in 1888, Swami Vivekananda took up the life of a wandering monk. His only possessions were his saffron robe, a water pot, a staff and two books. For five years, he traveled the length and breadth of India, having contact with Indians of all religious traditions and all walks of life. He was profoundly moved by the impoverished and oppressed condition of the common people under British imperial rule. During his travels, he made contact with arms manufacturers and with independent rajas, assessing the possibility of initiating a mass struggle for independence. But he abandoned this idea, realizing that the Indian people didn’t have the spirit of struggle that would be required.
I cross-posted this to my 3,000 subscribers with this comment:
"This is what I've been saying. Change how people see themselves, not as primordial sinners supplicating to an external god, but as divine creatures in a sacred universe serving Earth. Till now, Marianne Williamson has been the only person I've found coming from this perspective. Now there are three of us!"
The question is how do you reach the 23% of the population who voted to send tRump back to the White House? Their divisive and tribal beliefs are quite ego-syntonic to them... They are cheering on tRump's Gestapo and take pleasure in seeing the people who are being abducted and tortured.
I think the only way they will be reached is when reality catches up with them. The beliefs are too tribal to be changed by messaging, no matter how adept the communication. When the MAGA policies fail in a way that causes the supporters some suffering, then their views will change.
Mr. Logan, I enjoy reading your post. I need to know. In America, do we have a prana dharma? We are a nation of immigrants. Immigrants who brought a bit of their culture and beliefs and merged them with others. What has always made me proud to be an American is the fact that we are so multi-cultured, so diverse. When immigrants came through Ellis Island, they proceeded to build neighborhoods with their ethnicity and culture being practiced. Polish communities next to Italian communities next to Irish and so forth. This helped the blending of these groups of people. They all wanted the same thing - FREEDOM. What is American peoples' prana dharma? I truly enjoyed this post and I feel we need to find our prana dharma as a nation together. Thank you.
Peggy: Yes, this is the question. I had hoped to get into this in my article, but came up against my 1500 word article limit. I did, however, add a couple of paragraphs at the end to indicate what American prana dharma can't be based on -- though this took me up to 1554 words.
Your comment has motivated me to devote the next Crisis and Transition article to this question. In my view, your perspectives are on the right track, and I'm likely to take up most of my article building on your point.
I cross-posted this to my 3,000 subscribers with this comment:
"This is what I've been saying. Change how people see themselves, not as primordial sinners supplicating to an external god, but as divine creatures in a sacred universe serving Earth. Till now, Marianne Williamson has been the only person I've found coming from this perspective. Now there are three of us!"
I just finished the draft of my next article, in which I included a quote from this comment. I hope you'll approve.
Don’t want to miss it and watching for it, but to be sure I’d appreciate your sending it directly to me: suzanne@mightycompanions.org
The question is how do you reach the 23% of the population who voted to send tRump back to the White House? Their divisive and tribal beliefs are quite ego-syntonic to them... They are cheering on tRump's Gestapo and take pleasure in seeing the people who are being abducted and tortured.
I think the only way they will be reached is when reality catches up with them. The beliefs are too tribal to be changed by messaging, no matter how adept the communication. When the MAGA policies fail in a way that causes the supporters some suffering, then their views will change.
We are all going to pay the price for their tribalism.
Excellent post, super informative and well-written!
Mr. Logan, I enjoy reading your post. I need to know. In America, do we have a prana dharma? We are a nation of immigrants. Immigrants who brought a bit of their culture and beliefs and merged them with others. What has always made me proud to be an American is the fact that we are so multi-cultured, so diverse. When immigrants came through Ellis Island, they proceeded to build neighborhoods with their ethnicity and culture being practiced. Polish communities next to Italian communities next to Irish and so forth. This helped the blending of these groups of people. They all wanted the same thing - FREEDOM. What is American peoples' prana dharma? I truly enjoyed this post and I feel we need to find our prana dharma as a nation together. Thank you.
Peggy: Yes, this is the question. I had hoped to get into this in my article, but came up against my 1500 word article limit. I did, however, add a couple of paragraphs at the end to indicate what American prana dharma can't be based on -- though this took me up to 1554 words.
Your comment has motivated me to devote the next Crisis and Transition article to this question. In my view, your perspectives are on the right track, and I'm likely to take up most of my article building on your point.
Thank you, Mr. Logan! I look forward to reading your next article!