Donald Trump – The Awakened Dreamer

The Othering of America

How the Republican party became a religious movement based on demonizing the other.

What Right Action Looks Like on the March to World War Three.

“We do not need to be heroes to save the world; all we need is humility, a critical view of the commercial and political interests of those who would mislead us into wrongdoing, and a sense of wonder. ” ~ John Burnside, Scottish writer. It was just a few weeks before the spring 2003 announcement […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

What to Do About Apparent Evil?

I’ve given up being Zen about Donald Trump. The truth matters. A refrain has been stuck on repeat in my head for the first week of the new US Presidency: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” These words were spoken by president John F. Kennedy (and […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

Is Donald Trump a High Chair Tyrant?

The consensus among an increasingly alarmed populace of the world’s sane is that presidential candidate Donald Trump displays the attributes of a tyrant—you know, like Hitler, Hussein or Trump’s new bestie, Vladimir Putin. But a closer inspection of The Donald’s actions reveal something even more alarming than a simple authoritarian-bully. If you really dissect Trump’s comments […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

Less Luminous Beings, Awakening and the Dark Side Politics of America

I’m breaking the enlightenment rules again. Instead of playing the non-duality equanimity game that implies it’s spiritually-incorrect to have an opinion about politics, I’m going to go out on a burning limb and speak up about what I perceive is really happening in the frightening spectacle of American politics these days. And I’m not just going […]