Is Barack Obama Secretly a Zen Buddhist Master?

Ken Layne at Politics Daily posted this article yesterday, so I thought I'd share it with you. If you want to read the original article follow this link: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/12/is-barack-obama-secretly-a-zen-buddhist-master/

"From the angry fringe right of America, we sometimes hear confused yelling about how Barack Obama is secretly a Kenyan, or a Muslim, or an intellectual, or an elitist, or a talented writer and speaker, or a very successful man with a seemingly happy family life, or a rich and powerful leader, or a thoughtful man or even the important fictional space alien, Mr. Spock -- basically, everything that the rapidly aging and increasingly isolated Republican voter is not.

This is a tactic that says a lot more about the accuser than the accused, but there's no denying that in Barack Obama, the nation once again has an exceptional, almost otherworldly individual serving as president. And after two solid decades of bumbling Bushes and sleazy Clintons occupying the White House, the very idea of a president who is better than you is almost too weird to accept.

Yet presidents -- the good ones, at least -- are supposed to be extraordinary. Even if they came from humble beginnings, the great presidents were great because they transcended the petty squabbles and backstabbing of the political process and managed to do tremendous things, with dignity.

But Obama's actions and personality suggest he is something far more foreign to the common American than a Muslim or a Kenyan. He may actually be a Zen Master, operating on a level so far above regular people that we can only hope to gain a bit of enlightenment from his calm demeanor.

While most Americans have only learned from one master -- the wise green monster muppet "Yoda" in the Star Wars saga -- they may eventually learn mindfulness, conflict resolution and anger management from our own president of Zen."

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I have been warned for years by my various teacher's about being 'too' political. I have been told to not state my political views publicly. Part of this warning is based upon the separation of church and state and part of it is about not alienating potential new practitioners who may have opposing views. I have chosen to follow the great American Patriarch of Zen, Robert Aitken Roshi who has been always willing to adhere to his opinions on freedom.

It seems to me that Jesus wasn't shy about challenging the Romans and the Tax Collectors. It seems that Buddha was willing to challenge the Brahmin's on the 'caste' system and accept women, beggars, untouchables, and criminals into his flock. If we aren't willing to expose ourselves, then we aren't willing to be true to the truths that this country was founded upon. So I'd like to say the following:

I have been split on this and finally I decided that enough was enough. I have every right to state my Political Opinion as any other citizen in this country. I would also like to say that I am not officially endorsing anyone from my position as a spiritual guide.

Last night I was moved to tears. Not since John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King has an American Change Agent uttered such eloquent and inspiring words. May God bless us all and realizing that this is only the beginning we must all now apply ourselves and assist in the process. No more pointing outside to an external enemy who actually exists within, we must all change and know that our lives and our children's lives are dependent on what each of us achieve and do over the next four years. Each one of us has to take the lead, also we must follow our Executive Branch and contribute to the success of "our" government.

Buddha said it well, "find it yourself!"

I have always respected Malcolm X for his statements on the Kennedy Assassination, and these words led to his final ousting from the "Nation of Islam." Malcolm X said in a televised interview about the Kennedy Assassination; "this is a clear case of the chickens comin' home to roust."

I feel the the overwhelming support for Barrak O'Bama is that this is a clear case of the chickens comin' home to roust. Start clucking and crowing America, your time for change has come; but know that the change will never happen if we don't begin now to take back a nation that has become lost in greed and power.