Political Systems in the Context of the Ancient Wisdom

There is an unprecedented debate going on in the United States. One side is demonizing Socialism and the other side is promoting it without considerations of cost and if it encourages and enables irresponsible behavior.

I have always tried to steer clear of politics and tend to keep away from both parties. While I had voted for President Obama, I am registered as an Independent and currently see no viable political party that I would support even philosophically, let alone with a donation.

In this chapter the subject of socialism or capitalism will be examined in pure philosophical context. At least this is my intention; forgive me if I become a little political here and there.

I have been pondering for sometime now whether the Hierarchy of Light would prefer socialism as a political system or would they rather have a new and totally fresh basis of government that is based solely on co-operation and sharing, not individualism and competition?

Clearly, this new system presupposes that mankind can rise above its current cynical and selfish materialistic state and is ready and accepting of something new.

In my youth I had been raised in a Socialist country. It was oppressive and controlling yet it offered equal footing for all in education, healthcare and employment. It was amazing how safe everybody was during the golden ages of Janos Kadar’s goulash communism.

There was no unemployment, no crime to speak of, and nobody had to worry about getting sick either mentally or physically.

Unfortunately my birth country, namely Hungary, being a poor one in natural resources was slowly going broke. It could not afford the generosity of a welfare state as is the case of Sweden, Norway or Finland, just to mention a few. I have left my birth country on supposed political reasons. My true reasons were, similarly to millions of others, economical. I was an alienated youth under Kadar but I had no political issues or involvement at home.

After having lived in the United States for over 30-years, slowly, I had became very disillusioned with the political system here. The fact of the matter is that US giant, multinational, fortune 500 corporations have systematically betrayed and immorally sabotaged the middle classes that were in part contributors to their success. This is a fact, and cannot be denied or argued; it can only be double-talked and explained in terms of short term views and corporate quarterly profits. The middle class is still expected to “bail out” the US economy and every time consumer confidence is shaken the market sells itself off. Is this hypocritical or what? These short term thinkers, MBA types, have killed the golden goose that laid the golden eggs laid at the end of the World War II.

There is tremendous economic insecurity in the US and it causes undue stress, illness and induces people to do things of their lowest nature.

My conclusion is that neither political system is beneficial or sufficient to a spiritually elevated world.  As long as the impersonal face of the government enters into redistributing wealth among the people there will be trouble and resistance. Simply put, the government, especially the US government, will find a way to screw it up!

There must be something new; something readily available; something that resembles socialism but without the suffocating control of the population, and lacking the exploitative nature of capitalism. Albeit something where a political figure would not be able to derive an income from, nor lend his vote for, without the nod from constituents.

This new system, I suspect would be based on local, smaller economies where private ownership is not by discouraged but monopoly and exploitation is.

Death and Dying

My friends have a small boy, aged 6. When his grandfather died his parents chose not to tell him what had happened. Somehow the old man’s death was shunned. It was not something they talked about and remained a mystery surrounded with scary images of the unknown.  Sadly, this is how we approach the idea of death in the West. The little boy kept asking about “Tata” and he never got any real answers. He must have missed the old guy, I know I did. I think an explanation would have been proper, especially to celebrate the grandfathers passing.

I made sure I explained to my daughter about death when it was appropriate.  Kids should learn and know this as early as possible. There is no death in the sense we perceive it in the West and it should not be shunned or tabooed as a subject. In the East when a child is born they cry and feel sorry for him or her. We in the West treat this subject in back-asswards fashion as usual.

My daughter’s cat vanished and she is in denial about it, she is an 8-year old. Upon searching I found the cat dead and I buried her. Later, I even cried about the cat but I never revealed the truth to my daughter either. The reason why is not important. She is happier that she believes that she ran off with a Tom cat. But what is death? In my worldview the spirit never dies! Just pretending that the cat ran off was more comforting for my daughter than the nothingness of Death. Many people mistakenly think of death as nothingness, non-existence. Some people even dread death as religion taught them about punishment and eternal torment in Hell.  But is death really like that? My point is, that what I told my daughter obviously had not sunk in. She still perceives death as non-existence. Well, she is a child, what can I expect? Missing people and animals that passed on is a natural feeling, but fearing ones own death is not natural and it is not wholesome.

The reality is that people in the western world walk around with an insurmountable weight on their shoulders, namely that of death. As soon as we are born into this world we are dying.  Kids should know that death and birth are a transition like sleeping and waking. In fact the cycle of life repeats itself in a macro-sense as well in the micro-sense. But those who remain in ignorance are doomed to be kept there. Our materialistic and nihilistic consumer society needs this fear and ignorance. As long as we are in anxiety we are buying stuff, if not with cash, then with credit.

We live in an insane, selfish, greedy world today where all needs must be instantly satisfied and all personal responsibilities put off.

Imagine how the world would change if people would realize the merit of karma and reincarnation and would not fear and dread death as much.  Where do you think this stress and anxiety would be coming from then? People feel depressed out of control and helplessness. It is from ignorance in understanding death and dying. We are overmedicated and anxious, when we should be aware and knowing that we actually are in control. Our daily acts and deeds will determine our next life as our current life is derived from our past lives and deeds. There is nobody out to get us but everything in the Universe is in constant action-reaction and the akashic records are kept in perfect tune. Everything works perfectly in harmony and we should never be afraid to die. Fear is nothing but the ill use of our imagination.