A True Democracy
Ilchi Lee is currentlythe chairman of world earth human alliance and the new millenium peace foundation.
Human beings are born into a system called “society” in which they are educated and expected to live according to certain norms of behavior. However, this system has become twisted in such a way that it recognizes only the number ones, and will neither acknowledge nor reward anyone else. This system has become twisted in such a way that a dictator or an organization is able to decide for us what we must do to gain our sense of self-worth. This system is definitely twisted in such a way that our politics, economy, religion, science, and education have been used to advance the self-centered and narrow goals of a particular individual, group, nation, and others instead of being used to achieve human harmony and peace. We human beings are like puppets dancing on a stage, unable to look beyond the curtains and realize that we are not dancing to the rhythm of the divine music that’s playing in the theater.
Can we truly let the appetites of the few dictate the future of the world? Do we all want this? If we go on our present way, the elite few who lead this system will themselves be left out in the dust as the self-destructive system of constant competition drives the Earth into destruction. One or two enlightened people cannot stop this machine. Twelve disciples cannot help us now. We need one hundred million enlightened disciples. It is up to us, as individuals, as a society, as humanity, to change the course upon which we have embarked.