{"id":3110,"date":"2019-07-25T21:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designerofreality.com\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2019-07-25T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:02:35","slug":"regenerating-american-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designerofreality.com\/2019\/07\/25\/regenerating-american-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Regenerating American Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PxUtxzlPwgo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span>Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer, activist and author of four #1 New York times bestselling books. She has been one of America\u2019s most well known public voices for more than three decades. Seven of her twelve published books have been\u00a0<\/span><em>New York Times<\/em><span>\u00a0best sellers and Marianne has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Good Morning America, and Bill Maher. A quote from the mega best seller\u00a0<\/span><em>A Return to Love<\/em><span>, \u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure\u2026\u201d is considered an anthem for a contemporary generation of seekers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>From TIME Magazine (on-line)\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline heading-content margin-8-top margin-16-bottom\">Marianne Williamson&#8217;s Vibe at Thursday&#8217;s Debate Was All Love. People Couldn&#8217;t Get Enough<\/h1>\n<p>It\u2019s 2021. President<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5592504\/marianne-williamson-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marianne Williamson<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>sits down to make her first call to a foreign leader. Her pick? New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has said that her goal is to make her country<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magic.co.nz\/home\/news\/2019\/03\/jacinda-ardern--making-nz-the-best-place-in-the-world-to-be-a-ch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the best place for children to grow up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGirlfriend, you are so wrong,\u201d she tells her. (Or maybe \u201cGirlfriend, you are so on\u201d? Either one seems possible.) \u201cBecause the United States of America is going to be the best place in the world for a child to grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was the picture Williamson painted at Thursday\u2019s Democratic debate, when asked to describe the first thing she would do in the Oval Office if elected president. It was not the kind of answer that her rivals would have given, nor really the kind of answer that any presidential candidate who ever made it onto a debate stage has given, but Williamson is not that kind of candidate.<\/p>\n<p>A self-help author<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/450249-williamson-campaign-pushes-back-on-oprahs-bff-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who does not like to be described<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>as a guru or Oprah Winfrey\u2019s \u201cBFF,\u201d as her campaign told reporters in a press release this week, Williamson has called for a<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/06\/24\/democratic-debate-marianne-williamson-wants-a-spiritual-awakening.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cmoral and spiritual awakening\u201d<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>for the country to recover from Donald Trump\u2019s presidency. And that was the exact vibe that she brought with her to the debate stage in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"742\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z2U6f_Auujw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_button url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; button_text=&#8221;Join the Campaign&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.marianne2020.com\/&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIlI386yAko\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Tim Wise, the author of \u201cWhite Like Me: Reflections on\u00a0Race from a Privilege Son\u201d\u00a0writes: People who say the Democrats should ignore Trump`s race-baiting because it`s some political genius strategy calculate to distract\u00a0us are idiots.\u00a0 He`s no genius.\u00a0 If you downplay it, you normalize him.\u00a0 \u00a0You make this about policy, you normalize him.<\/p>\n<p>He adds: If anything, I would say crafting an argument that this is an\u00a0existential crisis for the nature and making it about Trump`s bigotry and\u00a0who we want to be as a country would be far more effective.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It`s the only way we`re going to get reasonable moderates and conservatives who probably are never\u00a0going to agree on policy with the candidates the Democrats have, but they\u00a0can come together on the basis of a moral message and we can live to fight\u00a0another day about the issues that we care about once the Democrat has\u00a0defeated Donald Trump.\u00a0\u00a0But in the meantime please understand that this movement that he is leading\u00a0poses a threat to the values that this country holds dear.\u00a0 It is a\u00a0movement that is opposed to pluralism, opposed to multiculturalism.\u00a0 It is\u00a0a white identity cult and we all can do better than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WISE:\u00a0 Marianne Williamson is doing it.\u00a0 If Marianne Williamson`s doing it,\u00a0they can all do it.\u00a0 Believe me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is part of an interview on MSNBC&#8217;s Chris Mathews&#8217; show &#8220;Hardball&#8221;.\u00a0 Sadly Chris felt the need to be sarcastic about the inclusion of Marianne Williamson&#8217;s participation in the &#8220;serious&#8221; political debate that had taken place.\u00a0 While she may stand no chance of winning the election, there is no question that she was the only one on that stage who made clear the real problem with Donald Trump.\u00a0 You can say he is an effective executive but he totally lacks any appearance of a moral compass.\u00a0 Much of Trump&#8217;s key support comes from people who claim strong moral compasses.\u00a0 Can they continue to deny the nature of the man that Trump has shown himself to be &#8211; a guy with little compassion and no love for those average people who believed he was better than another morally suspect individual who was running against him.\u00a0 As Tim Wise said,\u00a0 &#8220;Marianne Williamson is doing it.\u00a0 If Marianne Williamson`s doing it,\u00a0they can all do it.\u00a0 Believe me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed lecturer, activist and author of four #1 New York times bestselling books. 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