The downfall of the Republic
It doesn't take much to turn things around
The American constitutional republic, a nearly 250-year-old experiment in self governance, is failing. Its failure is not for want of changes to the U.S. Constitution, the addition of new amendments, or other refinements to the nation’s originating documents.
What the system needs is a lawmaking process that is less chaotic and more harmonious. Where there is more stillness.
But chaos and discord are now baked into the system. Most commonly, Congress bounces from emergency to emergency, often needing to consider and pass legislation that is hundreds of pages long within hours or days in order to avoid a federal government shutdown or a default on its debt or an inability to pay its troops or send money to states that operate programs on its behalf.
Part of the chaos is self-inflicted. Since 1929, Congress has capped its membership at 435, which now results in congressmen representing 800,000 people; the congressional process itself — the day-to-day activities in the nation’s capital — is as much theater as it is anything else, with protocols designed to give lawmakers time to raise money, build name recognition, and create viral speeches, moments, and interactions devoid of any real meaning or consequence.
State legislative processes are also almost entirely on autopilot, with states having become creatures of the federal government, operating and maintaining programs designed by Washington, D.C., politicians and bureaucrats.
And in both state capitols and in Washington, D.C., chaos rules.
On a typical day in any government building where laws are being written or policies produced, there is a cacophony, a busyness, an endless rushing about. Hearings. Meetings. Votes. Bill drafting. Interviews. Fundraising. Socializing. Schmoozing. It is a never ending sea of “things” to do. Calendars are full from sun up to sundown. There is no time to rest. No time to think. No thoughtfulness. No mindfulness.
So then this leads to the disruption in the bodies and souls of the people who have been given the charge “to govern” the masses. They are low vibrational beings writing laws and policies that themselves are low vibrational, spilling into the masses the energy of their work product — low vibrational and debilitating laws and regulations— infused into the very essence of humanity, in each family, household, neighborhood, town, and city.
Is it just possible that the greatest weapon against a nation doesn’t require nuclear warheads or the release of deadly biological weapons, but rather the unleashing of policies that lower the vibrational frequency of the people who are supposed to afforded the right to life, liberty, and happiness?
Never is a candidate for Congress asked about his mindfulness techniques. Does he pray? Does he do yoga or breathwork? Does he take the time to journal? Does the take time to sit in nature, communing with the trees and the birds? Does he talk to God? Does he regularly pause to just be?
A system of self-governance requires, in itself, more than just a constitutional frame work. It requires stillness. It requires an honoring of the human body and spirit. It requires a oneness with nature. Lacking for that, you see the consequences.
Attain utmost emptiness.
Abide in steadfast stillness.
All things arise in unison.
Thereby we see their return.
All things flourish,
And each returns to its source.
Returning to the source is stillness.
It is returning to one's fate.
Returning to one's fate is eternal.
Knowledge of the eternal is realization.
Not knowing of the eternal leads to unfortunate errors.
Knowledge of the eternal is all-embracing.
To be all-embracing leads to righteousness,
Which is majestic.
To be majestic leads to the Heavenly.
To be Heavenly leads to the Way.
The Way is eternal.
Until your last day, you are free from peril.— Chapter 16, Tao Te Ching, translation by Stefan Stenudd