The Metaphysics of Obama and the Republicans

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The news is sometimes confusing if you take it seriously. Obama and the Republicans seem to be battling each other for the soul of America, whatever that is. Both are trying to help the people who support them… and both often use fear and scare tactics to promote their agenda. So many problems, so much money. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were unlimited amounts of money? Wouldn’t it be nice if we knew the solution to all our problems?

I am here to tell you that we do know the answer and its not what you think! The rock group Kansas speaks for all of us when they sang:

“Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say”

Just realizing that this world is an illusion and that we have created it is a major step toward our real Home, where there is no shortage of anything. The world seems to be incredibly complex, with billions of people, trillions of life forms, yet there is only One of Us, only One Power. We are the soul of America. I am the soul of America. You are the soul of America.

The Voice for God responds:

“Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more."

It isn’t just the physical that causes us problems, it is trying to be something that we are not:

“Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more.”

Once we realize that Love is our birthright, we extend Love to both Obama and the Republicans, as well as the Democrats. They are all a part of us, a part of me. To hate anyone is to hate myself. There really is only one Power in the Universe:

“The power of love is a curious thing
make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
more than a feeling, that's the power of love

Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
make a bad one good make a wrong one right
power of love that keeps you home at night

You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
but it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love.”

That’s The Voice For God, as heard in The Power Of Love, by Huey Lewis and the News. What Obama and the Republicans both need is the Power of Love. In Truth, we all are Love. I am Love. Fear, hate, threats, and similar expressions are merely the calls for Love. When you hear the many calls for Love, we do know what to do:

“They say that all in love is fair
yeah, but you don't care
But you know what to do
when it gets hold of you
and with a little help from above
you feel the power of love
you feel the power of love
Can you feel it ?
Hmmm

It don't take money and it don't take fame
don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
you won't feel nothin' till you feel
you feel the power, just FEEL the power of love
That's the power, that's the power of love
You feel the power of love,
you feel the power of love
feel the power of love feel the power of love.”

The peace that comes from the Power of Love is the Peace that passes all understanding. It cannot be contained in words, for it is the reality beyond the illusion we share, the One. Isn’t that the kind of peace we really want?

Many thanks to Kansas and Huey Lewis and the News for giving a to Voice to God! The songs are “Carry On Wayward Son” and “The Power of Love.” You can get the complete songs at iTunes or your favorite webseller.