Choice

Historically, only every several hundreds of year would someone become conscious and self-realized and teach the world about divine presence. A Buddha, Jesus, or Gandhi would arise every once in a great while to teach others how to live contrary to the programmed existence of the day.

As we have learned the means to destroy the entire planet through nuclear weapons or environmental destruction, millions of people are awakening at the same time in this critical period.

This election presents a rare opportunity to have a leader of the most powerful country in the world, who is self-realized, transparent and does not live in accordance with the social programming of the day. This leader radiates peace and wisdom and is in harmony with the flow of life.

We can choose someone who offers us the comfort of the past, or we can choose a leader for a new future.

Let's wake up and vote.

Silence

We are constantly distracted by television, the computer, music, idle chatter with friends, etc. The noise of the city is deafening. The media bombards us with advertising, publicity and sordid revelations about shallow celebrities.

It is not surprising that we are driven to desire and fear in a constant cycle of dissatisfaction and unease. The non-stop advertising from drug manufacturers is very well designed to keep us in a constant state of worry about our health and well being. The fast food industry makes sure that we will need the drugs that the pharmaceuticals sell.

The external noise creates the most disturbing noise of all, the noise within our heads. Our thoughts are programmed by the non-stop conditioning of input from the outside world.

We can free ourselves from this bondage of which we are scarcely aware, and transcend the noise and the never-ending cycles of fear and desire, boredom and escape.

We can rise above the noise by observing the noise within us and outside of us without judgment. By observing the noise, we break our attachment to the messages contained within it. We become comfortable with silence and lose the need to be distracted.

Let's embrace silence.