I Ching 59. Huan / Dispersion: Through hardness & selfishness the heart grows rigid, and this rigidity leads to separation from all others. Egotism and cupidity isolate men. Therefore the hearts of men must be seized by a devout emotion.

This entropy in our current condition as citizens of the United States is embodied in every aspect of our culture, with George Bush but one malevolent finger on the misanthropic fist of corporate governance and military power that is destroying this country: our constitutional government, our economy, our environment.

The tyranny of the last seven years did not begin with this presidency but extends back in time and precedent, from the genocide of Native Americans and slavery of African Americans to the Post WWII establishment of a shadow government in the form of the CIA and NSA, the unabridged and unaccountable financing of militarism out of all proportion to national defense, the destruction of our currency and wealth by the corrupt collusion of the US Treasury and the privately controlled Federal Reserve and the hollowing out of purposeful manufacture and agriculture into a miasma of currency manipulation posing as finance, agro-industry posing as farming and resource wars posing as responses to aggression.

The mendacities of the Bush era through the false flag events of September 11, 2001 (the government report for which even the 9-11 Commission Directors deny as truthful) produced a deadening depression of the spirit and soul in this country. As the not only covert but overt behavior of our government became more and more aberrant from founding principles - violating the constitution repeatedly, corrupting the electoral process, debasing the Department of Justice, dismissing international law & covenant, trampling human rights most horrifically abroad but within our nation as well; as congressional and executive branch corruption to advance the wealthy and powerful at the expense of the people became the norm, the ability of the populace to respond diminished with an inertia that deadened democratic initiative.

Despite the dissolution caused by this morally vacuous administration, the brutality of which is no longer hidden by the drunkenness of the increasingly defunct free ride of fake wealth generated through corrupt finance, despite all the hideous fear mongering and psy-ops against this country’s people and the countries we’ve invaded, a new spirit with heart and hope is again rising within America.

Just as an illness reaches its crisis in a dissolving sweat, so a great and stimulating idea is a true salvation in times of general deadlock. It gives the people a rallying point – a man in a ruling position who can dispel misunderstandings.

This truth is over 5000 years old, written by the sages of ancient China encountering the adversities of their time, and how accurately they apply to ours. The most important element to re-gain right now is a sense of movement, to come out of the paralysis of tyranny and the isolation of self centered materialism, to retake the authority we posses not only for our individual but for our collective lives. The most horrid lie of the fascist state is the disempowerment of free choice. This was the message in the despicable images and practices of Abu Graib, Guantanamo, rendition of every sort, the military boot applied to whoever and whatever lies in the way of corporate greed cleverly obscured with the wrappings of patriotism and purported national self interest.

One man, one administration, is not going to solve the problems of we the people. If this is to be our nation again, our government, the phoenix of independence will not arise from the ashes of our diminished present by putting all our faith in one individual and expecting him or her to restore order and dignity. However, the spark for this integrative movement can be found in the up swelling of positive energy toward the campaign of Senator Barrack Obama. He is providing a charisma igniting a new flame within our population, a belief we can re-direct our course and re-establish a meaningful and compassionate life.

The attacks on this promise have been of the sophisticated sort, deriding hope as if it were juvenile, impractical, inexperienced in the ways of adult governance, but this sophistry posing as intelligence will not win the day.

Senator Obama is certainly not stainless; his candidacy is supported by multi-national forces and players like Archer Daniel Midlands, Warren Buffett, Zbignew Brezinski and others that he promises to rise above. In this way his position is similar to President John F. Kennedy, not in the cult of personality but as a man attempting to navigate the corruption of illicit influence in order to shape a positive future.

The rising tide of new faith must be accompanied by an individual dedication to sacrifice, to re-think, to re-learn as necessary, and to work together for a common good not only for the United States but for the community of humankind and perhaps more importantly, for our Planet Earth with whom we share a singular and profound destiny.

If the phenomenon of Senator Obama becomes solely a projection of our collective desire for hero without the activation of our voices, our vision, our co-creative contributions, then it will have no meaning. This is the real choice we face today as human beings upon this Earth and as citizens of this nation. It is an old role and a very new one that beckons us, to find alignment with our inner truth and then to work together to bring those truths to life. In this hope filled and brilliant way the words “Yes, we can” have inestimable value.

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