--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > "The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is > guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions > of an inner voice but will not listen to other men. He identifies the > will of God with his own heart...And if the shear force of his own > self-confidence communicates itself to other people and gives them > the impression that he really is a saint, such a man can wreck a > whole city or a religious order or even a nation. The world is > covered with scars that have been left in it's flesh by visionaries > like these." > > -Thomas Merton >
Was Merton talking about Obama? He had dreams of his father. He trusted his vision of rising from humble beginnings to greatness. He obeyed the attraction of his inner voice to be president and didn't listen to anyone telling him he needed more experience. He identified with his birthright of greatness so strongly, the shear force of his confidence in his vision, communicated by the media, gave people suffering from white guilt the impression that he really is the Messiah. "...such a man can wreck a whole city or a religious order or even a nation. The world is covered with scars that have been left in it's flesh by visionaries like these."
