[Afghanistan / Al Qaeda] - The Holy Self Denies the Sanctuary It Feeds, Proving the Illusion of a Cleansed Land

Event Baseline: Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups remain present in Afghanistan, despite Taliban claims that the country is no longer a sanctuary for terrorist groups.

The Taliban self claims purity and security. It says the land is clean. The facts say otherwise. Al Qaeda still breathes in the mountains and the cities. This is not a surprise. The self cannot see what contradicts its identity. The Taliban's identity is built on the same ideology as Al Qaeda. They are one thought wearing two beards.

The land is not a sanctuary. The land is a space. The self fills it with meaning. The Taliban fills it with holy rule. Al Qaeda fills it with holy war. Both believe the land belongs to their idea of God. They fight and harbor each other because they are the same fear of the other. The 9/11 attacks were not a foreign event. They were the eruption of this collective delusion.

Twenty-five years later, the same loop continues. The US killed and left. The Taliban promised and denied. The self never learns because the self is memory. Memory says the enemy is outside. The enemy is the belief that there is an inside. Until that is seen, the sanctuary will remain a breeding ground for the next explosion.