JANU: We are surveying at this time the reminiscences of humanity before America. The initial goals of the Founding Fathers were mirrored in other countries around the world, to a small degree, but hampered, crippled by the dominant governments of the time. These goals lived in the hearts of the people, not those owned by bureaucracy, politics, and power. So America was a grand experiment to express these with a government that cherished these goals, constrained by them yet open to expand them. Such it is today, for individuals, families, and small groups to re-express and re-affirm those goals that live within their being, unrestricted by politics and a government that seems to have forgotten many of them.
There has been talk by presidential candidates of making America great again. But they think in terms of power, and influence, and control. The refugees of the world think differently. Their quest is for freedoms and liberty or a path to living in dignity and freedom, visions of a better future allowed by better conditions at the present, having little to do with politics and power and control over others, military and crime, police states.
The dreams of America in the beginning still live in the hearts of the people. The genius of America still lives in the hearts of the people. The government of today is a shadow of this. Their reminder is in the dealing with other nations. Not so inspired. The presidential candidates struggle to see viability for themselves in the nation’s government as it is. The politicians in Congress do not inspire this.
You ask, “How can a government, become so large in power and politics, remain viable in the world yet true to core values individually and collectively?” This takes leadership and one individual so gifted can begin a movement of change. But the wisdom must be there, that talks to the hearts and minds of the people and resonates. Look for that in your leaders. Their rhetoric must have that depth of layered wisdom.
A pivotal time, our brother. The economic and political structures of the time are so fractured it is more difficult to hold them together. It is up to the people to demand excellence and own their future and their dreams and their lives. Namaste.
Mar. 9, 2016 Copyright © 2016 by Joshua Ross
See Changes & Wisdom & Vision for a slightly different approach to this subject.