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by Roy Posner and MSS

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Political Wisdom
-Wisdom is the ultimate goal for the mind. Political wisdom is its extension to the affairs of the nation.
-To be wise, one should cease to look at the affairs of the world from one's point of view. One must cease to be subjective.
-Objective knowledge of the affairs of the nation raises wisdom to political wisdom.
-Indian wisdom tells us that such great philosophical truths behind the history of nations are the same as those behind our own personal life. It is there we can lay our finger on the ultimate truth unerringly and with spiritual benefit. We can know of events in our own life where our trust has been betrayed. It is the right psychological raw material to work on.
-We must know the self-existent spiritual GOOD beyond our own knowledge which is of good and bad to gain the objective view.
(MSS, extracted and paraphrased)

Unprincipled, Self-Seeking Leaders in the Cream of the Population of Nations
The cream of the population of nations is often under unprincipled, self-seeking leaders of the society or government. (MSS)

Beyond the Political Opposites in Society, Enabling Rapid, Vast, Smooth, Creative Progress
In the USA as elsewhere, there is a two-party system. It is an indicator of democracy, as opposed to the oppression of monarchy and aristocracy. And yet it is flawed relative to what it can be. The Democrats are passionate about ending poverty, and many of their policies are very helpful, but many are flawed. Their hearts are in the right place, if not all of their ideas. The Republicans want to cut taxes, which is one of a series of fine ways to stimulate the economy, and yet behind is a virulent selfishness and greed in that approach that is cut off from the social aspirations of people. Each side has positives that are wrapped in negatives, or negatives wrapped in the positive. When you also add in the political instinct, it can turn poisonous, as useful policy is abandoned for doing what is expedient and in the interest of that party.

One of the ways America and similar countries progress is through the opposition of parties that are each flawed. And yet we now progress through the interaction of these two conflicting and flawed opposites. This is Nature's way of progress through complementary contradictions, here expressed in governance. She also expresses elsewhere -- in fact everywhere. E.g. in business through a traditional opposition of executives and the remainder of the staff. Through conflicts between nations; through conflicts between lovers; even of ideas. Everywhere we look, we will see such complementary opposites that appear to be in opposition, in duality.

As we rise in consciousness, the dualistic nature of progress dissipates, and there is growth and development in society through unity that is also exceedingly diverse. We release ourselves from a particular side to embrace the Whole. (Where is the Whole? It is the sum of all the truths of an object, and then some.) Life progresses in this more conscious way through positive energies only, not through an incessant mixture of positive and negative. Even the appearance of the negative in this new consciousness is seen as positive in disguise. As a result, progress is exceedingly fast, is exceedingly smooth, is vast, and infinitely creative -- replacing the slow and difficult way of Nature that is our current way.

What is this consciousness that sees the world in this new way? It occurs when we take to rationality certainly, moving away from our superstition and falsehood. More than that it has the spiritual touch, which expresses several ways: (1) a movement out of ego and separateness; (2) a giving up of exclusive points of view and the tendency to take sides; (3) a connection within that sees harmonies instead of dualities outside one's self; that even sees the unity emerging from conflicting opposites; (4) that acts in such a way that opposition is never created. It is for the future life, but we can each begin now by connecting with the calm and serenity and joy and love of our inner being and True Self. We discover this spiritual Being by moving away from the surface of life and connecting with the silence within.

Evolution of Organizations

• We can see a progression of organization of various institutions as they move from physical to vital to mental to spiritual
• In nations of the past -- e.g. Japan, China, and European nations long ago etc. -- there were often two armies of that nation fighting against one another for power.
• This became [evolved into] the political parties of democracy. This is a movement from the physical to the vital, with an emerging mental support of idealism.
• Still the two parties (today) are often at each other's throats, as they are intensely attached to their own position; a vital (still somewhat close to physical) tendency.
• One possibility for the future is for the two party system to be replaced by two groups, each holding various points of view, who come together to collaborate to find common ground, or even better, new fresh ideas, policies, possibilities, etc. They are not attached, or are at least are far less attached to their own position, which reflects the mental stage. Perhaps it will be multiple groups who come together for this purpose, or one group with individuals of various points of view. There are many possibilities.
• At a further stage such individuals can aspire to truly embrace the other side's view, see the wisdom in the opposite view, see the integral relationship between various ideas presented, see the relationship to the whole, to the emerging possibilities, etc. This could be a first movement toward the spirit, i.e. of spiritual mind. Members can even open to the higher power to receive answers, and to gain the cooperation of life; or go within to enable thereafter intuitions of knowledge, etc. etc.
• The specifics I am presenting are speculations, though we can anticipate the possibilities along an arc from physical through spiritual. If we can thoroughly know the history of a particular organization, including its segment of the arc to the present, we can sense what that organization could become in its next highest iteration; or at least individuals could sense through their new spiritual sense what they individually can do to bring a further integration of the members, of the ideas, of the forms of organization.
• This approach can be adopted for understanding, evaluation, and recommendations for any organization.
• Perhaps a discipline of Knowledge of Emerging Potentials could be developed based on a mental and mento-spiritual foundation.
• Expert systems or other new forms of software could prove very useful.

[MSS Comments] The rule the whole is more than the sum of the parts can help one cross the border at each transition.

Best Ways to Serve Your Country
It is by being sincere, courageous, enduring and honest that you can best serve your country, make it one and great in the world. (The Mother)

Valuing Spirit Takes One To Fame in Certain Domains
Whether one is in politics or administration or public life, one rises to the acme of true fame he does not seek if his values are spiritual.

Those Against Corruption Become Corrupt; The Stark Reality
They say power corrupts. Power changes the view or vision. One who has been vehemently speaking against corruption, begins to be corrupt when he comes into that power. At that time, he feels it is right to be corrupt. The President of the university Teachers' Union was elected to the Syndicate from the Academic Council. The moment he became a member of the Syndicate, he began to behave as the Management, to the utter surprise of the union members.

These are persons who FEEL the immediate environment and do not have a formed personality of their own. To him, it was right to espouse the cause of the teachers while he was their President and it was equally right to plead the cause of Management while on the Syndicate.

That was his logic. When the stark reality faces, his face undergoes a great change. (MSS)

 

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