"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of the United Colonies promulgated on July 4, 1776
I am studying Lesson 117 today in A Course In Miracles which is a review of two earlier lessons:
Lesson 103: "God, being Love, is also happiness", and Lesson 104: "I seek but what belongs to me in truth."
And Thomas Jefferson and the other people who debated and signed the Declaration Of Independence seem to have understood that it is human kind's nature to be an extension of their Creator's Love which is a state of Truth and Happiness.
The ego mind distracts us from this understanding and tells us that it is materialism that will make us happy, and sex, and power, and yet we come to understand at some points in our lives we make miserable that these ego beliefs are an illusion.
And sooner or later, one way or another, we become aware that only awareness of Love's presence will make us happy and allow us to live in Truth and all the barriers and obstacles to this awareness need to be overcome.
The greatest song in our American history is not the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem, or any of the other patriotic songs we will sing today, but We Shall Overcome. For, as Amercians, and all the people of the world, we affirm and promote the idea that all humans are created equal and that they are the product of the Love of creation and will enjoy the happiness and truth which comes with the awareness of Love's presence. It is this that we celebrate today not just for Americans but for all the people of the world.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
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