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Open letter to President Obama.

Posted By James Arthur Ray on 2009-01-25 18:27

January 26, 2009

Dear Mr. President:

Congratulations on your new position and for your willingness to step into office in this time of great transition and opportunity. I'm sure you're well aware of the magnitude of the job you've accepted, and I'm also certain you would not have chosen this path were it not for your true desire to contribute and leave a lasting legacy.

Never in my lifetime has a new president taking office created such a large sense of hope, excitement and anticipation in the American people. As you know, with great power comes great responsibility, and to that end, I respectfully write you today to communicate and encourage you in what I consider imperatives in the years ahead.

Please know that in order to bring lasting change, the path you travel must often be a path that many are unwilling to take. Much like hacking your way through a dense jungle, the first trip through is difficult and takes tremendous work and commitment. However, once the first pass is cleared, the second pass is much less difficult, and the third is easier still. Over time, the once difficult and non-existent path becomes the norm.

While you and I both know that carving a new path is difficult, the good news is that we have a growing body of individuals who realize the old path has taken us as far as we can go. In many cases, nothing fails today like the success of yesterday.

Mr. President, it's evident that in the latter years of this century, we've reached a crucial juncture in our history. We stand upon the threshold of a major shift toward a new stage of social, cultural and spiritual evolution that has been predicted by many great traditions and ancient cultures across the ages of time.

These shifts are every bit as dramatic as it must have been for our ancestors to move from caves into grasslands then from nomadic tribes to settled villages. At the dawn of the industrial revolution, we moved into industrious societies. Now we must move beyond those societies and fully integrate into an interconnected, knowledge- and spirit-based global system that transcends--yet includes--cultural, ethnic, political and religious boundaries.

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VLM

Posted By Vickie Mattson on 2009-02-04 14:02

James, I enjoy much of what you teach but also disagree with you when you seem to give approval of abortion (as a means of limiting world population.)  I also disagree when you seem to say that living a homosexual lifestyle choice is acceptable.  As one who had a brother who lived the homosexual lifestyle, I can tell you unequivocally that I loved him with all my heart but did not approve of his unnatural lifestyle.

A few other items:  Above all else, humans must become the most and best we can be, after the manner of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  All cultures are not equal, in that many have not been enlightened to a better way of life.  Einstein was wrong -- In fact, we MUST work for peace while at the same time providing for protection from terrorists and evil dictators from around the world.  Open your eyes!  Muslim terrorists ARE threatening!  This country did not create this war with terrorists -- it was brought to us by the terrorists!

And finally, This country was founded under the hand of God as a democratic republic.  Our Constitution was written by great and wise men who did so under the inspiration and direction of God.  The only hope for this country's continued existence under freedom is by adherence to our constitution.  Under men like Barrack Obama this constitution is being dismantled and discarded.  Barrack Obama is a Socialist whose goal is to, as quickly as possible, take us from being a country where individual freedoms are paramount to being a country where the government dictates every aspect of our lives.  Individual freedom will be a thing of the past.  We will be conditioned to look to government for all our needs.  What then will that do to individual growth, individual excellence, and individual enlightenment? 

James, you have much to offer the world.  I for one, however, will continue to read your books and listen to your DVDs through the filter of my own values as I strive to be the most I can be.  May God bless you.

That response.

Posted By Nick on 2009-02-13 00:48

I've recently started reading Harmonic Wealth and thought I'd check this website out as part of the process. I have to say that the response posted above is one of the scariest things I have ever read in my life. How someone can be so blind to their own ignorance and self-importance is as worrying as it is further enlightening.

Agree

Posted By yama on 2009-03-05 16:16

Yeah, have to agree with Nick.  People like that are the real terrorists. 

i agree with nick

Posted By mellany studer on 2009-03-08 19:01

well, nick....you've 'hit the nail on the head'.....ignorance is bliss for some, isn't it? Scary indeed.

Wow

Posted By Ashley on 2009-03-12 07:06

I disagree with all four comments to this post. Are you saying that James is ignorant? It seems to me that if he is ignorant, we could all do with a bit more ignorance! To me, he is one of the most open people. This letter shows his open heart. Openness and tolerance, patience, and kindness are the virtues I value, and if that means being "ignorant" so be it. 

Zack

Posted By Zack on 2009-04-21 19:39

 

James, we are all here to learn from each other.   There are many things that you know that I don’t know, but there are many things that I know that you don’t know.   I am not at all thrilled with Obama becoming president.   I used to be a Democrat, but I have woken up and I have learned that both the Democrats and Republicans are corrupt and their only intention is to please the corporate criminals who have allowed them to be given power.   Since Obama became president, he has lied about every good thing that he said that he would do.   Since he became president, the economy has worsened, the war in Iraq has not ended and intensified the war in Afghanistan and Obama has actually intensified the torture  from what Bush was doing at Guantanamo Bay and the many other secret prisons.

    As for Vickie, I find your views on homosexuality and abortion to be appalling, but I will defend your right to say it because I do believe in freedom of speech!   What little of it we have left in this country!   A person cannot help it if they are gay and I don’t see why people should make an issue out of someone’s sexuality.  As long as they are not hurting anyone, they should be left alone!   I don’t think that it should be the government to get involved with restricting a women’s right to reproductive freedom.

As for those Muslim “terrorists”, do you know how homosexuals are treated in those repressive Muslim countries?  I would think that you would want to become a Muslim!  Furthermore, it’s not the Muslims who are the terrorists.  It’s our corrupt government who carries out the terrorism and 911 was an inside job !   There is plenty of evidence that it was, including Operation Northwoods, which was planning on staging terror attacks by hijacking planes and flying them into buildings, which they were going to originally blame on Cuba.   Then there’s Project for a New American Century that was created a year before 911 that states, “the only way that the American people are going to get behind a beefed up Orwellian police state is we are going to need a new Pearl Harbor” and they got it on 911.  What a coincidence!

I would like to use the law of attraction, but I feel so threatened knowing that our government murdered 3000 people at the world trade center and they murder and torture people all over the world and they are starting to torture American people who they don’t like.   The best person who could have become president would have been Ron Paul, but the corrupt criminal powers that be put a stop to that!  I find Ron Paul’s view on abortion to be appalling, but at least he believes in abiding by the constitution and allowing people to have freedom and liberty.   The powers that be selected Obama because he would be even better at pushing their agenda than George W Bush.   I would like to start living the law of attraction, but I feel very threatened that our government is engaging in the most heinous crimes imaginable and don’t know what I can do to feel safe?

Wow Zack

Posted By Cynthia de Vosjoli on 2009-04-26 10:41

Man that is a heavy load to be walkiing around with, I have heard of this conspiracy theory before. Scary stuff for sure. And that is exactly what they would be counting on...scaring us all into submission...It's what the Roman Catholic Church did for centuries...and still trying to do but most of us called them on it. Why? Because we gained knowledge that's why. I think that with knowledge comes power. The power to choose for yourself...

However, that being said, I am choosing to fight for a better world. As it has been said since time began, everything starts from the inside.

The world is what you think it is. Remember the movie The Matrix? Remember when Neo finally saw through the veil and all he saw was numbers? That is what I think we are living in now. We do not see the reality of what we really are as beings. We only see what our eyes allow us to see and that is so very limited by the "meat suit" as James calls it...we just need to see beyond the veil. All the great prophets throughout the centuries of humanity have achieved that and tried to pass that knowledge along to the rest of us. Of course they could only use language that made sense to them during their time. Which makes interpreting what they said difficult for us today. But they all experienced that passing thorugh the veil. They all saw truth.

So start living the law of attraction. Attract to yoursef what YOU truly want and do not worry yourself about what others may or may not be doing. And make those bad demons "the Powers that be" go away. You can do it...

Here is the ancient Hawaiian secret wisdom:Huna:

  1. IKE -The world is what you think it is
  2. KALA -There are no limits, everything is possible
  3. MAKIA -Energy flows where attention goes
  4. MANAWA -Now is the moment of power
  5. ALOHA -To love is to be happy with
  6. MANA -All power comes from within

Understanding and utilizing these "seven principles" of Huna is intended to bring about healing and harmony through the power of the mind.

Follow these principals along with Jame's wisdom through his great experience and you will be just fine, regardless of what those "bad government " people do. Make your milllions and go live off the grid. That's what I'm creating for myself...

love and laughter

:-)

On the first comment

Posted By Evangelus on 2009-07-31 11:29

Looks like Vickie hasn't been paying attention to the messages of the book.  Perhaps one day she'll get it.

A House Divided....

Posted By KirbyMD on 2009-08-14 21:11

"A house divided cannot rule....." (Abraham Lincoln)

I think of the "House" as the World....I hope to see such Harmony in it someday in my lifetime......I have faith it will happen, but it's on more shoulders than just those of President Obama....it's on us all...so I like the letter.....and Mr. Ray's words were well stated....nicely put,  in greeting our new President.

"Unity lies in God.....division is the devil's greatest weapon".

I B-E-L-I-E-V-E........so deeply, I B-E-L-I-E-V-E....  we'll see what happens  :o)

 

 

Very Sad

Posted By katrina on 2009-09-20 16:24

Reading some of these replies has made me very sad. I see that people want to continue blaming President Obama for the state that this country is in, instead of placing the blame on the shoulders of the previous president that put us here to begin with. I have no idea how some of you honestly believe that this country is going to just magically turn around and be better when it took 8 years to bring it to the brink of destruction! When is everyone going to wake up and see the situation for what it is??? There is no easy fix to the economy, or the wars as well, "News Flash" you've been living in a Socialist government since the 1940's!!!! Please get a dictionary better yet, I'll help you:

so·cial·ism n.  <!--EOF_HEAD--><!--BOF_DEF--> Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.

There are various forms of Socialism within our society and government and it's been there for years. Ever here of Welfare, Medicaid, Eminent Domain??? Oh yeah, and who put the Patriot Act into effect??? Was that not George W. Bush??? Hmm....Wow.....But now we have an African American President and people want to call him everything but a Child of God! WAKE UP!!!!! Stop demonizing a president that has inherited this country in the worst possible shape it's ever been in it's history of existence! If you want to do something, pray for his sanity and well being as he tries to do his best for the people and the office he is upholding! I really feel sorry for the mindset of many people because obviously you dislike Obama for reasons that you can't admit to yourself and you want to hide behind words like Socialism, Communism, Muslim, etc. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad and scarey at the same time. Wow.....Please Wake UP!

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