Democracy is not just a political system—it is the natural state of being alive, the inner rhythm of freedom that beats within every heart. Just as the ocean is vast and open, so too is the internal space of awareness, where each person has the birthright to move freely, to think, to breathe without constraint.
Authoritarianism and oligarchy are not just external forces; they are distortions of this natural state, illusions that try to convince us that power, control, or fleeting pleasure are more real than the simple truth of being. Like waves rising up in a storm, these forces can momentarily dominate, but they are never stronger than the tide itself. They rise, they crash, and they dissolve back into the sea.
To live in alignment with democracy is to return to the center of the self—to the stillness beneath thought, to the awareness that is always free. When we forget this, when we are swayed by fear, greed, or external control, we drift from home. But home is always here, always waiting for our return. The choice is not between freedom and control, but between remembering and forgetting—between recognizing our own power or surrendering it to those who would reshape the world in their image.
Real democracy does not begin with governments; it begins within each person, in the courage to live freely, to resist illusions, and to reclaim the deep, open ocean of the self.
Spiritual Gravity 