Education. Etymologically educare means "to lead out"--to liberate, to set free. Education is an exodus from ignorance and provides an exodus from poverty and disease (dis-ease). Now, to learn O.E. leornian “to get knowledge’ be cultivated, read, think about. O.H.G lenen “to learn” with a base sense to follow and find the track.
The Gettysberg address: “this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863.
And it’s not that we need these sacred writings; our sacred writings, to be living truths, need us. It is the task of this generation (especially 60’s children) to break through the walls before us to atone for our errors and reactivate our commitment to the promulgation of our strengths. Never has there been a time in our history when it was more imperative for people to think for themselves. Lots of people today have opinions, but too few are doing their very best thinking. The prophetic voice in America today is we must (Repent, which literally means Rethink and Change). We are failing collectively to be vigilant on behalf of our own good.
There is a dire need to align priorities with new Realities. One reason we are so stressed out and messed up today is that we spend way too much time on things that are not important, period. Our institutions, our cities, our society, our nation are all in crisis on multiple levels. WholeHealth is after no less than the integration of five major components : Social Justice, Politics, Economics, Education, Well Being. Without this systems strategy there will be no healing for the individual and no healing of America because we are not LEARNING.
When the Gettsberg address was written, Lincoln wrote "of the people, by the people, and for the people" and assumed we would have a ‘highly educated culture’ with a free press. Our people are not getting the best education in the world, our people are not getting the best healthcare, food, clean energy sources, or accurate information on all of the above.
The antidote to the current dissolution is renewed dedication to the people because people, can’t give what they don’t have, people can’t do what they don’t know. But when people know better, they do better. G.K. Chesterton, often referred to as "The Prince of Paradox" was asked, “What do you see as the biggest problem in the world today, and he responded I AM.” When we can ask the question, what do you see as the greatest solution for the world today, and our esponse is, "I AM", now, we’re getting somewhere.
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