"We need to out-educate, out-compete, and out-innovate the rest of the world." (State of Union address. January 2011) America must stop trying to outdo the 'rest of the world'. We are one human family and can only solve our human problems by working together as a global community. If we don't change our thinking there will be no future 'to win'.
This is not the first time that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize has proved to be politically controversial. Obama himself was shocked at the news. So the pundits make a laughing stock of themselves by encouraging the mockery. Think of the political implications of the decision in a larger context… the context of a global population which is tired of crooks in power and looks to the integrity of American leadership for a better future for all. It is time to widen our horizons.
I watch the changing world from a perspective which sees ‘peace’ as a state of consciousness beyond ego. The world is in a period of severe crisis and we need to be serious. Complacent ignorance is exactly what poses the biggest threat. It is generally recognized that the American president is in the most powerful position to use their potential for leading the world on a course which is fit for our home planet earth. Humanity as a species is faced with an emergency and the present state of urgency is having an impact on the decision making process of many important human institutions. It is important to understand the meaning of morality as 'moral intelligence' or ‘consciousness’ as opposed to the authoritarian interpretation of the word in the sense of ‘moralism'. In this context Obama is not a 'moralist'. He is a world citizen ofmoral integrity... a moral leader .but he provides moral leadership for America and for the world because he is morally intelligent and therefore respects people's humanity whatever their social or political status. He can be 'cool' because he does not have to represent a repressed minority or majority. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were equally intelligent and had to apply themselves to the need to overcome oppression by the powers that be. Obama's rise to power (his campaign) also represents a revolution against the powers that be (moralistic religious conservative government) - a quiet revoluton but a revolution nonetheless. All these moral leaders are the most developed members of our species... a social species which is risking extinction and depends on morality for survival.
It is vital that the most powerful creative intentions be translated into the beneficial actions which we all need to see. Hopefully America as a nation will continue to evolve in consciousness and that its collective egocentric mentality will be replaced with one more mature and humane. President Obama is a blessing for the world. He needs our support.
I watch the changing world from a perspective which sees ‘peace’ as a state of consciousness beyond ego. The world is in a period of severe crisis and we need to be serious. Complacent ignorance is exactly what poses the biggest threat. It is generally recognized that the American president is in the most powerful position to use their potential for leading the world on a course which is fit for our home planet earth. Humanity as a species is faced with an emergency and the present state of urgency is having an impact on the decision making process of many important human institutions. It is important to understand the meaning of morality as 'moral intelligence' or ‘consciousness’ as opposed to the authoritarian interpretation of the word in the sense of ‘moralism'. In this context Obama is not a 'moralist'. He is a world citizen ofmoral integrity... a moral leader .but he provides moral leadership for America and for the world because he is morally intelligent and therefore respects people's humanity whatever their social or political status. He can be 'cool' because he does not have to represent a repressed minority or majority. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were equally intelligent and had to apply themselves to the need to overcome oppression by the powers that be. Obama's rise to power (his campaign) also represents a revolution against the powers that be (moralistic religious conservative government) - a quiet revoluton but a revolution nonetheless. All these moral leaders are the most developed members of our species... a social species which is risking extinction and depends on morality for survival.
It is vital that the most powerful creative intentions be translated into the beneficial actions which we all need to see. Hopefully America as a nation will continue to evolve in consciousness and that its collective egocentric mentality will be replaced with one more mature and humane. President Obama is a blessing for the world. He needs our support.
