To have our educational process be effective, we must communicate the knowledge we wish to impart by understanding who we are communicating to and how they can best receive it. In other words, we must recognize the various groups of people we are trying to reach, and adjust our communication accordingly. Indeed, there are some people who have a strong intellectual capacity, those who are truly able to think things through, and there are many, very many, who have no such capacity. These are the ones who simply react and respond emotionally. It is their feeling nature that is their mechanism of learning and understanding. Their mental nature is therefore still developing. No matter how any given human being understands things, no matter what their capacity may be, all must be educated, all must know what they need to know. It is the job of each educator to reach everyone with necessary knowledge, then, is it not? My friends, the education of our fellow human beings must always be our top priority. A successful world and a successful humanity is entirely dependent on it.
Since we’re taking a little time to return to politics, let’s place our discussion of education and communication within that context. Remember, in order for political leadership to be effective, education must come first. When you’re speaking to the American public, my friends, who are you trying to reach, indeed, who are you attempting to teach? Again, it is important to recognize that a large group within humanity still comes from an emotional understanding only. Presenting information to them as intellectual concepts is not going to work. They have no interest in the details of the functioning of the incredible bureaucracy we find ourselves in. They want their lives to be better, easier, it’s as simple as that. We’re speaking to the Democratic Party here, not the Republican Party. The Republican Party is already greatly skilled in appealing to the emotional nature of the average American. They have a great ability to make people of afraid of something, you see. This is the only way they have ever been able to win elections. As tragic as this is, they have been entirely successful in this way. The biggest mistake of the Democratic Party is they are trying to do it in the same way. It’s not going to work. Appeal to people’s feeling nature, appeal to their hearts, not their minds. But, not from a place of fear, pessimism, and negativity. The other problem of the Democratic Party has its roots in an intellectual snobbery. This is the “elite” many are fighting against. Let us remember that impatience is the greatest obstacle to the delivery of the education the people need. Explain our democratic principles in the simplest of ways, then. There is no person who can possibly understand what freedom really is if they cannot pay their bills. Tell them you understand how they feel, how difficult it is to survive. Tell them who is really responsible for the obscene cost of products and services, which is the cause of their very difficulty. It is the corporate world and the super wealthy who are responsible. It is the Republican Party who is responsible, for they do indeed work for this constituency only. Tell the American people the truth, and what you are going to do to change these things for their benefit. Obviously, deporting certain kinds of people is not going to create higher paying jobs, or create higher pay for the jobs that already exist. Convincing the American public to pursue a higher education, which you know many cannot do, and will not do, is not the solution either. Again, let us be honest about what can really happen here. As a reminder, every American has a skill level of some kind, they indeed have their contribution to make. They want to work, they want to provide. They just want to be compensated for their effort. They simply want to be appreciated for what they can do, what they can give, who they essentially are. Let us be grateful for each person, then, for each person is already enough.
Reaching the majority through feeling and sensitivity means that we meet people where they’re at. It’s the only way for communication and education to be effective. The United States is in crisis. It’s up to the Democrats to get us to a better place. There are two groups you must reach. The emotional ones we have already discussed. My friends, they are easy to reach. All you have to do is be honest and loving. And remember, real love is not a placating. Even an emotional person knows when they are being misled. They know it because they can feel it. Again, every human being is sensitive to truth. The other group you must reach are the intellectual ones. They are far more difficult to deal with. Why? Well, they have already “made up their minds”, you see. A mind is a difficult thing to change. There is a way to connect with these folks as well, however, and guess what it is? You’ll have to find a way to encourage them to feel something, too. The gift of Donald Trump and his minions, and the unfortunate reality they intend to create, has already been provided. Can we educate our fellow human beings about the necessity of feeling, then? We must. Feeling and sensitivity are the only way to love and truth, and love and truth are the only way to understanding, the only way to our ultimate success. My fellow men, it is time. Power and money are not the way. If you truly love your wives and your children, then you will be willing to forget about the rest.
To the Democratic Party, can you find a way to tell the American people they are needed? Can you tell each person they are important? Can you help them feel appreciated, no matter who they are or what they do? Each human being makes their contribution. From the concept of real freedom, to the actual reality that it currently does not exist, is where we need to be in our hearts and minds today. We cannot let those working for the dark side to have the final say. The leadership of this country must come from a place of love and positivity in all that they say and do. Reach the majority by telling the truth. There is already much feeling happening. Many are scared, many are clearly angry, and unfortunately, almost all are hurting. The fact that many do not understand the causes of their hurt, or that they are even hurting, is irrelevant. Can we help them feel something else, my friends? Love is easy, hate is hard. So, we’re going to get out there in the smallest of communities and talk to our neighbors as ourselves. Red states, blue states, all of it. Labels matter not at all. Our humanity matters entirely. Educate. Communicate in whatever way works. And always, keep it simple in every way.
The message of the American people to each political party today is a simple and heartfelt one. Please don’t tell us that our last hope is to stop paying our bills in order to create the changes needed. We are under no false impression as to what would happen next. The selfish and greedy would let us suffer and eventually die, beyond any doubt. Perhaps they need to fully understand what would happen to them next. They would be forced to cook their own food and scrub their own toilets. That is, if there were even food to be had and toilets to be had, once they have succeeded in destroying everyone and everything around them.
We have the right to live a good life. But, we must be good ourselves in order to have this good life. The only education we need is a consciousness of reality. The only feeling we need is a willingness to face the reality seen. The only understanding we need is to realize that reality, no matter how good or how bad it is, can change. We can have the leaders we want. Leaders who will work with us, not against us. Yes, leaders who will be by our side, not above us. You see, we are already equal, and all success is promised to us because of it. Again, we cannot create change without knowing what needs to be changed. So, let us be thoughtful before we make decisions. Let us have genuine and honest feelings before we take action. This is the only way for all of us. And, as always, our friends, there is never a need for discouragement. After all, look at what the word discouragement contains and therefore reveals. Courage! Let’s have faith in ourselves and get it done. Indeed, the future is ours today.
*Fellow workers on the path, the Hierarchy reaches the majority of humanity through its feeling nature. A subtle, but powerful sensitivity to love and truth is the goal and purpose of that feeling nature. It is the feeling nature which eventually gives way to the intuition. The development of intuition requires our imagination. And, it is the imagination that will provide the inspiration so many need today. True inspiration is the realization that a better way for all is indeed coming. Hope and inspiration, my friends, are the keys to the freedom from the inaccurate perception of the emotional self. That is, the temporary fears, insecurities, and uncertainties all of us experience at one time or another. Love is the entire basis of healing, but love cannot truly express itself without genuine feeling coming first. To feel is to heal. To heal is to love. Although imagination and inspiration are technically aspects of the mind, the higher part of mind, they can only be accessed via the heart, and the heart can only be accessed via feeling. In other words, the only way for the mind to help us in this necessary process of healing, to really understand the purpose of our feeling nature, is for our mind to simply get out of the way for the time being. Feel first, then heal, then love, then inspire. In this way, we serve.
Be well