One risk of getting down in the political mud.. As much as transcendentalists throughout time provide the critique of materialism and narcissism the reformers can become lightning rod to the ignorance of the world generally.
“There is a class of persons who desire a reform in the prevailing philosophy of the day. These are called Transcendentalists, because they believe in an order of truth that transcends the sphere of the external senses. Their leading idea is the supremacy of mind over matter. Hence they maintain that the truth of religion does not depend on tradition nor historical facts, but has an unswerving witness in the soul. There is a light, they believe, which enlighteneth every man who cometh into the world. There is a faculty in all--the most degraded, the most ignorant, the most obscure--to perceive spiritual truth when distinctly presented; and the ultimate appeal on all moral questions is not to a jury of scholars, a hierarchy of divines or the prescriptions of a creed, but to the common sense of the human race. -Codman, Brook Farm ..Yeah, and that Martin Luther in his end he got his, 500 years ago for contending religious materialism. srijau observes: really dumb to alienate the President on this. Think how much better the whole country could he if he was doing TM 20x 2 and also sleeping adequately. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mikemail4...@yahoo.com> wrote : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/tom-hanks-does-trump-impression-to-support-meditation-for-vets https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-19/tom-hanks-does-trump-impression-to-support-meditation-for-vets "You think you can make your way to the White House?" actress Mary-Louise Parker interjected -- at which point Tom Hanks, also on stage, launched into an impression of President Donald Trump. "I meditate faster, better," Hanks said in a voice mimicking the president’s, but laced with a hint of his own Forrest Gump. "No one meditates like me."
