An open letter to Barack Obama

Ziggy · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: An open letter to Barack Obama

I had a dream and am going to make a pridiction. Mr. Obama is going to win the election by a popular vote landslide and one of the first things he will do when he gets into office is throw his weight behind this idea.

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/

Here is a open letter I sent to Barack the day I heard he was running. Think you will enjoy it.

God Bless you all and give peace a chance!

Barack, my name is Ziggy, I am a 50 year old American now living full time in Chile, South America. I have lived a full and exciting life. I am proud to say I am an American, however for many years I have not been proud of the actions of its leaders, starting with the personal behavior of President Clinton and continuing on with the failed policies of president Bush. I have been a business owner and republican most of my life, though I hold many very independent views.

There have been times in my life when I have had political aspirations, during the late 60s and early seventies when I was a young man complaining about the actions of my country my father would say, ¨If you really want to be the change that is needed then get inside the government and work from the inside out because attacking it from the outside will only make it dig in more.¨

I would like to share with you something I found during these times that I felt reflected the America I wanted to see. I think you will enjoy this.

¨If you would like to seize this time for change, a change in government, a change in leadership then may your change reflect the higher needs of mankind. May it have a visionary approach. May it allow mankind to leap forward to a lighter, fairer, kinder times. May peoples needs, from the most basic to the highest spiritual and creative, be catered to. May your new government not consider how best to improve the lot of a section of society, but be prepared to make sweeping changes which alter attitudes for the uplifting of all people.
May their happiness and well being as a whole be the tangible effect of the change. May your policies allow people to feel different about their everyday lives-better cared for, with more freedom, more creative opportunities, less restrictions, higher standards in everything.
May your policies for change be seen, tangible, felt, comprehensible and meaningful. May your change always have the quality of the utmost clarity and simplicity. Because people know when they are lied to: they know when promises are nothing but empty words: they are perfectly well aware of the truth.
The change you bring about is serious and brilliant, great change has the quality of being fundamental and far reaching. It will take time for these changes, however to influence every stratum of society. One must not be over-zealous or impatient. Such major change of policy and action have a way of permeating into the structures of society and the details gradually work themselves out naturally. It takes time for the effect of changes to sweep through the land but, if they are well tuned to the time and to the needs of the time, they will have the correct readjusting effect. At first the effects will appear superficial but gradually they will deepen and become a part of the new scheme of things. It is like a musical composition: once the new key and the basic melody have been established, the orchestration and variety of sound arise naturally.¨

This seems like such sound advise for these times we live in, yet what makes this advise so clear and amazing is that it was written over 1000 years ago, and applies to all countries and all times, it is from the ancient Chinese ¨Book of Changes¨ The ¨I Ching¨. For most of my life I have used this ancient way of making decisions about my business and my life, it has led me well. This quote is taken from the i-ching on business and decision making translation by Guy Damian-Knight by destiny books.

It is from number Hexagram 49 ¨Revolution¨ which opens with ¨Every revolution starts with one man with the vision¨ Barack, I hope and pray you are that man. Good luck and may God speed your mission for change.

I am retired and residing in Chile. I am now pursuing my mission for change by building a center in southern Chile, that once complete will present the real, concrete solutions needed by all countries to make sure the footprint we leave on Mother Earth is a green one.
Sincerely
Ziggy
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Theressa · Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 793 Location: UK

Dearest Ziggy,

You are an inspiration!

I notice many times "experts" government ministers etc seem to forget that their supporters are complex people with many skills and talents. An untapped resource. Whether Barack reads the letter or not its now in the ether and will impact him positively.

I am not from the USA but, I do feel he will bring major social change that will affect the whole world.

I do believe the financial issues of late have made us reassess and I believe we are in transition.

Love, light and the brightest smile to you, wonderful light being
Theressa

Only2Degrees · Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Temecula, CA

Ziggy!

Wow! Thank you for such inspiring words and amazing insight. As a fellow American, I, too am a business woman and Republican, though I hold many independent views. I am not a fan of Obama in the least, and am concerned about his socialist policies, but I do pray that no matter who is president, he/she ensure that the greater good comes before any other agenda.

I'm jealous you are in Chile! It must be fabulous to live there!

Thank you again for sharing!
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Ziggy · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject: just re-read

I sent this letter out the day I heard Obama was going to run for president, I heard through some friends over on the O board he had read it guess it just did not sink in. Now I see that it is me that has to heed this advice and be the change I am looking for! SZ
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hafinnej · Joined: 05 Nov 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Albuquerque, NM

That is very interesting.

I support President Obama 100% because I trust his heart is in the right place. It's a dubious task to be President of the United States, and it takes a courageous and determined person to even strive for it.

I went back and read his Victory speech, because I remember him saying something to us about how we can't quit now, just because he was elected. I extended my memory, because it was a great speech: