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When Presidents Celebrated the “Advancement of Human Nature” 2/18/2025 |
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In a thoughtful essay entitled “A Patriotic Opposition,” William Kristol writes about how “we oppose the current administration not because we’re ashamed of America but because we are proud of America.” * |
He says he was proud of America because at times it was on the side of those fighting for liberty and against dictatorship. But things are “more complicated today…when the government of the United States is no longer clearly on the side of freedom, at home or
abroad.” |
MSNBC‘s Paola Ramos and panel discuss JD Vance’s endorsing a German extremist group in
Munich and MAGA allies’ emboldening European extremist movements. |
Vice President Vance went to Germany and lectured the Europeans on how their democracy is failing—and turned his back on the duly elected premier of Germany, making a show of visiting the neo-Nazi party leader of AFD. Thus he offers a stunning show of where the current American government feels at home. “There have been plenty of presidents with whom many of us have disagreed…but there’s been nothing, at least in my experience, that’s challenged our basic pride in our own government until now,” writes Kristol. How to react “when bigotry is given sanction, when lying is routine, when corruption is rampant, when public-spirited officials are forced to resign?” |
Beatriz Martos examines Abraham Lincoln’s reflections on slavery and national
division or healing in his eulogy of Henry Clay. | He cites Abraham Lincoln’s eulogy of Senator Clay, given in
1852, where he praised Clay for championing the “advancement…of human liberty, human right and human nature.” I love that phrase, the “advancement of human nature.” Is this what evolution calls us to? |
And healthy religion or spirituality? The advancement of character and thereby the advancement of human nature? Is this what Jesus, the Buddha, Isaiah, White Buffalo Woman, Guadalupe, and so many others were inviting us to? Can healthy government inspire and mirror the advancement of character? Instead of demonstrating the opposite? Is this the ultimate sadness we feel at the current goings-on by our government. After all, the federal workers who are being fired willy-nilly did work for us all. Making sure the skies are safe—there have been seven plane crashes in the first month of Trump’s administration and the laying-off of mechanics and others at FAA is very concerning. |
Immigration courts are backlogged by 3 million cases—and the DOJ just fired 20 immigrant judges. Aid to the poorest foreign nations has been stopped, which means people are dying from not receiving their AIDS medicine and from starvation. Farmers in Kansas and elsewhere are alarmed that their food is rotting in ships instead of feeding the hungry. And on. And on. |
“Federal Workers Are Patriots.” No Kings Day Protest on the U.S. Capitol, organized by the 50501 movement. Photo by Geoff Livingston on Flickr. |
Expelling AP reporters from White House press meetings because AP refuses to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America (why not “the Gulf of Trump”?) is a direct attack on the first amendment and is purposeful: To get the press in line. The press must get in line or be gone. People
need to tap into their moral outrage, exercise their conscience and stand up and protest in whatever ways we can. We have to connect to the spiritual warrior in us that allows us to advance our human nature. |
*William Kristol, “A Patriotic Opposition,” The Bulwark.
See Matthew Fox, The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine.
And Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in
Soul and Society.
And Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice.
And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth.
Banner Image: Protestors rally on
Presidents’ Day in DC against the actions of the current junta. Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr. | For a list of organizations helping those affected by the
devastating LA wildfires, please see this article from ABCNews HERE and the evolving AltadenaStrong hub page HERE. |
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Queries for Contemplation |
Do you see the trials and tribulations of our time—from democracide and matricide and
ecocide—as being an opportunity to grow up spiritually and join with others to make a better democracy and a better relationship to Mother Earth and thereby contribute to advancing human nature? |
The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine
To awaken what Fox calls “the sacred masculine,” he unearths ten metaphors,
or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Spiritual Warrior….These timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to connect to their deepest selves and to reinvent the world.
“Every man on this planet should read this book — not to mention every woman who wants to understand the struggles, often unconscious, that
shape the men they know.” — Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God |
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Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election Matthew Fox tells us
that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity. For immediate access to Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE. To get a print-on-demand paperback copy with black & white images, order from Amazon HERE or IUniverse HERE. To receive a limited-edition, full-color paperback copy, order from MatthewFox.org HERE. Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download. |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling
author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register |
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Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South
American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality
and Practice.
“I am reading Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth by Matt Fox. He is one that fills my heart and mind for new life in spite of so much that is violent in our world.” ~ Sister Dorothy Stang. |
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The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages
The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new
relationship with the masculine by way of Father Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. With artwork curated from illustrators around
the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. |
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Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, February 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. |
As we enter this Lenten season—a time of reflection, reckoning, and renewal—we find ourselves at a crossroads unlike any other in recent history. Join Matthew Fox and fellow thought-leaders and activists Andrew Harvey, Mirabai Starr, Yvette Flunder, and Cameron Trimble in From Darkness to Dawn:
Spiritual Courage and Political Action in the Age of MAGA, a 4-part series of transformational conversations, exploring the deep spiritual roots of this political moment and uncovering pathways toward collective action, resilience, and renewal. Tuesdays, March 4, 11, 18, 25, 4-5:30 pm PT. Enroll HERE. Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his book, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the People of the Earth, in an online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat. Thursday, March 20, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT. Register HERE. MONTHLY: Join Matthew Fox and Skylar Wilson of the Order of the Sacred Earth in a free virtual meeting for connection and networking with other mystic warriors. Last Tuesday of every month, 4:00-5:00pm PT.
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