My prayer for President-Elect Trump and all of Humanity

My substack is not about politics. However, since everyone is impacted, I found it appropriate to write this post about the current affairs.

I don’t know when it all started. Perhaps when I first began to express support for Donald Trump. Or, earlier. What I am referring to are insane attacks by friends and acquaintances. Since the election, the entire earth has been commenting, it seems, either in a very aggressive or excited manner, demonstrating a drastic polarization of the whole world.

The U.S. people have spoken. They are a free nation. They cast their votes. It leaves me to wonder: why is there so much hostility from so many outside the U.S., from individuals who have never even traveled to this great country, let alone learned to appreciate the true heart of its people?

Tragically, something has been going on that indicates that so many of us have forgotten our true nature. Even those who may be tempted to join the call for retribution, spreading allegations of the horrible things the Trump administration will do, I believe, are doing this because they have forgotten the value of their own selves.

No person on earth will ever be able to overturn The Golden Rule - Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated.

As one part of humanity is rejoicing and another is frustrated, angry, and spreading less than ideal messages about President Trump, one interview stood out to me, as a fantastic exception.

In his video, “Congratulations Mr.Trump,” famous YouTuber and nurse Dr John Campbell takes a different route: he lays out the wonderful things he looks forward to, brought about by Trump and the new administration. What a fresh air of an exciting vision and expectation! Instead of blaming and insulting, Dr John is thrilled about the important things that, he expects, will change, the problems he envisions to be resolved, and the fantastic new developments Mr Trump will help facilitate.

Is this not what the wise people of old would have done? Hasn’t wisdom always been characterized by genuine support, by the more experienced lending their insights to those who are less experienced, or the younger ones, or those facing a new situation who would benefit from their input? Has this not always been the characteristics of all great men and women of history?

Isn’t this deeply inside of us? Don’t we truly wish those who are in power well, so they would skillfully rule their nations and make wise decisions?

Indeed, the Scriptures encourage us to pray for our leaders and to bless those who are in a place of authority. Specifically, Titus (1 Ti 2:2) tells us to pray

“for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.”

It’s simple and aligned with the Golden Rule. Their success as leaders is likewise the success of the nation.

Whether knowingly or not, this is what Dr John did when he articulated all the great things that he believes Trump and the new administration will be able to do.

He is painting a picture of the most fantastic amendments, revelations, breakthroughs, and the most glorious successes.

This is not wishful thinking or dreaming but spoken by a wise man who understands the Golden Rule.

I am sure many of us have experienced it when we started a new job, especially when we were in a position of authority or when we could achieve something great and new. Some of us have been blessed with bosses or mentors who would not shy away from talking about our future success - because they looked to the light. Now, I know that many of us have experienced the opposite, too, the venom of hostile words and defamation. Yet, I hope that at one point or another, whether through a boss, a loving parent, or a great parent, we all have had someone who would pronounce the great things they believed we were going to do. 

I believe this is what Baird T. Spalding, one of my most favorite spiritual teachers, meant when we wrote (Vol 4, p. 118)

“This IDEAL state IS the true estate of man.”

The preceding pages described what he meant by “this.” It is man created [in] the image of God (Genesis 1:27). That man is perfect and well, whole, and complete.

Everyone. No-one excluded.

Ironically, in this very context, Spalding wrote about people as leaders.

“It is always possible for man to improve his consciousness to the point where he becomes God-like. That was the first thought in the Divine Right of Kings. It was not for the king to put himself up as the only Divine Ruler. All mankind should be Divine Rulers and rule as Kings but always with that expression of Love which is Service. Man stands One with his own Divinity and he is then of Service always. He never exalts himself above another. If he is an egotist, he destroys himself. He cannot be an egotist for long. Man’s kingship arises from his sense of oneness with the whole and egotism arises from the sense that he is a separate ego within and of himself. Therefore, egotism is the greatest violation of the natural law of his being and produces the most disastrous results.”

This passage emphasizes both the rightful place of every human being and also how anyone acting as an egotist cannot do this for long. Regarding the latter, Proverbs says the same (Pro 16:18).

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 

I think, deeply, we all know it. It should be a relief to those who think Trump will end all democracy.

What is the opposite of a haughty spirit? Perhaps some of us have grown up with the image of an old lady kneeling in church on a cold stone floor, begging for provision for her family. Or that of some housewife yielding to the family boss. We have outgrown those notions.

Too few dare to demonstrate the true spirit that lives in them. We have forgotten. The last few years, in particular, have deprived everyone of their true nature. We have been told to ignore our desires and dreams and sacrifice it all for “the common good.”

This foundationally contradicts the essence of humanity. So many well-founded texts agree on one thing: the divinity of man. Every man.

As Spalding wrote, ‘All mankind should be Divine Rulers and rule as Kings....”

As Trump prepares for and becomes the 47th President of the United States, my prayer is that he will demonstrate True Kingship – that he will be great and succeed in realizing the ideals he has been talking about.

Throughout his campaign, one of his ideals was to make America great again. Another was to make America healthy again.

I pray he realizes his ideals, and as he does this, that not only will it be a blessing to his nation, but also, by doing so, that he would become an example to all of us, an example we all may realize true Kingship – what, I believe, belongs to all. As Spalding wrote (Vol 4, p. 120)

“The King is the Master, the Genius. Expressing himself in his true nature, and therein is his Kingship. He rules himself, for he is in his own Kingdom. The Kingdom of heaven is within. This Kingship which he is is also his message to all men. Not that he is King but that every man is a King within his own kingdom, a master over himself and his own environment, for he lives in reality;”

It is in this sense that I pray that Trump may be the Master, the Genius, expressing the very ideal of his position, office, and environment, and, thereby, that which is for all.

I would like to thank Dr John for giving an example of seeing the light and good in Trump and his coming administration.

And I pray that all would see Trump “becoming God-like,” the same as we see every man “projecting God,” man in their true estate, “the very Ideal of all Perfection.”

Indeed, as Psalms 82:6 says:

I said, “You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.

This is congruent with another statement by Spalding (Vol 4, p. 122), which seems exceptionally pertinent in this context and which I hope we, as humanity, will embrace together:

“To see all men as the embodiment of the same potential character, to see all men as the Christ, is to instantly dissolve all differences for things equal to the same thing are always equal to each other. This is the secret of the new order of things where peace and goodwill will be established in the earth.”

Trump, and everyone else, are instruments through which to express God, all the same: E pluribus unum – or, to stress the One Presence and Power through each: Unum e pluribus!

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In line with that proven and eternal Principle, I pray:

May the Lord God Almighty, the King of all Kings, be supreme and guide the consciousness, mind, and actions of President Trump, his administration, the American people, and all of humanity with wisdom, love, compassion, skill, and great joy.

Let all the earth rejoice before God!