Blagojevich

I happened to be living in Illinois when Blagojevich was elected; at the time, I was the chair of the Libertarian Party of Southern Illinois and didn't really notice the details of his platform. It wasn't until the recent events took the national stage that I noticed him again, as I have since moved away from Illinois. What strikes me the most about this bizarre episode is the absence of emotion in all of his addresses. He is strangely detached from his feelings and, as a counsellor, I would say that he evinces the signs of sociopathy. His detachment puts him in a delusory world and makes access to moral sentiment impossible; i.e., he is unable to feel the feelings of others because he cannot feel his own feelings.

His case, however, is instructive in the following way, namely, it illustrates the truism that when we wish to cover something up in ourselves, we daren't admit it in another, lest it be publicized and come to the surface of our own consciousness where we must face it and deal with it. More recently this was the case with the election of the previous president, who had bankrupted every company with which he had been associated. Unwilling to admit this lack of financial responsibility in themselves, the republican leaders refused to see it in their candidate. We now know what that cost us, the republican party knows what it cost them, and the world at large knows what it cost because they, too, are paying the price.

More to the point, what is it that we are covering up in ourselves with regard to more important matters? Einstein is reputed to have said that we cannot find solutions to problems from within the same consciousness that created them. With respect to certain issues facing our country and the world, this bears keeping in mind because, so far, no solution has been presented to any of the crises that does not already lie within the consciousness of the problem that it is put forth to solve.

The financial crisis, for instance, did not arise from a shortage of funds but from poor decisions bred of the flawed character of those in charge. Why, then, 1) do we think that throwing money at these institutions will solve the problem and 2) why do we allow the same people to make decisions as to how to use that money.

The middle east is another area where our myopia reigns supreme. For some reason we bear a national guilt that is assuaged only by a blind support of Israel. This blindness prevents us from seeing that it is our money that is prolonging the dispute. If we simply freeze Israel's funds until they make peace with their enemies, then 1) we will have the use of that money until such times as Israel earns it back; and 2) Israel will have a reason to negotiate. This is a large amount of money paid out on a monthly basis; money that we could use right now.

Contrary to popular belief, our society is not classless. In our society we have the two major classes: the people who are working for themselves and those who work for others; those individuals who are at the helm of the great corporations can be considered to be working for themselves because they are the major stockholders in the corporations and they are in control of their own paycheck. In our present financial crisis, neither position seems favored. For all practical purposes, then, we might consider that the days of capitalism in this country have ended and we stand now at the cusp of a new order.

We have not been able to trust individuals to head up great companies because they have defaulted in their trust and brought ruination on the country's economy. The new order will not be an order in which social groups hold sway, contrary to the beliefs of one political party; nor will it be an order in which the privileged few hold sway, contrary to the beliefs of another political party. Rather, each individual will discover within him or herself the Power to direct their own lives, as the likes of Emerson invisioned.

This revolution, if it can be called such, because it has been slowly moving toward this day for ages, is not an overthrowing but an awakening; not a dissolution but a hatching; it is not a destruction of the law, but its fulfillment. And the law in question is the law of our own being; and we must come into contact with that being if we are to understand the law. Our own being is the Life of us; it is the "I AM Presence" of us. Accordingly, the race will not go to the swift nor to the strong; it will go to those living closest to that Presence and in consonance with It. The days are gone when physical, mental, or social prowess will avail anything; only the Light will continue on from here.

But this is not a namby pamby powderpuff change either. The Light is a conquering Presence and that which does not conform to it's Way to live Life, will surrender; the Light no longer tolerates the abuse heaped on Life and is now coming forth as the Champion of Life; all who oppose will fail.

I know whereof I speak; I Am the Unfed Flame.