Sacred importance of your vote
Wisdom from Stephen Dinan:
“As approach crucial election in United States, I wanted to share some reflections on sacred importance your vote.
When we engage in spiritual practices, is beautiful thing, helping us uplift our consciousness to become the most radiant, authentic, and true version of ourselves.
Voting is equivalent for larger society in which we find ourselves. It is collective spiritual practice at allows us uplift the consciousness of creation of more enlightened policies that enable more and more of society to express its full potential.
Parties and candidates are vehicle for expression but at deeper level, voting is transfer of consciousness and values into the way our society is designed and governed.
As literally NOTHING more important the future of world, having the most conscious individuals in society engage this spiritual practice, not for personal benefit but to leaves legacy for future.
While many sessions of meditation may have limited effects on events years from now, your vote can and does sculpt our collective future in much more profound way. It is investment of your heart, mind, and soul in creating a better world – the most powerful mechanism to creates society that reflects our vision of future.
We are selecting people who will make decisions with far-reaching implications and is vital that we select the people who exemplify the highest wisdom, care, and integrity,
In that sense, voting is sacred act because it expression of your reverence, respect, and care for your fellow human beings (and our precious ecosystem).
It’s shocking to me just how many otherwise awake and conscious people become disengaged from political process or don’t vote. People complain that process is too dirty, the choices are same, or some other rationalization for what is essentially abdication of spiritual responsibility.
Simply put, not voting is unconscious, regressive, and ultimately non-spiritual way of engaging the world. It’s self-absorbed versus compassionate, asleep rather than awake.
If you consider yourself spiritual, you need to vote.
The next step beyond simply voting is engage others in voting way, that uplifts these society as well… to people excited about big, world-changing ideas and solutions that can make our world at better place.
I’m not going to tell you who you should or shouldn’t vote for. What I will encourage you to do though, is to engage the process fully, do your best to get your friends and neighbors to vote, and select candidates that represent the future you want to see.
I also encourage you give strong consideration to women who are running, since the rebalancing of our political culture towards gender equality is one of the MOST important keys to bring more wisdom, care, and collaboration into the democratic process
There are some very serious challenges facing humanity, exemplified by recent UN report on climate change, which made it clear have until 2030 to create unprecedented changes or leaves environmental nightmare for our children and grandchildren.
So let’s get the best and brightest into office, transform the political culture, and engage the civic process as true spiritual practice and sacred duty.”
