The Republican congress … is now chatting about how they have always wanted to work together with the President. There is not a word about having put all their effort into making President Obama a ‘one term president’. There is not a word about accusing him of having a ‘fake’ birth certificate … not even a word about the president being ‘Muslim’. The Republicans now dominate the House and the Senate.
President Obama and Michelle lean into one another on the couch, as Einstein, Anais Nin, Carl Jung, Robert Lanza and the others sit around the circle of chairs in the Oval Office of the White House, in a joint dream of the President and Michelle, who are also asleep downstairs.
There is a stillness that envelopes the room. They can almost hear music … a symphony of love and gratitude … a beautiful surrender …
Why are they hearing this now?
It is apparent that the President will be very limited in how much he will be able to accomplish for the people. The oil companies and gun makers … are ecstatic …
The President and Michelle turn to Einstein and ask, almost in unison:
Albert, why is this what Americans want?
Einstein:
Well, you mentioned earlier that you needed to let go of trying to control the immediate outcomes … and how there is an underlying movement … beyond the words … more vast than you can understand.
You said that you wanted this ‘underlying movement’ to be your guide. Tell me how that might happen now, and what you sense that movement to be.
President Obama:
As I think about it, I haven’t known how to take the lead in a way that lifts people to have greater hope and to sense a grander vision – one that they believe to be possible.
Many people feel that I am incapable or that I’m naive or not up to the job. I don’t think this is true.
What I sense is that the world needs me to be a new kind of leader. I don’t think that this kind of leadership has yet existed because the world is different than ever before. It is shouting louder and louder — “Mr. President, step up in new ways.”
I need to step up in a new way.
There are so many things I could have done differently and better. But if we always did everything the best way, would we learn? Would we discover, create, and innovate new possibilities? It is often through our failures, that we uncover the secrets that otherwise would not have been revealed.
People want so much to feel safe and happy. I haven’t known how to help them feel safe and secure because I haven’t given them greater hope and vision that they can believe. Understanding them is not enough.
Carl Jung:
I don’t think that they can feel safe and secure, at this time. There is so much chaos in your world. And this chaos is necessary for any real change … especially for profound change, which I believe is happening in your world.
The old world is not working. You can’t carry out the typical kinds of wars any more. And countries do not yet know how to deal effectively with the terrorists which are threatening the safety of so many countries in your world.
The environment is moving into a critical phase, where your oceans are so filthy with plastic and waste, including nuclear waste … with petroleum spills and garbage dumps of carcinogenic chemicals [not to mention your rivers, lakes] … that by the time people take it seriously, it may be too late to respond with anything you have available at this time.
The old world is dying. And there is nothing anyone will be able to do. The ones who try to keep it alive, may go down with it.
At the same time the old is dying, something new is trying to peek through, like the seed that has been split open by a tiny sprout looking for a piece of earth, on which to root so that it can become substantial.
You are here now, Barack and Michelle, to seed a new kind of leadership that can function in a world that is going to become a new kind of world. It will not work like the old one. People can not go backwards to the ‘good old days’ to find a solution. In fact those ‘good old days’ never really existed. They are idealized by people who want to hold on to the past … to hold on to what is familiar to them. They are terrified of the unfamiliar … of futures that have not yet been imagined.
President Obama:
Carl, I mentioned that things may not look OK to me, but that I sense that there is something beyond what I have understood … something mysterious and profound … that if I can listen … and hear … then I could know more about how to respond in a new way … as the leader I am meant to be.
More than ever, I feel that it is important to have humility … to let each moment be new and ‘see’ with fresh eyes. I need the innocence of my imagination to help me see where logic and reason can not reach.
I need to remember that I am here to help the people have more hope and have a safer place to love one another and to live lives that honor who they really are.
I want them to have health care so that their lives are not revolving around another tragedy of financial ruin from a hospital visit or from an unexpected illness. I want them to have enough money and resources available to pursue their dreams.
I want poor kids as well as average and rich kids, be able to study and learn from good schools and universities. This is how we leap ahead in the world … how we inspire innovation …
I want to respond to the immigrant issues in such a way that all humans are treated with dignity, value, and significance.
And there are many things that I want for my beloved fellow Americans …
So, Albert, I ask myself a question …
“Why do the people want Republicans to dominate the House and Senate? What do they want by choosing this?”
The public voted for higher wages, yet Republicans work to keep the wages low. The public voted for women’s reproductive rights, yet Republicans work to take these away. They voted for more money and better programs for their children, yet Republicans have stripped schools, research, and universities of needed funds. The public is aware of global warming from pollution, yet the Republicans are mostly interested in exploiting our natural resources at most any cost to our land, our people, and our oceans.
So, it is perplexing to me. I am confused and uncertain as to how to proceed.
Lanza:
The universe is fine-tuned for life, which makes perfect sense because it is conscious life that creates the universe, not the other way around.
We see that, for which we are looking …
President Obama:
Oh my, “We see that, for which we are looking” …
Maybe the country is trying to guide my leadership, by making it more obvious as to where I am looking.
I’m not as good at ‘receiving’, as I am at ‘thinking and taking action’. Yet, maybe in this time, it is important for me to receive … to receive the visionary, I really am …
I want to make a difference for the American people, and in fact I have … I want to make more of a difference. There is something they want, that I need to find in myself.
People want to feel a sense of belonging. How many actually feel this? Many people do not feel safe enough to belong anywhere. Why is this?
Could it be that deep inside, we believe that we are not good enough? Is that why rich white men, like the Koch brothers, and oil companies can buy our House and Senate?
If I know that I have what it takes to be a good leader, then what would change for me?
I would feel more at peace and my choices would be based more on my visions, rather than finding solutions for my fears and the fears of others around me.
What are my visions?
As I ask myself this question, I can sense the power that lies inside the visionary that I am.
I can hear that quiet symphony. There are beautiful colors and sounds moving through and around me. I am more than thankful, I am full of joy and love.
Maybe I am beginning to be vulnerable enough to understand myself and to understand more about how to help people feel like they belong and that they have significance and value in this country.
It doesn’t matter who controls the House and Senate. It is not about who can dominate things. It is about helping the American people believe in themselves and life … so that they can love their lives … and live their dreams. And I will support this. I will become a visionary leader.
Anais Nin:
I can feel the intensity of your resolve. Will you share some of your visions?
[to be continued]
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