SUBTEXTING !

While getting ready this morning I was listening to the daily news,and following my morning routine. It has occurred to me for sometime that I need to address an issue that is profoundly in the forefront of so much of our collective cultural history. Our President, Barak Obama was giving a eulogy for the miners lost in the West Virginia mine explosion. I was moved by his words, and sincere intention. I listened closely beyond the words attempting to hear his real voice. There it was, loud and clear. A sincere man again performing another impossible task; comforting the grief stricken struggling miners'families. Forgive me, but I couldn't help my mind from wandering back to the Katrina disaster, and the apparent lack of response and real concern of our President, George W. Bush at the time. Of course, this could just be a style issue, and I want to give the past some slack, but how can I honestly compare the quality of these two men without serious questions? So I have decided not to make 'odious' comparisons for this piece. Instead I will look at the nature of recent abusive speech, criticism, and judgment thrown at our current President Barak Obama after only one year in office.
How is it that from almost the beginning of his term in office every harsh, cruel, and patently mean-spirited epithet known has been thrown his way. After all, remember he walked into the White House inheriting a catastrophe beyond any one's expectation. A culture virtually stripped of its opulence by wolves of greed in less than a decade. The greater population laboring under 21st century corporate feudalism. A catastrophic health crisis where children are expected, for the first time in our history, to live shorter lives than their parents. Why has he been singled out as the cause, or even, the contributor to this mess? How is it that this one man has galvanized the extreme radicals of the right and the media personalities so effectively and dramatically?
Here is where I would like ALL OF US to dig deep into our hearts, and courageously see if there might be a dark vein deep within the mine of our collective unconscious that is like a putrid underground river buried under the great weight of history? A pattern that appears in all the worlds' cultures one way or the other. A tribal trait that no longer is useful to our advancement. The United States of America is probably the only culture on earth that has the means, legally and socially, to effectively transcend these old patterns. Of course, they will have to be replaced by new patterns. Let's hope we know how to do this. I think we can. What am I trying to say? Here it is-THE SUBTEXT. We are a racist culture, and the subtext of the cruel attacks on our President are of a racist nature. We are, even the best of us, white or of color, conditioned to act in racist ways. This we can, and must look at, and stop by a conscious intentional choice when thinking, speaking and acting. This is active meditation that will yield a great result. Practice routing out your racial, and other prejudicial thoughts. All actions begin from a thought. My Guru referred to this body consciousness as the "skin disease". Once, in New York, he was asked by an african american why so many of his disciples were white implying there was some favoritism. My Guru replied, "I am the Guru, and I am black". I.E. what is your problem?
Of course, there are valid criticisms of any politician in public office, and that is the playing field of this breed of humans, but baseless attacks are of another nature. Can you see this? Discuss the subtext. Please try, and share the power of introspection everywhere !!!