I never thought I would be "politically active" (other than donated to Obama online), but tonight we're hosting a House Party for the Obama acceptance speech. This came about by talking to the Chase City Obama office manager who suggested it and then put my name in the online Obama network for this area. With Virginia being one of the battle ground states, we can expect more Obama offices to open and more knocks on our doors asking us to get involved in creating the country we want. We can expect more house parties.
You know, this message of Yes We Can is a deeply spiritual message that goes right to the core of our relationship with God and our self, a relationship that in our time is changing right beneath our feet. The existential question being asked is simple: are we the created or are we co-creators in this life we are all living? In other words, are we separate from God, just puppets in His show or some game of chance, or are we also the sleeping puppeteers who have unknowingly handed over the string of our life to our conditioned ego and social institutional powers? Do we have the power to create our world or are we just the created characters in some absurd play signifying nothing. Is our story given or can we write our own story? There are so many ways to frame the question but only one solution.
The fundamental message of Obama and his campaign is a spiritual one, a radical message when taken to the heart that awakens our souls and moves us to action. Yes we can take back America and our lives. Yes we can choose to be who we really are. Yes we can take affirmative action and change the stage of our play. We are the authors of our existence.
But for Obama and his message, this is not an intellectual belief, not an armchair philosophy; this is a belief with muscle. This is a faith with arms and feet and a voice. This election is a call to life and to reclaim our birth right of freedom from the frozen ideologies of the past.
So yes I'm excited about Obama, but not only for his personality, for his policies, and for his promise. I'm excited about Obama because I'm excited about our own freedom that Obama through his courage helps us get in touch with.
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