Hope for Our World

 This is a letter that I am planning to send to my representatives in Congress.

I am writing to you concerning the condition our society is currently in. Far too many people are extremely angry and extremely violent.

My spiritual teacher, Eknath Easwaran, wrote extensively about the human condition and how we can find peace for ourselves and our world 

Jiddu Krishnamurti famously said, "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

I believe it is clear that we have a profoundly sick society. I wish to stand with you in seeking viable solutions to bring healing and peace to our society.

My own personal belief is that God exists as the Lord of Love enshrined in the heart of every living being. Yet most of us are not taught this glorious truth, or that everything we really need can be found by turning inward and looking within.

Jesus Christ said that the Kingdom of Heaven is within (Luke 17:20-21). And the Hindu scriptures explain that we are currently living in the Kali Yuga, or the Age of Anger. 

Whenever healthy spirituality or religion declines, anger and emptiness and a deep dissatisfaction with life is the result.

Eknath Easwaran created an 8-Point program for building a deeply satisfying spiritual life. The points are as follows:

1: Meditation on a Passage.

2: Repetition of a Mantram.

3: Slowing Down.

4: One-Pointed Attention.

5: Training the Senses.

6: Putting Others First.

7: Spiritual Fellowship.

8: Spiritual Reading.

I believe that it is clear that we need an emergency intervention for the healing of our very sick society. 

This 8-Point spiritual program can be implemented by people of all faiths or of no faith at all. It holds tremendous potential to bring about great healing in our society.

I am suggesting one solution that I believe holds tremendous promise and tremendous power to bring positive change and to bring healing to our society.

I would like to work with you to make the healing of our society a reality.

Thank you for your time and consideration and attention.