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DEMOCRATS: THE PARTY OF CO-DEPENDENCY

Bill Moyers had Parker Palmer as a guest on his PBS show on Friday, February 20, 2009 [1]. Mr. Palmer founded the Center for Courage and Renewal. While today's political factions were not a topic of discussion, Mr. Palmer observed a correlation between psychological and economical depression. Since I'm a firm believer in; as within, so without, the argument immediately piqued my interest.

Sudden losses can trigger depression. It can be the loss of a loved one, income, wealth, or of country. The inverse is that self-defeating thoughts trigger depression, which in turn triggers behaviors that result in outward losses. This is more likely the chain of events. Des Cartes so aptly wrote that, "except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power." [2] It's reinforced throughout Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich". It's further reinforced in these words: "You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny" [3].

Many others have discovered the power of thought and uncluttered reasoning. Challenging beliefs and precepts scare people. But without challenging our deeply-held beliefs and realigning our beliefs with natural principles, we live at the mercy of our own stupidity. This in turn leads to the Law of Unintended Consequences. This is the ignorance that ignorant people call bliss. That's precisely why the Law of Attraction works against them. So they become co-dependent. In politics, the co-dependent's rallying cry is "Save me, Uncle Sam! Make my countrymen pay for my folly, laziness, hypocrisy and pet projects! Don't expect me to measure up!"

This is the height of irresponsibility and why democracies always collapse in on themselves [4]. As parents well know when correcting their children, shirking responsibilities, leads to the curtailment of freedoms. The kids get grounded. No more floating around in la-la land. Getting grounded is precisely what's necessary to get back on the straight and narrow towards independence.

We should not concern ourselves so much with externalities. This is also the basis of much Eastern philosophy. Attachment breeds the fear of loss of attachment. Fear of, or the actual, loss of the object of attachment, breeds suffering. As within, so without is a principle. Therefore, it can be applied to various situations. Like co-dependency and politics.

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