Dahn Yoga Boston

Ilchi Lee gave an opening prayer at the millennium world peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders at the UN in aug, 2000. He writes in his historic Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln spoke of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Close to 150 years later, the seed of democracy has been planted throughout the world and is blossoming forth, having been judged by society as being superior to socialism. Democracy is gaining stature as the ideal form of government. However, although we see the roots and the stems of democracy all around the world, in no country has the flower of democracy bloomed in full yet.

What is true democracy? I want to call it the “Hong-Ik Democracy,” or Wide-Benefits Democracy. A democracy is not for the advancement of the elite few but for the betterment of the whole society. A democracy in which politics, economy, religion, culture, and science can be used for the benefit of all its participants and users, with the sole common purpose being the betterment of all of us, not at the expense of others, but in conjunction with others, until there is no “Other.” A true democracy is not for the dominators or the conquerors, but for those who seek to share.

We cannot create such a system with more legislation or regulations. We can create such a system only when our collective human consciousness has reached a certain level of spiritual awakening. Then such a system will arise. It will virtually create itself.