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January 19, 2000
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WHOLENESS IN LAW AND GOVERNMENT
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Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream
o f a gentler world, one in which the
dignity and rights o f all are protected.
His vision is becoming manifest through
a greater awareness o f wholeness and
the interconnectedness o f all creation
that has emerged in many disciplines.
It has become a defining characteris
tic o f such diverse fields as quantum
physics, the environmental movement
and medicine. Lagging behind, how
ever, are law and government which
continue to support and promote sepa
ration am ong people, often serving
the interests o f one faction at the
expense o f another.
The failure o f those who design and
implement our laws to recognize our
source in wholeness becomes increas
ingly apparent as science surges for
ward and the hoi istic movement grows.
If transition to the new order is to be
achieved in orderly fashion, it is im
perative that the profound implica
tions o f the wholeness revolution on
relationships among individuals, fami
lies, communities, nations, and the
world as a whole be addressed by legal
scholars and practitioners. It is herein
that the design for new concepts o f
justice will be found to serve the
people o f a new millennium.
Present scientific knowledge indi
cates that beyond the physical phe
nomena o f the universe exists an infi
nite unified source o f existence, a
wholeness more vast than the sum o f
all the parts contained within it. Physi
cist Fred Alan W olf suggests that all
external events are part o f one con
sciousness. Moreover, a growing num
ber o f scientists believe it is from this
field o f unified consciousness that we
create the physical world w e experi
ence. In other words, w e create our
reality and control our destiny by our
intent!
W olf writes:
If you have fearful images, they
tend to com e into reality; whatever
you can imagine begins to appear as if
w e called it into experience.. The
Universe says w hatever you create
as imagery, so will it be. Why?
Because at the core o f the universe,
at its most fundamental level, it is not
solid stuff. It is not hard reality. It is
capable o f forming reality into what
ever our images produce.
All political and social systems are
produced this way. They are all magni
fications o f this basic misunderstand
ing o f the nature o f this hidden aspect
o f reality. If people could compre
hend the imaginal element in all mat
ter, then what they envision would
eventually com e to pass. . . It may or
may not com e to pass at this instant,
but it begins to manifest at the level o f
dreams.
Modem medicine has come to ac
cept this power o f the mind in altering
physical states, after many experi
ments have proven it to be so. Imagine
the power o f the collective conscious
ness if w e could intentionally share
thoughts o f peace and joy and design
public policies based on wholeness!
We are all literally part o f one great
body, like a quantum soup, with no
empty space between the bits o f mat
ter as had always been believed - at
least in the W estern World. More
over, our existence on the physical
plane mirrors our existence on the
nonphysical plane. As above, so be
low is now scientific, as well as reli
gious, doctrine.
This new view places the age old
theme, “all men are created equal,” in
a new light. Equality does exist on the
non-physical plane, although it can
never exist, literally, on the physical
plane. But when all is said and done,
the new physics indicates the non
physical plane is where reality actu
ally is. Imagine a world in which those
in government protect the dignity and
equality o f the soul o f every citizen!
Isn’t that, after all, what our laws and
public policy should do?
The truth o f this is found in the fact
that the power o f a people lies not in
its physical might or the bombs con
tained in its arsenal, but rather springs
from the spirit. A nation is a gathering
o f individual souls that, together, form
the co llective consciousness o f a
people. W hen unified in a collective
intent, there is nothing that a people
cannot do and no tyrant that can subju
gate it, as evidenced by the fall o f the
Berlin Wall.
A nation can no longer be seen as
separate, disconnected parts or as
merely the product o f its laws and
institutions. It must be seen as the
unfolding o f every element o f the
whole, the totality o f relationships,
process, constant motion, attracting
and repelling, transforming, accord
ing to the consciousness o f its people.
If this prem ise is accepted, is not
every aspect o f the whole critical to
what becomes manifest, and there
fore every citizen warrants attention?
This view mandates protection o f the
dignity and rights o f all, just as King
envisioned.
With our new understanding o f our
relationship to one another in the quan
tum field, the Biblical teaching, “Do
unto others as you would have them do
unto you” is more accurately stated
as, “As you do unto others, you do unto
yourself.” An attack on another is an
attack onour self. Until every onewins,
no one does. When we judge other
guilty, at the most fundamental level,
it is a judgm ent laid upon ourselves.
H ow ca n se ek in g re trib u tio n
through our criminal justice system
be reasonable if we are all in the same
quantum soup? When we “get tough
on crime” by treating men and women
behind bars as though they were no
longer human, denying them exercise
equipment, meaningful work, and most
o f all, a journey to selfesteem, isn’t it
machismo o f a passing era that spoils
the quantum soup? Aren’t we com
pelled to focus on rehabilitation, now
that we know we are literally all in this
together?
In tort law the end result is a money
judgment that, in theory, is supposed
to return the injured party to their
former state something we all know
it does not do. But if the end result that
we sought was healing between the
injured party and the wrongdoer,
something that impacts the non-physi
cal more than the physical, it is pos
sible that both would end up more
healed than they were before the in
jury occurred, i.e. a win/win solution
without attack or retaliation. Perhaps
this is why win/lose is so unsatisfac
tory and mediation often feels more
congrutnt with our true nature. In
mediation there is less attack, we come
closer to a win/win situation, and
sometimes a healing even occurs.
In my novel. Destiny, I set out
Seven Spiritual Principles for Gov
erning a People that I believe are con
sistent with this new understanding of
wholeness. Through this, it is my dream
to contribute to a collective conscious
ness that manifests a new world order
based not on fear, but on love.
The new physics teaches us that our
oneness in the quantum realm is actu
ally our reality, not our physical state
that gives rise to the illusion o f sepa
ration. Alone we are all lowly, but
together we shine with brightness so
intense that none o f us alone can even
think o f it.
The law must come to shine in this
brightness. Herein lies the civil rights
movement o f the 21 * century. May
leaders with the courage and vision of
King step forward to lead us from the
chaos o f separation to the truth o f our
nation’s motto - E Pluribus Unum.
The Many are One.
IN THE SPIRIT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
JOIN REPRESENTATIVE DEBORAH KAFOURY IN
BUILDING TOMORROW'S LEADERS.
" A n d so we shall have to do
m ore than vote; we shall have
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THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL
PRINCIPLES FOR GOVERNMENT
By Sylvia Clute
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The Fist Principle, F E A R SH A L L
N E V E R BE U S E D T O M A N IP U
L A T E T H E P E O P L E , addresses the
destructive nature o f fear when used as
the basis o f our public policies. Indeed,
many political consultants advise can
didates to play on the fears o f the voters
to stir them from complacency. But
this self-serving practice destroys the
very system it seeks to control. Fear
used as a political weapon produces
hatred, greed and social decay. It di
vides a People, one group against the
other, instead o f promoting harmony
andpeacewithinaNation. Itsm isuseby
those who govern will destroy a Na
tion, lead to war within, and eventually
without. Its use to manipulate the very
people who are to be governed is the
greatest offense a leader o f people can
commit - sedition o f the worst nature.
The Second Principle, JU S T IC E
S H A L L BE D E L IV E R E D W IT H
O U T JU D G M E N T , must be under
stood in light o f the distinct difference
between justice and vengeance. In our
minds, the desire for vengeance is seen
as good, because w e believe it is just.
This mistaken belief then undergirds
the legal system, for all laws are set up
to protect the continuity o f the system
in which the lawmakers believe.
O ur focus has been the material
world for so long that when hurtful acts
are committed we focus on the body
that carried out these acts. But it is the
mind that tells the body what to do and
the mind is guided by the beliefs the
mind holds. Therefore, to change how
one acts, w e must change the beliefs
the mind holds, not punish the body that
carried out the acts, as we have done for
so long. There is only one way to change
beliefs and that is by extending love,
not by attacking. All beliefs are real to
the believer, so in the moment the
hurtful acts were committed, that per
son believed what he or she did was
justified. In their mind, what they did
was just. If we were to see as God sees
we would see that those who commit
crime actually believe themselves to
be so despicable they desire their own
crucifixion? And that the State blindly
participates in their plan! So in the end,
it’s the crim inal's plan, not the State's,
that is actually being achieved. Because
o f our investment in fear, w e lack re
sources to build school where children
can be taught love. Is this a price we are
willing to pay for vengeance? In the
end, the one who judges cannot escape
the penalty he imposes upon another.
When one commits a wrong, it is a
cry for love. You must see your fellow
citizens in their perfect sinlessness
and proceed from that point. Only then
can justice be delivered without judg
ment.
The Third Principle, T H E EQUAL
ITY O F E V E R Y C IT IZ E N SH A L L
BE H O N O R E D , is an old theme, “all
men are created equal,” seen in a new
light. The crucifixion o f Christ teaches
us much about this concept.
Each o f us is equal in our power and
freedom to elect what our intent shall
be and to choose the outcome o f every
experience. I believe that it is this equal
ity that is referred to in the Declaration
o f Independence.
T h e F ou rth P rin c ip le , T H E
P O W E R O F T H E PEO PLE SH A LL
BE IN V IO L A T E , hinges upon the dis
tinction between power and control. A
leader who believes the power o f the
People rests in the physical domain has
an intense need to control all that sur
rounds him. Hemanifestsfearby build
ing armies to impose control over ev
eryone he deems a threat including the
People themselves.
The whole Universe is available to
us ifw e but recognize our power. To do
us, however, w e must understand that
this power exists only in the Oneness.
If w e were in fact separate, such power
could not be ours. The power o f the
People is inviolate because in coming
together, the whole is far greater than
the sum o f all the parts.
T h : Fifth Principle, C H A N G E
O N L Y C O M E S FR O M W IT H IN ,
assures that each o f us does our pait in
bringing the Nation to unity o f con
sciousness so that peace and prosper
ity may flourish in an atmosphere o f
love. The way in which our Nation will
change is through each o f us, changing
from within.On this mission to heal
our Nation, the first step in such “un
learning” is to witness your choices.
Before acting, you must ask if your
choice is based on the perception o f
separation. If you experience any fear,
you will know that it is, for only your
mind can produce fear. It does not arise
from a threat outside o f yourself. The
process o f correction is nothing more
than the determination to change your
mind. As the Fifth Spiritual Principle is
learned by greater numbers o f citizens,
change will occur within the Nation
with increasing speed, until it appears
effortless.
The Sixth Principle, L O V E IS T H E
O N LY S O U R C E O F P O W E R , is at
the root o f this new way o f seeing. We
can witness the power o f love and jus
tice only if w e abandon the belief that
any ofG od’s children merit vengeance.
When we extend love, we are exercis
ing our power to co-create with God,
and that is our only assigned task.
T h e S ev en th P rin c ip le , E
PLU R IB U S UNUM - T H E MANY
A R E O N E , is one nation’s motto,
adopted at its founding over two hun
dred years ago. Just as individuals have
a spiritual presence, I believe Nations
do as well. Wherever a collective con
sciousness exists, it must have a pur
pose. Before the American Revolu
tion, some theorize that this laud was
carrying out the purpose o f the British
Colonies, i.e., uniting peoples o f the
world by developing a common lan
guage, uniform laws, and even similar
religious traditions. But the American
Revolution marked the end o f that ep
och.
From that moment o f its founding,
the United States o f America was meant
to foster a major step in human evolu
tion. All citizens are equally endowed
with the right to life, joyous and com
plete in every way; to forgiveness and
recognition o f their total innocence; to
perfect peace; and to love. This is the
only justice Heaven knows. The laws
and governments o f Nations must be
employed to facilitate the realization
o f such justice. We know that spiritual
symbols were made an integral part of
the very structure o f government by
our Founding Fathers, many o f whom
w ere Freem asons. T hey follow ed
closely the precepts used by the Medi
eval stone masons in building their
majestic cathedrals - physical meta
phors o f the spiritual realm. The three
branches o f government, the execu
tive, legislative and judicial, for ex
ample, reflect the “Rule o f Three.” an
important element in construction, be
it on th e sp iritu a l p la n e o r the
physical Just as the mind mast be trained
to use the body only to communicate
love, so it is with Nations, as well. The
labor o f our people, our natural re
sources, the material wealth o f our
Nation must be used only to communi
cate love. It is in so doing that such a
destiny for our Nation can be achieved
May these Seven Spiritual Principles
for Government guide us in just such a
journey.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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