is why so many people hate him – they do not want to see themselves as ignorant, as idle bystanders watching atrocities and genocide unfold before their very eyes. It is easier seeing ourselves the way people are portrayed in the media, as innocent, as deserving.

Bernard was one man who made a difference in the lives of many – there are few people who can claim the same for themselves. There are those who point fingers and use nasty words to try and twist the message that Bernard was repeating over and over – what does this make them, I wonder? The message that Bernard kept saying was that of Jesus: Love thy neighbour as thyself, do unto another as you would like to be done unto you. What does this make of the naysayers, the cult preachers, the vigilant protectors of “human rights and liberties” – that they call this message, and its sender “evil”?

Many accused him of being a cult leader, even though he said time and again: “I am not a leader, I am just a man, I am your equal and you are mine.” He was accused of being evil for recognising that our world, our society, our very selves are tainted – and that we have deliberately continued on as if we are angels. He was accused of brainwashing, for questioning the things we so blindly accept as being “Normal” and “acceptable” – such as poverty, crime, exploitation, rape, murder, unhappy marriages, psychological disorders, economic theories, wars, the creation of weapons, the minimum wage being far from sufficient to survive on.

You may ask “what now?” to us loony cultists trying to make the world a better place. My answer: we continue. We have laid down a good, strong foundation of principles and assistive tools to support ourselves with. Bernard contributed many ideas which we then developed into tools, such as DIP Pro and DIP Lite – but each of us has walked our own process – and we did not do it for him, we did it for ourselves and for all life on Earth. They say you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink – Bernard showed us where the water is, but each of us made our own choice to stand and live the principles of Desteni, Equal Money, Living Income Guaranteed etc.

We must now prove to the world that Bernard was no “guru” – that we are entirely capable of standing without him, and growing ourselves and the group.

27 comments:

  1. Thank you for this moving and gracious testimony. Every word entered in the above statement is a word that I completely agree with and sums up what Bernard Poolman was all about - and I didn't think such a description about this man was possible. But for me, as someone graced and honored to live, talk, walk, eat and laugh with this man, I can only add my testimony that this man was the only being I ever come into contact with who actually lived every single word and principle he stood for. And yet, he wasn't "enlightened" or demanded that people kneel down before his great "wisdom" or "spiritual truth." He only demanded that each one submit to their own self-honesty and act accordingly. For that he was demonized by demoniacs - the blind leading the blind into the pit. Those of us who have been inspired and transformed by Bernard's example will carry on with even more purpose and intensity than before, and not because it is what Bernard would have wanted us to do, but because that is what we expect of ourselves. Thanks to everyone for your support as we continue working through our Process to bring equality and oneness to this world which is in sore need of it.

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  2. B has from the beginning of walking this process been very inspirational to me. And as stated, I walked the process for myself and not for Bernard. As the simplicity of the message has been always understood: Whats best for all, is best for me.

    I'm gratefull for B sharing his life is great simplicity.

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  3. Thank you for sharing this Cerise. Bernard showed us a real Physical example of what it is to stand up as a Human. I am grateful for the unconditional support that he provided me and this entire group, and I commit to continue to stand for the principles that support Life.

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  4. Bernard was the best teacher I've ever had. And I might have been the worst "student" he's ever had.

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  5. This blog is a guideline to be lived, let's practice the living of them every single moment that we are here till it is done. Thank you Bernard

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  6. Thank you Bernard for standing as a living example and bringing in principles to live with in common sense, as what is best for all, as principles that were really missing in this world. It is to us all now to stand and keep standing till it is done. Thanks to the farm people and to the group for standing and walking together.

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  7. thanks cerise for these words - and thank you bernard for standing up for and as life

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  8. All I can say is that I am grateful for having had the chance to meet him in person. It was one month of my life like no other. Words hardly describe what he has done for me during that time. His legacy lives on within me. He might be dead but I have made the Life Commitment to make his Message and Teachings my own. His heart has stopped, but mine is still beating - and I will make sure that every beat of my heart, until I die, will eventually embody the same Dedication to LIFE that he stood for - the same Dedication to LIFE that he stood as.

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  9. Thank you Cerise and than you Bernard.
    For me, nothing changes. I stand by/for/as the principles outline here, the principles that I directly witnessed Bernard standing as a unshakable living example of, no matter what.
    Breath by breath.

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  10. Thank you Cerise for these words. And thank you Bernard for being here for all of us who were able to hear your message. Your words changed my life and that of my family, your words still live inside of me and becoming more and more part of me as the principle of life, in my life. Thank you for sowing the seeds to awake me,which made me able to experience the physical again. My condolences to all who could hear his words and all that were reacting to his words. We lost an amazing being that was able to stand equal and one as life, but he left us enough tools to be that same being that will stand up and stand as life. I'll miss you as an example, though you showed me how to be one and thus I will stand as one. Thank You!

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  11. thanks this is cool. his words are still alive.

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  12. Thank you so much for posting this last blog Cerise - I am grateful to have known Bernard --- and I am committed to walking in his footsteps and Manifest a world that is Best for all. This is the purpose of Life for each life-form. This is the process that we are walking. Thanx!

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  13. Thank you for this and for Bernard and for All standing/supporting the Message that is truly Best for All and that Bernard lived as an Example for us All. We Will continue as what Bernard gave us is the Gift of realizing what is Possible for Life in Equality and Oneness and that the process/principles starts with ourselves.

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  14. I will miss Bernard, he was an awesome being to be in the presence of and have chats with, talk about the shit that matters. But what he shared with us and with the world: is still here, equality and oneness is a living principle, and we as a group of people working together on the Desteni platform are also proof of that - And so we stand for ourselves as life and for each-other as life - and it is up to each one and all of us together to create the change we want to see in our world and our existence as HUMANITY. We walk until it's Done and Life is One - and All can have Real Fun as equals in life.
    Thank you for Being Here Bernard and lifting the veils! Thank you for everything you gave of yourself and for showing what is possible!

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  15. I never met Bernard in person (I wish I had) however his interviews have been inspiring. I am grateful for hearing the message of Desteni through his words, and now we must go on without him in the physical. Thank you Bernard for your support.

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  16. Thanks Cerise - Bernard, we will miss you. The Principles by which Bernard lived and which he taught stand on their own right because they are common sense and the only way to create a world that is Best for All. Thank you for the years of selfless support and for standing as an example of what is possible when one breaks through one's conditioning and stands as Life here as a human being.

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  17. Well written!
    My condolences, for what it may mean...

    Thanks Bernard

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  18. Bernard showed the way to equality, he lived equality in every way. With his life he taught us to teach ourselves, to become truly human and do not accept our default, our so called 'human nature'. It wasn't until I met Bernard that I finally grasped that oneness is the total commitment of unification in equality to every being on this planet.

    There is nothing more that can be added to Cerise's testimony, thank you. Nothing changes, I walk this process until it's done.

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  19. The past 5 years that I applied what Bernard was talking about turned everything around for me. A thank you is not enough to express my gratitude.

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  20. THANK YOU BERNARD FOR STANDING AS AN EXAMPLE THAT BEST FOR ALL IS POSSIBLE TO BE LIVED AND APPLIED IN EVERY MOMENT OF BREATH. Thank you for establishing the foundation of a Group that is walking the Words that you have clarified, questioned and redefined, that is walking in Self-Forgiveness, in Self-Honesty, in Self-Integrity, in Oneness and Equality. We, as you, as Life, will continue walking.

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  21. Bernard Poolman is an example of what a 'real man' represents. Now I have a platform of how to live the principle of what being a 'man' is, and manifest it into the physical as a physical-principled awareness.

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  22. Thank you Bernard for being a great example for us all and for showing us how to really become and be Life and do what is Best for All!

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  23. Bernard showed me that a human being can became a Living Principle of What is Best for All,so now there's no excuses because we all know that this IS POSIBLE!!, because he did it, so now i'm holding that torch as the words he lived here. Thanks Bernard and Cerise..

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