From the Spiritual Leader of Centers for Spiritual Living, Dr. Kenn Gordon:
“This fall citizens across the United States will have the right and the responsibility to go the polls to elect federal, state and local officials and participate in the US democracy. The word election means choice. Democracy relies on citizens exercising their right and responsibility to make their choice heard through their vote. The Science of Mind teaches that we are responsible for our choices and every election represents a huge opportunity to choose, to vote, for a world that works for everyone.
Elections offer us an opportunity to bring our spiritual principles to the policy table and our values of diversity and inclusion, accountability, love, compassion and caring, financial health, prosperity and integrity to the national conversation. We believe that our Global Vision and the Science of Mind Principles provide grounding, bridge-building, wisdom, and guidance in so many important areas in which the US seems, as a culture, to be stuck in divisiveness; evidenced by either/or thinking, left/right labels, and conservative/liberal divisions.
It is important that our Vision and Values are present in the US elections and so we support and urge our US community members to take up this powerful responsibility The outcome of elections across the US will be determined by those who register, go to the polls and cast their ballots. Each vote, each voice, each choice matters. As we vote, we focus the power of our Vision and our Values on healing political and cultural divisiveness while creating a world that works for everyone.
I know there may be fear, apathy, anger, or general mistrust around what’s going on in the US and the world today. This can cause us to lose hope or simply withdraw. But the Science of Mind is a practical and applied philosophy that informs our everyday life. This means taking responsibility for participating in that life, up to and including the sacred act of voting.
As spiritual leaders, we are well within our spiritual principles, our moral obligation, and our legal boundaries to encourage our US community members to vote. Centers for Spiritual Living supports its US communities in having voter registration materials available and in speaking to their community members about the value, responsibility, and importance of the sacred act of voting.
It is not enough to sit on the sidelines in apathy, anger, complacency, or spiritual withdrawal. We must take responsibility for our choices and actions. We must vote.”
